So here’s what I do.  I set up your website with valuable search engine tools, and get you started with filling them in, and I teach you how to figure out how to come up with your best key phrases.  A few concentrated phrases are much more effective than a long list of keywords.

Your site will be optimized when i had it off to you…..and we can check in quarterly to reevaluate how you are doing.

I also offer search engine and directory submissions. Let me know if you have any further questions by contacting me.

When new clients start thinking about the “look and feel” of their website, I recommend they take a treasure-hunting trip and look for other sites they like:

1. notice color combinations that appeal to you and make note of the url.
2. go find a font you really love! (see below)
3. look at menubars (the navigation of a site) and see what appeals to you. Notice how sites are organized with main categories and their subpages. Start thinking about your web design and the best way to present your information and/or products.
4. what are the key words and phrases that folks will use in the search engines to find you? Try googling for these key words and phases and see what you get?  Businesses like yours?  You may need to try several different combinations til you hit your target audience.

Think of a font for you logo and website as part of your branding.  Yes, it’s that important.

Take your time……you could get lost here, and it’s fun!

A place you can find some FREE fonts:

Font Center

IstockPhoto for great stock photography at affordable pricing.

Fotalia another great site ofaffordable stock photography to add some glam and sophistication to your website.

You have GOT to have a way to collect names of those interested in your website offerings.  And the way to do that is with a contact form, AND a way to manage all the names that come in.  You can start out managing your list manually but you will soon see how overwhelming it can be.  I offer a fabulous solution for managing your mailing list which includes a sophisticated html/text newsletter writer as well at much less than Constant Contact (a popular mailing list manager) costs. Check out our Mailing List Manager/Newsletter Mailer.

I’ve been designing websites since early 2000 shortly after I started my first online business, Balsamic Moon. A few years later I launched yet another stone site Tumbled-Stones.  And a cool website with all sorts of astrology and numerology reports at slashed prices, Astrology Report.

Having always been the creative type, I was immediately inspired by what could be done with web design. Being a practical Virgo, too, the organization of the site remain paramount. White space, breathing room, relevant graphics, rich content, are just a few of the things I keep in mind when designing websites. As well, I have learned lots about search engine optimization, and build that into each and every site I build. There’s always so much to learn….and that is favorite mode of operation: Learning! The more the better.

• I talk you through every aspect of your web design project.
• l let you know exactly what you need to provide me and tell you how to gather everything you’ll need to make your website a standout. Check out my web design portfolio.
• I won’t ever make you feel stupid because you don’t understand all this internet stuff. Promise!
• I love to translate “techy” into “everyday” language.
• I truly offer “creative, professional and friendly Web Design Services.
• I’ve been designing websites since early 2000 and am still loving every minute of it.
• Let me DESIGN some WEB MAGIC for you!

My background is a B.A. in English Lit / Creative Writing, and an M.A. in Spirituality. These two degrees and Life Experience, have been “happily married” in the work I do now, whether web design, or creating my gemstone jewelry, and tumbled stones businesses.

My experience in designing websites has taught me that there aresome designers out there who are dismissive and downright patronizing with their clients who are new to the web. Not me, I really love to help my clients understand the bigger picture as well as the intricacies of their website, and that’s exactly why I advertise “creative, professional and friendly web design services.”

Brian Foley – Programmer Extraordinaire and my Web design partner since 2004.
His bio is coming soon….