epsiode49

Founded in 2002 and based out of a Chattanooga-area office in Ooltewah, Tennessee, episode49 is a small digital development firm operating with a team of ten or fewer. The agency describes its client focus as consumer services, political action, not-for-profit organizations, and media/broadcasting, serving regional and national clients rather than a single local market. Its founders, Ken Smith and Kurt Schaffer, are described as having collaborated on systems development for over twelve years prior to the company's work under the episode49 name. The firm's declared services span website design, website development, e-commerce development, search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, digital planning, digital marketing, enterprise databases, and web advertising. Technically, the agency builds on the Microsoft .NET development environment with MS SQL architecture to deliver internet and intranet solutions, and it offers a proprietary content management system called Dialect. Work is framed around what the agency calls "Return On Internet," a process it says begins with listening to a client's goals before combining technology, advertising, and marketing tools into a custom solution. The site also references application development and "salvage" work for enterprise clients, alongside planning support aimed specifically at consumer service, political action, and not-for-profit organizations.