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31 Oct 2010 Written by Flip

Top of the Line Interactive Marketing Strategy

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This skydiving center is located north of Oahu Hawaii, 50 yards away from its major competitor. With outdated website and a non-existant social network presence, New Nectar was contracted for a full branding and marketing makeover.

Client's needs

A new website, a mobile website, a highly dynamic and custom Facebook page, a new-brand, a long-term strategy. Emphasis was put on educating and selling tandem skydives to first time jumpers. The new brand addresses the large demographic and the fact that a big part of the clientele is tourists staying in Waikiki.

Our solution

New Interactive Website

The first step was to fully understand our client's market and competition dynamics. It was clear from the beginning that a new website was needed. It needed to be efficient at educating and closing the deal with potential customers. A content management system was chosen to power the site and provide the following functionality:

  • Multi-language English and Japanese
  • Online reservation with custom forms and Paypal integration
  • Blog
  • Facebook Open Graph integration
  • Photo and video gallery with comments and ratings
  • Automatic media processing and photo resizing
  • Slideshows, javascript tabs
  • Custom URL rewrite for on-site Search Engine Optimization
  • WYSIWYG editor to manage content
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Internet Marketing and Targeted Content

Our team consisted of skydiving instructors, dropzone manager, advertising specialist and an online marketing expert who worked on defining and testing the sales speech and page flow. Clear call to actions and additional supporting elements were strategically placed.

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Mobile & Iphone Version

Most clients hear about the dropzone thanks to coupons, magazines and other visual advertising items. It was important to provide them with a mobile version of the site that is compatible with smart phones, iphone and WAP.
The navigation, structure and content had to be modified and simplified to provide the needed information in one click while still offering dynamic content like the latest photos and reservation form.

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Facebook Fan Page

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The Facebook page features dynamic content from the site itself (photos, news, videos, events), custom design and open graph integration for automatic news publishing. The emphasis is made promoting user interaction to increase fan base and boost word of mouth marketing.

This project was handled jointly by our Honolulu Web Design Company, & our Houston Social Media Company

 

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Flip

Having Philippe at the technical helm of New Nectar  is what gives our sales staff the ability to say "yes! we can do that!" and "did you know it's possible to do this?"  His unique ability to unite innovative ideas with development know-how has propelled New Nectar from a tiny start-up to a successful design, development, and marketing firm.  It also doesn't hurt that he's occasionally willing to wear a beret.

In addition to being the lead developer for our team, Philippe also is at the head of our Honolulu Social Media Marketing, and  Honoulu Search Engine Optmization (SEO,) campaigns.


Philippe is always on the go -- whether literally (Paris, Bogota, Honolulu,) or figuratively. It's not unusual for a team member to shoot off a late-night email about a client project --- only to receive a response from Philippe moments later.

In addition to leading the way at New Nectar -- Philippe is also active in the broader Joomla community where he advocates for development of a more interactive web.  Earlier this year, Philippe was invited to join a larger team of experts and Joomla community leaders in the creation of people.joomla.org -- the community site for Joomla users, developers and designers.  Philippe remains active on the site as one of two site administrators.

Of course, Philippe also enjoys living life away from the bright lights of his computer monitor.  When he's not working or volunteering, you'll find him traveling, flying  hot air ballons, or jumping out of airplanes.

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    PO Box 3109 #31935
    Houston, TX 77253-3109
    (281) 713-6442
  • New Nectar Paris
    9, rue des fossés
    91100 Corbeil-Essonnes
    09 52 37 12 13
  • New Nectar Hawaii
    32 Merchant Street
    Honolulu, HI 96813
    (303) 808-3698

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