Starting from $50 a month, a user can get three web pages with a custom design, email service, domain, and hosting.

Mike says that he got inspired to make web development affordable because he found that most local business owners could not afford to pay a huge chunk of cash upfront. In addition to an attractive price, the package makes it easier to communicate with folks who don’t know anything about the web. So far, ten local brands signed up which is a good start after it launched today.

Fivepager is run by PixelHub Creative in the Philippines.

Source: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/fivepager-makes-development-affordable-small-151050014.html

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines—Twenty-six-year-old Mikkle Angelo Fernandez dreamed of having his own company and running it someday.

He was still an information technology student then but he was already designing websites with the passion and excitement of a child playing with a favorite toy.

Two months ago, Fernandez’s dream came true when he and college friends, William Allan Balanza and Ronald de Leon, launched Pixel Hub Creative, the first web design agency in Pangasinan.

“We’re so excited to have this business and this office,” says Fernandez, the company’s managing director.

But before getting where they are now, Fernandez and his friends had to work in different places, adapt to different work environments and deal with different clients.

After his college graduation in 2006, Fernandez was hired as web designer and developer by The Design People in Metro Manila. After two years, he went freelance and had as clients CIS One/CIS Media, a web designer and developer firm based in Pasadena, California; Bain and Mercer, an online marketing specialist based in Singapore; and Paper Boat Creative, a web design firm based in London.

“I was inspired by The Design People, my first company. They started small and look at them now. I realized, pwede pala (it can be done),” says Fernandez, a native of Bayambang town.

Balanza, 30, a computer engineering  graduate, used to be a freelance web and graphic designer.

His clients, all of them based in the US, included the software giant Microsoft, animated cartoons and movie producer Walt Disney and telecommunications firm Siemens.

“We set up this company here in Dagupan, and not in Metro Manila, to showcase the talents of local web designers and to cater to local clients,” says Balanza, the company’s creative director, who is from Mapandan town.

De Leon, 30, has worked for more than six years as software engineer in different companies in the US. He is now connected with the Recreational Equipment Inc., an award-winning gear and clothing company in the US.

Fernandez says they had to put together part of their savings to set up their office and pay for their operating expenses, such as rental, utilities and salaries of their four employees.

“We really had to spend a lot,” he says.

But losing all their investments is the least of their worries because they say they know they have a good market here.

“Those who need our services are just there, especially now that we are in the digital age,” Fernandez says.

Balanza says being the first web design company with an office in the province gives them an edge over freelance web designers.

“It’s about trust. Having a physical office builds trust,” Balanza says. “It’s because there are some freelancers who do not finish a project and the clients do not know where to look for them.”

Today, Fernandez’s team is already working on some projects and negotiating with several local clients.

In April, his company “branded” the Bangus Festival—from website (www.dagupanbangusfestival.com), billboards to brochures. They also redesigned the Pangasinan provincial government’s website (www.pangasinan.gov.ph) to make it more attractive and interactive.

Fernandez says one of the challenges his team is dealing with right now is educating many of their clients.

“Many people are hesitant to spend for a website. So we tell them why they need a website and how it can help their business,” Fernandez says.

Some prospective clients, he says, also find it expensive to have a website. “And we do a lot of explaining why it is so. We have to explain the specifications,” he says.

But he says it will not take long for business owners here to realize what a website can do to their businesses, “like in Baguio City and Metro Manila.”

“From our experience, Faces, a portrait studio [based here], increased its sales after we launched its website. Overseas Filipino Workers contact them for their weddings when they came home,” Fernandez says.

At their office, Fernandez and Balanza come in their shorts and rubber sneakers.

“But we have professional relationships here. We see to it that we meet our deadlines,” Fernandez says.

Source: http://technology.inquirer.net/15484/young-set-invests-time-effort-in-web-design-firm

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One glance, one chance. That is your moment of truth.
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Personal branding, by definition, is a process by which you market yourselves to others. Simply stated, what face or image you want to show to the world.

Now, who needs personal branding?

This is by no means just for celebrities, in fact, each one of us is a brand!

A personal branding tool starts from a simple email address, wardrobe, resume/cover letter/references document, facebook/twitter/LinkedIn profile — to a more complex yet more rewarding media like blog or website, portfolio, business card, campaign cards, ads, logo, and the like.

Simple truth is you don’t need to become a businessman, a consultant, a politician or a CEO to own a business card. Everyone should actually own a business card and it should contain your picture, your personal brand statement, your contact information and your logo, if possible. And if you already have one, start evaluating your card and ask yourself: what impression does it make or does it make any impact?

Another big time mistake people make is that they brand themselves for the sake of doing it. Indeed, “visibility creates opportunities” but many today fail to maximize that opportunity or even miss that single chance to make an impact because of wrong branding.

True enough, personal branding is no easy task. It starts with brand discovery and it can be toxic and taxing if you don’t know the process. It takes an expert to strike a balance and figure out how to equate your impression about yourself and how people perceive you.

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Is that how it works in this highly competitive commercial arena?

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Now what? Are you really helpless?

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Let’s start with this simple business assessment:

Is Your Business On Line?

• You are constantly told to be on line. Why? Simply said, if you cannot be “googled” or “binged”, you are at the losing end
• Look around and you will see your potential customer owns Iphones, Blackberries…Imagine how quickly they get online and how each can be your customer because of your website

Is Your Business on Facebook or Twitter?

• If your business is not on Facebook or Twitter, someone else will start owning one for you — your detractor! And mind you, to your disadvantage
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Still, you may reason you are not ready yet. Come on, get real! The business calls for it. So go get it!

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Our team offers only the best-in-class innovative online marketing ideas because we know you deserve only the best. So whether your goal is to sell, brand, or generate leads, we have an experienced and talented group that can do all these.

We deeply understand the growing and ever-changing needs of businesses today and we are committed to bringing optimal marketing results. Contact PixelHub Creative today and get results!

Visit our creative headquarters from Mondays thru Fridays at 2/F Star Green Promenade, Lucao District, Dagupan City. For more details call us at +63755290076 or email us at sayhello@pixelhubcreative.com and book an appointment now!

2. It’s Your Online Brochure / Catalog That Can Be Changed at Anytime
A website is easier, cheaper and quicker to update than print material. Its’ capacities are almost limitless which allow you to provide users with more comprehensive information. This will save you money on printing and distribution costs as well.

3. Reach New Markets with a Global Audience
On the Internet, you aren’t that local little business anymore. You have the potential to be seen by millions across the globe. Did you ever think your company would have the possibility of doing business around the world? Well, now you can. Without a doubt, the Internet is the most cost effective way to trade nationally and internationally.

4. Improved Customer Service
By providing answers to questions on your website, sales and information requests can be processed automatically and immediately, whether someone is in the office or not. Online forms can be used to allow customers to request quotations or ask further information. Save costs by allowing users to download invoices, proposals and important documents.

5. Present a Professional Image
For a small business, a well-designed web site is a great way of instilling confidence and looking bigger than you actually are. In this day in age, customers assume that you already have a website. By now, your primary competitors probably already have a presence on the Internet. If they do, keep up with them and find ways to make yours better.

6. Sell Your Products
Why pay expensive rent, overhead, electric bills, and all the other costs that go along with owning a bricks-n-mortar business? Selling in cyberspace is much cheaper and a good way to supplement your offline business. Providing secure online ordering is very affordable for even the smallest businesses.

7. Promote Your Services
Lawyers, doctors, financial consultants, entertainers, realtors and all service oriented businesses should let customers know that they have a choice. Millions of users are referring to the web and are using company’s websites to make major decisions when they need a specialized service.

8. Gather Information and Generate Valuable Leads
You can gather information about your customers and potential customers by using forms and surveys. Rather than going out and getting leads, let them come to you. This is a great tool for prospecting targeted customers looking to use your products and services.

9. Provides Instant Gratification
People are busy and don’t like to wait for information. Give them what they want, when they want it. If your product is suitable, offer them free samples or trials to download. This includes pictures, brochures, software, videos, Power Point slides, music and more.

10. Great Recruiting Tool
Whether you are looking for talent or posting job opportunities with your company, your website is a great recruiting tool for building your business.

Pixelhub Creative is a full service marketing communications & digital media innovations agency specializing in branding, creative consultancy, content management system, application development, and social media strategy for businesses across industries here and abroad.

“I urge you to continue honing your designing skills, and definitely next year we shall come again with this competition on a bigger scale,” this was the challenge of Councilor Marc Brian Lim, executive chairman of Dagupan City Bangus Festival 2012, the guest of honor and speaker during his inspirational message in the recently concluded Design Dagupan 2012 kick off last April 25, 2012 at the Edades Hall, Museo na Dagupan.

“Design Dagupan” is one of its kind competition in the city showcasing talents of Dagupenos and nearby towns and cities. Lim gladly commended all the participants for the fact that the city has unraveled another plethora of talent, this time in the field of creative arts in digital design.

The event displayed a vibrant note with brief insights by “What’s Up Dagupan” blogger Simon Francis Blaise Vistro, co-organizer of the event along with Pixelhub Creative partners Mike Fernandez, Ronald De Leon and William Balanza. The competition event was participated on two different categories – Student and Professional. A total of eight (8) major awards including the People’s Choice Awards were given away. Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia also witnessed the affair.

The winners in the student catergory are: Vicente Sapiera, Jr, who stood out as the champion, Jerome Brian Maglana (1st Runner-up), Armando Aquino (2nd Runner-up), and Samantha Marie Calimlim Toledo garnered the People’s Choice Award.

Rio Cabojoc from Baguio City topped the professional category as champion and People’s Choice awardee, while Janvic Victorio won 1st Runner-up and PC Cartel Special Award, and Arviejon De Vera bagged the 2nd Runner-up award.

Gryson De Venecia, a professional photographer, William Balanza, Pixelhub Creative’s co-founder and creative director, and Patrick Fernandez, a respectable local artist, judged the competition.

Participants also enjoyed the sidelights of the event with a dance number by Rhythm n’ Ratz, and a vocal duet exhibition by Lia Jalaine & Loreine Jasmin De Guzman.

Design Dagupan 2012’s roaring success brings something to look forward to for aspiring design enthusiasts. Pixelhub Creative Team, together with What’s Up Dagupan, and with the support of the local government, vows to institutionalize this showcase of Filipino skill and talent on digital art.

Harlijk Productions, Unilever, Faces Portraits, Mary and Maria Online Boutique, PC Cartel, Mamalols, Derm Esthetica, S&F Finance Corporation, Padis Point Dagupan and Robinsons Place Pangasinan sponsored the affair.

Design Dagupan is set to have it’s own multimedia and graphic design conference on November 2012.

Pixelhub Creative designed and developed the first Penn Olson website.

See you again Startups in Asia this June 2012!

Penn Olson founder, Willis Wee and Pixelhub Creative co-founder, Mike Fernandez (Photo by Mr. Wilson Chua of Futuregen SG)

The well attended Startups in Asia event in Singapore.

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About Penn Olson

Penn Olson is an online technology news startup based in Asia, with team members all across the region. As a crew of journalists and bloggers with a passion for new ways of delivering the news, we’ve bonded together under one goal – to create a great Asia-focused tech news site to tell the world about the wonderful things that are happening here.

About Pixelhub Creative

The Provincial Government of Pangasinan through the Provincial Information Office headed by Mr. Orpheus Velasco commissioned Pixelhub Creative to design and develop the official website of the province (http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph). A major showcase of unique design and powerful imagery, early previews and reviews of the site earned raves with its cutting edge design and innovative elements that make Pangasinan’s new website a great tool in promoting the province around the world.

On the other hand, Pixelhub Creative’s noble mission to be of service to his hometown became a reality by the launch of the new Dagupan City Tourism website dedicated to the promotion of Dagupan City into a prime tourist destination in the country (http://www.dagupantourism.com). No less than the Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim attended the website launch in appreciation of Pixelhub Creative’s contribution to the city last June 10, 2011. Social media strategists, professional bloggers, netizens of cyberspace and other webby-enthusiasts flocked to Daungan Ed Dawel to be among the first to see the new website.

Established in 2006 and to be incorporated in 2011, Pixelhub Creative is a full-service digital solutions company that specializes in branding, consultancy, website design, CMS integration, application development and social media strategy for businesses (B2B) across industries here and abroad. With affiliates in Singapore, London and the United States, Pixelhub Creative uses the most advanced technologies and latest innovations in design and application.

To further establish its presence and hold of the North Luzon market, Pixelhub Creative is set to open its own offices in Dagupan City at the final quarter of this year. For now, those who are interested in familiarizing themselves more about this company and how it could help boost their business or organization with personalized digital solutions may get n touch through info@pixelhubcreative.com or http://www.pixelhubcreative.com.