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Monday, April 21, 2008
Well Begun Is Half Done
The continually delayed update to the Eminence Luxury Services website (completely my bad…you have no idea!) will finally go live this week. Although I’m estimating that we’ll only have about 70% of what I’d originally envisioned for the update, we’re close enough to the finish line that I have a good picture of what’ll be there and what’s still to come. In no particular order:
Design. The new website looks better. A lot better. Although we’ve avoided Flash like the plague that it is, we’ve managed to add a bit of “flash” here and there to make the whole site look more animated. We've also significantly improved the overall “look and feel” of the site. Still to come: even more shiny do-dads!
Blog. This has actually been in progress for a while, and technology aside has been one of the most time-intensive parts of the new site, so it’s something I’m particularly jazzed about. If you’re reading this from the Owners’ Blog tab on the site, you should be aware that the words your reading here are just a shadow copy of the original. Although nicely syndicated over to our main site, the blog itself is actually hosted at Blogger: eminenceluxury.blogspot.com. I’d of course love for you to stay here on the Eminence site forever, but by surfing over to Blogger you can post comments and leave feedback on my inane ramblings. Also: if you’re particularly resourceful you’ll discover a link to my personal blog, reading which is almost as much fun as driving a Ferrari. I swear.
Concierge. I write a lot about our fleet of vehicles because that’s really my wheelhouse, but in fact Eminence Luxury provides many services above and beyond exotic and luxury rentals. We have a full service in-house concierge staff who are absolute wizards when it comes to procuring you the best Las Vegas has to offer. They got short shrift on the previous incarnation of the website, so we’ve tried to beef up their pages this time around. Still to come: we’d actually built a lot of impressive pages showing off all of the amazing things our concierge staff could do, then realized that most of these things involved other companies and, particularly, photos of their properties and copies of their logos. That turned into a nightmare of meetings, approvals, and etc., so for the time being those pages are disabled. Hopefully we’ll get this all resolved soon; in the meantime, know that the legal problems haven’t slowed our concierge staff down at all and they’re always available to provide you service that fits like a glove.
Shopping Lists. We’ve spent millions of dollars building up our fleet, but it’s just not possible to own every vehicle ever made. Regardless of how many we already have, there are always a few cars on our “to buy” list, and on the new site we have a page that shows you what’s next on the list. We also have a page with some of our fantasy selections. Still to come: visitor feedback! We want to know what you’re interested in renting. Soon there’ll be a way for you to make suggestions online.
Banners. Boy, if I had a nickel for every time someone asked me for an Eminence themed banner that they could post to MySpace, I’d have a whole bunch of nickels. On our networking page we’ve not only got links to all of our online presences, we’ve finally got banners! Still to come: As of this writing there’s only one banner. Although Jaime has penned a ton of great “catchphrases”, I’m betting I won’t have time to create the actual banners in the next few days. Within the next week however there’ll be a virtual cornucopia of choices. My favorite so far? “Dice? Check. Date? Check. Diablo? Check!”
Galleries. This is the #1 thing that won’t be ready in time for the site launch. One of the great things about owning a bunch of great looking cars is that…well, they look great! Our original concept was to have a massive gallery of stills and video showing off the cars. We’ve been very busy with our cameras lately, but we don’t yet have quite as much content as we planned and we’re not particularly inclined to go off half cocked. In another week or two we’ll have some great desktop wallpapers, shots of behind-the-scenes video shoots, and more than a few candid photos of satisfied clients, but until all of that is ready we’ve removed the planned “galleries” section of the new site.
Photos. Last but very much not least: Ever wondered what the core Eminence team looks like? Well wonder no more! That sultry voice on the other end of the phone and the illiterate fool who replies to your email is no longer a phantom. Finally you can put a face to the name!
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