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Although backup.com’s latest web site that Saforian designed has been live for a year, we work under the philosophy that sites are never one-time creations to be left to stagnate. Our design methodology is cyclical; after launch, the creation process begins again. This includes gathering feedback for the new interface and analysis of areas that can be enhanced. Search engine optimization (SEO) plays a key role in this process because popular keywords and click-through goals change often. backup.com’s new homepage is just one example of Saforian’s effort to continuously improve our client’s impact on their visitors.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070921</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070921</guid>		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:00:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Accessibility</category>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Now we're cooking [with Chef Roberto Donna]</title>		<description>Saforian's purpose is to help our clients enhance communication with their customers. To build upon this goal, we recently helped two of our clients launch personalized blogs.&lt;br /&gt;
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The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.robertodonna.com/blog/&quot;&gt;Roberto Donna blog&lt;/a&gt; for the famous chef of &lt;strong&gt;Bebo Trattoria&lt;/strong&gt; and Galileo restaurants in the Washington, DC area will allow him to share cooking techniques, thoughts on Italian cuisine, and respond to newspaper restaurant critiques that don't have the facts right.&lt;br /&gt;
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The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wagnerskis.com/blog/&quot;&gt;Ski Blog&lt;/a&gt; for our recently launched &lt;strong&gt;Wagner Custom Skis and Snowboards&lt;/strong&gt; site will provide news on Pete Wagner's unique manufacturing process and events around the Telluride, Colorado area.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070530</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070530</guid>		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 20:00:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian supplies the icing for the Great American Bake Sale</title>		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.strength.org/&quot;&gt;Share Our Strength&lt;/a&gt; — a non-profit organization leading the fight to prevent childhood hunger in America — selected Saforian to design and code their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greatamericanbakesale.org/&quot;&gt;Great American Bake Sale&lt;/a&gt; initiative.&lt;br /&gt;
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Saforian worked closely with SOS to establish a clean navigation structure and engaging visual design that highlights the content with a tasteful flair. HTML templates were created with accessibility, web standards, and CMS back-end integration in mind.&lt;br /&gt;
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Saforian is proud to help SOS in their bake sale initiative to end childhood hunger. &lt;a href=&quot;http://gabs.strength.org/site/PageServer?pagename=GABS_how&quot;&gt;Learn how you can participate&lt;/a&gt; — it's for a great cause.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070509</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070509</guid>		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 17:35:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Accessibility</category>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Flash Design</category>		<category>Information Architecture</category>		<category>Non-Profit</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Benchmark Ideas web site now more search engine optimized</title>		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.benchmarkideas.com/&quot;&gt;Benchmark&lt;/a&gt;, a Cincinnati, Ohio ad agency that creates marketing and design solutions came to Saforian looking to improve the search engine ranking and accessibility of their site. We helped optimize and create web standards-based code to improve load times and overall performance. The site now is more scannable by search engines and usable to assistive technologies such as screen readers.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070215</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070215</guid>		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:00:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Accessibility</category>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Marketing</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Northern Virginia Technology Council Site Launches</title>		<description>The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nvtc.org/&quot;&gt;Northern Virginia Technology Council&lt;/a&gt; (NVTC) has just launched their new web site with the help of Saforian's creative and development services. Their streamlined web presence provides a cleaner user interface and improved member experience.&lt;br /&gt;
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NVTC is the membership association for the technology community in Northern Virginia. Promoting networking and creating opportunities for members to meet potential clients, build relationships, and learn about trends in the technology industry.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070130</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20070130</guid>		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:00:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>We're Giving Away iPod Nanos for the Holidays!</title>		<description>Saforian is giving away three iPod Nanos for the holidays. &lt;a href=&quot;http://saforian.com/holiday/&quot;&gt;Signup for our newsletter&lt;/a&gt; for your chance to win an Apple&amp;reg; iPod Nano. Winners will be randomly chosen by January 12th, 2007. The drawing ends on January 6th, 2007, so enter soon. Time is running out!</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/holiday/</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20061218</guid>		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:29:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Holidays</category>		<category>Saforian News</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian Wins Two W3 Design Awards</title>		<description>Saforian has the privilege to announce that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cna.org/&quot;&gt;The CNA Corporation&lt;/a&gt; has been selected as a &lt;strong&gt;Silver Winner in Charitable Organizations / Non-Profit&lt;/strong&gt; for the 2006 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.w3award.com/&quot;&gt;W3 Awards&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iavisarts.org/&quot;&gt;International Academy of the Visual Arts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Our own &lt;a href=&quot;http://saforian.com/&quot;&gt;Saforian.com&lt;/a&gt; site has also won a Silver W3 Award as an &lt;strong&gt;Outstanding Interactive Design Firm&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites and marketing programs.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20061113</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20061113</guid>		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:30:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Saforian News</category>		<category>Web Design</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian creates branding for Roberto Donna's new restaurant</title>		<description>Saforian would like to thank &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bebotrattoria.com/&quot;&gt;Bebo Trattoria&lt;/a&gt; for choosing us for their branding efforts for the new restaurant. The restaurant will be run by the famous &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.robertodonna.com&quot;&gt;Roberto Donna&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trattoria — &quot;A local eatery, less elegant than a ristorante and usually having a limited, seasonal menu of cook's specialties. Trattorie have traditionally been family operations of modest size and price, though in recent years many trattorie have become large and quite fashionable.&quot;</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20061026</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20061026</guid>		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:38:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Branding</category>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Marketing</category>		<category>Saforian News</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Happy Halloween from Saforian - Get the desktop background!</title>		<description>Check out our &lt;b&gt;Halloween&lt;/b&gt; desktop for your computer!</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/what/desktops.php</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20061017</guid>		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:24:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Saforian News</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian teams with Wagner Custom</title>		<description>Skiing anyone? Saforian has teamed up with &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wagnerskis.com/&quot;&gt;Wagner Custom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to allow you to create your own custom and personalized skis and snowboards. We are honored to be helping Wagner Custom reinvent skiing retail with a new web site and back-end development.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060926</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060926</guid>		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:00:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Information Architecture</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian partners with Fourpoints Communication</title>		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fourpointscomm.com&quot;&gt;Fourpoints Communication&lt;/a&gt; has selected Saforian as their exclusive creative design partner. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fourpoints is the premier Native American media development company focusing on outdoor advertising and Saforian is proud to become the design partner of choice. Saforian will be responsible for refreshing Fourpoints digital and print communication pieces as well as establishing new branding elements.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060821</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060821</guid>		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:25:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Branding</category>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Marketing</category>		<category>Print Design</category>		<category>Saforian News</category>		<category>Web Design</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian partners with the Northern Virginia Technology Council</title>		<description>&lt;acronym title=&quot;Northern Virginia Technology Council&quot;&gt;NVTC&lt;/acronym&gt; has chosen Saforian as its creative partner in developing a modernized web site. The new site will feature updated branding and a cleaner design, while also improving the pathways to key content. Keep checking back; the new site will be launching soon!</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060711</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060711</guid>		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:56:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Branding</category>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian wins contract with SAIC and the USDA</title>		<description>Saforian is proud to work with SAIC and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usda.gov&quot;&gt;USDA&lt;/a&gt; on a contract to redesign the 90+ web sites utilized by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrcs.usda.gov&quot;&gt;NRCS&lt;/a&gt;. Saforian is tasked with helping the &lt;acronym title=&quot;United States Department of Agriculture&quot;&gt;USDA&lt;/acronym&gt; reorganize and restructure all of the supporting National level centers that make up the &lt;acronym title=&quot;National Resources Conservation Service&quot;&gt;NRCS&lt;/acronym&gt;.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060620</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060620</guid>		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:00:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Information Architecture</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>A Saforian Design Receives First Place...</title>		<description>Colorcraft of Virginia, Inc. and Saforian win &lt;strong&gt;First Place&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Jurors Choice&lt;/strong&gt; in the annual Printing Industry of Virginia Awards Competition with a brochure Saforian designed for Grunley Construction of Rockville, Maryland. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piva.com/news.asp?id=7&quot;&gt;PIVA Printing Industry of Virginia, Best in Print Awards&lt;/a&gt;</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060510</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060510</guid>		<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 10:00:00 CDT</pubDate>		<category>Print Design</category>		<category>Saforian News</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Drink to the Terrapin! Saforian launches Terrapin Station Winery</title>		<description>Saforian has recently launched the web site for &lt;a href=&quot;http://terrapinstationwinery.com/&quot;&gt;Terrapin Station Winery&lt;/a&gt;, a new vineyard being established in Elkton, Maryland. This growing site will feature construction photos, their wine-making philosophy, merchandise, and information on how to save the Diamondback Terrapin.&lt;br /&gt;
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Saforian helped develop this unique and fun design that is delievered with proper, clean web standards code. So &lt;a href=&quot;http://terrapinstationwinery.com/news/subscribe.php&quot;&gt;sign up&lt;/a&gt; for their newsletter and learn about the best wine in the state!&lt;br /&gt;
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NCSL provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues. Their online bookstore helps promote this advocacy goal by simplifying the process of purchasing from their extensive publication inventory.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060318</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060318</guid>		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:00:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Web Design</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian and Trivinci launch Trivinci.com</title>		<description>Saforian and Trivinci Systems, LLC have recently launched three new web sites: &lt;a href=&quot;http://trivinci.com/&quot;&gt;Trivinci&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://race-keeper.com/&quot;&gt;Race-Keeper&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://thrill-keeper.com/&quot;&gt;Thrill-Keeper&lt;/a&gt;</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060225</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060225</guid>		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:00:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian and HMA Associates, Inc. Launch NHAP.org</title>		<description>&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 8px 8px&quot; src=&quot;http://saforian.com/news/images/nhap_logo.gif&quot; alt=&quot;National HIV/AIDS Partnership&quot;&gt;Saforian has been privileged to work on such an important project.&lt;br /&gt;
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The National HIV/AIDS Partnership allows its partners and potential partners the ability to learn more about the epidemic and how to get involved.&lt;br /&gt;
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Saforian has been working closely with HMA Associates to create the main &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhap.org/&quot;&gt;National HIV/AIDS Partnership&lt;/a&gt; site and the supporting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redribbonawards.org/&quot;&gt;Red Ribbon Leadership Awards&lt;/a&gt; site.&lt;br /&gt;
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Both sites were developed to provide semantic web standards and achieve a high level of accessibility for users with disabilities. This allows the clean, functional code to be easily maintained and updating.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060207</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060207</guid>		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:00:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Non-Profit</category>		<category>Web Design</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Saforian Working with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America</title>		<description>&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 8px 8px&quot; src=&quot;http://saforian.com/news/images/logo_bbbs.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Big Brothers Big Sisters Logo&quot;&gt;Saforian is working with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to improve their web presence. We have been working with the BBBS team by supporting a friendly new design and providing standards-based code.&lt;br /&gt;
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We will also be helping this great organization optimize their online donation process.&lt;br /&gt;
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Keep checking back for more updates.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060112</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20060112</guid>		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Clients</category>		<category>Non-Profit</category>		<category>Web Design</category>	</item>	<item>		<title>Welcome To The New Saforian.com</title>		<description>Saforian is proud to present our new web site to the public.</description>		<link>http://saforian.com/news/20051220.php</link>		<guid isPermaLink="true">http://saforian.com/news/?article=20051220</guid>		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:00:00 CST</pubDate>		<category>Saforian News</category>		<category>Web Design</category>		<category>Web Development</category>	</item></channel></rss>