IA / Usability / Interaction Design
Wordpress CMS, custom theme and templates
Email Campaign, Video and Landing Page
Wordpress CMS, Custom Theme and Templates
Social Media YouTube Promotion
Email Campaign, Video and Landing Page
IA / Usability / Interaction Design
Web Development
Hacking WordPress. A lot.
Information Architecture
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
SEO/SEM
Seek and ye shall find.
Technology
Some days you gets the bear, some days the bear gets you.
Webiste is Ken Bergquist, a multifaceted, organized and driven Technical Director with 15 years of engineering and supporting enterprise IT systems, applications and networks in hybrid environments, from hands-on to 30,000 feet.
I’ve produced and directed all technical aspects of agency operations and client projects in the fields of Systems Engineering and Administration; Information Architecture; Usability Research and Consulting; Interactive Branding, Marketing and Advertising; SEO/SEM; PPC/PPM; Online and Offline Media; Social and Content Marketing; Data Analysis; and, last but not least, Content Management Systems.
- I’ve served agency clients as Architect, Designer and Developer of Web Sites and Applications, and as Usability Analyst and Researcher.
- Worked alongside and managed Executives, Account Service personnel, Programmers, Developers, DBA’s, Network Support Staff and Graphic Designers.
- Architected, designed, produced, developed, tested, deployed, managed and analyzed dozens of interactive projects including Web Sites and Applications, Software, Middleware, Content Management Systems, Multimedia, Video, Animation and Audio.
I’ve also been known to enjoy camping with my family and friends, building highly detailed scale models of SciFi spaceships, and staring up at the sky and back in time.
Web Development
We specialize in Content Management Systems. Starting in the early 21st century, clients asked for websites they could self-manage. There were solutions, but these were usually costly and had a steep learning curve. We began by crafting bespoke solutions. Then…
- Open Source, baby!
- WordPress is our favorite CMS. Its superpowers are just starting to develop.
- Other CMS’s like Xoops, Joomla, Drupal – we eat them for breakfast, but we’re friendly to all of them. Even the Microsoft ones.
- I haven’t seen a case where a CMS can’t do it better.
- We’re platform agnostic.
IA / Usability
Taking a structured approach to website architecture is crucial to success. We’ve seen them both large and small, and we’ve found success using:
- Key stakeholder interviews.
- A chain of open-source tools for capturing user responses that can be mashed up to give the tightest possible focus on what users need from your site.
- Remote and in-house user testing, moderated and un.
SEO / SEM
Build it. They won’t come. Without Search. Once they find you, and know who you are, how can you reach out and hit them with your brand?
- Know thy brand.
- Optimize. Test.
- Build it in from the beginning, trust me.
- Optimize.
- Test.
- Measure.
- Optimize. Repeat, it’s necessary.
Technology
I work at the man/machine interface. And danged if it’s not pretty much broken all the time. I’ve been hands-on, and I’ve directed hands-on from way above. All in the same day. Frequently.
- Apple Desktops
- Apple Servers
- iOS Devices
- Internet Server Administration
- Network Engineering
- Security
Multimedia Production
Editing, producing and delivering compelling, entertaining and informative online and offline multimedia.
- Se Habla Final Cut.
- Flash, not on the timeline, please. Actionscript.
- Sound and music production.
