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Christmas In July?

It's 90 degrees outside and marketing pros are busy planning for the holidays. If you are a consumer retailer, the holiday season can account for more than 50% of revenue for the year. Other business can also benefit from "seasoning" their marketing programs.

Christmas In July?

New Alpine Product: Smart Themes

It's 90 degrees outside and marketing pros are busy planning for the holidays. If you are a consumer retailer, the holiday season can account for more than 50% of revenue for the year. Other business can also benefit from "seasoning" their marketing programs.

One of the biggest challenges facing website owners is keeping your website fresh and interesting. In addition to changing content, a smart theme is a great way to make the expected, well, slightly different.

Google gets it. They change up their logo several times a year with humorous graphics. See the Google holiday variations to the right for some fun examples.

For specifics on pricing and a special offer read the Q & A below.

Center Stage Can Do That

 Alpine's new add-on for Center Stage, "Smart Themes", gives your website personality while showcasing new products or promotions.

A Smart Theme is built in to a design when it is produced by our HTML wizards.

So, think of your new site design as a platform which allows additional promotional themes to be swapped in and out at the right time every year.

For example, Let's say you want the "standard" theme to display every day of the year, except between November 25th and December 26th.

During the holiday period, your holiday theme is in place making people feel like they want to buy from you (and not your competitor which is, clearly unprepared for the season).

When Alpine builds your design, Alpine's crack staff codes the design so that Center Stage will automatically switch to and from the smart theme on the dates you specify.

Themes are a great way to let your site reflect the some important events of the year specific to your business, industry, or customers.

It's smart, and really easy. After all, you are busy enough that time of year and won't have time to manage design cutovers.  Just take the credit and go to the parties.  What is better than that?

Sounds Geeky Cool, Why Should I Care?

Oh yes, we are geeks. The geeks on your team. You should care, we'll prove it.

Here's the logic:

Fact: Themes make a website look smart.

Fact: Looking smart online increases credibility.

Fact: Increased credibility online means more sales.

Fact: Sales completed (or started) online cost less than any other channel.

Therefore:

Using smart themes mean more (and more profitable) sales.   QED.

Ideas

Being geeks, we love to overstate the obvious, so let's just say that this is not just limited to the holidays. Of course, there is Christmas, New Years, Valentines Day, Thanksgiving, Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Independence Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Back-to-School.

Those are the standards. The minimum you can do. To make it even more effective, get creative!  Here are some more ideas...

Naturally, there are four seasons, If you are located in Alpine's home town of Bend, Oregon and depend on tourism - why not set up themes for Golf, Snow, and each shoulder season?

If you are in Residential Real Estate, you know that families like to move during school breaks. Consider a back to school, Christmas break, or spring break promotional themes.

If your company is a special booster of special causes, or your industry is known for something unusual, try paying tribute to those people or events that made you what you are. Industry anniversaries, Industry Events, Company anniversary or Birthday, The Olympics, your local high school sports champion, First ascent of Mt. Everest, etc.

Like other smart marketing strategies, a promotional theme embedded in your new design will help you personalize your site with your specialty or niche.  Anything you can do to personalize that experience will make your site look smart.

Start to think about a theme like you would think about other advertising or marketing efforts, window displays, golf tounaments, trade shows, or other specialty promotions you do on a year by year basis.

How Do I Get Started?

Get started by contacting your Alpine account guide at 888.246.4837 (or 541.312.4704) or send us an email to sales@alpineinternet.com for more information.

Questions?

Q: Can I add a theme to an existing master design?

A: No, the master design has to be built to handle one or more smart themes.

Q: Can I adapt an existing design to use a theme?

A: Yes, but this will have to be quoted specifically and in most cases will be a complete rebuild of your existing design. That being said, there are times when it is possible for less time, effort, and money. Please check with your account guide for an estimate. 

Q: How much does each theme cost?

A: The cost of a smart theme is set for $250 for the first theme.  $75 for subsequent themes.  But, hang on.  Graphic Design and art, are not included.  So, if you don't have any, you may need some of that too.  If you want more than some Santa hat clip art pasted on your logo, we'll need to quote for that work separately.

Q: Any special deals if I act now?

A: Why yes!  Any new redesign projects signed by July 31st will get one free promotional theme.

Q: Can I have more than one theme on a design?

A: Yes, additional subsequent themes are priced at $75 each. Again, Graphic Design and art is not included in this estimate.

Any other questions will be welcomed by your account guide. Please give us a call (541.312.4704 or 888.246.4837) or shoot over an email (sales@alpineinternet.com) for more information.