Golf is a Simple Game...

All you've got to do is hit a ball into a hole with a club. Even a 10 year old can do that. But for those of us who play the game, we know that a lot of skill and experience are required to play the game well.

Similarly, there are a lot of players in the internet development arena simply because the tools are so easy to use. Virtually all of these companies can build a "brochure site" that looks good or a simple application with basic functionality, but can they deliver high quality full-featured business systems in a timely fashion? That's where you can rely on the skill and experience of Ames Computer Group International.

That's where you can rely on the skill and experience of Ames Computer Group, Inc.

Call us today for a free consultation about the following services...

We take care of all computing needs in general with very reasonable rates. On-Site service available after hours and weekends for your convenience.

We repair all brands of computers, laptops, monitors, printers, scanners, and other computer related hardware at your home or place of business.

We install and repair operating systems... Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT, Unix, Linux Etc.

We work with most software packages used in large and small business.... Inventory Control software, Legal software, Medical software, Tax software, Retail Software Etc. We also have Cambridge/Oxford certified Microsoft Office product specialists to assist with training or end user needs with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access. Call today for assistance or visit the Support section of our site.

Ames’ Custom Content Management System" (CCMS) offers a state-of-the-art Content Management Solution like none other on the market. It is completely web based meaning your website can be managed from anywhere in the world. It's unique *WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface enables non-technical, users to maintain their site with little more than clerical skills. Ask us how we can help you.

Ames Computer Group Offers Powerful Web Hosting Services. ACG has some of the most advanced server-related hardware, in a Category-5 rated HVAC DataCenter located directly on the backbone of Verio's famous bandwidth.

Get your business on the Web without lifting a finger.
Ames Computer Group will provide you with everything you need to get your business up on the Web. Best of all we will take care of all the details for you. Just contact us and we will handle everything for you.

We have a variety of hosting options to satisfy businesses of all sizes.

Virtual (Shared) Hosting - For small- to medium-size informational Websites, Shared Hosting is an affordable solution. Your site will share space on a single server with other Websites. It is the equivalent of leasing an office in a building.

E-Commerce - Our E-Commerce Hosting solutions allow you to sell your products and services over the Internet. These solutions provide product sales and credit card processing for your online store.

Dedicated - If you are building a more complex corporate or E-Commerce site, you will need more space. Our Dedicated Hosting places your Website on its own Dedicated server. It is the equivalent of an entire office building. This is an advantage as you control the stability of your environment without being impacted by your neighbors.

Hosting Features
Email Accounts - We provide an unlimited number of POP3 email accounts if all you need is email hosting. We can also forward email and even give you the ability to manage your own email accounts yourself at no additional charge.

FTP Accounts - You can use FTP to transfer your web site to our server.

Frontpage Extensions - We can enable Frontpage Extensions so that you can also use Microsoft Frontpage, or another program that uses Frontpage Extensions to transfer your web site to our server.

Domain Registration - If you do not already have a ".com" name, we will gladly provide the service of registering that name. The typical charge for registering a domain name is $25 per year.

Search Engine Submittal - Our staff can submit your site to top internet search engines to help increase your visitors for a low monthly fee.

Secure Credit Card Transactions - We can set you up with secure credit card transactions so that your online customers shop 24 hours a day, knowing that their personal information is protected and safe.

Complete Web Statistics - We offer a complete web analysis tool help you analyze who is visiting your site and which pages are being viewed the most often.

 

Improve your corporate image with fresh, relevant content

Equipped with an exceptional graphic arts department. Ames Computer Group can develop a corporate presence site that will project the image your business needs to be successful on the web.

Is your company dynamic and does your web site prove it?

Your web site is your image on the web. If your image is stale then visitors will think you are too. The most successful corporate web sites keep surfers coming back often by keeping the information dynamic, fresh and relevant. But if the information has to pass through the hands of a Webmaster before publication, chances are the message and freshness will suffer. That’s why Ames Computer Group International has developed the Bermuda Express content publishing framework.

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A Company You Can Trust

Ames Computer Group’s forte is developing software solutions that fit your business processes. Our business model is to grow by increasing our value to our clients. We genuinely seek to develop long-term relationships based on honesty, trust and integrity. These principles were a driving force in the creation of Bermuda Express. We believe that equipping our clients to publish their own web pages reduces their costs, increases efficiency and ultimately increases Ames Computer Group’s value to them.

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Businesses change. Managing your business has never been more challenging, or more complex. You have to have the right merchandise at the right time and at the right price. You need to know who your customers are and what they want. You need strong management controls, and information, information, information. Up-to-date and accurate, every minute, every day.
CounterPoint provides all the tools you need to manage your business successfully -- point-of-sale checkout, inventory management, customer tracking, purchasing, e-commerce, labeling, apparel, sales history, employee clock-in/clock-out, credit card processing, serial/lot tracking, kit processing, order processing, receivables, open-to-buy, email, graphing, and more.

With SYNCHRONICS CounterPoint, you'll stay up-to-date automatically, and you'll have the tools you need to manage your business efficiently, effectively, and profitably!

CounterPoint is a bold leap forward in automated business technology. The CounterPoint solution is a tightly integrated software application that provides point-of-sale, order processing, inventory management, purchasing, customer tracking, receivables, e-commerce capabilities, labeling, apparel, credit card processing, and email for retail and wholesale businesses.

Ames Computer Group International’s Real Estate Services provides all the functionality and features your agency needs to maintain a sharp, professional presence on the web.

Whether it's up-to-date property listings, mortgage rates, agent profiles or market demographics you want to showcase, the Real Estate Services will help draw potential buyers and sellers to you, regardless of the size of your business.

The Services offers an extensive list of administrative functions including gathering site statistics, scheduling appointments, uploading additional property photos, and much more.

Take a look at the benefits and features of Ames Computer Group's Real Estate Services below. To receive a complete demonstration at your office or over the Internet, please contact Ames Computer Group.

Benefits for Your Agency

Your agency's web site should be a reflection of its professional image, commitment to quality and dedication to customer service.

It should communicate that your agency is on the leading edge of the real estate business, and on top of the changing state of the markets you serve.

It should be a central point of focus for many marketing activities and communication streams throughout your agency, by providing ways to refer business between strategic partners in your industry and market.

It should showcase your agents' qualifications and accomplishements.

It should be attractive to the diversity of home buyers and sellers, and facilitate the flow of information between you, your agents and potential customers.

It should make it easy for potential customers to tell you about themselves, and guide them in locating and contacting you.

It should make it easy for potential home buyers to see what's on the market that meets their needs.

It should answer questions that home buyers have about what they can afford, where they want to move, and what you can do to help them.

It should complement what you are already doing to provide first-class service and benefits to your customers.

Ames Computer Group's Real Estate Services makes all this happen and more!

It not only provides a great source of information for first-time site visitors, but also includes features such as saving search results for later use and sending email notifications for new and updated listings to drive visitors back to your site.

Benefits to a Broker/Owner

The Real Estate Services enables you a low-cost way to create and maintain a powerful web presence for your customers. Its administrative functionality provides user-friendly screens for updating every aspect of the website listings.

This unique implementation means you can reduce the long-term cost of your site by as much as 90% over traditional “static” web sites. This savings in the first year will often pay for the total cost of the Services!

The Real Estate Services goes beyond just cost savings to generate new revenue for your agency through higher agent and customer retention rates. Industry surveys of customers have consistently shown that a solid web site that provides timely, accurate, and complete information drives more closed sales than any other public marketing forum available today--including direct mail, newspaper ads and printed flyers.

Every broker understands the cost of gaining new agents. With the Services, the agency is able to provide a leading edge solution that further enhances the image of the agent and their ability to close sales. It even allows agents to create their own web pages and sites. The bottom line: higher agent satisfaction.

In addition, the Services provides support for some of the latest trends in the industry such as Appointment Scheduling, Email Notifications and more, to help generate more activity and revenue.

Benefits to Your Customers.

Let's face it. Potential buyers and sellers have a lot of options out there on the web. The Real Estate Services allows you create a unique, easy-to-use look and feel that is attractive to site visitors.

Many real estate sites require as many as 5 to 10 mouse clicks to get to any meaningful listing information. This Services brings your potential clients to the listing data they want in less than 2 clicks.

The customer-friendly pages quickly and easily link visitors to the services you offer to meet their needs.

This customizable Services allows you to provide site visitors with just the right amount of information so they are neither underwhelmed or overwhelmed!

Benefits to Real Estate Agents

From an agent's perspective, the Services provides many new ways to gain more business through effective use of the "always on" functionality of the web site. Agents and customers can easily keep each other informed of the day-to-day details of the services you offer.

Through the use of wireless technology where available, an agent can quickly access current information on any agency listing from the field. This same wireless technology can provide quick messaging to clients, administrative assistants, and fellow agents.

Agents can generate their own personalize 'business-card' page, where they can feature a photo, contact information, background, certifications, accomplishments and qualifications, as well as comments from their clients and links to their listings.

Ames Computer Group will work with agents who want to create their own full-feature web site, so that it integrates with the power and functionality provided by the Services.

Benefits to Administrative Staff

The administrative side of any business is always overloaded with activities. In a busy agency with multiple offices and many agents, managing details and facts can be overwhelming.

The Services provides a low cost way for many tasks to be delegated throughout the organization. Its extensive administrative functionality makes it easy for data and communications to be maintained over the web.

The Services helps your adminstrative staff easily and efficiently deal with keeping special listing information current. Whether it's uploading additional property photos, linking to virtual tours, or providing special instructions about owner financing, the Services is your single point of entry (SPOE) for all information related to a listing--dramatically reducing the opportunity for errors and inconsistencies between external and internal systems.

The Services provides a central place where everyone in the agency can go to get agent contact information, office numbers and addresses.

Real Estate Services Features

Visitors to your web site can...

Search for homes by location, price and features.

View listing details and home features, click to view more photos, click for virtual tours.

Subscribe to receive emails when new listings become available for a selected search criteria, prices change or property photos become available.

Schedule a preferred time to view a specific property or meet with an agent.

View current interest rates, get information on financing and refinancing, request loan information, calculate mortgages on-line with the most current interest rates.

Search for contact and location information about your offices, see individualized pages and pictures for your agents, read their accomplishments and qualifications.

Read the latest industry or agency news, company history, career opportunities and other important information.

Answer questions and provide contact information that is submitted to an office or agent.

Your web site administrators can...

Maintain contact and MLS (Multiple Listing Service) identifying information about your offices and agents and assign agents to one or more offices.

Search property listings by virtually any listing attribute or feature.

Upload additional property photos, set up virtual tour links, add additional comments.

Schedule, maintain and report on open houses.

Showcase selected homes by setting exceptional listing price ranges by city or area.

Customize elements of the listing search criteria, including renaming towns and identifying communities and burroughs.

View detailed listing upload information to assist in managing and correcting invalid MLS data.

Set up administrative site users, and restrict access to certain administrative functions.

Ames Computer Group Offers Professional Graphic Design Services.

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