Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Wowi Zowi Blog

Wowi Zowi Productions is a full-service company offering custom website design and complete visual concept development to the hospitality and leisure industries and beyond.
Embracing the philosophy of innovation over imitation, the Wowi Zowi team will create a professional, one-of-a-kind website and graphics package. A beautiful, custom designed, highly functional website will distinguish you in today’s most important multi-media platform, the Internet.Graphic Design is at the heart of Wowi Zowi Productions.
With over 20 years of graphic design and marketing experience, the Wowi Zowi team knows it takes a professional presentation to deliver a marketable message. Let us create a compelling business identity for you that will become the foundation of your marketing statement.
Here's what people are saying...

"We were so nervous about redoing our B&B website...we were brand new owners on a very limited budget, and this website would take up 90% of our first year's advertising spending so we wanted it to be perfect. We could not be happier that we chose Wowi Zowi to design our site.

It's hard to describe just how wonderful Carolyn & Roby are...not only are they both creative perfectionists and excellent at what they do, but the most important thing for us is the time they took to really get to know us and our property. The "feel" of our B&B comes through in every page of our website. The most frequent compliment we receive from our guests is when we check them into their room and they say "Wow, it looks just like the website!".This was simply the smartest investment we could have made in our business.In one year we have realized an average 20% occupancy increase for our B&B...the site has paid for itself several times over. No other advertising medium could have given us this type of increase.

We are also thrilled to have such a great ongoing marketing tool at our fingertips, from posting specials to building a mailing list to simply having the public see how busy our bookings are...the site continues to be our best source of advertising.Thank you Carolyn & Roby for being such awesome people and so very good at what you do! We look forward to a long relationship with Wowi Zowi."

Christine & Todd ThomasInnkeepersThe Doubleday Inn Bed & BreakfastGettysburg, PA


Roby and Carolyn La Porte of WowiZowi recently created a new web page for my bed and breakfast. I must be honest, at the outset, I was reluctant to redesign my site, not only because of the expense of a new site (when in my opinion I had a perfectly good old one), but also because I was not fond of the new “flash” craze that had apparently gripped the industry since my first page was created. I had hired a marketing director to assist me, and he virtually ordered me to add flash to our website because it is such a great advertising tool. I was cringing inside, but I agreed to the addition of flash because, after all, I do want people to come to my place of business.In the long run, it doesn’t matter if I like my own website, it only matters if it successfully drives guests to me. To make a long story short (I know – “too late!”), we did add flash, but Carolyn and Roby did so in such a tasteful and subtle way that I love it! I love the whole site, and it illustrates our B&B perfectly. Carolyn and Roby captured the essence of our bed and breakfast on the new site so the feeling comes through complete. We’ve had tons of new traffic since our new web site was released.

And lastly, but not leastly, Carolyn and Roby are wonderful, nice, generous and fun people, and it is a pleasure to work with them. I highly recommend Wowi Zowi!
Hilary McCallaAvalon Luxury Inn

We are so fortunate to have found Wowi Zowi. Not only were they able to, in a professional and creative way, update our company logo to reflect our new direction, they also put together an amazing website that evokes the mood of our property while enabling online reservations and visitor tracking. Through design and technology, they have allowed us to display our uniqueness and grow the business in our very competitive marketplace.

Marjorie Woodbridge General Manager Casa Tropicana Inn and Spa


It is so nice to be able to work with a group that has the talent and experience to take the idea seeds from your head and plant that idea into your website. However, these idea seeds you give to WowiZowi are magically nurtured and creatively cultivated to create a magnificent presentation that will certainly bring attention to your media whether it be in print or on the web.What I like most is that I am confident that the project will get done and done right. In those very rare occasions when something does not go quite as planned they are eager to make it right and willing to go the extra mile.Thanks Carolyn and Thanks Roby and your support staff --- you are all really great.--

Dr. Bradley ShaperoPremier Health Car


Good websites make a difference... A perspective client called and wanted to know more about my business. I told him to check out my website. He called back five minutes later and I got the job! Thanks Wowi Zowi.

Russ Reinsel Owner RED DOG Media

I have worked with Carolyn and Roby at Wowi Zowi for the past three years. It is so refreshing to work with people who are so creative. I had been accustomed to working with web people who were creative, but lacked follow through. Carolyn and Roby combine creativity with excellent customer service and follow through. They have helped me increase my existing business and they have helped me build a new business. I feel fortunate to have found them.
Cindy SimonsonA Loving Alternative Adoptions - Infant Adoption Coach

Thanks for creating an awesome web site. It has helped my business grow beyond expectations in just two short years!
Michael K. Magnell Trans-Atlantic Ferry


The people at Wowi Zowi are very easy to work with. They deliver what they promise with professional design, and answer phone calls and emails quickly and efficiently. We had another web site company that charged us more and did less. I recommend this company if you are looking for a change or are just starting up.
Kelley JorgensenAnza-Borrego Foundation and InstituteSales Manager


Roby & Carolyn of WowiZowi are great people to work with. They are both so talented; Carolyn in coming up with a creative design; and Roby in putting it all together to make a smooth running and effective web site.First they asked me for the basic elements of what I wanted in my website. With their expertise in this field, they added many suggestions and ideas I hadn’t thought of.They incorporated every thing I wanted with their suggestions and a great design, culminating into a beautiful website. I always get compliments on my website from my patrons, friends & family. It is very creative and extremely beautiful. They are a joy to work with.
Bernie Donahue


WowiZowi has been fantastic to work with. They created a masterpiece of a site for the Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi, www.marinemonument.com. As a result The Heritage of San Clemente Foundation was able to exceed our goal for the construction of The Monument and Park Semper Fi. Thank you WowiZowi!
G. Wayne Eggleston Executive Director, The Heritage of San Clemente FoundationMayor, San Clemente 2005-2006


"When I started working with Wowizowi, all my website problems went away. They are so fast and creative. My customers tell me my company is setting the benchmark in my industry when it comes to our website. Wowizowi also has great resources for streaming and editing multimedia. I highly recommend them!"
Steve Franciswww.stevefrancis.com


Carolyn and Roby LaPorte, owners of WowiZowi, have truly helped us with our website presence. Our first experience with a Website Development Company was with a person who was artistic, but lacked the technical skill. Our next experience was reversed, lots of technical skill, but woefully deficient in artistic skill. Carolyn, the Artist and Roby the Technician, provide the essential ingredients (I own a Gourmet Store) that all businesses need in order to market yourself effectively, efficiently and within your budget. Thanks, Carolyn and Roby for making our site, www.TheVillageGourmet.com one of the most attractive Gourmet sites on the Web!
Jim EckelCandace ChromyThe Village GourmetSan Clemente, CA


I wanted to write you a short note thanking you so much for my outstanding website. My colleagues in the IECA, Independent Educational Consulting Association, have been writing me notes week after week explaining how impressed they are with the professionalism, the layout and the ease of navigating my site for important information. They simply love it. The site has also attracted the eyes of reporters from USA Today and the National Honor Roll who are writing articles about college admissions. You all do such incredible work and I feel so fortunate that we are able to assist each other. I am also very excited about Ariana’s email working now, and already I am getting the information I need from her in order to help her even more.
Thank you again, Lisa McLaughlinFounder and Executive DirectorEDvantage Consulting


I have worked in the field of Techknowlege for over 25 years and I am also a singer songwriter and have worked with a number of design companies and I must say WowiZowi is the cream of the crop. From my web design to the design for my CD cover, they are the best in the business. And if you are looking for the best for your project, I strongly recommend WowiZowi.
Sherman FowlerSinger / SongwriterEntertainer