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Your Website is an Investment in
Your Community
As your community grows, so do your responsibilities and costs for effectively
handling documents, forms and important information that pertain to your
residents. At Squid Internet, we make it easy for you to provide the material
that you need to your association at the right price.
Providing useful information about the Association promotes compliance
with rules, enhances participation in the community and fosters positive
and consistent communication between the homeowners, the board members,
and the committees.
In spite of the fact that the website provides a wealth of reference
material, an effective community website must provide owners with more
than information. Convenience and interactive features are the elements
that will keep residents coming back. Features such as the ability to
place a service request, download an application for architectural changes,
or reserve the clubhouse for a private party online are all significant
conveniences for the homeowners.
HOA Website Key Benefits
Cost Savings
Have you realized that an HOA website can help reduce your printing,
mailing, postage, and administrative costs plus provide residents 24 x
7 access to your neighborhood information? Communicate effectively with
your fellow residents by posting your newsletters, meeting minutes, official
documents, and forms on your neighborhood website.
Time Savings
 The
board and committees are all made up of resident volunteers and everyone
has a job and family. Calendar, official documents, request forms, contact
information, and on and on - all these items can be made available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week to owners, real estate agents, lenders, title
companies, prospective buyers or anyone else that has a need to know.
Just think of the time and cost savings to the association by eliminating
the need to duplicate piles of documents! Instead, when documents are
requested, you simply direct them to the association website and let them
copy or print out whatever they want, when they want it!
Automate day-to-day operations including online membership registration
and renewal, meeting sign-up, and on-line newsletter distribution.
No more long tours around the neighbor to distribute notices and newsletters
on mailboxes.
Board and committee members will receive fewer calls at home from residents.
Fast, Effective Communication
In homeowner associations, consistent and effective communication is
extremely important to build consensus, distribute information, and to
keep the gossip mill at bay. Timely manual distribution of meeting minutes,
HOA documents, and newsletters are a driving cost factor. While printed
newsletters have been the norm (and local printers thank you), the web
offers a wonderful alternative to publish newsletters on-line and eliminate
printing, mailing, labeling, and postage costs.
Whether an owner is resident or out of state, communications are fast.
And with an e-mail network, all directors, property managers and committee
members can receive communications simultaneously.
Marketing
Move beyond thinking of your HOA website as an internal communications
device for the current homeowners. The HOA website will also be a terrific
way to market your community to prospective buyers whom are considering
moving to your area and may seriously consider your community. By creating
a website that is appealing and informative for both current and prospective
residents, you will be able to attract new buyers to your neighborhood.
HOA Website Features
Squid Internet websites provide a comprehensive set of features that
are well-designed to help you get your community site set up quickly and
easily, while reducing the need for on-going maintenance.
Features Include:
- On-line Dues Payment
- Secure Password Protected Resident Only Area
- E-mail Distribution Lists
- Maps and Directions
- Downloadable Documents (ARC forms, Covenants & Bylaws, etc.)
- Custom Forms (Address Changes, Service Requests, ARC Requests, Registration)
- Discussion or Message Boards
- Member Directory and Contact Information
- Classified Ads
- Committee Pages and Contacts
- Event Calendar
- Photo Gallery
- On-line Members Area
- Surveys and Polls
What's Different About Squid Internet?
What sets Squid Internet apart from the competition is our professional
quality and service. We do not use special software scripts that leave
you to put your website together on your own. We also do not create overwhelming
neighborhood websites that are cluttered, have lots of features nobody
will use, and is overpriced. Instead, a professional web developer will
not only create a unique website design for your neighborhood, but will
also ensure your site is practical and useful for your neighborhoods needs.
What makes Squid Internet better than the competition?
We thought you would never ask!
- No mass produced website templates. Our web developers will assemble
a creative design for you.
- Not being abandoned to update your website yourself through special
software. We take care of your updates personally. If you have a resident
with some web coding experience, you’re welcome to edit the site
as you need. The websites we design are made with industry standards
and easily expandable. If you need help, we’ll still be here.
- No cluttered and useless pages on your website. We design clean and
appealing websites with information residents, realtors, and prospective
residents need and will use.
- No "one size fits all" website layouts. We will layout the
website based on your desires and needs.
- We’re here to assist you every step of the way - what information
to include on your website and how best to organize it based on our
experience with our other homeowner association clients.
- Full support for your website after the site deployment by phone or
e-mail.
Low-Cost WEB Hosting & E-MAIL
Starting at $19.95 per month, our web hosting and e-mail packages are
reliable and provide lots of features!
Squid Internet understands that your website is critical to smooth communication
within your homeowners association. Rest assured we’ll keep your
website up and running smoothly with a 99.5% uptime. Our world-class data
center partners are industry leaders who combine a host of comprehensive
solutions with unparalleled expertise and cutting-edge technologies with
unrivaled connectivity.
E-mail service from Squid Internet is affordable and very reliable. Our
e-mail service provides both POP e-mail accounts and Webmail service -
where you check your e-mail anywhere (home, work, on the road) and anytime
from the web. Set-up e-mail addresses or e-mail aliases at yourHOA.org
(example you@yourHOA.org) for board members, committee members, or other
volunteers and residents.
Squid Internet's web hosting and e-mail plans represent your best choice
for stability, features, and functionality at a price level that's inline
with your HOA’s needs and budget.
Why Do Some HOA Websites Fail?
Most homeowners association websites that fail are out-of-date and show
little signs of life. They may have started out strong with high resident
interest, but was neglected or forgotten over time.
Common causes are...
- Inexperience - The enthusiastic neighbor willing to gather
information might not have enough computer experience to create a website.
- Poor Design & Layout - Previous web designer (resident
or professional) designed a site that wasn’t user-friendly.
- Creator Leaves - The neighborhood webmaster moves or loses
interest with no one left to replace him/her.
- Not Updated - Updating the website is too hard so it never
changes. Therefore, neighbors loose interest and don't bother to return.
- Not Useful - The website doesn't have enough features to really
make an impact.
Contact Us
Does this sound like a tool that your board members and community could
use? Contact us today for more information and get your neighborhood working
together.
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States Serviced
We offer website design and web hosting to HOAs and other community associations
located in the following states.
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