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How does your organization measure success? We'll learn about your business and help you reach your unique goals. Blue Ray Media works with a many types of businesses and nonprofit organizations. With each one, we learn something new about how best to use the Web. Our collaboration with clients frequently results in one-of-a-kind business solutions that make the most of the Web's potential. Below are some examples.
Neve's Uniforms and Equipment
With tools created by Blue Ray Media, staff at Neve's Uniforms and Equipment can update their huge online inventory quickly and easily. Personnel can change prices, upload photos and indicate what sizes and colors are available. Staff can also update "Web Deals" promoted on the site, content on the Home page and the "About Us" page. Because the site is database-driven, once staff at Neve's adds new products and product categories, they appear wherever it's appropriate. When items are removed from stock, the site is automatically updated.
Police, fire and emergency medical personnel who work with Neve's can log in to the site and are buy all the gear required by their department. Registered users can also checkout quickly and view their order status online. Neve's can even set up special pricing for each department they supply.
To view some of the password-protected features of the Neve's Uniforms and Equipment Web site, contact Blue Ray Media.
Solution highlights
Staff can update inventory on the site, including photos, sizes, colors and descriptions. They can even create new categories and sub-categories of items.
It's easy to promote special items with tools created by Blue Ray Media.
Secure e-commerce with special pricing for each customer group.
Police, EMTs and fire personnel can log in to view and buy required items.
The system automatically creates invoices for customers.
The Transcription Center
The Transcription Center provides transcription services to the investor relations community. The company also transcribes focus group sessions, interviews, speeches, news broadcasts, and seminars.
Blue Ray Media has transformed the way the company does business. A private online area allows customers to log in, schedule and track conference calls, upload audio and video files of calls and queue them for transcription. Clients can also specify transcript formatting and download completed transcripts.
The online system allows management to assign jobs to transcribers and keep track of various jobs, including when they are due and the time it takes for them to completed. Management can also use the system to manage and track quality assurance testing.
Solution highlights
Private online area for clients to schedule transcription services, upload audio and video files and track jobs.
Management tool allows management to assign and track jobs for many clients and to share files with staff members and sub-contractors.
Private online area for transcribers to view calls, download audio files and upload transcripts.
To view the online tools developed for The Transcription Center, contact Blue Ray Media.
Sweet Beak
With a system developed by Blue Ray Media, staff at SweetBeak.com can update their own Web site, including the products for sale, photos, colors, prices and more.
When visitors add items to their cart, related items that may be of interest are also promoted to increase the size of each sale. Shipping costs are automatically calculated and added to each order. Payments are processed live, in real-time, with an Authorize.net payment gateway.
The site gives customers the power to view past orders and their status and track FedEx shipping. Shoppers can save information so future orders are faster and easier, which encourages repeat business. Customers - who love SweetBeak products - can even log in and upload their own photos!
Solution highlights
Content management system allows staff to add products to the site, including prices, photos, colors and more.
Shipping costs are automatically calculated and shoppers can track FedEx shipments.
Customers can save their information and publish their own product photos.
Secure e-commerce and real-time online payment processing with Authorize.net.
Global Vacation Rental Listings
At GVRL.com, vacation rental owners and managers can create ads to promote their properties. Travelers can view thousands of vacation rental properties, make and pay for reservations, review properties, create their own travel journals and upload photos.
The site also allows owners and managers to maintain a calendar that shows when properties are available and to integrate PayPal into their ads to accept payments. Advertisers can even place the availability calendar on their Web sites and take reservations from GVRL and their sites. They can also manage inquiries, reservations and payments online at GVRL.com.
The site also serves RSS feeds to users around the Internet, so they can keep up with rentals at their favorite destinations. Travelers can also search the site to find what best meets their needs and Google maps make comparing locations easy for travelers.
Solution highlights
"Do-it-Yourself" system allows property owners and managers to create their own ads.
Advertisers can accept reservations, payments and inquiries on their sites and GVRL.com and manage everything in one place.
Travelers can view thousands of rentals, make and pay for reservations, post photos and travel stories.
Google mapping makes it easy for travelers to get a sense of where they'll be staying.
Highland Merchants Association
The Highland Merchants Association needed an easy way to manage all the vendors who sell their wares at their yearly street fair. Blue Ray Media developed an online application for vendors and a tool that makes managing the fair easy and efficient for the association.
When vendors apply online, they specify where they want their booth and indicate what they'll sell and what they'll need, such as propane and extra electrical outlets. Artists can even upload images of their work.
The online tool gives the association the ability to view all vendor application in one place, approve applications and even assign booths to vendors. The association can also use the tool to communicate with vendors and send them html-enabled e-mail.
Solution highlights:
Online application for vendors, which includes the ability for artists to upload images of their work.
Vendor management area lets the association approve applications, assign booths and communicate with vendors with html-enabled e-mail newsletters.
Colorado Nonprofit Association
Blue Ray Media has worked with the Colorado Nonprofit Association to create tools that enhance membership in the organization. We've developed an internship board, for example, where members can post internship opportunities and explain how to apply.
We've also incorporated events registration forms into the Association's site, so it's easy for members to register and pay for events. Payments are processed in real-time, using an Authorize.net payment gateway.
We've also improved the Web site's search function, so it's easier for users to find member businesses.
Solution highlights:
Improved functionality on the site, including a better member search.
A new "Internship Board", where members can post internship opportunities on the site.
Event calendar and registration capabilities with real-time online payment processing.
My VR Site
At MyVRSite.com, property owners and managers have access to powerful tools to promote their vacation rental properties. All the available tools were developed by Blue Ray Media.
Owners and managers can create their own Web sites in a matter of minutes. Each site allows them to take reservations and payments online and to manage reservations and payments. Availability calendars on each site let guests reserve properties without assistance.
Complex rate structures can be published and owners can choose whether to charge booking fees, cleaning fees and deposits. Owners and managers can even send html-enabled newsletters to past guests. My VR Site is the easiest way for vacation rental owners and managers to create a Web site and take reservations and payments online.
Blue Ray Media designed over 50 Web site templates for My VR Site.
Solution highlights:
Users can create their own powerful Web site in a matter of minutes.
Sites owners have access to a robust set of tools that allow them to promote their properties and manage payments, reservations and guest data.
Various methods can be used to accept and process payments, including PayPal, Authorize.net payment gateways or manual processing.
B. Ready Blog
At BReadyBlog.com, READYColorado is increasing emergency preparedness and creating community with interactive tools created by Blue Ray Media. The site makes it easy for people to post their own stories and photos, interact with the "B. Ready" campaign and follow the progress of the "B. Ready" characters as they traverse Colorado.
Visitors to the site can post their own stories and photos and comment on other stories related to emergency readiness.
Blue Ray Media developed the Web site and created a password-protected area where authorized READYColorado personnel can log in to manage submitted stories and comments. The moderator is able to view new stories and comments and approve and categorize postings. The moderator can even promote stories on the home page, if desired.
Solution highlights:
Visitors can post their own stories and photos.
Online tools allow a moderator to approve and categorize postings before they appear on the site.
Stories are syndicated on the Web using RSS feeds.
