Designing High Quality Websites Since 1995
Welcome to Mays & Associates, an award winning, web development, print design, advertising, marketing and communications company located in Howard County, Maryland. Mays specializes in the development of high impact creative strategies to brand businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and their products and services. Our experienced and talented creative team is comfortable in all media, traditional and new. Website development, print, advertising, direct mail, email marketing, Flash product demos, corporate and product logos, trade show displays, television, and radio: the Mays Creative Team can do it all. We’re experts at motivating and inspiring today's complex marketplace with ideas and strategies that brand, persuade and sell. We are not a last generation, traditional ad agency. We are a 21st century communications team, adept at leveraging today's marketing technology to execute high impact creative strategies in print, television, radio, interactive, multi-media, and web site design.
Specialists in Web 2.0/Portal Website Technology
The Mays Web Development Team has proven experience in Web 2.0, the much heralded transition from static, read-only website pages to an interactive, interlinked web platform that facilitates sharing and collaboration between users. This new generation of Web-based communities and hosted services encompasses technologies such as blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, podcasts, application program interfaces (APIs) and interactive online services such as eBay and Google Maps.
Key Characteristics of Web 2.0 Portal Applications: Content Management System (CMS): Allows users to control their own data • Software as a service, not a packaged product • User-friendly interactive interface; intuitive navigation • Cost-effective scalability • Participation-driven website architecture featuring forums, blogs, and chat • Ability to hyper-link across web sites, post customer ratings and reviews
Graphic Design, Website Development and Marketing Skill Sets
Creative Services: Logo and Trademark Design • Corporate Anthem Creation and Development • Corporate Graphics Standards and Guidelines • Stationery Package Design and Development • Print, Broadcast, Direct Mail and Out-of-Home Advertising • Interactive CD Authoring • Flash and PowerPoint Presentations • Animation • Computer Slide Shows • Product Demos • Virtual Tours • Programming and Search Engine Authoring • eCommerce • Streaming Audio and Video • Web Hosting and Maintenance • Brochure Design • Publication Design • Print Media Advertising and Design • Photography and Illustration • Copywriting Services • Radio & Television Production • Corporate and Product Videos • Trade Show Exhibit Design • Packaging Design
Website Development: Website Design and Development • Website Hosting • Email Campaigns • Content Management Systems (CMS) • Portal Website Design • Web 2.0 development • Website database development • ASP forms
Marketing: Competitive Analysis • Brand Imaging • Strategic Positioning • Marketing & Advertising Planning • Product / Corporate Naming • New Business and Product Launches • Media Analysis / Planning and Buying