HILTON HEAD/BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA—March 23, 2006
Out-of-Area buyers are biting on Lowcountry HomeReview listings. In the past month, Lowcountry Lifestyles Group, MARS, The Real Estate Store had an out-of-area buyer contact them through HomeReview and come in to buy a $690,000 property. The buyer paid cash, and the deal closed in just 10 days.
The same is true for Marcia Hunter of Sea Pines Real Estate Company, who had a couple from California contact her through Lowcountry HomeReview. The couple went to contract on an $800,000 home as a direct result of that HomeReview lead. Meanwhile, the Marshall Team, Gateway Realty, have had four condo sales that they attribute to HomeReview online leads.
These sales aren’t flukes; many realtors have seen similar successes in recent months. “I have been very pleased with the response I have gotten from Lowcountry HomeReview,” said Tisha Chafer of The Real Estate Store. “Not only have I received quality leads, but I have had three leads in the past year turn into closings. This is by far the best return on my advertising investments to date.”
“When I began using HomeReview, I didn’t imagine that I would get leads so quickly after the listings were entered on the website,” said Tom Jackson of Gateway Realty. “HomeReview does an outstanding job of keeping the website current and up-to-date. I can directly attribute some of my success to advertising in HomeReview.”
About Lowcountry HomeReview
Lowcountry HomeReview targets out-of-area buyers of resort and lifestyle property in Hilton Head, Beaufort, Bluffton and surrounding areas. Listings are featured on the HomeReview website as well as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal’s real estate websites, and in a companion print guide.
Eagle Creek, a market leader in adventure travel gear, has hired Circumerro Creative Group to design and develop their new web site. While further establishing Eagle Creek as experts with strong insight into the specialized needs of the action-oriented traveler, the site will showcase Eagle Creek’s unique products in order to help customers make informed and successful buying decisions. Eagle Creek is a maker of adventure travel gear, everyday bags, and packing solutions for active, adventurous souls.
Founded in 1975, the California-based company has been on the forefront of the adventure travel gear category for decades, from introducing the industry’s first convertible backpack on wheels, to more recently revolutionizing the way travelers pack with Pack-it folders, cubes, sacs and toiletry kit organizing system. Circumerro Creative Group is a division of Circumerro Incorporated, based in Jackson, Wyoming. The Group specializes in concept-driven, functional and integrated design solutions.
Circumerro Incorporated was once solely thought of as a travel and real estate guide publisher or as a cutting-edge design group or as a stock photography. Rarely was it thought of as a source of all three. Until Now.
With a recent move into the “little cabin” on the corner of Millward and Gill Avenue and the 10th anniversary of its inception, Circumerro Incorporated is reinventing itself, emphasizing that it specializes in more than just attractive and informative visitor and real estate guides. “We have really evolved,” said President Latham Jenkins. “Innovation comes to mind. We want to better communicate that the marketplace may utilize our three services.”
Circumerro prides itself on the ability to serve the unique needs of this mountain town and resort destination. The group publishes print guides and companion Web sites for select travel destinations around the country, including Jackson Hole Rendezvous and West Yellowstone Vacation Planner. Print guides feature beautiful imagery and are packed with helpful local information, including insider tips on where to dine, weather, geology and attractions. Web sites utilize the latest technology to make the experience visitor-friendly and memorable, including video, virtual tours and interactive maps.
The company also publishes real estate guides targeting resort markets. Jackson Hole HomeReview is one such product, focusing on an upscale audience and affluent buyers looking to invest in vacation, second-home or retirement properties. With HomeReview, available in a print edition and via the Internet, buyers can explore a range of options through one consolidated and independent source.
But that’s just part of the company’s core business. Its expertise in publishing led to the inception of Circumerro Creative Group, a full-service design studio that specializes in Web design, print brochures, branding and marketing. “There is a much stronger movement to the Web,” Jenkins said. “Sometimes a Web site can sell far better than print. We emphasize helping companies stand out in the marketplace, whatever the medium.”
As clients’ needs grew, Jenkins realized the need for photo stock to accompany products and allow Circumerro to serve clients entirely in-house. The stock collection includes images from local photographers, who Jenkins hopes will be marketed through the agency. We understand the product very well,” he said. “That helps ensure the client will find a great fit for their message versus hiring a company from a large city, which is a disconnect.
Printed on June 22nd, 2005 in the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
Circumerro Creative Group recently announced the launch of a web site for Dutko Worldwide, an international public policy firm located in Washington, DC. The new site is located at www.dutkoworldwide.com. The Dutko Group, a top-10 public policy firm in Washington DC, has expanded its United States-based operation into a worldwide entity.
Circumerro Creative Group was charged with messaging the new Dutko Worldwide brand via a web site that educates the target audience on the new company structure and compels potential clients to view Dutko Worldwide as the premier player in the international public policy space. “The new web site plays a very important role in our strategy going forward,” said Craig Pattee, President at Dutko Worldwide. “It does a tremendous job of showing who we are and what we do for clients, and accurately illustrates our reach in services and geography. Circumerro’s creative process produced a solution that emphasizes the quality of our work and puts us at the forefront of our industry in terms of web presence.”
The site educates visitors on the Dutko Worldwide company structure, establishes the disciplines it specializes in, and provides detailed case studies. Impactful imagery and an intuitive user experience are combined with a content management tool that allows Dutko staff to keep the site relevant with new case studies, press releases, and staff details. “Our main goal with this site was to put emphasis on what makes Dutko a leader in its industry: its portfolio and its people,” said Noah Waterhouse, Account Executive at Circumerro Creative Group. “The end result is a site that highlights client solutions and key professionals, and makes a very compelling case for Dutko’s abilities.”
ABOUT CIRCUMERRO CREATIVE GROUP
Circumerro Creative Group, a division of Circumerro Inc., is a full service design firm based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Creative Group specializes in high-end print and web design, advertising, e-commerce integration, and content management interfaces.
ABOUT DUTKO WORLDWIDE
Dutko Worldwide provides comprehensive government affairs management and strategic counsel and helps build public-private partnerships with federal, state and international levels of government. Dutko is consistently ranked as one of the “top 10 most powerful lobbying firms” in the country by FORTUNE magazine. For more information go to www.dutkoworldwide.com or call 202-484-4884.
Circumerro Creative Group recently announced the launch of www.primarypolitics.com, a new Web site for The Dutko Group Companies, a public policy management firm based in Washington, D.C. The Primary Politics Web site was created for Craig Pattee and Jack Heath, founders of the successful Primary Politics e-mail newsletter.
The goal of the site is to provide a comprehensive resource for political news in all 50 states, with special emphasis placed on the New Hampshire Primary. “The new site results from our desire to create a resource and a destination for people seeking access to New Hampshire primary news, as well as state and national policy news,” said Craig Pattee, Primary Politics founder and President of The Dutko Group Companies. “Not only did Circumerro provide us with a design that puts us at the top of our field, but they also integrated the new site with a content management system that we had already invested in.”
The Web site is a combination of dynamic and static elements. Content that is entered into the existing newsletter content management system is pulled onto the site applying XSL to XML datasets. The site was built using DHTML and PHP. “Our main objective with this project was to provide the publishers with a contemporary, interactive design that offers easy access to content and an intuitive navigation,” said Noah Waterhouse, Director of Web Development at Circumerro Creative Group. “We were able to integrate the site with their existing content management system, allowing for cohesion between newsletter and Web site. The Dutko Group and its partners are a great match for our skills, and we enjoyed providing them with a site that reflects the high level of quality that their industry demands.”
About Primary Politics
Primary Politics was created by Craig Pattee, a New Hampshire native and President of the Dutko Group Companies, Inc. (DGC), a unique public policy management company representing a wide range of clients at the federal and state level, in both the United States and abroad. With offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Las Vegas, Denver, and Des Moines, The Dutko Group Companies helps clients navigate the political and policy making process where business and government intersect, while working with public and private sector leaders to develop new and innovative solutions to public challenges. For more information, visit www.dutkogroup.com.
Jack Heath is President and Founder of Biznews24, located in Manchester, NH, and works closely with The Dutko Group Companies. Jack is a former Vice President and News Director of WMUR-TV in Manchester. Prior to that, he was Vice President of WNDS-TV News and ran for NH’s 1st Congressional District in 1996.
About Circumerro Creative Group
A division of Circumerro, Inc., Circumerro Creative Group is a leading design firm based in Jackson, Wyoming. The Group specializes in high-end online and traditional media solutions, back-end inventory and shopping cart integration, content management interfaces, and search engine marketing.
Circumerro’s president, Latham Jenkins, was featured on the cover of Business Week’s Small Business edition. The company was selected for being an early adopter of the new online e401k’s. The article mentions how Circumerro is focused on employee benefits and has a relaxed working environment where people can bring their dogs.