Our approach is deceptively simple.

Measure twice.

Cut once.

We have a clear set of input documents, which are easy to fill out surveys, to help us determine what you need and want.

We then provide a set of documents outlining the goals of the project, and the specific blue print for the system, including, for the web, a page by page break down of the content and functionality required.

Then we build from that plan.

Registered site users can download our documents and process. All we ask is that you properly attribute them to Left Brain, and that you do not sell our content for commercial gain. Our solution is protected under a creative commons non-commercial, attributed copyright.

Use it, credit us, don't sell it is all that means.

We know we can't possibly build every web site, every process or system in the world, but our proven methodology can help make yours even better. 

Left Brain is at its core an organizational engineering firm.

We started the business with the idea of helping organizations more effectively harness the incredible systems and practices available that have simply been outside the budget of most medium to small organizations.

Left Brain can help your organization deploy an integrated system of information technology, web communications and data management services.

Our sites are monitored 24/7 in a secure hosting environment, with daily backups and mirrored servers to ensure your site is up 24/7.

We also offer a variety of additional services, including email and an affordable integrated calendaring and collaboration tool, Zimbra.

Entry level hosting packages are available and designed to help maximize our technology infrastructure and spread the gospel of Joomla.

We would rather have you start with a solution that you can build on than come to us later for a rebuild. 

A Site Up & Running In Weeks For Only $2,000

We have tried to make our pricing model as clear as possible. One option is the one given above. This is a simple, clean, stylish site that will be easy to use. Your site can grow as your organization does.

We provide you with a basic site for $2,000, selecting from a half dozen different page layouts, each of them with at least five different color combinations.

Once that basic page layout and color scheme is chosen, we can customize the color scheme to meet your existing corporate identity. You provide as a high a quality digital image as you can of your logo and any accompanying graphics, such as photos.

Or Perhaps You Had Something Bigger In Mind?

Obviously, websites can become expensive investments that companies simply need to make. Left Brain's team is dedicated to providing clients with sites that give a return on investment. Some of our sites have: video, donation pages, blogs, forums, surveys, enewsletters, ecommerce, statistics, and more, you name it! It is important to gauge what is needed. We have no interest in setting you up with something you won't use.

While we can help guide you, no one knows your what your needs are as clearly as you. We can scale a solution to the budget priorities you set up.

We can also help you map out what your needs may entail in future, and identify ways you can find the resources to continue to enhance your organizational effectiveness.

Bottom line - you decide what to invest and when.

A web site is more than a pretty picture - it's a way to build relationships. These case studies provide examples of how an effectively architected solution can engage your audience in tangible interactions. You can also simply view our portfolio if all you really need is a basic web site. 

GoWesting.com

This site serves two purposes. One is to promote and sell the Westing novel. The other is to help other authors see the potential themselves.

Stlzoo.org

This site was designed by Ben Jones' former company to capitalize on new branding effort. Within a year after launch, online donations increased nearly two fold, largely due to increased usability.

MOVoteatHome.org

This site was developed within a two week period of time to help highlight a statewide voter education effort about the availability of absentee ballots for people with disabilities. Due to its ease of use, the site was also used as a clearing ground for disability rights related information during the 2006 election.

FaithfulDemocrats.com

This site was developed through a monumental in-kind contribution by Left Brain to help the project founder both save a doomed project and change the nature of the faith and values debate before the election in 2006. Shortly after launch, we turned the project over to another set of developers. 

Application Development

Using Joomla as the basis, we are able to deploy robust web-based applications in a third the time with a fifth of the budget of traditional hand coding efforts, with more stable and documented results.

CafeScribe.com

CafeScribe came to us to help augment their in-house development team to take their program out to the web. We were able to get them to launch and continue to perform site modifications in record time.

WethePeopleReports.com

We the People Reports needed a solution that would allow them to demonstrate the potential for citizen reporting on the Web. We built a pilot site to test the idea, and then used that testing information to develop an easy to use database tool for non-technical users to post content. We also helped develop a system for taping and posting videos at an over 80% savings over their initial methodology.

One of the challenges we hear again and again from our customers is that while they understand what they need to do to modernize their organization, they just do not have the resources to hire the people and expertise to do it.

This is where Left Brain comes in.

Not only do we have a set of systems and best practices we can customize for your organization, we can provide you with as little or as much staffing as you need to get the job done.

This can include:

• Web site management
• Data management
• Fundraising support
• Leadership development
• Training
• Custom development
• Information technology support
• Chief Information Officer services
• Communications strategy and support
• Marketing strategy and support
  
• Online marketing strategy and support.
  

Best of all, we can arrange an ala carte package to meet your needs, where you can mix and match what you need, starting as low as 10 hours a month.

We also have low hiring costs if you decide to bring on one of our account service providers fulltime.