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Banner Ads Billing Blog Commerce Document Storage Email Marketing Employee Intranet Event Management

Events FAQ's File Manager Forms Forums Jobs Membership News Articles Payments

Photo Album Pod cast Products Proposals Surveys Trouble Ticket Web Pages Wiki

 

Banner-Ads

With the Banner Ads module, you can add, maintain and organize banner ads on your web site. Banner ads are very effective marketing tools that enable companies, organizations, and groups to advertise on your site. Visitors simply click on images on the banner ads to be redirected to the site of the advertising company. Alternately, you can use banner ads to provide a graphic link to a specific area of your own web site like a web page, news article, or event.

Banner ads can be a great source of new revenue streams when you charge businesses and organizations to display their ads on your site. You can track banner ad statistics, including how many times visitors click on a particular banner, enabling you to easily quantify the value of these advertisements. The more visitors your site receives, the more valuable advertising on your Web pages will be.

Our Banner Ads system can track banners throughout your web site, multiple web sites and throughout search engines and web marketing venues. Back to top

Billing

With the Billing Module, you can take control of your billing and invoicing quickly and accurately. This powerful billing solution makes it easy to create bills for multiple clients by automating time-consuming tasks like generating invoices, tracking transactions, creating statements and managing collections. It also integrates with Intuit Quick Books Pro, so you can automatically capture order information and manage your accounts externally, if you wish.

The Billing module isn't just designed for commercial web sites. It's also a great solution for anyone who maintains a list of individuals or companies to bill for products or services.Back to top

Blog

In the space of five years, according to TIME Magazine, blog's (web logs) have evolved from "an obscure and somewhat nerdy fad to a genuine alternative to mainstream news outlets." In fact, blog's-entries that contain text, images and other media-are an increasingly popular way for individuals to communicate with site visitors.

Not surprisingly, they're fast becoming one of the Web's most widely used and read features.

With a blog, you can communicate directly and informally with your site visitors. You can invite them to respond. And you can engage them in a lively debate, which will likely increase your site's traffic and inspire visitors to check back often.

The Blog module makes it easy to create a journal or blog on your web site. Visitors can read through current and past entries, leave comments and even subscribe to your blog using RSS (Real Simple Syndication).

And while blog's are often used to comment on breaking news stories or current events, they're becoming more widely used on personal web sites, too.Back to top

Commerce

The Commerce Module turns any web site into a virtual storefront, enabling you to sell items directly to customers and process the entire transaction online. The Commerce module integrates with other modules to store orders, tax rates, payment status and customer information. It also provides your site visitors with a list of items for sale, a virtual shopping cart that allows them to add items, and a checkout process that makes it easy and secure to submit personal and payment information. The Commerce module tracks this information and optionally integrates with the Payments module to process credit card payments automatically through a payment gateway.Back to top

Document Storage

In a world that runs on information, documents are a primary form of communication. Yet, for many organizations, managing, accessing and sharing the information contained in documents is a growing challenge. That's where the Document Storage module comes in. Ideal for both public and private documents, the Document Storage solution makes it easy to store and share documents. Documents can be stored on the Web and accessed through a variety of access options or stored privately for access only by those with the appropriate access privileges.

The Document Storage capability allows you to store and track multiple versions of the same file, along with comments and other data related to each version. As a result, it's a powerful tool for any organization that shares information among employees-whether it's human resources documents, insurance policies, employment applications, 401k plans, corporate bylaws, board minute meetings or other business-critical records.

Often, when multiple stakeholders edit the same document, it's difficult to keep track of which version is the most up-to-date and who has made what changes. Problem solved. With the Document Storage module, employees can access every version of the document, which are automatically tracked in order. What's more, the Document Storage module offers a convenient central repository for storing documents online, enabling people on the go to access files from any Web-connected workstation. Back to top

E-Mail Marketing

For many organizations, cultivating an ongoing dialog with web site visitors, encouraging repeat visits and organizing long lists of email addresses is an ongoing challenge. Not any more with the Email Marketing module, which makes collecting email addresses and sending messages to entire groups of people fast and easy.

With the Email Marketing module, you can send correspondence to large numbers of people or distribute newsletters, press releases and other announcements in text or html format. You can send out regular messages to visitors to keep them informed about an issue or engage past visitors. And you'll gain valuable insight into recipients' interests by tracking who reads your emails and the links they click on. You can even leverage viral marketing opportunities by encouraging recipients to forward emails to friends.

With the Email Marketing module, you can integrate advertisements or links to your web site in your emails to drive web site traffic and profitability. Whatever email you send out, you're assured that the Email Marketing module honors recipients' privacy by allowing them to opt out of receiving future messages. Back to top

Employee Intranet

An employee intranet is a private internal network that uses Web technology to facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing. Providing a 21st century variation on the water cooler as the central gathering place, an intranet enables you and your employees to communicate, collaborate and share company news, employee information, and internal documents.

Vantivepoint can help you advance productivity and enterprise agility with an intranet that provides:

• A place where employees can log in and manage personal information
• An employee phonebook that keeps everyone connected
• Centralized access to organizational charts
• Wiki's for internal documents that everyone can edit
• An events calendar with information on company events
• Shared access to human resources, sales and training documents
• A tool to leverage your organization's collective wisdom to improve responsiveness Back to top

Event Management

With the Event Management module, creating and promoting an event online is simpler than ever. Designed to integrate with other modules, it provides everything you need to announce and promote an event in one convenient location.

You can send out invitation emails, create a web page that provides detailed information about the event, and set up a form that makes it easy for people to register or purchase tickets online.

Unlike other event management tools, there's no need to open several different modules to create and track every event. The Event Management module streamlines and automates the entire process, enabling you to create, promote, and collect registration information for events all in one place. Back to top

Events

Managing events and taking reservations online just got easier with the Events module. Now you can post and manage a series of events or activities on your web site. Display them as a list of upcoming events that are shown in chronological order and automatically updated as new events are added. Or display them as an interactive calendar, allowing visitors to browse through each month or click on a certain date to view events scheduled for that day.

With the Events module, you, or anyone in your company, can easily add, edit or delete specific event information, automatically updating the events list on the web site in real time. Web site visitors simply click an event to display a screen with a detailed listing of the event, send an RSVP, purchase tickets or add the event to their Microsoft Outlook® calendars.

With the Events module, you add even more value to your web site, generating traffic and encouraging repeat visits by displaying information and reminders about important upcoming events. Back to top

FAQ's

Chances are, most of the questions that web site visitors ask are common ones that have already been asked many times by other visitors before. With the FAQ's module, you can create a list of frequently asked questions and answers and post them to your web site.

Now, instead of immediately contacting customer support for answers, users can find the answers they seek-and instant resolution-on the FAQ page. This not only makes the most of valuable support team time and resources, it makes it easy for web site visitors to obtain the information they need.

The result is an enhanced customer experience overall, and more time for your support staff to focus on unique questions that aren't easily answered-or haven't been asked before. Back to top

File Manager

One of the most effective ways to enrich a web site and improve the visitor experience is by adding photos, audio and video. Photos capture attention and make a web page stand out. Other media help transform your web site from a simple brochure with plain text into a dynamic, multi-media experience. What's more, providing PDF files and Power Point presentations that visitors can download can add even more value and encourage repeat traffic.

The File Manager module makes it fast and easy to upload and manage all types of files. You can upload pictures and documents that you display on the site or allow visitors to download. What's more, you can upload a variety of file formats and types of media, including images, documents, audio, video, flash presentations and more.

Files uploaded to the File Manager can be used on web pages, news articles, blog's, or simply stored on your web site. Back to top

Forms

The Forms module is one of the most powerful tools in the Vantivepoint system. Why? Because it enables you to collect information from web site visitors in a variety of ways. Typically, visitors complete forms to request additional information, sign up for a newsletter or email messages, or provide feedback on a particular topic.

With the Forms Wizard, creating forms couldn't be easier. Visitors can use them to quickly communicate information to you without having to send you an email. Forms can be formatted to allow users to enter text in text fields, choose items from lists, or select options and checkboxes. Some of the most commonly used forms include Contact Us forms, RSVP forms for events, customer satisfaction forms and employment applications.

Once a visitor completes a form, you can view the submitted information in the Forms module, or have the information emailed to a system administrator. Back to top

Forums

Forums are an extremely popular Web 2.0 feature because they encourage visitors to communicate with one another, ask questions, share information or post their experiences. As web sites evolve from static pages of content to truly engaging, interactive online experiences, forums are helping make the transition happen.

Visitors who are engaged and participate in lively discussions tend to stay on your site longer. They also tend to visit more often. And that's good for web site traffic. Plus, forums keep your web site fresh and updated with new information-without requiring any additional work on your part. In fact, many times, when you set up a forum, your users answer each other's questions-saving valuable time for you and your support staff.

The Forums module enables you to create interactive message boards, or forums, on your web site, enabling web site visitors to communicate with each other and with site administrators. In fact, you can set up a forum that allows web site visitors to ask questions, post opinions, or create an ongoing dialog with one another. Back to top

Jobs

Your organization's people are its most important asset. There is no process more vital to the ongoing health of your business or organization than hiring. That's why the Jobs module makes it easier than ever to attract great candidates and streamline the hiring process.

This module creates a job portal that goes beyond mere listings. With this simple-to-use module, you can accept online applications and collect information from job seekers and store, organize and evaluate data with ease. Postings for various openings are kept fresh and divided by category and location to help prospective applicants find the job best-suited to their needs. And the system filters the most informed and qualified candidates to your hiring department, making the best use of resources while facilitating your organizational growth. Back to top

Memberships

If you're a membership-based organization, members are the heart of everything you do. The Membership module is specifically designed to help you enhance member relations, grow sales, track member activity and streamline management.

This easy-to-use solution simplifies virtually every aspect of member relations using predefined profiling criteria to allow you to control and restrict access to various areas of your web site. You can automate form completion, streamline processes and create special membership groups, making it easy to manage your membership base, information and financial resources.

With the membership module, you can create and set web site access levels and groups based on member profiles. Authorized members and staff can log in to view or access restricted areas of the site. Different levels of access rights determine access to specific web pages, forms, products, offers or other modules or categories, enabling web site administrators to offer varying levels of value to different membership levels.

Collecting and maintaining customer information is a critical but time-consuming part of day-to-day operations. The Membership module makes this process easier too. It not only manages member contract, account and billing information, it manages personal information like name, address, personal information, email, documents and date- and time-stamped notes. Members can log onto the site and update profiles linked to their accounts, this keeps profiles up-to-date and gives you a better understanding of your membership base, so that you can offer enhanced member service and target offers and personalized communications to unique member preferences.

To streamline management and enhance member service, authorized members can log in to a special backroom to update personal information like address, credit card and ecommerce order history or view and modify web site information like event listings and job proposals. The result? Entering and updating personal information is faster and easier for members, while ensuring more accurate member data for your organization. Back to top

News Articles

News articles are an integral part of many web sites, enabling organizations to communicate important news information to web site visitors. In fact, many sites feature a list of their newest articles on the homepage, where users can click on provided links to read more or peruse an online archive that stores past news articles.

With the News Articles module, you can turn your web site into a news resource, displaying breaking news, press releases or information on your site, in chronological order. What's more, you can include photographs or other media. And when you add new articles to your site, they replace older ones, so your site always displays the latest news.

Not only that, you can post articles or press releases for a future release date, and the system will display the news article on the day you specify. This allows you to add news days, weeks, or months ahead, making the best use of time and resources. Back to top

Payments

Selling products directly through your web site can be a great way to generate additional revenues. It also requires added functionality for your web site to process payments. That's where the Payments module comes in. It gives you an easy-to-use tool to process your customers' payments, either manually or through an online payment gateway. The Payments module makes it easy to accept payments online by compiling payment information on the web site. It not only tracks pending, holding, declined and past payments, it works with a customer list to attach payment information by customer.

The Payments module, along with the other e-commerce tools, helps transform your web site from a static brochure to a dynamic online storefront, where customers can make purchases and have their credit cards billed automatically. It also offers customers with the flexibility to process payments manually, paying by cash, check, or a credit card without an online payment processor-while still allowing you to process and track the payment. Back to top

Photo Album

Photo albums are often one of the most popular features on a web site. They not only add a personal touch, they attract visitors and boost web site traffic. And when you update your photo albums frequently, you give visitors even more reason to come back to your site again and again.

With the Photo Album module, you can add groups of photos to your web site and organize them into collections called photo albums that make it easy for web site visitors to view them. Not only that, you can display photos of employees, along with photographs from events, catalogs, or any other images you'd like to feature on your site. Back to top

Pod Cast

Pod casting is a powerful publishing tool. It's also becoming an increasingly popular way to communicate, enabling you to engage in a personal dialog with your web site visitors or members.

With the Pod cast module, you can publish and distribute streaming media using syndication feeds. Integration with Apple iTunes makes pod casting easier than ever. It's versatile too. Web site visitors can listen to and/or view video and audio information at any time.

And for even more convenience, users can stream or download pod casts, play them at home on their computers or laptops or get them on the go on mobile devices and media players. They can play pod casts in Apple iTunes and subscribe to their favorites pod casts, automatically receiving updates as they become available.

Best of all, with the Pod cast module you can transmit a variety of audio, video and text formats, including .mp3, .m4a, .m4v, .mov and .pdf. Back to top

Products

Vantivepoint can transform your site into a virtual storefront, enabling you to sell products and services directly on your web site. Vantivepoint product catalogs are simple to populate. Meanwhile, an easy-to-use shopping cart system ensures the optimal shopping experience for web site visitors. Online purchases can be processed manually or sent to an online payment gateway and processed automatically. Back to top

Proposals

With the Proposals module, generating and submitting bids for projects just got easier. Web site administrators and members can post projects to your web site with requests for proposals, information or quotes. Web site visitors can then log in to your web site and bid on projects. The module also provides statistics and customized email notifications to alert members when certain types of projects are posted to the site. Back to top

Surveys

More and more, organizations across every field are finding they must understand who they serve and how best to do so. Technology facilitates familiarity, and in today's marketplace the gap between speculation and substance needs to be as small as possible if you hope to keep up. Client feedback is an integral part of doing business, and doing business online has made it significantly easier.

The Surveys module gauges what really makes your targets (and potential targets) tick, straight from the source. Use it to create a survey and distribute it to any list of people. Then evaluate the responses with statistical analysis that provides critical insight into the nature and needs of clients.

With the Surveys module, you can customize the questions and get back the meaningful, actionable responses. You can learn more than ever about demographic trends, specific client needs, areas in which your organization needs improvement, and what might attract even more eyes to your products and services. Surveys deliver valuable information that makes you a more efficient marketplace operator. Back to top

Trouble Ticket

Identifying, tracking and resolving trouble tickets is fast and easy with the Trouble Ticket module. You can use the system to add, manage and fix problems. As issues are identified, you and your customers simply add new issues to the Trouble Ticket module. You can then use the module to identify, monitor, fix, and communicate solutions for every issue. The result? Improved communications, and less time between communications on individual updates. Back to top

Video Streaming

Live and on demand Video Streaming with embedded players, encoders and inline ads and production.Back to top

Web Pages

Much of your Vantivepoint-fueled website features dynamic content designed to accentuate your organization's vitality. But for the parts that stay constant, you need Web Pages. It's a module that makes static content pop.

Web Pages equips you with great tools to design your site's core components stylishly. For instance, you can use it to create copy and imagery to convey your organization's history. Or to compose a mission statement. Or to display contact information and biographical content. The module can generate new pages, edit existing ones, or remove pages that need to be replaced entirely. Users are not limited to simple text. They can add pictures, links, and text formatting.

Web Pages is easy to use and its payoff is big. Visitors get a striking vision of who you are and what you provide. Back to top

Wiki

Wikis, named after the Hawaiian word for "fast," are an increasingly popular way to display data on a web site. With the Wiki module, you can host a wiki on your site. Or you can host a series of web pages that visitors can create or modify themselves.

Instead of presenting web site visitors with a static, one-dimensional web site, you can host a wiki that lets them add information themselves. Wikis not only encourages visitors to actively interact with your web site, they keep them coming back again and again. At the same time, wikis help you position your site as an interactive information portal, aggregating the knowledge and opinions of many people in one place. The Wiki module also enables discussions of each active page and views of the history of edits, along with comments from every person who makes a change.

Wikis are effective in a variety of settings. They're great for company intranet's, bulletin boards, encyclopedias and help documentation. While wikis display on your live web site, a behind-the-scenes control panel simplifies administrative tasks, making it easy to modify or delete entries, lock pages or make them inactive, add page categories, view and edit discussions and view each page's history. Back to top