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We know what it takes to design, build and implement integrated marketing applications; we right-fit the architecture to your unique solution, engineering to your current and near term goals and no further. Our agile approach delivers to you in waves (also known as sprints), allowing us to share our work along the way and leave room for in-flight course corrections.


We can adapt to any company’s situation and take pride in delivering your unique solution on your schedule and to the highest level of quality.

08/05/2011

 

Financial Planning Portal Tools

Ratchet partnered with a Minneapolis-based financial planning company to launch a cutting-edge advisor discovery application. We lead the Discovery and Definition process from the “idea stage” into development and sucessful deployment with a very aggressive timeline. This customer-facing portal streamlined the sales process and created significant operational efficiencies. The application includes a complex matching algorithm to bring customers together with the right advisor, every time. This advisor site platform decreased costs by eliminating the need for a fully centralized site support team, by putting the power of personalized content into the hands of advisors to drive lead-generation and conversions. Since launching, we've partnered with the Marketing and IT team to develop mobile and social tools including LinkedIn integration.

07/26/2011

 

Tablespoon.com

Tablespoon is an online recipe content discovery application for a Minneapolis-based consumer packaged goods company. We were engaged to integrate multiple 3rd party solutions –  including Sitecore CMS, Community Server, Outbrain, Baynote and WordPress – and partnered with several creative agencies along with their internal Marketing and IT teams to bring the concept to a digital reality.


The application features heavy personalization, recommendations, social integration via Facebook Connect and user-driven content such as ratings, comments, sharing and blogs. Since launching, the site has undergone a perpetual data-driven evolution, including new designs, methods of navigation, and a mobile experience.

06/02/2011

 

Working Family Resource Center

The Working Family Resource Center (WFRC) is a St. Paul, MN based non-profit organization providing parents with education and support to manage the competing demands of work and family. As part of the annual Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge, Ratchet was granted the opportunity to strategize with their team and lead the transformation of WFRC’s entire interactive experience – including a new mobile-optimized website run on the Ratchet CMS and an iPad presentation tool … all within 24 hours. The new site serves up personalized content based on users’ behaviors, an email campaign management tool and robust site analytics to arm WFRC with valuable insights for future enhancements.