Baltimore Website Design Firm Wins Marketing Achievement Award

Baltimore, MD, 04/28/08 - The Canton Group, LLC, one of the region's leading Website design and development firms, recently received the Outstanding Achievement in Marketing Award from the Homebuilders Association of Maryland (HBAM), recognizing the company's outstanding efforts marketing its Website design services to major Maryland homebuilders.

"We are honored to have received this award from an industry that we have served for 10 years," said Canton Group Co-Founder and CEO Ethan Kazi. "Over the years we have become the vendor of choice for Website development and design for the homebuilder community," he said.

Examples of the company's state-of-the-art Websites for Maryland home builders include Keelty Homes, Trinity Homes, Sturbridge Homes, Chateau Builders Communities, and Regional Homes of Maryland. The Canton Group is also developing Websites for other builders.

In addition to stunning photographs of their clients' properties, The Canton Group adds cutting edge Website design features to their customers' web sites such as 360-degree virtual tours, seamless integration with Google Maps, interactive web forms, spam protected contact forms, easy to use Content Management tools and eMarketing Services.

"Most builders of custom-crafted homes want more than a static site that simply shows a picture and offers an email address," said Justin Barber, Interactive Design Director for The Canton Group. "For example, we can provide a 'rollover' photo tour that allows users to move their cursor over a series of interior photographs without having to click on each one. Or a 360-degree virtual tour that allows you to see gorgeous kitchens and spacious master bedrooms from all different angles, just as if you were walking around the room itself," he said.

Website development and design is a challenging business, requiring not only creative skills, but also increasingly sophisticated technical capabilities necessary to keep up with the demands for e-commerce and online security. Fortunately, The Canton Group has in-house staff that can do it all-the company is currently ranked as the region's "2nd Largest Website Design Firm" by the Baltimore Business Journal.

"We have devoted considerable energy to the homebuilder's market, and we knew we had achieved the right user experience and marketing message when we received this award," Kazi said.

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About The Canton Group: The Canton Group provides creative and graphic design services, including both traditional and interactive media, to dozens of customers in the Baltimore/Washington region. The company also has an IT services practice that provides secure Web site hosting, e-commerce, network management, programming, and systems development services to entities in state, local, and federal government. The company Website is located at: http://www.cantongroup.com

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