E. Mochila, Inc. — Websites for Accounting Professionals

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From the December 2005 Review Website Solutions for Accountants

E. Mochila, Inc. offers its web site building services under the name of Websites for Accounting Professionals. The service was introduced in February 2004, and is currently in its fourth version. The vendor caters to mid- to high-end clientele, and the following web sites are examples of current user sites: www.bradshawsmith.com, www.carlsonbranstad.com, www.fastaccounting.net, www.jamesleepercpapc.com, and www.coomescpa.com.

Design Theme - 4.5 Stars
This service started out as a template-based service with approximately 25 designs from which to choose. As market demands changed towards more customized site designs, the vendor has responded by transforming its business model to focus on custom site development.

Content - 4.5 Stars
E. Mochila provides a complete set of site content including monthly newsletters, client-written newsletters, IRS forms, interactive maps, digital photos and over 50 financial calculators.

Site Maintenance - 4 Stars
The site is hosted in a co-location data center featuring Tier-1 data access and optional 1GB fiber optic data lines.

Utility Software/Applications - 4 Stars
A variety of plug-in applications is available and includes the following:

• Fill-in-the form customized tax organizers in *.PDF format.
• Encrypted file transfer and offline storage utility.
• Tax refund tracking utility.
• Credit card payment processing.
• Tax calendars.
• E-mail account.
• Integration with virtual desktops.

Site Marketing - 5 Stars
The service provides a user-maintained Meta Tags Optimization form that allows you complete control over defining how your site will be identified by the major search engines. The domain names are unique to your firm. The vendor also has the ability to e-mail newsletters and search optimize to web sites such as Google and Yahoo! for each site individually based on niche.

Vendor Service & Support - 5 Stars
In addition to routine site maintenance and support services, E. Mochilla has focused on offering custom site design services to allow you the opportunity to design the site to portray your firm’s image to your specifications. The vendor currently has approximately 250 live firm web sites utilizing its services, and 185 of those were added in the past 12 months.