Firefighters Insurance Agency Launches New Site!

Two weeks ago, Magnolia Media was contacted by a previous customer of ours concerning a new website for a completely separate company that needed some assistance. During the first week of June, Firefighters Insurance Agency will be at a convention handing out new brochures and business cards with their website address on them. Needless to say, they want a website they are excited about these firefighters visiting after the convention.

They had already set up a free Flash website through Wix.com that wasn’t as attractive or functional as what they really wanted for the company. For those of you unaware of the downsides to templates (especially Flash templates), they are not search engine friendly in the least! Especially these that are free, on a sub-domain of wix.com. They leave the least amount of room possible to optimize your site to be found. FIA’s inquiry focused mainly on search engine optimization and professionalism. Having already been a customer of ours, they understood that all of Magnolia Media’s work is custom-designed to meet the client’s needs, and definitely search engine friendly. So, they called us on Friday the 14th, we set a price and got started on Monday (the 17th), and launched the site that Friday (the 21st)…within a week of the initial contact!

The site was designed based on the same general layout as the previous site they created in house, and was only 6 pages. With a deadline of 2 weeks before they’d be handing their website address out to many Florida firefighters, and knowing we had a lot of projects to keep us busy this past week, we pushed the whole site into a one week period from beginning to end. Much credit goes to Jeff, Lisa, and Richard at the company, who had a great quick response to our questions and ideas, and also had their information ready since they had just created the first site. It makes for a very smooth and quick process!

Firefighters Insurance Agency, located in Tallahassee, Florida offers the highest quality insurance products through quality companies for the benefit of members of the Florida Professional Firefighters Association. They offer so many different insurance products, including ones related to firefighting injuries, and others such as auto, home, motorcycle, commercial coverage for secondary businesses, or even retirement and estate planning services. If you’re a nearby firefighter, take a look at what they have to offer full-time and volunteer firefighters. You may be surprised how much it could help you and your family!

Here are links to see the before and after of what we did for Firefighters Insurance Agency:

Before – Wix.com Free Flash Site

After - Magnolia Media Custom Site

Jeff, Lisa, and Richard, thank you all so much for thinking of us in this project, and we look forward to our growing relationship in the future! Good luck at the convention next week!

Your Opinion Counts! - BlueGill Restaurant

Hello Magnolia Media followers!

We recently decided to take a local restaurant, the BlueGill Restaurant located on the Causeway in Mobile, and re-design their website with no obligation to the owners! This was just an experiment we wanted to test out. Since The BlueGill has recently changed ownership, we thought that a new brand would prove profitable by enticing seafood fans to try out the restaurant if they never have, and to come more often if they've already been before. Below is a screenshot of their current website, along with a screenshot of what we just recently designed for them. You can also see the sites full size if you follow the links for a better view. 

As always, we value your opinion, and hope you'll share your thoughts with us, and recommend us to your friends, coworkers, employer, etc. if you like what you see here.

Also, we would encourage you to try out the food and environment at The BlueGill Restaurant in Mobile. They'd love to have you stop by and try them out!

Current Website:

http://www.bluegillrestaurant.com/  

Magnolia Media's New Design:

http://www.clients.magnolia-media.com/bluegill/

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Happy Wednesday and Happy Cinco de Mayo!

What do you have planned to celebrate this evening?! We have some customers that would certainly love for you to partake in their Cinco de Mayo festivities and specials!

Check out Hacienda San Miguel on Schillinger Rd. for Happy Hour until 6 pm, and Fajita Night for $7.50 chicken or steak fajitas! If you’re a fan of the Wes Loper Band, then you’ll love the special fiesta planned for tonight! They will be at this location for the huge outdoor tent fiesta starting at 6 pm. If you prefer indoor dining, they are also having the mariachi band inside, and a DJ outside for special entertainment today as well. (Photo to right is from previous Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Grande.)

Aztecas in Theodore will also be having live entertainment and Margarita Night with $1.75/glass, and $9.95/pitcher.

The other two San Miguel locations (Tillman’s Corner and Moss Point) will also have special entertainment, and the same fajita special listed above.

If you’re over in the Daphne, Fairhope, or Malbis area…check out Don Carlos Mexican Restaurant (website under construction)! All day today they are offering small margaritas for $2.75 and draft beer for $1.95!

All of these restaurants are fantastic, and we have a personal interest in them because they’re our customers, and they support Magnolia Media! We hope that you’ll give them a visit on their special holiday!

So…for a little relaxation after work, you really should get in the Cinco de Mayo spirit and head out to one of the restaurants I listed above. They truly have great food, a fun atmosphere, and excellent service!

Don Carlos’ website is currently under construction, but you can view San Miguel’s at www.sanmiguelrestaurante.com! San Miguel is also on Facebook if you’d like to see more information or communicate directly with them.