Pacific Webcard Service Details

Pacific Webcard Directory is a paid-for business listing service which prides itself as a quality business reference directory. In respect to our visitors and all listed advertisers, and in order to preserve the quality and purpose of this service, we reserve the right to refuse inclusions in our directory of sites with content that is, or appears to be, pornographic or obscene, ambiguous, suspicious, offensive, provocative, hateful, discriminatory, defamatory or irrelevant to the purpose of this service (as a quality web reference) and whether that content is explicit or implied.

We will not accept submissions of materials related to pyramid schemes, mlm, network marketing, "branchising", club memberships, listings of any business opportunities which require up front or periodic payments or recruitment of other members or sub-distributors/agents.

We will not list submissions that deal with inside information, proprietary and confidential information or infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or intellectual property of any party. In order to continue to maintain a high quality service, by submitting your business listing to the Pacific Webcard Directory, you grant us permission to send you occasional information about our new features and services.

Web sites change their content all the time. Some, quite radically. If you happen to notice in this directory links to sites that contain some of the afore-mentioned content, please let us know and those links will be removed.

In addition, we do not accept classified ads, or list items or services that fall under the "free", "buy & sell" or "new & used" categories, you are on the wrong page...

We do not list or advertise individual items such as, or belonging to: art & antiques, boats, autos, clothing, computers & electronics, miscellaneous goods and merchandise, hobbies, collectibles or collector's items, household items, jobs, office or building supplies, pets, hunting or sporting goods, toys. We do not advertise items or services labeled as "best deal" or "best offer". You cannot post here "wanted" ads, trade, barter, swap or "work from home" business opportunities.

If you'd like to list your business in our directory, click here.

Web Marketing

Why do you need internet marketing? The answer is simple: Does your web site make you any money?... Exactly, who offers these services? Internet Marketers do.

Now, if you respect your money (and yourself) and, just in case you didn't get this the first time, then let us say it again: PROFESSIONAL INTERNET MARKETERS. "Not former retail marketers, not people with "proven records of sales" lines on their resumes, not smooth-talking programmers. Only INTERNET MARKETING PROFESSIONALS As opposed to ten years ago, today there are respected educational institutions in all major cities that offer formal training in this industry. So, you should't have any problems finding the right people for the job (...)

So, you need internet marketing people when after having spent thousands of dollars on designing & maintaining you web site/s and paying high "consulting" fees still! no one knows that you are there and have what they've been looking for! Now, here's our advice: don't fool yourself in hiring a "successful marketing expert" unless (1) s/he has formal e-business/e-marketing credentials, (2) about five years of hands-on internet experience coupled with recorded performances and (3) references or case studies from past clients (those should include current contact information). How much money should you expect to pay these people? Well, how much money do you expect them to make you? These are pay-per-performance professionals, so be prepared to respect that.

Also, when first engaged in a serious internet marketing campaign, DO NOT EXPECT to see its results over night. Internet is not television! (This being one of the rules that over-night-turned-internet-marketers don't seem to grasp...) Once on its way, a successful internet marketing campaign is an on-going effort. It never ends.

A good internet marketing consultant should also provide you with proper training so, at some point, you should be ready to take over the e-campaigns. After all, it's YOUR BUSINESS!

Items of particular interest

Search Definitions are hidden, industry class-based, theme-defined content environments that we build and embed in the structure of web sites in order to realize the most valuable asset of web presences: TRAFFIC.

Reference Pointers are recommendation reports for under-performing web presences. Among other items, in order to provide you with further clarifications, the recommendations will include pointers to web references that deal in detail with the identified issues. They also provide you with close looks at other companies that do what you do, and why they are successful on the web. While reference pointers are not free, they save money by serving as guides before further web development in the wrong direction takes place.

Site Management Services

Having a web site as part of your operations should not distract you from running your business. On the contrary, as a business tool, a web site should become the supporting platform for all your other efforts.

However, if you are not happy with the performance of your site, or if you feel that you pay too much money to have it managed, perhaps it's time to change that. If so, then you can take advantage of our site management service.

When you chose Pacific Webcard as your site manager we will provide you with

• content maintenance: text and graphics
• source code development and troubleshooting
• a small web page design package
• search engine optimization (SEO) on all proposed pages
• development of search definitions throughout the site
• development of web and fusion marketing strategies
• development on/off-line promotional materials
• monitoring of your site's web metrics and performance
• technical support: will work with your internet access provider (ISP) to ensure smooth operations of your FTP, e-mail and other technical setups
• assistance with new domain name and/or other account registrations

include one, or a combination of the following:

      • Site Analysis Reviews
      • Site Usability Tests and Brand Opinion Analysis
      • Development of Web Advertising Campaigns
      • Site Management and Admininistration

A Site Analysis Review

This is a comprehensive assessment in which, among other factors, we evaluate your site's architecture, web design, load-up speed, search engine positioning and more.

The process begins with a free fact-gathering consultation that we conduct either in-person or by telephone. Following that, within 10-14 business days, we do a thorough site review when we analyze all web metrics of interest. The result of that is a recommendations report that we submit to you. That report suggests the course of action that you should follow in order to improve your online performance. You can then start implementing the new strategy yourself, or let us do it. If you are interested in this service in this contact us.

Site usability tests and brand opinion analysis are very involved, long-term projects which we offer on time lines ranging from several months to one year.

When would it be a good time for you to look into these type of services? When all your other efforts to develop a performing web operation failed. How do you know you that you really need these type of services? You don't! But if you get to the point where you really need to debate this question, then you should probably consider shutting down your web site. That will save you - and your competition - a lot of money. Contact us for details. Contracts apply.

Development of Web Advertising Campaigns

Advertising campaigns are unique to each business. Details regarding your particular campaign will be discussed during an appropriate development meeting. If you are interested in setting up such a meeting, please contact us.

Internet Consulting Services

In addition to the above mentioned e-business services we offer other consulting services, among which are web marketing, internet strategy management, content development. These services are offered on both monthy and hourly-based fee format arrangements. Contracts apply. Contact us for details.

Online Training and Technical Support

These are services offered on a monthly-based format. The fees varies from client to client. While limited-use packages are available for inclusion in the web design services, these services are not offered on hourly based arrangements.

Bring your business point across with a performing, professionally-designed, corporate identity suite! A corporate identity, or a company logo, is not just an image that people learn to recognize you by; a logo is the symbol that represents who you are and what you stand for, what you do and how well you perform while doing it. A good corporate identity designer is an experienced graphic designer and an excellent business strategist, all at the same time.

Unless of course, you are yourself an experienced corporate identity designer, you or one of your friends may be able to "design" a "logo". However, chances are that you will never capture the true substance of your business, nor the interest and respect of your markets, in one simple image!

We offer full graphic design services for the development of all corporate identities formats: logos, business cards, letterheads, postcards, promotional street cards, billboards, posters, envelopes, matching HTML e-mail signatures, targeted advertisements for both print and on-line media.

Please note that the design of a company logo is not a service automatically included in the design of a web site. It is, however, the most important signature your company will be identified by everywhere you do business. Our logo design fees are negotiable. However, if you need a corporate logo designed for $100.00 or less, you may want to talk with your friends about it or continue your search using the local phone directories.

If you need more information on the design of corporate identities formats please contact us by email or call us at 604-777-2077.

File Digitization

If you have an idea sketched on paper and don't know how to put it into a digital camera-ready file format, then we'll do it for you. Also, if you lost your master digital files but have a printed copy or screen capture of those files, we'll rebuid them to their exact original formats.

With sixteen years of experience in print publishing, we take great pride in being able to provide solutions for print and advertising production department(s). If you are a small newspaper or magazine publisher and the production cost of your publication is higher than it should be, then let us paginate it. Or, let us show you how your production department can outperform itself, with only half of the resources you employ today.

Retainers and non-refundable fees

All requests for services are replyed to in form of written proposals. All projects are performed on contract arrangements. Retainers ranging between 30% - 50% of projects' quoted costs are required at the time the contracts are signed. Please do not ask for "sample work" to be done prior to engaging in a project. You will NOT get it. We have a vast portfolio.

Do We Have A Portfolio?

Sure we have a portfolio. In fact, we have quite an extensive presentation of our works in a number of formats ranging from hard copies to slides and from digital to online works. Our portfolio covers all kind of projects including graphic and web design, programming, printed and web publishing, written analysis and more. We also have a long list of happy clients available.

Pacific Webcard is a Proud Winner of the 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 Golden Web Award! The Golden Web Award is presented by The International Association of Web Masters and Designers to those companies and professionals who have achieved levels of excellence in web design, originality and content development. "Only the best sites are voted to receive the Golden Web Award. The criterion for winning remains a challenge to even the best Webmaster, artists and designers. The Golden Web is awarded in recognition of one's commitment to the pursuit of website excellence. It represents that the work is considered as outstanding, incorporating high standards of design, originality and content."     - Excerpt from I.A.W.M.D.'s Media and PR Release. All Golden Web Award winners, who chose to, are listed in the Who's Who on the Web Directory, and have their award achievement displayed on their listing.

A word about web design prices

The cost for web site design varies (widely...) according - among other factors - to the complexity of each project and who you talk to. As a general rule, you should have a budget set aside for your web site's development. Most developers will try to work their best wonders in order to accommodate it. And so do we.

As you shop around, don't be surprised if for the simple html design of one single page you will get quotes from $50.00 to $5,000.00! As part of our functions we do market research all the time and on one project we faced this scenario, might we add, even though we were providing all digital content!

We would like to be able to give you here a flat estimate as to what a web site may cost you. Unfortunately, there isn't such a thing as an average price for designing a web site. However, and in case you wonder, YES, our estimates are negotiable; to an extent...

Services Offered for Additional Fees

1. search for, and registration of new domain names, if needed
2. setup of hosting accounts
3. setup of all necessary e-mail addresses
4. setup of form processing for data that you may be collecting using forms on your web site
5. setup of web statistics

A Final Note...

As mentioned elsewhere on this site, we are not in this business just for the money. We are also interested in building strong business relationships, and that's something no one can put a price on. Unfortunately, this philosophy excludes the "make-it-all-available-before-you-commit" approach. As much as you, the client, would like to know who it is that you are dealing with, so do we. For this reason, we will gladly provide you with the web address of our portfolio when you send us a note.