What is Consulto?
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- con • SUL • tō
- v. To seek advice or information of
[Latin/Portugese]
Consulto is a do-it-yourself Website management tool for professional service providers such as accounting firms, law firms, and other consultants whose primary product is their time or expertise. Consulto is a software service which can be rented on a monthly basis. It is specifically developed for those firms that wish to develop and maintain their own content without having to rely on freelance professionals to do so.
Product Premise
There is a well-defined market that exists for professional service firms that wish to be self-sufficient in the creation and maintenance of their professional Web presence. These firms wish to have the functionality of a Website that may cost tens of thousands of dollars and take several months to develop yet do not want to pay that much or wait that long. Other attempts to meet this need using general Web platforms have been inadequate in that these non-endemic tools pay no specific attention to the needs of the professional marketplace. Consulto is a tool designed explicitly for the needs of professional service firms.
Key components of Consulto include:
- A user-friendly control panel
- Well-considered design
- Integrates with a firm's Facebook, Twitter, and Google Analytics Accounts
- A dynamically-generated mobile site (iPhone and Android friendly)
- The PowerPages platform which dynamically links professional biographies with news releases, service area descriptions, and office locations
- A marketing dashboard which aggregates key statistical data
- Technical support knowledge base
How Consulto is different:
- Does not require a download or software installation
- Has an integrated, dynamic mobile site
- Developed by both engineers AND designers. Embraces the efficiency of a template-based system without making a site "look" like it is template-based.
- Integrates with many major 3rd party services on the fly
- Does not require additional hosting fees
- Turns on within minutes
- Subscription platform enables free updates and ongoing innovation
- Integrated thought leadership content from experienced experts
- Developed in partnership with a sister company that has been developing corporate Websites for nearly two decades
The friendly Consulto Control Panel
An example of Consulto-rendered design
