Creative
Customer Focused
Innovative
Exceeding Expectations
About Us
Founded in 2000, Squid Internet (INS Digital Media LLC) is a professional
web marketing services firm that works with companies to define strategies
and implement innovative ways to build their businesses (image and sales)
by combining the expertise of design, Internet technology and internet
marketing communications.
Through www.insWebsites.com, INS Digital Media LLC delivers professional
websites and web marketing services for the insurance industry, including P&C
Agencies, Life/Health
Agents, and Insurance
Brokers.
Squid Internet works with clients both local and nationwide to create
successful web marketing plans and realize the full potential of the Internet.
Our client relationships are focused around the philosophy of a long-term
partnership, with Squid Internet providing the experience, knowledge,
and expertise in helping the client create a strong brand image and drive
business to their websites.
Squid Internet offers a wide range of Internet marketing
and development services for the small and mid-sized business market.
We offer custom website design, flexible web
hosting & e-mail
services, Internet
marketing, search
engine optimization (SEO), Webmaster
retainer services, and domain
name management.
Strategic Partners
Strategic partnerships are essential in today's fast-paced and ever
changing economic and technological climate. Squid Internet's strategic
partnerships with proven industry leaders allows us to offer our customers
the most reliable and complete Internet solutions available. We are very
proud of the success of these partnerships, and benefit tremendously
from the expertise our partners bring to our table - making our customers
the beneficiaries of these partnerships.
InsureZone & AgentSecure
InsureZone, based in Fort Worth, TX, offers a spectrum of insurance
services from fulfillment to complete turnkey e-commerce technology capabilities
direct to consumers and independent insurance agencies.
InsureZone offers customers multiple insurance quotes and products from
top-rated carriers and the ability to purchase coverage online or offline
in just minutes.
AgentSecure
is the brand name under which InsureZone provides services to 1,800 agencies
in 49 states. Its product line includes personal lines and all the coverages
a business owner needs. AgentSecure works with nine carriers which include
AIG, CNA, Encompass, Hartford, Hanover, MetLife, OneBeacon, Philadelphia,
Progressive, Safeco, and Zurich. InsureZone/AgentSecure has been formally
endorsed by 31 IIABA (Big I) state or regional affiliates. For additional
information, visit www.insurezone.com and
www.agentsecure.com.
Google
Squid Internet has partnered with Google™ to provide you with
a proven ways to help you market your products to qualified
visitors. Google AdWords connects you with new customers at the precise
moment they're looking for your products or services via Google. With
Google AdWords, we create your online ads, research keywords and keyphrases
to help match your ads to your target audience, and pay only when someone
clicks on your targeted Google ad.
Google is the world leader in online search, with billions of web pages
crawled and hundreds of millions of images indexed.
Information seekers around the world rely on Google's fast, accurate
and easy-to-use service to find answers, while Squid Internet uses Google
for our clients to reach new customers and to increase our clients revenues
with highly targeted advertising. For additional information, visit www.google.com.
Yahoo!
Yahoo!® Search Marketing, formerly Overture, gives
you huge reach on the Web and drives a large number of prospective customers
to your website. In the paid listing program of Yahoo search
marketing, you only have to pay for the leads that are generated through
this program. Through Yahoo's vast network you can reach 90% of active
internet users on sites such as Yahoo!, Ask.com, InfoSpace, CNN, and
AltaVista. For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.
Insurance Journal
Insurance
Journal, considered the most read national property and casualty publication
for independent insurance agents and brokers. InsuranceJournal.com was
created in 1997 to provide regional, national and international news
and information to the insurance industry. InsuranceJournal.com uses
its 80 years of insurance expertise to provide the industry real-time
news and analysis. For additional information, visit www.insurancejournal.com.
VeriSign
VeriSign® is a leading provider of ecommerce security solutions.
The company offers a variety of ecommerce security services ranging from
secure sockets layer (SSL) and digital certificates to ecommerce payment
gateways. Verisign provides Squid Internet with SSL encryption
certificates. For additional information, visit www.verisign.com.
The Planet
The Planet is the leading provider of internet Infrastructure solutions.
By offering the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class
support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and unmatched network
connectivity, The Planet helps turn information technology into a powerful
competitive advantage that enables customers to successfully grow their
businesses. For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.
Datacenter Facility
Squid Internet’s web servers are located in a state-of-the-art
datacenter in Dallas, Texas. Our datacenter partner, The Planet, has
a well-known history of reliability and security in the web hosting industry.
Historical web server uptime is 99.5%. The .5% can be attributed to scheduled
hardware improvement or software upgrades.
The
datacenter facility is F5 rated and has 77,000 square feet with 35,000
sq. ft. of raised floor datacenter space. This facility has complete redundancy
in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security.
The facility features include:
- Dual electrical utility feeds from separate TXU substations
- One 2-megawatt diesel generator
- Parallel redundant 750KVA MGE UPS
- Dual 550 ton carrier chillers
- (8) HVAC units totaling 240 tons
- Double interlock pre-action fire suppression
- Biometric hand scanners
- Video surveillance (recorded and archived).
- Security patrols through entire facility.
Our robust network infrastructure ensures maximum uptime and superior
performance that provides you with the connectivity, bandwidth and stability
you can't find anywhere else.
Our network architecture utilizes the Enterprise routing and switching
engines from Juniper and Cisco. We utilize Juniper M20 routers as border
routers, Cisco 6500 series switches in our distribution layer and Cisco
6500 switches in our aggregation layers, and Cisco 3500 and 2900 series
switches at the customer layer. Our network is fully meshed and redundant
with 8 backbone providers for a total of 27 Gbps of available bandwidth.
Company VALUES
Squid Internet is guided by the following
core values and they represent the fundamental tenets that guide us in
our day-to-day business activities. We want our decisions and actions to
demonstrate these values.
- Customer First - Not just a slogan here, but the first rule
of doing business. We believe in respecting our customers, listening
to their requests and understanding their needs and expectations. We
strive to exceed their expectations in affordability, quality, and
service.
- Creativity - Whether it's web design or a web marketing solution
for your business - we consider creativity to be as central to our
mission as any other aspect of doing business. We look at
every organization uniquely and decide on the most successful design,
both functionally and creatively.
- High Quality - We are each personally
accountable for the highest standards of behavior, including honesty
and fairness in all aspects of our work.
- Responsive - We must avoid bureaucratic delays. We must be
agile enough to act faster than our competitors. Always be available
to promptly respond to client questions or requests.
- Innovation - We will deliver excellence, strive for continuous
improvement and respond vigorously to change. Do not settle for the obvious
or easy solution; always search for creative solutions to simple or
complex problems.
MISSION STATEMENT
"Squid Internet enables small and mid-sized companies
to grow their businesses by building a professional brand image and increasing
awareness of their company and products by providing a complete array
of internet marketing services."
Our Guarantee
Squid Internet guarantees to provide every client with a website completely
free of technical errors, typographical errors, or any malfunction directly
caused by any work provided by Squid Internet. We will correct those
errors expeditiously at no additional cost for the life of the website.
How Can We Help You?
Squid Internet prides itself on helping its clients determine the best
solution for their current and future needs. If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact us anytime.
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