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“ReEngage” released for WDG Email Newsletter System – Emails can be set up for automatic redeployment to all non-openers, increasing response rates

aemam — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:06:58 +0000

“ReEngage” released for WDG Email Newsletter System – Emails can be set up for automatic redeployment to all non-openers, increasing response rates

Web Development Group is excited to release an awesome new feature “ReEngage” allowing you to resend your email newsletters to individuals that did not open the first email. ReEngage – Emails can be set up for automatic redeployment to all non-openers, increasing response and re-engaging customers.

To learn more about this feature, please contact us at support @ webdevelopmentgroup.com or simply call us at 703-652-7103

Web Development Group launches the new online community that honors fallen heroes while allowing families to connect

aemam — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:03:42 +0000

Web Development Groups technical staff successfully deployed a new web infrastructure for The National Gold Star Family Registry utilizing Ruby on Rails framework.

The National Gold Star Family Registry is a 21st Century Memorial that utilizes the latest in technology to provide a searchable, scalable database of America’s fallen Heroes since WWII. The Registry is accessible to all Americans from homes, classrooms, libraries, or anywhere with Internet access.

The technical infrastructure permits the public to search the Registry using a variety of criteria. Family members, friends and comrades can tell the story of their hero by adding written tributes, which the Registry will preserve for future generations. Like never before, American’s will be able to get a sense of who these brave men and women were, the cause for which they died, and—most importantly—how they lived.

The Registry is accessible to all Americans from homes, classrooms, libraries, or anywhere with Internet access. The technical infrastructure permits the public to search the Registry using a variety of criteria. Family members, friends and comrades can tell the story of their hero by adding written tributes, which the Registry will preserve for future generations. This is an amazing opportunity and being able to provide such information online is a great accomplishment for the organization said Ab Emam founder of WDG. We are proud and absolutely thrilled to be part of such a cause and accomplishment.

Web Development Group working on new virtualization solution

aemam — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:04:12 +0000

Web Development Group met with Forrester Research’s application development and delivery consulting practice this past Friday to discuss new virtualization environment to better service our current and new clients. We are excited to work with the Forrester to enhance our offerings to our clients. It is our goal to offer a new and improved virtualized environment for rapid development and maximum performance.

Web Development Group launch website for the Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organization

aemam — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:11:35 +0000

The Web Development Group based out of Alexandria Virginia, launched a brand new web site for the Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organization. As an international association of nonprofit organizations, AMECO provides a unified voice with regard to issues related to missing and exploited children and their families, and nurtures credible, ethical and effective nonprofit member organizations The new website launched by the Web Development Group, houses a search-able database of resources, including guides and tools, available to provide assistance to AMECO’s audiences as well as a secure “members online” section which is fully integrated with the website.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organization and we ardently support their mission. We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with them and will continue to provide their staff with consultation on social media techniques, as well as offer new creative ideas to further enhance their site, said Ab Emam, the founder of the Web Development Group.”

Please contact Web Development Group at (703) 652.7103 for more information.

Web Development Group, a proud sponsor of CMF

aemam — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:33:01 +0000

Web Development Group is proud to sponsor the CMF web training session this Monday held for congressional offices who are looking for ways to use technology to better service their constituents?.
“We are excited to be able to sponsor this event. The Congressional Management Foundation does a fantastic job helping offices better their online offices” said Ab Emam of WDG. We also excited to announce the launch of our “Constituent User Experience” service which is derived from a combination of 4 years of congressional web traffic and CMF recommended content placement.

More info about the event:

What You Will Learn:
• 10 things you can do immediately to improve your site’s score;
• Ways to get the rest of your staff involved with maintaining the site;
• Options for meeting constituents’ needs online;
• How to prevent your site from becoming dated and stale; and
• Advice and insight from award-winning staffers.

Who Should Attend:

This program, intended for any staffer interested in learning how to develop and maintain a gold-standard congressional Web site, will provide detailed information about the 111th Congress Gold Mouse Project and this year’s Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Mouse Award winners.

About the Project:

The evaluations of congressional websites for the 111th Congress Gold Mouse Project were conducted in the summer and fall of 2009 through CMF’s Partnership for a More Perfect Union (www.pmpu.org), which is dedicated to helping citizens and Congress communicate more effectively.

About the Partnership:

The Partnership for a More Perfect Union seeks to further our nation’s progress toward “a more perfect union” by fostering the genuine and effective exchange of ideas between Members of Congress and citizens. The Partnership seeks to accomplish this mission by conducting research and education, promoting best practices, and creating innovative tools for everyone with a stake in our government.

Web Development Group Employee Works with Non-Profit on Important Public Service Announcement

erauch — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:33:53 +0000

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working with Meals on Wheels Association of America in filming a PSA that is to be distributed to all of the Local National Chapters local news outlets. This PSA was filmed to spread the word of the work MOWAA provides to elderly patients in need.

It was an incredibly rewarding experience to work with an organization whose main mission is to help those in need.

The PSA should be ready for distribution within a few weeks and I look forward to seeing the final product and hope it furthers MOWAA’s presence and mission throughout the country.

Our Web Development Team has World Cup Fever

aemam — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:44:33 +0000

Personally I am so excited about the world cup and being able to share this with my coworkers here at the office. Everyone is in good spirits and each one of us is rooting for somebody. Personally, I hope Spain goes all the way, but i am sure we have fans here for America, Brazil, and Germany… Safe to say that we are all excited for Wednesday Game starting at 10 am when US is playing Algeria. Go USA!!!!

The Nation Watches BP’s testimony in front of House Committee

tegan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:08:06 +0000

Today’s BP hearing on the Hill was held by the Energy and Commerce
Committee and could be viewed through the Committees website developed
by Web Development Group. WDG is extremely excited to have built a
solution that can be used by the committee to be able to allow its
audience to view the live broadcast of BP’s Chief Executive Tony
Hayward’s testimony to Congress, an event and news that is currently
so important to the nation. “We hope to be able to
provide the committee along with the Natural Resources and Oversight
committees the technical support for all upcoming BP hearings,” said Ab Emam
founder of WDG.

Web Development for Majority Leader’s Personal Office

aemam — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:23:25 +0000

Web Development Group launched the new website for Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. The new website showcases the leader’s dedication for communication between him and his constituents. This new website offers many features and allows constituents to easily access constituent services and contacting the office within a click. “We are excited to be able to offer our web expertise to the Majority Leaders office” said Ab Emam, Web Development Group’s founder. “The goal is always to design and develop a website that constituents or users can easily navigate, find the information they need and be able to contact the office without any effort. ”

Known for producing memorable, high quality work that creates buzz and delivers exceptional results for its clients, Web Development Group is an award-winning web agency specializing in interactive web development, online marketing and mobile applications for ambitious companies and government entities.

Committee Launches New Informational Portal

aemam — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:05:02 +0000

Northern Virginia-based Web Development agency, Web Development Group recently designed a new website for the Committee on Appropriations, The new website showcases the committees dedication to providing seamless, stress-free user experiences, and also serves as an informational portal allowing constituents, staffers and professionals to easily find real-time data on bill status, events, subcommittee members and most importantly giving the users access to the thousands of documents that are now available online.
“The primary goal for launching a new site for the committee was to streamline communication between its users and the committee,” said Ab Emam, Web Development Group’s founder. “There’s a lot of planning, paperwork and attention to detail that goes into posting information online, so we implemented a flexible online publishing solution that now lets the committee process and post relevant information online through a user friendly system.”