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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 113 Top Web design firms Ranked by number of local employees Name Local employees Services * Head of company Year founded 1 Envision Digital Group 20 Franklin St., Suite 100, Worcester 01608 508-713-0131 • envisiondigitalgroup.com 16 Website design, marketing and support, conversion-based design, SEO, e-commerce, content creation, blogs, social media, video production, graphic design, CMS, tracking, analytics, application development Kham Inthirath founder & president 2013 2 New Perspective 364 Burncoat St., Suite 2, Worcester 01606 508-755-6797 • www.npws.net 13 Internet marketing strategy, website design, inbound marketing, SEO, PPC, blogging, social media, e-commerce Nathan Harris president 2004 3 InConcert Web Solutions Inc. 55 Lake St., Suite 210, Gardner 01440 978-632-5300 • www.inconcertweb.com 11 Website design, hosting and maintenance, logo design, domain management, SEO, blogging, social media management, inbound marketing, marketing automation Matt Ward president & CEO 2002 4 Pagano Media 11 Millbrook St., Worcester 01606 508-595-9200 • www.paganomedia.com 10 Online strategy, branding, Web design, e-commerce, SEO, Web analytics, social media, email marketing, video, animation Joe Pagano president 1981 5 Dovetail Internet Technologies LLC 40 Southbridge St., Suite 210, Worcester 01608 866-845-6465 • www.dovetailinternet.com 9 Website design, e-commerce, back-office integration, content management, Web hosting, email hosting, domain management Michael J. Villa founder & president Mark T. Peters executive vice president 1999 6 Eri Design 218 Shrewsbury St., Suite 2, Worcester 01604 508-981-1897 • www.eridesign.com 8 Website development, Web application development, cross-platform mobile development, e-commerce solutions, interactive digital media, CMS, Web hosting and maintenance Erjon Metohu president & creative director 2005 7 Allen Creative Group Inc. 22 West St., Suite 1, Millbury 01527 508-865-1265 • www.allencreativegroup.com 7 Full-service custom Web design and branding Jennie T. Allen principal & creative director 2003 8 3 Media Web 7 Felton St., Hudson 01749 877-325-1131 • www.3mediaweb.com 6 Custom Web design for corporate, startup, biotech, agency and manufacturing, WordPress Web design, digital marketing Marc Avila founder & team leader Lysa Miller VP sales & marketing, partner 2001 8 WorldWide WebLabs 51 Naples St., Leominster 01453 978-342-9000 • www.weblabs.com 6 Web development, SEO, internet marketing, lead generation, content marketing, commerce websites Greg Koski president 1994 10 Artefact Inc. 12 Harvard St., Worcester 01609 508-752-9575 • www.artefactdesign.com 4 Web design, custom WordPress and Plugin development and maintenance, Web-based business services, responsive and mobile Web development, database development, social media, Web hosting Christopher Miller president 1999 10 Cold Spring Design Inc. 15 Griggs Road, Sutton 01590 508-865-5191 • www.coldspringdesign.com 4 Online marketing strategies, graphic design for Web and print, custom coded websites, content management systems, blogs, email marketing, SEO, analytics Jeff Lerman president 1996 10 JRA Website Design 420 Boston Turnpike #109, Shrewsbury 01545 508-735-3671 • www.jrawebsitedesign.com 4 Website design and hosting, domain name registration, mobile page design, mobile application development, responsive design, graphic design, corporate identity and branding, SEO, XML sitemap Joe Albano owner 2001 13 Baystate Websites Main St., Shirley 01464 978-822-4133 • www.baystatewebsites.com 3 Website design and templates, affordable hosting, graphics design, printed business products, email services, data protection Robert Gyles president 2005 13 Bergeron Creative Studios 343 Providence Road, #1 , South Grafton 01560 617-834-4840 • www.bergeroncreative.com 3 Development, strategy, site architecture, design, WordPress programming, writing, social media, search marketing Al Bergeron president & chief creative officer 1991 13 Kreative Dezign 195 Mill St., Leominster 01453 978-466-9995 • www.kreativedezign.com 3 Website design and maintenance, logo design, mobile websites, business print packages, SEO, social media assistance Kelly Ann Joseph owner 2004 16 Competitive Edge Marketing & Design 374 Elm St., Gardner 01440 978-632-1571 • www.compedgedesign.com 1 Website design and maintenance, WordPress site design, Constant Contact e-mail marketing, social media marketing Maureen Horrigan owner & designer 1991 16 Turek Web Design 421 Charlestown Meadows Drive, 1 Web design and redesign, HubSpot website development, blog design, website maintenance, website hosting, graphic design, logo, flyer, brochures Monika Turek owner & creative director 2004 A 36-year-old web-design com- pany can't help but go through not just one but several changes in what it does. For Worcester's Pagano Media, that has meant a change from a firm helping clients create photog - raphy and slideshows for presenta- tions to web design and branding to e-commerce, social media and search-engine optimization. "We've really evolved as tech - nology has evolved," said Kathleen Pagano, who joined the company when she married Joe Pagano, the founder. "We really have a passion for keeping up with new technolo - gies and how to apply them." Joe Pagano started the compa- ny in 1981 while at Assumption College, and Pagano Media remains small, with 10 employees. But the company wants to be a small giant, Pagano said, a firm that doesn't have an especially long client list but is among the best at what it does. Among the 20 to 30 clients are New Balance, College of the Holy Cross, UMass Memorial Medical Center and the Worcester Art Museum. Most of Pagano Media's clients are in Central Massachusetts, but the company, helped through word-of-mouth referrals, counts customers across the country. "We're not driven by reaching geographic or sales growth tar - gets," said Kathleen Pagano, who has a background in marketing and finance, while her husband special- izes on the creative side. "We're driven by a desire to create great work that works. What's next for the evolving company? Augmented reality, Pagano said. Think of something like the popular app Pokemon Go, showing the view a real-time envi - ronment, with computer-generated images added in. "That's what really excites us, being on all these cutting-edge technologies," she said. - Grant Welker Pagano Media evolves with technology Kathleen and Joe Pagano C O M M U N I C A T I O N S F O C U S Westborough 01581 774-285-6916 •www.turekdesign.com 16 Web Image Designs 15 Pheasant Hill Drive, Shrewsbury 01545 774-275-0391 •www.webimagedesigns.com 1 WordPress website design and development, WordPress website maintenance, SEO, Google AdWords Judy M. Vedder president 2004 Source: Each designer via survey. Notes: CMS = content management system, SEO = search engine optimization, XML = extensible markup language. * All firms responding to the survey offer Web development. - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Source: Each designer via survey. Notes: CMS = content management system, SEO = search engine optimization, XML = extensible markup language. * All firms responding to the survey offer Web development. - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@ nebusinessmedia.com