The Oak Provides.

We don’t want to change the way you do what you do – we want to provide you with tools that will help you do it even better.

The capabilities of Dark Oak Studios are vast.

We have a solid process that melds the art of design with the art of communication to craft visuals that produce feelings, making an experience for key audiences, enticing them to want to see more of what you have to offer.

Everything we do falls under an integrated marketing communications approach. This means that we don’t do one thing and leave you searching for someone else to pick up the rest. We work from a unified front to merge strategy, design, and function in all of our work.

So, whether it’s a clean, classic, professional, or funky look you’re after, all you have to do is give us your ideas and a little input, and we’ll make them happen on paper, on the Web, or in any medium appropriate for your needs.

You’ll see; our processes flow like a great bottle of wine.

They go a little something like this:

Consulting. A Clean Slate

We offer equal opportunity consulting. Our initial intake for any project will be unbiased and open. We’ll appropriately place preconceived notions in the garbage and take a look at your project from the outside looking in. This level of clarity allows us an open forum to brainstorm coherent plans for any creative venture (we promise to have a little fun with it, too). The result: a fully executable creative marketing plan completely unique to you. Contract us for consulting alone, or to carry out the project in full. Yeah, we’re that versatile.

Design. The Easel

Like Picasso putting his brush to the canvas, Andy’s artistic style will meld the beauties of the real and the abstract by expressing the reality of what you do for representation in the online and print world. Based on the strategic elements from our consulting phase, we will visually bring to life the plans created for your project. We know you’ll love our pretty pictures.

Functionality. Work It

Looks are important here, but they’re not the total package. Function, the counterpart to creativity, will make your online features just plain cool. We may not wear tool belts, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t building things that work! From media players to web editing capabilities, you’ll be able to do what you’ve got to do when it comes to the Web.

Writing. Speak Up

At Dark Oak Studios, words speak just as loud as actions do. The marketing of any project lies heavily in how you say what needs to be said. Relevant copywriting for print and in web pages is one of the most important factors for credibility. Don’t limit us to this alone, though. Words will flow for your print campaign, too. Kate adores William Blake and spent four years with her head in the clouds reading philosophy, so words aren’t taken lightly here. We write like we mean it, because we do.

Internet Marketing. Meta What?!

You may not know what meta tags are, but trust us, these little pieces of coded wonder are a Web site’s best friend. If you have a site and no one knows about it, then why have it? …precisely why Dark Oak Studios uses a mix of meta tags including relevant page titles, keywords, and descriptions in the search engine optimization process, along with strategic copy and news distribution capabilities to help your words stand out.

Content Management. Full Court Press

Word Press, that is. We lay it on thick here, giving you the capability to manage your brand online. From blogs to content management, Word Press functionality offers you the flexibility to control your own destiny (online, at least). Not to mention, it offers great integration efforts for search engine success with some really cool information sharing capabilities.

Web Hosting. The “No B.S.” Approach

We partner with “No Bullshit Hosting,” an experienced, secure web host, who we highly recommend for our sites. View our hosting page for details.

Research. Size Matters

We won’t lie. We like success, so we’re going to track it. We want you to have huge results, and if you use our hosting packages, we can provide you with traffic reports to show your return on investment. With any project we do, we can also execute some slick secondary research methods to help you make educated decisions about how to use what we created for you.