About Us
Sparklejet is the toolshed of Matt Jalbert, based in San Francisco, California since 1996.
Contact
tel 415.647.7275
Clients
New Work
Less New Work
Old Work
- McKinsey Consulting
- VeriSign
- Charles Schwab
- Jet Charter Group
- NetInformer
- Lofts Unlimited
- Sapias
- Beutler Corporation
- Cryptography Research
- CashNet
- Just Art Pottery
- Narus
- nCircle
- Subserveo
- Aschbacher & Frager
- Keehn On Art
- Artistic License
- Emerge Records
- QS Technologies
- eOne Global
- The Arts & Crafts Press
- Vivacare
Build Local
“Locally owned businesses reinvest in the local economy at a 60% higher rate than chain and internet retailers. They support other local business professionals and retailers -- attorneys, bookkeepers, accountants, architects, web designers, printers, caterers, and restaurants, to name a few – that chain and internet retailers don’t.” — Source: April 2007 San Francisco Retail Diversity study, completed by Civic Economics.
Matt Jalbert is on San Francisco’s Potrero Hill.
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Recent work // see all
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, enabling users to quickly understand your offerings.
- Consulting across the spectrum of modern web technologies:
- Targeted incremental improvements: improving 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 that ensures your site’s visibility to search engines.
- On-going website maintenance and updating, with an eye toward constant improvement of the site’s message and presentation.
- Using Google Analytics for user tracking and website statistics.
- Editorial and writing guidance, to help you find the right voice for your website.
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. Every new Sparklejet website is coded with the finest semantic HTML and well-crafted modern CSS.
- Accountability: our small size ensures personal attention to your project.
- Over 12 years of experience developing successful commercial websites.
- We’re not building Steinways.
Why Choose Sparklejet //
- For a clear explanation of your options so you can get the
best website 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 //
Sparklejet supports small businesses.
“The Urban Bay enterprise has… a fabulous reputation, and McGuire has a lot to learn from what you’ve accomplished.”
— Charlie Moore, CEO/President, McGuire Real Estate. Partly on the strength of the Sparklejet-designed ubayp.com website, Urban Bay Properties was able to attract the venerable McGuire Real Estate to acquire the company in November 2008.
“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 website
design with great customer service.”
— Lee Jester, The Craftsman Home
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Best Practices //
It's a Zen thing.
My work is informed by the many online discussions about improving websites and the user experience. You may enjoy reading more:
Web Tools //
Remember: if your website is ugly, hard to navigate, and badly written, it doesn't matter if your CSS and HTML are perfect. A website is about feel for the user more than it is about precision for search engines and technical obsessives. |
Many try, but few can master the Sparklejet.
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