Argus Interactive Agency's & David Riley Associates' Work for RBC Ministries Wins 2006 Ektron All-Star Award

Collaboration between Argus Interactive Agency and David Riley Associates (DRA) earns award for RBC Ministries web content project.

Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) September 18, 2006 -- World-class design firm David Riley Associates (DRA) (http://www.rileydra.com) and Argus Interactive Agency (http://www.argusinteractive.com), Inc., DRA’s strategic web partner, announced the website and web content management integration project it produced for RBC Ministries has been chosen as a 2006 Ektron All-Star.

“It’s an honor that this site was highly regarded by Ektron,” said Chris Diede, Founder and President of Argus Interactive Agency. “It’s always nice when the passion of your craft evolves into an award-winning piece.”

The website, www.rbc.org, was named Best Non-profit Site, and is already gaining attention from many of RBC’s constituents. The site represents an innovative and effective implementation of CMS400.NET, Ektron’s all-in-one application for creating, deploying and managing interactive web, intranet and extranet sites.

Using Ektron CMS400.NET (http://www.argusinteractive.com/learn-about-ektron.php), along with multiple website customizations, DRA and Argus Interactive have been able to deliver a very efficient, fast and easy-to-maintain website. Previously, rbc.org ran thousands of static web pages on five web servers. Today, the site is serving up a tremendous amount of content and features on only two web servers and a shared database server. This is even more impressive when you consider the high volume traffic on the RBC Ministries’ site. In June, there were more than 500,000 visitors and 6 million page views.

Each year, Ektron evaluates customer implementations of its web content management software. Criteria includes how the Ektron-powered websites meet business and technical goals, advance online strategies, better satisfy site visitors, produce tangible return on investment and support effective business processes. This year’s winners were chosen from more than 100 nominations. For more information, visit ektron.com/allstar.

“Successful websites are special blends of designers’ creative talents, developers’ technical savvy and forward-thinking strategies,” said Bill Rogers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ektron. “Ektron’s All-Stars know what they want their websites to do, and DRA and Argus Interactive Agency have demonstrated excellence in developing a site that has helped RBC Ministries continue to evolve as technology and the needs of its audience have changed, from faith-based radio broadcasts in the 1950s, to print-based faith materials, to successfully using its website to serve more than six million page views per month today.”

ABOUT RBC Ministries

RBC Ministries’ mission is to teach and spread the Word of God to others by using every method and medium available. The mediums RBC Ministries uses to reach out to the public are pastors, counselors, lay persons, TV and radio stations, prisons, schools and businesses. By using these strategies, RBC Ministries can help make the wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. The vision at RBC Ministries is to see people of all nations experiencing a relationship with Christ.

For more information about RBC Ministries, please visit http://www.rbc.org.

ABOUT ARGUS INTERACTIVE AGENCY

Argus Interactive Agency, Inc. is a web services firm with a full-service approach to interactive design, web development and search engine marketing (SEM). Founded in 2002, by Chris Diede, Argus Interactive Agency creates unique opportunities for its clients in the marketplace by blending stellar online strategy and web development with its SEM services, which include pay-per-click (PPC) strategy and management in Google, Yahoo! and MSN, and “natural” search engine optimization (SEO) (http://www.argusinteractive.com/search-search-engine-optimization.php) strategy and implementation. Some of the firm’s clients include Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Vortex Industries, Murad, and Walter Foster Publishing. Argus Interactive Agency is headquartered in Orange County, California (http://www.argusinteractive.com/about-agency.php).

For more information about Argus Interactive Agency, please visit http://www.argusinteractive.com.

ABOUT DAVID RILEY ASSOCIATES (DRA)

David Riley Associates (DRA) believes the best design is achieved through imagination and innovation. It’s a creative experience motivated by the challenge of achieving its clients’ goals specific to their objectives. DRA assists organizations large and small to diversify their appeal. The agency explores solutions both outside the box and inside client expectations. Every DRA design effort is marked by unparalleled attention to successful visual appeal. DRA’s clients include Universal Studios, Disneyland, LA Fitness and Joel Osteen Ministries.

For more information about DRA, please visit http://www.rileydra.com

ABOUT EKTRON

Ektron’s web content management and authoring solutions are affordable for any organization and simple enough for anyone to use, yet offer webmasters, designers and developers all the tools they need to create, deploy and manage interactive web, intranet and extranet sites in one platform. With Ektron CMS400.NET, companies can do what they want on the Web, including developing rich sites for personal, two-way communication with visitors, building community through memberships, blogs and forums, and attracting more repeat visits using RSS feeds and web alerts to increase business opportunities. An open API allows for easy customization and extension. Ektron is headquartered in Amherst, N.H., and has more than 15,000 customer implementations worldwide, including Unilever, Intel and Pfizer.

For more information about Ektron, please visit http://www.ektron.com.

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