Services
What do you need? I specialize in helping small and medium-sized businesses either get started or take the next step with their Internet presence.
To this end, I offer the following services:
Wordpress (blog) theme design or customization
- How to use Wordpress for a simple business website that you can maintain
yourself
- Development of a customized Wordpress website for your business
- Wordpress installation
- Adjusting an existing Wordpress theme for your use
- Initial setup and configuration for bloggers new to Wordpress
- Transfer of existing website into Wordpress for content management
- Tutorial sessions for learning to use Wordpress to update your site
Website design and re-design
Generally speaking, I design websites from the ground up, guiding you at each step:
- Designing the layout
- Creating supporting graphics
- Assisting in selection of stock photography
- Registering your domain
- Assist in selection of web hosting provider
- Recommending, installing and customizing software solutions
- Basic web programming (Javascript, PHP)
However, I also have a great deal of experience with re-design projects. Many, many businesses who launched their first websites a few years ago could benefit greatly from updating their Internet presence.
Website planning and advice
- Discussion of your business (or business idea) and development of website plan
- Review of current Web presence and development of plan for improvement or growth
- How to get more people finding your website from the search engines (search engine optimization or "SEO")
- Special options for tight budgets, such as finding pre-made templates, low-cost or open source software solutions, etc.
Search engine optimization (SEO)
- Basic SEO services for existing websites
- SEO included on all website creation projects
- Review of current placement in search engine results and plans for better placement
Internet marketing consulting
- Development of an Internet marketing plan for your business
- How to use email marketing for your business goals
- How to leverage your Web presence to meet business goals
- Advice about how social media sites fit with your business (Twitter, Facebook, etc, etc)
- And other aspects of using the Internet for your business
Web-optimized marketing copy (writing)
- Editing of copy you have written
- Interviewing you or your employees to develop content for your site
- Developing strategies for what website content best suits your business goals
Not sure what you need?
Go ahead and contact me, and we'll talk it over!
One of my top priorities when you come to me is to determine whether I can provide what you need.
It is in some part due to this "client selection process" that I have such GREAT experiences working with my clients. If I don't believe I can meet your needs, I'll tell you up front and send you on your way with my warmest regards. And if you engage my services, you can be assured I will do whatever necessary on my part to fulfill everything specified in our agreement.
To my great delight, I now have clients who have become good friends (and good friends who have become clients) who are excited to share their thoughts with you here.
