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Innovation is Key
One of our primary focuses today is creating innovative solutions for the Destination Marketing Industry, also referred to as the Tourism or Travel Industry. A few years ago, we began looking into why client satisfaction seemed so low when it came to web development vendors in this space. Our research showed that a vast majority of the websites lacked innovation and were, in many cases, years behind in terms of web technology and user interface approach. Visitors are getting savvier everyday, and expect a high level of quality and ease-of-use to keep them coming back. It's no longer enough to simply have the content - An engaging presentation, social interactivity, and smart user features now play major parts to keep visitors coming back.

We also found that flexibility and upgradeability were virtually non-existent - Crucial factors for DMOs to stay ahead of their game. Techniques and improvements that weren't possible at one point could be possible a few short months later. Unfortunately, most DMOs end up redesigning or completely revamping their websites every few years to play catch up, just to find out in another couple of years that they're behind again.

Today, we are introducing a suite of solutions to revolutionize your expectations...


FutureON™
Introducing our exclusive solution that combines a flexible and scalable platform and a thoughtful upgrade program aimed to future-proof your Destination Marketing website. We've taken the core foundation of future proofing, defined as "anticipating future developments to minimize negative impact," and developed our exclusive, pro-active approach to building innovative, flexible, and highly customizable websites. The benefits are clear and simple, yet absolutely powerful.


Access to the FutureON™ demo site is currently by invitation only.
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Maestro Site Manager™
Another Louder Design exclusive is the Maestro Site Manager, which allows you to manage all aspects of your website with speed and ease, including events, business listings, photos & videos, articles, CRM, and CMS functionality - all in one easy-to-use, friendly interface. There's also built-in support for multiple administrators with varying access levels, so different team members can manage different sections of the site.


Our truly innovative On-Page CMS raises the bar on content management tools. Administrators and content contributors are now able to drag and drop layout "blocks" to build their page, click each content area directly to edit text and images, even upload Flash headers right on the page itself!



Unison Search™
Perform speedy site searches with categorized smart-suggest that instantly shows best matches while you type, and a flexible keyword cloud that can either list popular search terms, or specific keywords you manage. Have full control of what data you want to include in search results via Maestro.

Louder Immersive Gallery™
Give your audience a captivating new experience in browsing your site, in its full-screen multimedia glory! The Louder Immersive Gallery displays your photos and videos from all parts of your site into a single 3D interface, with the flexibility to show or hide media from any section you choose. Users can then view high-resolution images, switch to a video either hosted locally or on YouTube™, even change the gallery background colors and images to customize your experience!

Events by Weather™
Wish you could give your site users thoughtful suggestions on things to do on a rainy day? What about when it's a bit windy out? You can do all this with our exclusive Events by Weather™ feature, which ties in any event to specific weather conditions, and display them on-demand based on your live weather feed!

Louder Pageless Listings™
Give your users a more efficient and intuitive way to browse long listings, eliminating pagination and the problem of users searching back for listings they already saw. Our innovative "pageless" method maintains the flexibility of traditional sorting and filtering options, intuitively scrolls down to newly fetched listings, and allows users to seamlessly log in without losing their place on the page - Together creating a much more satisfying experience for both users and members alike.

Live Preview Editing
Empower and encourage both users and administrators to build comprehensive listings by providing them with a real-time preview of their page as they type. We've even enabled instant previews of photos, coupons, contact pages, and tabbed content -- All on one edit page! Live Preview Editing is automatically enabled for Business Listings and Events, but can be leveraged on other complex listings-based edit pages.

We would be honored to be considered for your next website redesign. Submit your RFP today.