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Wondering what we’re up to? Working on Websites, Iphone Designs & More

Today is Tuesday and we’re elbows deep in working with a few clients on redesigning and developing their new looks for the web. We’re currently working on the new Foothill Motorsports Ecommerce store where they’ll be selling everything that has … Continue reading

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Joey Gratton Foundation

About This Project JoeyGratton.com was created in honor of our father, Joey Gratton, whom passed away in a boat racing accident on November 11, 2011. Due to the emotions involved, this website proved to be one of our most difficult … Continue reading

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Healthy Chocolate – 4noguilt.com

About This Project Healthy Chocolates is a Sarasota based Chocolate company bringing you healthy gluten free chocolate that is good for you.  Healthy Chocolate came to us looking to revamp their online image.  They wanted us to get creative with … Continue reading

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iSupport Saint Leo

About This Project iSupport is a company focused on raising funds for Colleges through an auto club membership support card.  iSupport came to us looking for a one page website that showcased all of the benefits with their Auto Club … Continue reading

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Cafe Baci

About This Project Cafe Baci is one of Sarasota’s most recognized Italian restaurants with a number of awards.  The owner of Cafe Baci came to us looking for a fresh website that represented their history, that being the old Tuscan … Continue reading

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The Original Stitch Boutique

About This Project The Original Stitch Boutique is a Sarasota based clothing store featuring high end designer clothing.  The owners came to Xplode Marketing looking for a trendy/modern style e-commerce store that is easy to maintain and navigate.  We once … Continue reading

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Christopher Roy

About This Project Christopher Roy is an incredible interior designer who came to Xplode Marketing looking for a modern style website.  He visioned clean lines, sharp edges, and content that was very structured.  We had a number of meetings and … Continue reading

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Zimmerman & Zimmerman

About This Project Mark Zimmerman from Zimmerman and Zimmerman came to us looking for a very unique design.  He didn’t want the typical “attorney website” and he said he always loved the parchment paper type of look.  We asked him … Continue reading

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Lets get 2012 Started!

It’s about that time to set goals, re-evaluate past goals and take on the new year! We’re not talking about new years resolutions, but real business goals. What are some of your plans for 2012? Here are a few of … Continue reading

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Paradise Cosmetic and Wellness Center

About This Project Paradise Cosmetic and Wellness Center is a new cosmetic center located in Sarasota, FL offering a number of laser treatments.  Their goal with their website was to create a look and feel that was inviting and showed … Continue reading

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Faro Bearings

About This Project The owner of Faro Bearings came to us looking for a specialty website focused on one product, that being the Faro Combination Bearing.  Faro Bearings are made in Italy and sold in the United States but the … Continue reading

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In Flight Archery

About This Project In Flight Archery is a new website dedicated to bringing the Archery world together in one happy atmosphere.  The owner’s goal was to create a very inviting website where he could blog and showcase his expertise in … Continue reading

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ClubeUSA.com

About This Project The owner from ClubeUSA.com had an incredible idea to create an exclusive members only e-commerce website for customers down in Brazil who wanted the American brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Lacoste and more.  She was … Continue reading

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Jam Flooring

About This Project Jam Flooring is an ecommerce store that sells Epoxy Flooring.  They came to us with their own product and wanted a unique and creative design that sold their epoxy flooring kits and tools. Skills Used Xplode Marketing … Continue reading

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Progressive Screens

About This Project Progressive Screens is a local Sarasota based retractable screens manufacturer who had an existing outdated website.  They came to us with one goal in mind, for us to build them a new website that was fresh look … Continue reading

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D&D Air

About This Project D&D Air is a local Sarasota based AC repair company that have been in business for over 25 years.  They came to us looking for two things, a new web 2.0 website and an incredible SEO campaign … Continue reading

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Golf Overstock

About This Project GolfOverstock was a great group to work with.  They knew exactly the look and feel they wanted for their website so we took their vision and turned it into a reality.  The website was full of features … Continue reading

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GOTEC Equipment

About This Project The owner of GOTEC equipment came to us looking for a website that showcased his Big Equipment Trucks in a way that was easy for visitors to navigate and learn more about his trucks..  He was looking … Continue reading

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Misconceptions of Search Engine Optimization & Google

Too many people are stuck with the mindset that if they buy a domain name, purchase a $150 “do it yourself” website through providers like godaddy that business will all of a sudden knock on the door. Another misconception is … Continue reading

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Xplode Marketing welcomes a new Team Member…. Scarlett!

This is Scarlett Nicole Gratton, Brock Gratton’s new baby girl and our newest Marketing Team Member.  She was born on February 1st, 2011 weighing a whopping 6 lbs 4 oz and such a beautiful little baby.  Congrats to Brock and … Continue reading

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The importance of creating an identity for yourself and branding your Company.

First let’s start off by defining what exactly branding is: Branding is the perceived emotional feeling and look as a whole.  What does this mean in designing terms?  Well you could describe a ‘brand’ as an organization, service or product … Continue reading

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Brand New Website & Branding for 2011

Its been way too long since we redesigned or even updated our Xplode Marketing website. It’s like the pool guy that has a green pool, we’ve been busy giving all our attention to our clients and neglecting our own website … Continue reading

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AutoManager

About This Project AutoManager has over 20 years of experience helping dealerships run more efficiently, by offering state of the art software systems.  Automanager came to Xplode Marketing looking to revamp their outdated website and make it a more web … Continue reading

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The Foundation That Love Built

About This Project The Foundation that Love Built (TFTLB) is a very special project to us.  TFTLB is dedicated to helping those less fortunate towards a successful and fulfilling life through God and education.  It’s a powerful foundation that needed … Continue reading

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Abel Tobaygo Law Firm

About This Project Abel Tobaygo is a Bradenton, Florida based law firm focused on a number of different practice areas such as criminal defense, personal injury, bankruptcy, and more.  Abel Tobaygo was in need of a clean custom website that … Continue reading

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PS Freak

About This Project PSFreak came to us wanting to transform an outdated photoshop tutorial blog into an income generating website with a clean design and structure.  The website already generates 7,000 hits a month organically, so the goal was to … Continue reading

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Belleair Coins

About This Project Belleair Coins is a Tampa based gold buying company that wanted a clean professional website that’s easy to manage and ten steps ahead of the competition. A site where they could update the daily gold rates, showcase … Continue reading

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Brittany B Fit

About This Project This was a fun project, its not every day you get to work with a former WWE star.  Brittany Beede (formerly known as Jamie Keyes) came to us wanting a fitness membership website. We were happy to … Continue reading

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Indigo Wine Group

About This Project Indigo Wine Group is a worldwide distributor of wines. They required a website that managed all aspects of their business including but not limited to a private backend where their employee resources could be accessed. They also … Continue reading

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Mortgage Website Template

About This Project This client came to us with an idea of creating a Mortgage based template website where he sold a wide range of Mortgage templates.  They hired us to design a number of these different templates and create … Continue reading

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Nite Scenes

About This Project Nite Scenes is a local landscape and lighting business that wanted to take their lighting supply to the web. They required a system that could integrate with Google base and a website where they could fully manage. … Continue reading

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Classic Car Gift

About This Project This project came to us from the Netherlands, it was built for a nice gentleman known for his ability to create successful e-commerce stores. We were happy to develop this project from scratch and build a beautiful … Continue reading

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Unique Hinges

About This Project Unique Hinges was a new concept brought to us by a local Sarasota manufacturing company. They were wanting an ecommerce site that was unique but also stayed within the colors and theme of the product they manufacturer. … Continue reading

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Sentry Protection Technology

About This Project Sentry Protection Technology is a local Sarasota company who manufactures & installs the product they sell. They had an outdated website that was built using godaddy’s website builder. We were happy to take the flat brochure website … Continue reading

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Tracknburn

About This Project TracknBurn is a top 5 Health & Fitness Iphone application company who needed a web presence. They were in the final rounds of Apple Iphone’s approval process and needed a website that showcased their app and sold … Continue reading

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Quality Air Specialists

About This Project Quality Air Specialist is a New Jersey based air conditioning repair company and environmental specialist. Client needed a new fresh look built on a content management system that was easily found in search engines.  This project was … Continue reading

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Sunsweet Naturals

About This Project Sunsweet Growers Inc. is the world’s largest handler of dried tree fruits including cranberries, apricots and prunes. A grower-owned marketing cooperative representing more than one-third of the prune market worldwide, Sunsweet processes more than 50,000 tons of … Continue reading

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LawBiotics

About This Project Lawbiotics is an internet marketing company that specializes in attorney internet marketing. Lawbiotics is Xplode Marketing (oh that us).  We’ve created a separate website dedicated to being the one stop shop for all of an attorney’s marketing … Continue reading

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Bookies Dream

About This Project BookiesDream.com is a fantasy sportsbook software company that provides fantasy bookies high end software to track fantasy sports.  The client needed a site that was built on a CMS system and was set up for Search Engine … Continue reading

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Delta Associates Investigators

About This Project Delta Associates Investigators wanted a site that was clean and professional and ranked high on search engines. We were to market the site and build it on a management system. Skills Used Xplode Marketing used photoshop to … Continue reading

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The Byrd Law Firm

About This Project The Byrd Law Firm is a personal injury attorney who wanted to create an unstoppable online presence and own the search engines.  He gave us free range to design an clean and classy attorney website that represented … Continue reading

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The Daniels Law Firm

About This Project The Daniels Law firm is a law firm that represents a wide range of clients ranging from personal injury clients to family law clients.  Brandon Daniels went out on his own back in 2009 and knew that … Continue reading

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