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Thank you for visiting Valve Interactive. We hope you will enjoy our site. By accessing this website you are, in effect, agreeing to the following Terms & Conditions.

Copyright, Trademark, and Related Issues:

This site belongs to Valve Interactive LLC. The copyright to the contents of this site is owned entirely by Valve Interactive LLC.

Users may download material from this site for their own personal, non-commercial use only, and provided all copyright notices are kept intact. Any other copying, redistributing, or publishing of any part of this site in any manner is prohibited, unless addressed herein.

Any non-personal information, communications or material you submit to Valve Interactive at this site or by e-mail is non-confidential and Valve Interactive is free to use and reproduce such information freely and for any purpose without compensation to the party submitting information. By submitting information, you are also warranting that you own the material/content submitted, that it is not defamatory, and that Valve Interactive’s use will not violate any third party's rights. Valve Interactive is under no obligation to use the information submitted.

The trademarks, logos, characters and service marks (collectively "Trademarks") displayed on Valveinteractive.com belong to Valve Interactive. Nothing contained on this web site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this website. Your use/misuse of the Trademarks displayed on this web site, or any other content on this web site, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Valve Interactive will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution.

Linking:

This web site may contain links to other web sites. These links are to companies or organizations we believe you may have an interest in. Valve Interactive is not responsible for the content of any other site or for ongoing review of other sites. Please be mindful of this as you link to other sites.

In general, Valve Interactive does not object to links to this web site from third party sites. However, you must abide by the following rules:

Unless we have a written agreement with you, you may not use any of Valve Interactive’s trademarks, logos or slogans or imagery in or with your links, except that you may link to this site using the plain text name of the site. Do not present the link to this site in any way that suggests Valve Interactive has any relationship or affiliation with your site or endorses, sponsors or recommends the information, products or services on your site, unless you have a specific written agreement with Valve Interactive to do so. Link only to the home page of this site. Do not, without Valve Interactive’s written permission: (a) incorporate any content from this site into your site (e.g., by in-lining or framing); (b) use any of Valve Interactive’s names, trademarks, slogans, or any other words or codes identifying Valve Interactive’s web sites in any "metatag" or other information used by search engines or other information location tools to identify and select sites. Valve Interactive will not tolerate links from any obscene, scandalous, profane, defamatory, unlawful site, or any site that may adversely affect the name, reputation and goodwill of Valve Interactive and its products and services. Valve Interactive reserves the right to cancel permission to link at any time, for any reason.

E-mail us at info@valveinteractive.com about seeking permission to use our content, trademarks or logos in your link to this site.

Jurisdictional Issues:

Valve Interactive’s products, services, materials, offers, and information appearing on this web site are intended for U.S. customers. This site is controlled by Valve Interactive LLC from its offices in Portland, Oregon, United States. Valve Interactive makes no representation that materials on this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations.

Limitation of Liability:

Your use of and browsing on this web site are at your own risk. Neither Valve Interactive nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering this web site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, this web site. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on this site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow exclusions of implied warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws. Valve Interactive assumes no liability and shall not be liable for any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your use of this web site.

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It’s about Differentiation, without separation.
Standing out from the crowd, while being a key part of it.
Familiarity, without the ordinary.
Before you can be successful, you have to be noticed.

Every business has a different story to tell.
Our job is to tell yours...

Valve Interactive works closely with each of our clients to tailor strategies and tactics that leverage the power of the Internet to meet their goals. Target customer acquisition metrics from each client and our industry research serve as the benchmarks for success. Many clients aspire to increase revenue by improving their overall brand awareness and user experience through enhanced content, functionality, streamlined site design and creation of innovative online marketing strategies. Valve helps companies do this by attracting more of the right type of prospects, engaging more site visitors, and motivating more visitors into becoming customers.

Our evaluation capabilities are a critical first part of achieving these goals for our customers and range from a complete Brand Audit, to individual component audits based on budgets and needs.

The results of this important evaluation work feed into following phases involving strategic planning and the innovation of online websites, social media applications and online or mobile marketing programs.

TOTAL BRAND AUDIT	E-COMMERCE AUDIT
WEBSITE USABILITY AUDIT	OPTIMIZATION AUDIT
WEBSITE QUICK REVIEW	ANALYTICS / REPORTING

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“THINKING” is something we feel is still a valuable commodity. After all, it’s all about the idea, and great ideas are where success begins. The innovation process is at the heart of successful strategy, and it’s something we like to think we are pretty good at.

The innovation phase is driven by all of the detailed data derived from our Evaluation phase, and is the moment where we invent ideas that reach around the online world to bring more awareness to your brand, more customers to your business, and ultimately more return on your investment. What is the very first impression of your brand when potential customers make first contact with it? Is there an immediate positive emotional response which gets you one step closer to making them your customer? Are you capitalizing on all of the amazing arenas in the online and mobile worlds? This is our moment to make sure you are...

When developing strategies for reaching your customers on a personal and meaningful level, we know that one size does not fit all. While it may appear that there are many paths we can take in order to maximize our chances for success, only a few will actually lead to the desired results. By focusing on the options that best fit your target audiences and business objectives, we’ll provide a clear sense of direction for getting you there.

BRAND STRATEGY & PLANNING	POSITIONING & MESSAGING DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE MARKETING PLAN DEVELOPMENT	CONTENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY / COPYWRITING
MOBILE MARKETING PLAN DEVELOPMENT	MEDIA PLANNING & BUYING
OFFLINE/ONLINE COMPANION STRATEGY
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY

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Class “A” visual design supported by the latest in online and mobile technologies, enable us to realize the dream of what we have just envisioned during our “Innovation” phase. Valve offers the best of the best in user experience design, graphic design, illustration, animation, 3D modeling, programming and engineering technologies.

The visuals are what your potential customers first come into contact with. And it’s the visuals that provoke immediate emotional responses good or bad. Business; It’s all personal, that’s for sure. And everything we design is for the goal of provoking extremely positive emotional responses so that people quite simply, want to do business with you. And not just once, but again and again.

From Brand identity and logo design, to web sites, online stores, social media applications and mobile applications, we have done it all hundreds of times. But we never forget that the only time that realy counts, is when it’s for you.

BRAND IDENTITY / DESIGN	FLASH ANIMATION
WEBSITE DESIGN	AFTER AFFECTS ANIMATION
E-COMMERCE DESIGN	3D MODELING
MOBILE DEVICE OPTIMIZED SITE DESIGN	HTML / CSS DESIGN
I-PHONE APPLICATION DESIGN	AJAX / FLEX DEVELOPMENT
FACEBOOK APPLICATION DESIGN	ADVANCED FLASH DEVELOPMENT / XML
CUSTOM SOCIAL MEDIA DESIGN	PHP ENGINEERING / MYSQL
TARGETED LANDING PAGE DESIGN / DEV	ASPX .NET ENGINEERING
VIRAL APPLICATIONS / MINI SITES	CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

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Don’t just build it and expect them to come. Marketing is the lifeblood of any online business. It’s an all too common mistake to spend lots of money building an online business, but never promote it. For a new unestablished business remeber that noone knows you exist. And chances are that there are many businesses just like yours competing for the same small piece of the market. We can help...

Valve’s “extension” services mean that you are completely covered in terms of reaching every potential customer. Our unique approach for helping build more business is called Motivation Marketing. After all, that’s what our goal is. To Motivate.

You need to be first in major search engine rankings. You need to be the first choice because your website or online store is so unbelievably enjoyable and simple to use. You need to be first in customer’s minds because you are reminding them that you are there through e-mail marketing, mobile advertising and online public relations. And you need to be the topic of every social interactive conversation.

You will be... Let us help.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION	LANDING PAGE DEVELOPMENT / MULTI-VARIANT TESTING
E-COMMERCE OPTIMIZATION	SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
PRESS RELEASE OPTIMIZATION	BLOG PENETRATION PROGRAMS
PR MANAGEMENT & TRACKING	PAY-PER-CLICK (PPC) ADVERTISING PROGRAMS
SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING PROGRAMS	PPC ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT / REPORTING
E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS	LINKING PROGRAMS
E-MAIL CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT & TRACKING

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If you let it sit, you may as well quit. Your online business must continue to grow and evolve. That’s the key to establishing a great brand and ultimately, brand loyalty among your customers.

We want to know how you are doing over time. You want to know this too. So much hard work and money has gone into your online and mobile business that we need to make sure it continues to pay off by growing and adjusting to the changing conditions of our world and our economy.

Our “Evolution” services mean that we will keep you fresh, and at the forefront of your business. And it also means that customers will grow up along with you over time experiencing your evolution, and that is how we build a successful brand.

Website and web application performance, competitive landscape, emerging technologies, emerging buyer trends and direct mail campaigns are all tracked, reported on and assessed on an ongoing basis to ensure that you, as our customer, stay on top.

Let us help you evolve.