About Us
Sparklejet is Matt Jalbert is Sparklejet: practicing the art and craft of website design.
Contact
Matt Jalbert
in San Francisco, Calif.
(415) 647-7275
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Our clients:
New work!
· Stasi Martin, realtor
· Greene & Greene
· Lew Edwards Group
· Gray Brechin, author
· Bayshore Sanitary District
· Calif. Health Advocates
· Urban Bay Properties
· Whit McLeod
· Growing Image
· The Gamble House
· Rynerson & O’Brien
· The Mescall Group
· Hamm Glass Studios
· Holton Studio Frame
· Peterson Economics
· McLeod Chairs
· The Craftsman Home
· NetInformer
· Just For You Cafe
· Jonathan Swain
· Webzine 2005
· Just Art Pottery
· McKinsey Consulting
· VeriSign
· Charles Schwab
· Narus
· nCircle
· Lofts Unlimited
· Aschbacher & Frager
· Keehn On Art
· Artistic License
· Emerge Records
· QS Technologies
· Rocket-Hire
· eOne Global
· Jet Charter Group
· Sapias
· Beutler Corporation
· Cryptography Research
· CashNet
· The Arts & Crafts Press
· Vivacare
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Hello
from
Potrero Hill
San Francisco 94107
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Sparklejet provides concept-to-completion
web design to any client level.
More, more, more!
Over time, a website is only as good as it is usable and well-maintained. Sparklejet places user experience at the center of all its work. The principles and details of web design as practiced by Matt Jalbert, Sparklejet’s sole proprietor, are the result of more than 12 years of thoughtful web development experience.
Sparklejet makes intelligent websites that give information to seekers as quickly as possible. Sparklejet websites load fast, are easy to navigate, and are bug-free. Sparklejet websites make users feel good about the site as well as the people and brand behind it. Sparklejet websites satisfy both the clients who pay for them, and the web surfers who use them. Sparklejet websites rank highly on search engines all over the world, and in living rooms and laptops like yours and mine.
Sparklejet Core Services…
- Concept to completion site development: working through the entire process of creating a website from scratch, or re-designing an existing site.
- Information
architecture and user experience design: developing the best structure for your site content and navigation, so that user quickly understand what your site offers and can find what they want.
- E-mail newsletter marketing.
- Targeted incremental improvements: developing specific functions or working on particular sections of a website (as opposed to an overall redesign).
- Search engine optimization (SEO) strategies: watch out for snake-oil salesmen on this topic. I have a proven standards-driven approach to helping sites achieve better search engine placement.
- On-going website maintenance and updating.
- Using Google Analytics for user tracking and website statistics.
- Editorial and writing guidance.
Sparklejet’s
Unique Strengths…
- Top-shelf design at a price affordable to small businesses.
- A real-world approach emphasizing usability, functionality
and maintainability.
- Standards-aware HTML/CSS design with outstanding accessibility (all new Sparklejet websites are table-free and use modern CSS).
- Accountability: our small size ensures personal attention to your project.
- Over 12 years of experience developing successful commercial web sites.
- I put meat on the table of web surfers; that’s what they want.
Why Choose Sparklejet…
- For a clear explanation of your options so you can get the
best web site possible.
- For intelligent web design solutions, stressing clean,
rational and efficient design.
- For fast loading easy-to-navigate pages that keep your customers happily
clicking.
- For multi-platform accessibility, so your site reaches the widest possible
market.
- For maximum value on limited budgets.
- For a collaborative, client-focused design process that expands on your
assets.
- For Google-friendly sites that rank at the top of major search engines.
- For sites that are easy to update, maintain, and expand.
- For iPhone-friendly sites (no Flash) that work great on mobile devices.
Customer Testimonials
“Our website is a joy, and having you handle it so smoothly
has taken years off my life.” [I’m not sure that’s a good thing, but oh well.- Matt]
— Bobbi Mapstone, The Gamble House
“I would not be where I am at
today without your outstanding website.”
— John Hamm, Hamm Glass Studios
“Our website is designed and maintained by Matt Jalbert.
We enthusiastically recommend his work.”
— Tim Holton, Holton
Studio Frame-makers
“It has been a real pleasure to work with Matt Jalbert
and Sparklejet. Since we began our relationship in
1998, Matt has consistently produced on-time and on-budget
site work. Matt understands my needs and has unfailingly provided
an attractive and well conceived site design. My customers
often compliment the beauty and ease of use of my site, which
has become my principal advertising venue. Professional in
all regards, Matt has always promptly returned phone calls.
I heartily recommend him to anyone needing quality web site
design with great customer service.”
— Lee Jester, The Craftsman Home
Remember: if your Web site is ugly, hard to navigate, and badly written, it doesn't matter if your CSS and HTML are perfect. A web site is about feel for the user more than it is about precision for search engines and technical obsessives.
State-of-the-Art Production Facility
Writing for the
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Best Practices
My work is informed by the many online discussions about improving websites and the user experience. You may enjoy reading more:
A Pro-Business Shop
All software used at Sparklejet was legally
acquired, either purchased from retailers or directly
from independent software developers. Without
the talent and dedication of hundreds of software and hardware
developers, I wouldn’t be able to build the web like
I do.
My gratitude goes to the hardworking people at these companies:
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