A7 offers services in three primary categories: INTERNET, TELEVISION and SOFTWARE, and with traditional ad agency backgrounds, we also do a lot of PRINT & OTHER work.
Internet
As early pioneers of the World Wide Web, we launched A7 in August 1995, while the world was just downloading Netscape 1.0! There wasn't much on the Web yet, but the possibilities...well, we were right. We were asked to present at a global conference about the Web, "Commanding the Future 1995" held in Orlando, Florida with attendees from major players around the world (Sun Microsystems, Finland Telecom, AOL, Yahoo, Netscape, etc.). Little did we know we would be alongside names such as Jerry Yang of Yahoo, and Nick Negroponte of M.I.T!
Today, we offer a wide array of skills and services related to the Internet including domain set-up and hosting, professional design, e-commerce, Flash interactivity, custom applications, and streaming video.
We can also help you market your business on the Web, with all of the latest search engine optimization and listing techniques, as well as setting up elaborate e-commerce systems with affiliate referral programs.
See our Portfolio page to view some samples of our work, and if you have an idea, get a quote! You might just have the next Amazon, NetFlix, or Ebay!
Television & Video
No other medium so dramtically influences people like the power of sight and sound. Especially if cleverly crafted.
From quick shots with a camcorder, to a full crew with a crane shooting film, we've done it, and we do it still. Now that video streaming is practical on the Web, iPods and cellphones, you can count on the fact that another whole new paradigm shift is taking place with video.
Plus, we love the craft. The art of envisioning an event and then creating it in every detail, to be forever recorded and played back exactly as produced, even millions of times. From concept and script writing, through production logistics and shooting, to editing a piece that will make you cry, we've got this. See our Portfolio page for samples of our work.
Software
We started back in 1995 with HTML which quickly led to CGI scripting and JavaScript. Within a year, we were programming databases and soon began with e-commerce. Then there was Java and the rush of work before Y2K!
Today, we are capable in most of the mainstream technologies for software development. We spend most of our time programming with CSS, Cold Fusion, Flash (ActionScript), and MySQL, but we also serve our clients with development in Java, ASP, .NET, PHP and SQL. We also have experience with large-scale enterprise solutions deployed with IBM WebSphere, HP OpenView, Linux and Oracle.
As for the type of software developed, it has primarily been interactive multimedia, deployed on CD-ROMs or the Web, custom e-commerce solutions and educational materials, often using databases and video.
With the powerful programming tools we have today, developing custom software is faster and easier than ever before. If you have an idea for a custom software application, chances are you will have it up and running in months, whereas the same application might previously to require expensive teams and years of development.
See some examples of software we've created on our Porfolio page, and if you have an idea, get a quote!
Print & Other
Printing helped launch the Renaissance, and everyone still needs it— print will never go away.
Fortunately, print has become less expensive now with new technologies, even for small quantity runs. And dynamic printed marketing collateral leaves a tangible impression of credibility and substance. Wise investment.
With print, the creative presentation is everything. From the strategy, through the copywriting and design, to the press-ready art or separations, we do print, with dozens of awards, and scars, to prove it.
From a business development standpoint, we can also develop marketing plans, creative strategies, advertising campaigns and multimedia promotions integrating print, broadcast, outdoor and the Web. We are also well seasoned in developing and marketing large-scale public events such as air shows, boat shows, business conferences and concerts.
Literally anything that you would get from a traditional ad agency, you can get here at A7...for less.