Fontera Digital Works
2011
Fontera is an award winning digital solutions provider specialising in
the development of customised mobile, web and social media
applications and the creation and execution of innovative bespoke
campaigns for the world’s leading brands.
Since we started Fontera in 2003 we’ve developed sites, campaigns
and applications that offer our clients unparalleled levels of quality,
development expertise and results in their new media and marketing.
With offices in Cape Town, London and Atlanta, we have a global
footprint, and we’ve repeatedly demonstrated our ability to develop
amazing, unique solutions for a wide array of clients in a range of
markets with vastly different requirements and sensibilities.
Mobile
Fontera entered the market in 2003 with a range of
cutting edge mobile campaign managers, since then we
have expanded our offering to cover the full breadth of
mobile services including bulk messaging (SMS and
MMS), campaign management, mobile website design,
USSD, QR Codes, and the development of mobile
applications for the iOS, Android, Blackberry and J2ME
(Java) platforms.
Bulk Messaging
From 1 to 1 million+, Fontera can handle your bulk messaging needs
with a choice of interfaces to suit whatever your requirements are.
Email to SMS
Web to SMS
FTP SMS
Bulk Messaging API’s
Bulk MMS
SMS Servers
Database Management Systems
400+ networks in 150+ countries
Least cost routing
Delivery reports for all messages
Online database management tools
Campaign Management
Fontera’s CampaignTXT campaign manager offers a
full range of pre-loaded mobile campaigns including
competitions, votes, comments, sales lead generators
and random prize giveaways.
Tweet, track trending topics & followers and manage
Twitter directly from within CampaignTXT.
Fontera can customise any component in
CampaignTXT to suit a business process or a
particular campaign.
Customers can build a client database and then
manage SMS communication with all users via
CampaignTXT.
CampaignTXT is web based, offering customers the
ability to access it from any web enabled computer
anywhere in the world.
Mobisite Development
Over 4 Billion mobile phones in the world
means that if you don’t have a mobisite you
are missing your customers.
Fontera develops innovative mobisites that
allow your users, customers, staff, students
and suppliers to interact with you no matter
where they are or what time it is.
Fontera designs mobisites to work on all
internet capable phones in the optimal way.
We develop mobisites to the exact
specifications in order to guarantee cross
browser usability for iOS, Android, Blackberry
and other browsers.
QR Codes
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QR codes can be placed on customer accounts, websites, marketing
mailers, emails, in-store posters and even on the walls of a store
They can link to mobi pages, vouchers, videos, Facebook or Twitter
Full tracking and analytics available
Image scanners are now standard on all new smartphones and can be
downloaded for the older ones
Mobile Apps
Apps are the latest craze in mobile.
Spurred on by the establishment of
app stores by almost all of the
handset manufacturers and billions
of downloads by users, if you want
your brand to be on a users’ phone,
you need to have an app.
Fontera develops engaging, usable
apps for Apple iPhone, Android,
Blackberry and J2ME (Java), leaving
you to concentrate on marketing.
Whether your app is developed for a
marketing campaign or if your app is
your business, Fontera has the
experience and know how to make
your app a success.
Web
In 2009 Fontera set up a partnership with Pod1, an ecommerce
web design company, digital agency and online marketing
specialist. This partnership gives Fontera access to Pod1’s
extensive experience in designing and building beautiful, usable
and accessible websites created to inspire, inform and effectively
communicate your message to your audience. The web services
Fontera and Pod1 offer include web design, ecommerce
development, Content Management Systems, Intranets and
Extranets and Email management.
Website Design and Development
Through our partnership with Pod1, Fontera is able to offer
clients cutting edge ecommerce development based on the
Magento ecommerce platform. Our award winning sites offer
users a unique shopping experience while giving our clients a
comprehensive, easy to manage web system including a
complete back end management tool and easy integration with
existing accounting, stock management and logistics systems.
Email
Email marketing enhances the relationship between a
merchant and its current or previous customers, to encourage
customer loyalty and repeat business as well as acquiring new
customers or convincing current customers to purchase
something immediately.
Fontera clients enjoy a full email management service
including content creation, email generation, HTML coding
and reporting of each send using your choice of any of our
affiliated email platforms.
USER CENTRED DESIGN
Social Media
Having developed a number of social media
applications that regularly draw millions of users,
Fontera is one of the premier social application
developers in the world. With social commerce fast
becoming a reality, Fontera is able to develop and
market your social application across a range of
platforms.
Application Development
Fontera was one of the first developers to offer apps on the
Facebook platform and is still one of the most successful. We
are uniquely positioned to be able to handle your social media
strategy and development in the same place, allowing you to
concentrate on marketing.
Strategy and Consulting
Over the past few years Fontera has
gained millions of users for our social
media apps, groups and profiles. We
know what it takes to get users to
join/friend/like/follow/checkin/recommend you online and to make
your brand stand out. In other words
how to make your message viral in the
best possible way.
Social Media Monitoring
• Online Reputation Management
• A single tool that tracks and
monitors all mentions of your
company and other pertinent key
words across all major social media
• Respond immediately to customer
issues on all platforms
• Keep control of what is being said
about your brand at all times
Our Experience
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Edgars
Soccer Laduma
SABC
Spur Steak Ranches
BMW
Castle Lager
Hansa Pilsner
Hunters Dry Cider
Debonairs Pizza
Budweiser
Golfweather.com
getMMAD.com
Cape Argus
Cape Times
Good Hope FM
Clicks
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Checkers
LG Mobile
Nokia
SonyEricsson
iTouch
Plascon Paints
Pepsi
Ceres Fruit Juices
Savanna Cider
SA Tourism
Master Lock
Dow Great Stuff
Navy Federal Credit
Union
• Samsung
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Smythson*
Harvey Nichols*
Pro Bike Kit*
Hillary’s Blinds &
Shutters*
Robinsons*
Thunda.com
Matthew
Williamson*
Luton Town
Football Club
Puma
M&M’s
Adidas
Wild Island
* Pod1
Our Work - Mobile
Our Work – Web/Pod1
Our Work – Social Media
Support
Fontera offers Office Hours support standard as part of any
agreement.
Support is offered directly by the people who actually designed
and developed each platform, not via a call center.
24/7 Support and other SLA’s available on request.
Fontera Digital Works
Cape Town
London
021 439 9059
07748 772 152
www.fontera.com
fontera.mobi
info@fontera.com
Thank You
Atlanta
404 704 0855