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Visual Data Systems, based in Columbia, Maryland is a leading supplier of online marketing, website design, technology solutions, education and consultation. Founded in 1993, Visual Data Systems has over 15 years of extensive experience in the vacation rental industry, the not-for-profit sector and e-commerce with clients thoughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Visual Data Systems offers our clients a variety of products and services including website design, online marketing tools including online survey management, managed email solutions, search engine optimization & marketing, Integration with rental/ property management software and business and technology consultation that has resulted in over 500 million dollars in online transactions.

 

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Visual Data Systems offers a variety of products and services to help you design, build and market your website as well as market your company online. We also offer various consulting services that go beyond the online marketing arena and delve in technology and general business and marketing practices.

A Sampling of our products:

Website Design: Visual Data Systems can breathe new life into outdated websites, providing a cohesive communications package for viewers and customers. Our custom designs and solutions are easily maintainable and offer a unified source of organization. Your website will provide viewers with a necessary link between your printed and digital designs, along with timely information that compels current and future customers to continue to visit in order to learn more.

Dynamic, Eye-catching Content with Adobe Flash: Visual Data Systems designers can also work with your staff to create an eye-catching dynamic flash animation featuring property photos or brochure marketing photos. Draw users to your site with striking images and meaningful taglines, or advertise specials and promotions for specific properties

Adobe  contributeUpdateable Content with Contribute Content Management: We will work with your staff to make sure that your site is easily updateable and kept current. We offer a wide range of options - from our administrative Image Genie to keep properties up to date and current, to our custom hotspot technology allowing section-specific updates to text blocks, to site-wide static page editing via Macromedia's Contribute technology.

Custom Marketing Design: Visual Data Systems offers a full service design department. We provide not only custom website design and animated flash design, but also offer a full range of promotional and marketing products. Custom postcard design, stock photo research, PowerPoint presentation templates, interactive cd-rom development, corporate identity creation, email template design, banner advertisements and more are available.

Smart Capture: Capture Your Market - Visual Data Systems applies our state-of-the-art capture engine to your existing Contact form. Starting immediately, responses to your form are saved, along with answers to market segment questions you have asked. You can access your questions at any time and change them according to season, promotions, events and much more.

survey scoutSurvey Scout (Online Survey Management): The online comment, opinion and survey management system brought to you by Visual Data Systems. Now you are able to get answers to the questions you need to increase guest satisfaction and retention, improve marketing and customer service online with the most innovative and advanced system of its type in the vacation rental industry.

Online Guest Reviews: Vacationers understand that past guest experiences are a great way to determine if a vacation rentals company, and the home that they are considering, are a good match for their expectations and needs. That's why guests are using websites likeTripAdvisor.com and Yahoo! Travel to read other travelers reviews and post their own experiences, negative or positive, about their vacation experiences. A great way to build a on-site review system that will be helpful for your future guests, the property owners, and yourself will be to offer "Guest Reviews" to your website.

mybrochureMyBrochure (Online Brochure Building): With MyBrochure™, web site visitors can create brochures directly from any web search.They can also create a “mini” brochure directly from specific property details. The brochure created looks exactly like your company branding and includes your logo. You will also have an option of including a two page company overview with each printing which includes pertinent information about the company, area, rules and regulations.

AdTracker: The Real-Time Ad Tracker is a software tool for tracking the number of visits to a website that are generated by a specific advertisement.

Shop & Compare: Your customers will enjoy “shopping” for their dream vacation home.Guests can perform detailed amenity searches and then add the homes or condos that they are most interested in into their Shopping Basket for review and comparison. Baskets are easily shared to additional email addresses so families and friends, separated geographically, can quickly send saved search results to one another, making it easier to find that perfect vacation home.

Email-A-Friend: Email-A-Friend lets your users market your website. The sender fills in their personalized message and recipients e-mail addresses. If the website has Shop & Compare, the user can email the shopping list to their friends or family.

guest advantageGuest AdVantage: The customer rewards program designed to keep your customers, your customers. Every time a vacationer stays in one of your homes, they build up points and in so doing build up loyalty to your property management company. So that year after year, they return to you.

For More Information contact Visual Data Systems at Info@VisualDataSystems.com