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What do you get?

With Shared Services eBusiness you get a comprehensive online support service across every aspect of your online channel delivered by highly skilled and experienced people, all for a flat monthly fee.

1. eBusiness Strategy


The cornerstone of Shared Services eBusiness is our work on each client's ebusiness strategy. This encompasses: market analysis, competitor benchmarking, site evaluation and assessment, ebusiness planning and project management.

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2. Sophisticated Content Management System


Shared Services eBusiness uses a sophisticated Content Management System – byond online publisher which applies a unique design template to each client's website, creates website content dynamically and enables simple, cost-efficient content editing and site management.

Your website becomes easy to change - and it therefore becomes a real communication channel.



3. Free Online Tools


Part of the service (i.e there's no additional charge) is a large (and growing) range of online tools for use on your website.

  • Dynamic online forms - unlimited, fully-flexible online website forms
  • Loan calculator
  • Superannuation calculator
  • Budget calculator
  • Online survey tool - unlimited online member surveys on any topic, quickly and easily
  • Account switching wizard - allows a potential member to easily switch their banking to you online
  • Factcast - ‘Request a Fact Sheet’ system. Automated tool for emailing product fact sheets
  • Quizzel - interactive, educational quiz system. Simple Q&As, educational presentations, staff training, etc
  • Internet Banking (and Other) Demonstrations

4. High-Quality Website Design


Unique, engaging, functional and usable website designs. Our designs utilise the following principles:

  • best-practice design principles re Graphical User Interfaces
  • clear navigation and layouts
  • alignment with W3C accessibility standards
  • potential compatibility with multi-platform interface access (eg. mobile banking through PDAs)
  • cross-browser compatibility
  • logical layout with intuitive and easy-to-use navigation and site architecture

5. eMarketing and Campaign Support


Comprehensive and proactive online marketing assistance.

  • Web campaign development - design (concept development, campaign planning and testing); development (database design and integration, MIS reporting) and content (copy writing, sourcing content)
  • Web campaign execution - email marketing, viral marketing, eNewsletters, banners, web polls, SEO, affiliate marketing and email stationery
  • Campaign monitoring and enhancement - user monitoring, success assessment and in-market testing and development

6. Website Support


Our team assists clients on a daily basis with all facets of website management. Examples include: planning new online initiatives, implementing online developments in conjunction with each client and making small changes as needed.

Because we do these activities on a daily basis we have a substantial body of experience on which to draw, for example: a sizable image library and access to low-cost photo libraries for additional imagery; a database of online promotional imagery already developed that can be tailored to different credit union promotions; and experience with different online copywriting styles and page layout options.

We also maintain a schedule of industry promotions organised through Abacus and liaise with each of our clients on the best way to avail of these promotions.

7. Intranet Development


We assist clients with enterprise and supply chain management through the development and enhancement of Intranets. Examples include staff Intranets for accessing policies, procedures & forms and secure board Intranets for secure access to confidential documents. All this support is provided as a standard part of the service (ie there's no additional charge).

8. Infrastructure and Service Standards


Shared Services eBusiness is supported by developed and well-established infrastructure and service standards.

  • Content Management System - byond online publisher
  • Compliance System - allows appropriate site content modification and authorisation
  • Formflex - Form Management System - supports unlimited website online forms
  • Task Management System - facilitates online job requests, notification and advice of completion
  • Site Traffic Analysis System - supports the generation of website statistics and analysis
  • Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Plans - established for both Brighton Consulting’s operations and those of our hosting provider
  • Comprehensive Hosting Solution - all Shared Services eBusiness websites and Intranets are hosted on dedicated servers that provide financial-industry standard security and firewalls
  • Security Server - a remotely-located Security Server that provides a fall-back web presence and links to Internet Banking
  • Service Standards - Shared Services eBusiness comes complete with a: comprehensive User Agreement; complete set of service level standards; hosting agreement and business continuity plan.

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Can we help you?


Request more information or contact us to learn more about Shared Services eBusiness.

The way it works

  • Agreed initiatives and projects are documented in an ebusiness plan
  • We agree with you on a delivery schedule and work plan
  • You are able to closely monitor our performance in fortnightly 'ebusiness planning meetings'
  • Once each project has been completed we move on to the next

For over 8 years I developed a number of websites for credit unions, brokers and other businesses. When having a close look at what Brighton Consulting is able to offer and the various tools, database systems and quality of design, I was impressed. They have a genuine specialised understanding about the unique requirements financial institutions need. This is a rare resource in the web development world.

I have had to do this kind of development for clients in the past and have a thorough understanding of what is involved. I truly feel you may need to invest as much as $100,000 to have the tools, resources, database systems and visual interaction/ layout format developed on a once-off basis. Brighton is well worth the investment.

Colin McCallSenior Manager - Sales & Service
Reliance Credit Union