Top 10 Kentico Websites for December 2013

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With another great year in the books we take a look back at the last 10 Top websites from December 2013. It was once again hard to pick through all the great sites being delivered by our partners. We are happy to showcase some of these great sites below, The Gruffalo, College Invest, Destination Steamboat, Savage Motorcycles, and many more…

The Gruffalo is one of the world’s best-loved monsters. The fantastical Gruffalo lives in the deep dark wood, but publisher Pan Macmillan also wanted to give him a home online.

Built on Kentico EMS in Azure , the new Gruffalo.com is a mobile-first, responsive design that captures the imagination of children all over the world. Including HTML5 games within “The Deep Dark Woods” the new site is highly engaging for children, while offering adults plenty of resources to host their own Gruffalo-themed events. On such a high-traffic, graphic-heavy website, Kentico’s caching and high performance come into their own, providing a brilliant experience on all devices.

The Gruffalo
Implemented by:
Distinction, UK
Kentico Gold Partner

College Invest mission is to be Colorado’s trusted resource in breaking down the financial barriers to attaining a higher education through tax-advantaged college savings plan, scholarships and matching grants.

Blue Modus worked with another firm that provided new website creative. Blue Modus was responsible for implementing Kentico CMS Ultimate edition v7 with mobile responsive design.

CollegeInvest
Implemented by:
BlueModus, USA
Kentico Gold Partner

Destination Steamboat is the official site of Bear Claw and Edgemont, providing for all your destination needs when traveling to Steamboat Springs in the heart of the Colorado Rockies.

Leveraging Kentico v7, Burns Marketing provided a modern redesign, that showcases the premium properties, improves lead conversion opportunities, optimize the website for mobile users, and better aligns the content with organic SEO techniques.
 
Destination Steamboat
Implemented by:
Burns Marketing,  USA
Kentico Gold Partner

Savage Motorcycles is the number one Suzuki Motorcycle dealer in Perth, Western Australia. Their website is used for displaying the product catalogue and current promotional offers.

Leveraging Kentico v7 and the Kentico E-commerce solution, Hyperactive Digital integrated the API service provided by Suzuki parts for live updates and part and accessory details. As well as images, customers can choose the part and accessories online and combine the current shopping cart order of bike and other  non-Suzuki bike accessories. This site is also used for collect customer enquiry, booking test drives, insurance applications and newsletter subscriptions.

Savage Motorcycles
Implemented by:
Hyperactive Digital, Australia
Kentico Gold Partner

Research Sandbox is a unique, web-based platform that creates an online community for the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical industry and connects buyers and sellers of market research.

Using Kentico CMS v7, iMedia created a seamless, compelling design that was easy to use, and pulled the information into the system through dashboards for each audience persona, the buyer and the seller of research. The system provides both types of users (clients and agencies) a customized portal where they can login, post, search and save their requests of offerings and more importantly, a connection mechanism unlocking the contact details of the parties for further communication. 
 
Research Sandbox
Implemented by:
iMedia, Inc., USA
Kentico Gold Partner

Mourne Mountains has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is one of nine key Tourism Destinations identified by the Northern Ireland Tourism Board.

I3 Digital leveraged Kentico v7 to achieve the goal of the site; to deliver an all-encompassing regional tourism destination marketing platform that promotes and supports local Tourism products and providers. This site leverages responsive design, integration with approved 3rd party websites and social media platforms. There is also a main web portal which is now a main digital reference point and resource for the region going forward retiring over 30 existing websites as part of their new Digital Strategy.

VisitMourneMountains
Implemented by:
i3 Digital, UK
Kentico Gold Partner

Miller Heiman is a well-known solution for sales professionals, providing counsel, tools, sales process, sales training, sales techniques and technologies to help win new business and close complex sales.

Burns Marketing leveraged Kentico v7 to help achieve the goal of the site which was to provide a redesign with a modern look and feel, optimize the website for mobile users, and to better service a variety of visitor types with user centered navigation and engaging content. The new website is designed to effectively educate, convert, and service the needs of their prospects, customers, and alumni by providing highly relevant content along a user’s journey. The organization recognized that a modern website should not only play a pivotal role in a customer’s evaluation of their offering and help deliver leads to sales, but should also deliver a strong brand statement by delivering thought leadership, resources, and customer service to their constituents and the broader industry.

Miller Heiman
Implemented by:
Burns Marketing,  USA
Kentico Gold Partner

MMT Digital creates ingenious solutions for digital success. They have created award winning Kentico websites for global companies such as Bacardi, Scope, Pan Macmillan, Hodder Education and The Financial Reporting Council. Their websites provide companies with invaluable customer data that can be utilized for target marketing as well as highly complex integrations with 3rd party solutions.

MMT leveraged Kentico v7 to re-launch their website in a fully responsive and gesture swiping for touch devices. There are many great features within this site that demonstrates their capabilities of showcasing a brand. Their website is the most important part of their marketing strategy as it plays such a pivotal role in maintaining and building their brand image.

MMT Digital
Implemented by:
MMT Digital, UK
Kentico Gold Partner

 

Get Started is proud to have been creating digital experiences since 1999. With a portfolio that includes some of the biggest names in Australian government, retail and the corporate sector, their knowledge and understanding of the digital world makes them a valuable Kentico Partner.

Leveraging Kentico EMS, The Get Started site was redesigned and redeveloped to generate new leads, validate referrals and current opportunities, and encourage applications from talented web designs and web developers.
 
Get Started
Implemented by:
Get Started, Australia
Kentico Gold Partner

pixelbuilders is a team of digital experts who enjoy working hand-in-hand with their clients. Through every stage of their projects, they're always looking out for ways to increase clients' revenue, improve their brand awareness and create business efficiencies – all through the power of the web.
 
The new pixelbuilders website is built on Kentico EMS v7. The website is fully responsive and is aimed to promote their skills as a digital agency and Kentico partner. They leveraged Kentico’s flexibility to enable a number of bespoke web-parts – such as a specific web-part for use with Instagram. Custom tables are used to track and publish all the high scores entered via their 404 page game. Going forward, they‘ll be implementing more elements of the EMS through A/B testing and lead scoring.

pixelbuilders
Implemented by:
pixelbuilders, UK
Kentico Gold Partner

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Lenka Navratilova

I am currently on maternity leave with my little daughter, but I still have time to keep you informed about the best projects created by our clients and partners on Kentico. I previously worked as a Partner Manager taking care of our partners' needs.

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