Inphotek
USA > California > Tehachapi
Inphotek offers full service web design, Hosting, Content Management, Social Media Promotions, SEO
Inphotek offers full service web development. and web design. We host websites, install open source web scripts.
Inphotek can setup a portal website in 1 day, allowing for instant new pages, and customized layout. Edit and add content. Hide content from unregistered visitors.
Ecommerce carts
Blog
Events calendar
Forums
Newsletter
Video Uploads
We also create small windows applications that can be used as Freebies or as an online downloadable sales piece.
Staff includes certified developers who have been training developers for 10 years.
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Clients and Projects
Industry Sectors:
Sports & Leisure, Health & Beauty, Professional Services
Tends to work with:
Private Companies, Startups, Non-profit Organisations
General location of clients: California
What We Have Achieved
Latest Review
12 December 2011
Melissa Mooris at Fundamental Horsemanship
Desirea worked to find a solution that would fit within the budget we had then worked to find content and build content that would attract the kind of traffic we were looking to get for the website.
She...
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Interview
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Inphotek:
”Professional, Creative, Capable, Trustworth, Fast”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Inphotek:
”In 10 years, Inphotek will have a 20 member team and be developing useful tools for the next generation of internet users.”
WWDC:
How was your company name chosen?
Inphotek:
”Inphotek = Information Technology”
What We Do?
- Branding
- Content and Copy
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Development
- Design
Technologies Used:
.NET, CSS, msSQL, PHP, PERL/CGI, PostgreSQL, mySQL
CMS Used:
Open Source, Own Brand, Paid (Branded) Service
Preinstalled Modules:
Blog
Email Newsletter
Ecommerce
Forum
File Sharing
User Content Management
Custom Module Installations
Layout theme modification
Company Overview
Languages Spoken:
English
No. of Employees: 1-5
Established: 2003
Joined WWDC: 3 January 2010
Scoopitout
- Development
- Hosting
Scoopitout is a wordpress installation for a young horseman.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Startup
Industry: Sports & Leisure
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Wordpress
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: mySQL, PHP
Completion date: January 2012 (on-going)
Value Hour
- Content and Copy
- Design
- Development
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Value Hour is a personal blog project on professional development, company structures, web content and website evaluations.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Non-profit Organisation
Industry: Professional Services
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Wordpress
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: PHP
Completion date: October 2011 (on-going)
Fundamental Horsemanship
- Branding
- Content and Copy
- Design
- Development
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Fundamental Horsemanship was built to provide horsemen around the world easy access to a library of information and news regarding horses.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Community website
Organisation category: Startup
Industry: Sports & Leisure
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: mojoPortal was utilized to quickly implement the website.
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: .NET
Completion date: September 2011 (on-going)
PCI Guard Dog
- Branding
- Content and Copy
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
PCI Guard Dog needed a custom multi-user blog that was hooked into multiple social media networks and allowed for SEO performance. PCI Guard Dog also needed a custom logo built. Inphotek used WordPress MU with the Arras Theme to create a blog with magazine style layouts. Inphotek installed multiple plugins to allow for SEO performance and social media outlets. Inphotek created social media accounts on multiple platforms to push out our content and spread the word about PCI Gurd Dog.
Languages: English
Project type:
Organisation category: Startup
Industry: Professional Services
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: WordPress Multi-User
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 2
Technologies used: PERL/CGI, PostgreSQL
Completion date: March 2010 (on-going)
Itsy Bitsy Bra Bar
- Branding
- Development
The Itsy Bitsy Bra Bar needed to make some quick adjustments to their website. They needed to add promotional code support and make some layout changes in advance of the January 2010 release of InStyle magazine which was featuring them.
Languages: English
Project type: E-commerce
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Health & Beauty
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: Paypal
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: PHP
Completion date: January 2010
Spit Creek Ranch
- Branding
- Content and Copy
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Development
Spit Creek Ranch needed a website to maintain a contact database of clients. Inphotek analyzed the costs of developing a custom contact database and compared the analysis to utilizing the mojoPortal system. The portal system was a cost effective alternative to custom development. It serves Spit Creek Ranch's clients and needs on a larger scale. The portal system offered the following advantages over creating a 3 page website with a contact management system: Events Calendar Blog Newsletters Content Management System Contact Capture Embedded Twitter Account
Languages: N/A
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Sports & Leisure
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 1
Technologies used: .NET, CSS, msSQL
Completion date: November 2009 (on-going)
Reviews
Desirea worked to find a solution that would fit within the budget we had then worked to find content and build content that would attract the kind of traffic we were looking to get for the website.
She has set us up with an autotmated social media profile and updates our twitter and link sending each month.
Desirea Herrera and inphotek.com are worth every penny we paid and then more. Whenever we need something finished or fixed, she gets the job done.
I paid Ms. Herrera half of the cost agreed upon for a customized e-commerce site with integrated shopping cart. The payment was made in February with a projected start date of March 1. It is now April and I have nothing to show for it. While the set price of $500 was discussed and agreed upon, as I became more and more agitated about the progress of the site, I was told by Ms. Herrera that she had already invested 7.5 hours of time on my project and had only alloted 10 hours for my project thus leaving only 2.5 hours of work time to complete my site (and additionally requesting another $125.00). I was flabergasted by this because at no time were hourly rates discussed. I was told 10 hours was the amount of time she had estimated for the design of the site yet this was never discussed with me. I explicitly stated in my original advertisement that I did not accept hourly rates and 10 hours for a website that cost $500 to design equals $50.00 an hour. Why would a small business owner like myself ever agree to pay such an amount? I had to ask Ms. Herrera for a refund before she would even send me one mock-up of the design. Phone calls and emails were often ignored and/or responded to a days later. So now, I am $250.00 in the hole and still do not have a website for my business.
I suggest one thinks twice before hiring this company!
This review has not been accepted by Inphotek
Inphotek comments:
Based on conversations we had through email and on the phone, and Ms. Boyd's description of the project, I estimated 10 hours of work to give the client the $500 figure. The estimate did not allot an unlimited amount of hours for other activities beyond the scope of the project. Creation of the interface based on the software templates and uploading and configuring of the software were the only components of the project. Deciding homepage content in a mockup was outside the scope of the project. I found it my responsbility to keep the client informed that this was outside the scope of the project and that additional costs would be incurred if we went over the hours.
The hourly rate was discussed on the phone with Ms. Boyd. She was told that 500.00 gets her 10 hours of time. She was also informed via email that the ecommerce cart on the CMS was being custom built for another company and that it would be folded into her project. She was kept informed of the progress of custom ecommerce cart module that she would be using in her website.
When the client first addressed her concerns over the length of time it was taking, I suggested the use of another cart with blog and forum capabilities. We discussed it, and the client decided that she wanted the customized CMS when I completed it. As the custom project came closer to completion and ready for testing, Ms. Boyd claimed she did not care about being updated as to the progress of work that would benefit her company. Towards the end of the custom module build I informed the client that I would be uploading it for testing. At no time was the web domain ever pointed at a web server that I could access to upload and configure the software for her website.
I needed a website to reach out to my current horse training/lesson clients and to develop my business. Desirea's professional approach made our intiial public outreach highly successful. She and her team worked to launch the website quickly and went way above what I originally required. I wanted a website with a way to database my customers and get more customers. Desirea implemented a highly effective content management system with newsletters, blogs, user registration, events calendar (for all our ranch competitions and events) and content that keeps on building. I think the events calendar is generating a lot of attention because no other local area ranch has this type of content. She got us started on Twitter and Facebook. We got a new client via the website within the first few weeks and came into contact with a travel writer who wants to visit the ranch. Desirea & Inphotek optimized our site, allowing us to avoid paying the high costs associated with paying search engine companies for optimization. Within the first month, our site was fully optimized and we were getting new clients from the site. It is always easy to get in touch with Desirea at Inphotek. I'm never waiting on a reply for a question or idea for the website.
This experience has been more than I expected and definitely plays a role in our future.
Desirea Herrera
CEO/ CTO/ Owner
Desirea is a certified .Net developer and a 12 year veteran of web design and development.
WWDC:
What's your name and position in the company?
Inphotek:
”Desirea Herrera Owner”
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Inphotek:
”Professional, Creative, Capable, Trustworth, Fast”
WWDC:
What's your business philosophy?
Inphotek:
”Inphotek strives to keep our customers happy.”
WWDC:
Describe your office environment.
Inphotek:
”Fully equipped system with virtual teammates across the globe.”
WWDC:
Describe how your team interact and work together.
Inphotek:
”Inphotek utilizes Skype instant messages and VOIP (voice over IP) technologies.”
WWDC:
What makes you different from other web design companies?
Inphotek:
”Inphotek has the ability to rapidly adapt to any given situation.”
WWDC:
How do you get the majority of your business?
Inphotek:
”Word of Mouth, Networking and advertising”
WWDC:
Describe how you manage projects from the initial client contact to completion and handover.
Inphotek:
”Inphotek first defines your internet presences, keeps the client educated to the process, develops, designs and tests the website.”
WWDC:
What do you think is the most crucial element of creating a good client relationship?
Inphotek:
”Customer Service”
WWDC:
How do you manage demanding clients?
Inphotek:
”Inphotek balances all client's needs so they do not interfere with other client's needs.”
WWDC:
If a client was trying to decide between a shortlist of web design companies, how would you recommend they go about selecting the right one for them?
Inphotek:
”While price might seem the obvious choice, experience and customer service should supercede all other considerations. A company must deliver an effective website that falls in line with customer goals. A company should be able to offer a marketing plan.”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Inphotek:
”In 10 years, Inphotek will have a 20 member team and be developing useful tools for the next generation of internet users.”
WWDC:
Where do you see the web design industry in the future?
Inphotek:
”Web design continues to grow as new technologies expand. In the future, websites will be built to interact not just with social media, but also interact with entertainment content from outside the web. ”
WWDC:
What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
Inphotek:
”PC”
WWDC:
How was your company name chosen?
Inphotek:
”Inphotek = Information Technology”
WWDC:
If you were to give your clients one tip on how to get the most from their website what would it be?
Inphotek:
”Market your website through social media, search engine optimization and traditional marketing. ”