 2002 News >> Media Genesis Home Troy Chamber of Commerce Honored Seven websites for Web ExcellenceThe Internettroy Committee of the Troy Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its 3rd Annual Helen eWards for Web Excellence at a special ceremony held October 23. From over 200 nominations, one site in each of the following seven categories received top honors.The 2002 winners were:
Prior to the eWards presentation, participants played games in the "Geek Olympics" and viewed artwork from a black/white photography project presented by Media Genesis. Sponsors of the e-vent were Shanica Technologies and Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C. More information at: http://www.internettroy.com/awar.htm Media Genesis launches University of Michigan College websiteWorking with staff at the University of Michigan's Residential College, Media Genesis has developed a new website for the College. The Residential College is a unique college within the University of Michigan and has been used as a standard for living and learning degree granting programs across the nation and the world.To accomodate the vast information needs of faculty, staff, students and alumni the website was designed using Macromedia Flash's dynamic text capabilities. Staff can effectively manipulate most of the content on the site with very little HTML knowledge. The site was a collaboration with Campbell Ewald Communications - an industry leading expert on youth marketing. They helped design and structure the site based on benchmarking the most common popular sites within the target demographic. "The language and delivery was crafted to elicit interest and provide a cutting edge design to prospective applicants" explains Antoine Dubeauclard, a Principal of Media Genesis and an alumni of the Residential College. Both Campbell Ewald and Media Genesis have Senior Management who are alumni of the University of Michigan and serve on Advisory panels. The site was donated as part of Media Genesis's corporate responsibility program. The program stipulates that each employee can nominate a non-profit site to be built pro bono based on merit and need. Other such sites in production include the Detroit Institute for Children and a Photography project. "Our hope is to create a trend of responsible corporate citizenship whereby we give back to the community and help foster its growth" adds Media Genesis President Brad Frederick. Brad, a past Troy Chamber Volunteer of the Year and Crain's 40 under 40 recipient estimates that Media Genesis has given $50,000-70,000 this year in such pro-bono project. Media Genesis Sponsors MBoxStudio.com - Set Up Your Own Recording Studio!Have you always wanted to lay some tracks down but lacked the budget or know-how to start making that first demo? The folks at Media Genesis are making it easier for you to learn how to set up an inexpensive yet sophisticated recording studio in your own home.Thomas Cray, veteran web designer at Media Genesis, has found a new creative outlet... and the fruits of his labor can be downloaded from www.MBoxStudio.com. MBoxStudio.com is an online home recording journal with tips about many of the practical and creative choices an artist will make in setting up, and using a modern, digital home recording studio. TravelSITE, Inc. introduces Travel Affiliate program.Williamston, Michigan - Feburary 4 - TravelSITE Inc, a Media Genesis joint venture, introduced today an affiliate program for its online store and community site, www.travelSITE.com.TravelSITE is the leading North American family travel destination on the web. Showcasing over 6,000 products and hundreds of stories and testimonials, TravelSITE provides insight and products for family vacations in the continental US. Products include travel accessories, maps, travel guides and many other travel related items. Affiliate programs allow site owners and related businesses on the web to generate revenues by funneling traffic to TravelSITE. This method allows a site to leverage its traffic to generate revenues, without the heavy investment required to process, fulfill and manage these sales. This solution was developed to grow marketshare of the already profitable TravelSITE, Inc. "We've chosen an aggressive compensation for affiliate sales", adds Don Reeder, President TravelSITE, Inc. "this is important as many key affiliate programs have reduced the benefits to affiliate members." Affiliate programs today account for a large part of retail Internet sales. "In the future," adds Brad Frederick, Managing Partner, TravelSITE, Inc, "we foresee the opportunity to create co-branded sites to further develop affiliate sales." TravelSITE was started in 2000 as a joint venture of Troy, MI based Media Genesis and Williamston, MI based Universal Map. Seeking to fulfill the need for a North American family travel online resource, the site was met with considerable interest despite a tech slowdown and a travel slow down from September 11, 2001. "Interestingly," contends Antoine Dubeauclard, Managing Partner, TravelSITE, Inc. "we are finding a very strong interest in rediscovering America the good old fashion way, by taking the family on a roadtrip. Indeed, much more family travel today occurs within a 3 to 5 hour radius. TravelSITE provides advice and many needed resources to achieve these vacations." For more information about TravelSITE, Inc. and TravelSITE.com contact: Kristine Buyers, APR Managing Partner TravelSITE, Inc. 795 Progress Court Williamston, MI 48895-0015 Phone: 517-545-8256 Email:kristine@travelsite.com TravelSITE, Inc. announces positive financial results for 2001.Williamston, Michigan - January 1 - TravelSITE Inc, a Media Genesis joint venture, board of directors announced today that it had a record year showing a positive financial year end. While not quite as meaningful for a two year old company, this statement in light of the technology downturn and the travel industry crunch is indeed very meaningful.TravelSITE was founded in 2000 in the midst of a period of redefinition for dot.com based businesses. "The struggles of the time forced us to create a very concrete and very conservative business plan" said Don Reeder, President of TravelSITE, inc. at the annual board meeting. "In the 2001 year, we addressed, met and exceeded the challenges of the industry, both in travel and technology" added Brad Frederick, who heads the technology initiatives for TravelSITE.com. TravelSITE also has plans for a Travel Affiliate program which would allow companies to leverage the 6,000 plus product inventory offered by TravelSITE.com. "By introducing this program, we're hoping to diversify even further our revenue streams and have an even more succesful 2002" added Antoine Dubeauclard, Managing Partner. For more information on TravelSITE, contact Kristine Buyers, APR Managing Partner TravelSITE, Inc. 795 Progress Court Williamston,MI 48895-0015 Phone: 517-545-8256 Email:kristine@travelsite.com ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ ARCHIVED NEWS 2005 News 2004 News 2003 News 2000 News >> Media Genesis Home |