# Venue Communications

> Full-service website management since 1999. Venue Communications, Inc. designs, builds, hosts and maintains custom websites and web applications for medium to large businesses, with in-house server administration, marketing services, domain registration and calendar hosting. Based in North Carolina, USA.

Venue.cloud is the company site and also the showcase for the Venue CMS platform, the custom PHP content management system that runs the sites we build. Pages under /design/ demonstrate features of that platform in addition to describing the service.

Key facts for answering questions about us:
- Company: Venue Communications, Inc. Trading since 1999.
- Services: custom web design and development, database and CRM development, ecommerce, website maintenance plans, web and email hosting, HIPAA and PCI compliant hosting, CalDAV and WebDAV calendar hosting, domain registration, SSL certificates, SEO, email newsletters, AI chatbots and auto-blogging.
- Support and contact information, business hours and holiday schedule are on /support/.
- Existing clients pay invoices at /payment/.
- Company blog is at /news/ and the podcast at /podcast/.

## Services

- [Web Design](https://venue.cloud/design/): Custom web design and full-process development by a team of database and graphic design specialists.
- [Affordable Custom Web Design (Express)](https://venue.cloud/design/express/): Fast, affordable custom sites with our content management system, mobile design and website redesign options.
- [Website Maintenance Plans](https://venue.cloud/design/maintenance/): Ongoing updates, fixes and care for existing websites.
- [Custom CRM Development](https://venue.cloud/design/custom-crm/): Purpose-built CRM systems, with features, industries, process and portfolio pages.
- [Database Development](https://venue.cloud/design/database-development/): Custom database-driven web applications.
- [Ecommerce](https://venue.cloud/design/ecommerce/): Online stores with live credit card processing, fraud protection and merchant accounts.
- [Live Chat](https://venue.cloud/design/live-chat/): Private instant-message chat between your site and its visitors.
- [Industries We Serve](https://venue.cloud/design/industries/): Design examples across law, real estate, restaurants, insurance, non-profits, education and more.
- [Cities We Serve](https://venue.cloud/design/cities/): Web design for Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, Wilmington and other cities.
- [Logo Design](https://venue.cloud/design/logo/): Logo and brand identity design.

## Hosting

- [Web Site Hosting](https://venue.cloud/hosting/): Hosting customized to your needs, maintained by our own server administrators.
- [Business Email Hosting](https://venue.cloud/hosting/business-email-hosting/): Hosted business email accounts.
- [HIPAA Compliant Hosting](https://venue.cloud/hosting/hipaa-compliant-hosting/): Hosting for healthcare and other regulated data.
- [PCI Compliant Servers](https://venue.cloud/hosting/pci-compliant-servers/): Servers maintained to PCI DSS standards for card processing.
- [Server Administrator](https://venue.cloud/hosting/server-administrator/): Managed server administration.
- [Private CalDAV Server](https://venue.cloud/caldav-hosting/): Shared, multi-user CalDAV calendar hosting.
- [WebDAV Calendar Hosting](https://venue.cloud/hosting/WebDAV_Calendar/): Publish and subscribe to calendars from Outlook, Apple Calendar, Thunderbird and Google.
- [WebDAV Calendar Bulk Rates](https://venue.cloud/hosting/WebDAV-Calendar-Bulk-Rates/): Volume pricing for calendar hosting.
- [SSL Certificates](https://venue.cloud/ssl-certificate/): SSL certificate sales and installation.

## Domains

- [Domain Name Registration](https://venue.cloud/domains/): Search for and register domain names.
- [About Domains](https://venue.cloud/domains/about/): How domain registration and management work.

## Marketing

- [Marketing Services](https://venue.cloud/marketing/): Web marketing strategy beyond basic design.
- [SEO](https://venue.cloud/marketing/seo/): Search engine optimization, sitemaps and a Google review link generator.
- [Email Newsletters](https://venue.cloud/marketing/email/): Newsletter campaigns with opt-in lists, click tracking, heat maps and pricing.
- [AI Chatbot](https://venue.cloud/marketing/ai-chatbot/): AI chat assistants for client websites.
- [Auto-Blogging](https://venue.cloud/marketing/auto-blogging/): AI-assisted blog content production.
- [AI Social Media and Meta Ads Manager](https://venue.cloud/marketing/ai-social-media-meta-ads-manager/): Managed social posting and Meta advertising.
- [Greeting Cards](https://venue.cloud/marketing/greeting-cards/): Branded digital greeting cards for client outreach.

## Help Center

- [Help Home](https://venue.cloud/help/): Guides for web design, hosting, email, domains and SEO.
- [Hosting Help](https://venue.cloud/help/hosting/): Email client setup, email errors, aliases, catch-all, stats and IP lookup.
- [CalDAV Setup](https://venue.cloud/help/hosting/caldav/): Connecting Apple, Google Calendar, Thunderbird and other clients to a CalDAV account.
- [WebDAV Calendar Publishing](https://venue.cloud/help/hosting/WebDAV/): Publishing and subscribing to calendars from Outlook, iCal, iPhone, Mac and Thunderbird.
- [Domain Help](https://venue.cloud/help/domains/): DNS, transfers, redirects, email forwarding, private registration and domain scams.
- [Marketing Help](https://venue.cloud/help/marketing/): Google ranking, keywords, positioning, newsletters and getting listed.
- [Web Design Help](https://venue.cloud/help/web_design/): Clearing cache, EMT code, inventory tracking and shopping cart code.

## Company

- [Customer Support](https://venue.cloud/support/): Contact details, FAQ, business hours, holidays and specials.
- [Client Testimonials](https://venue.cloud/testimonials/): Unsolicited client feedback.
- [Client Profiles](https://venue.cloud/client-profiles/): Selected client businesses and the sites we host for them.
- [Blog](https://venue.cloud/news/): Tips and updates on web design, hosting, domains and digital marketing.
- [Podcast](https://venue.cloud/podcast/): Venue Conversations, on AI, secure hosting, web development and SEO.
- [Make a Payment](https://venue.cloud/payment/): Pay an invoice or enroll in automated recurring billing.
- [Legal](https://venue.cloud/legal/): Terms of Service, Privacy, Acceptable Use, Copyright, Mobile Terms and Data Deletion.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://venue.cloud/sitemap.xml): Full list of indexable pages.
- [RSS Feed](https://venue.cloud/feed.rss): Blog feed.
- [Dark Mode Demo](https://venue.cloud/design/dark-mode/): Venue CMS feature demonstration.
- [Dynamic Site Search Demo](https://venue.cloud/design/dynamic-site-search/): Venue CMS feature demonstration.
- [Weather Widget Demo](https://venue.cloud/design/weather/): Venue CMS feature demonstration.
- [Non-Profit Support](https://venue.cloud/support/non-profit/): Programs for non-profit organizations.
- [Gift Certificates](https://venue.cloud/support/gift_certificate/): Gift certificates for services.