While I welcome ANY and ALL critiques of my work when contacting me please remember to list your name, telephone and / or email and business. If you have the extra time to critique my work I will make time to do the same for you.

Here is a comment I received recently:

Some may think I am crazy to put such a negative comment on my website but let me explain why.

"Your webby isn't the greatest." Hiring a website designer is like hiring a home decorator or wedding planner. You have to find the right one for your taste.

Shop around and see WHO is the best fit for you. Look at my gallery of work.. I may not have produced any designs you like. That is OK. I treat each client as an individual. I take your ideas and try to create something you will like but most importantly I try to create designs your customers will USE and keep using in the best way I know how to bring your company more business from the Internet. If I am not the best "fit" for your company DON'T GIVE UP! Try someone else.

I make a living doing what I do but would rather you HAVE a website you love than none at all.

You DO NOT need to hire locally. I have been designing websites for 13+ years and have never met most of my clients face-to-face. We get things done via phone, fax, email and IM.

"Might invest in better graphic design software."  - I use a variety of programs to create my designs. I start with Corel 12 or Adobe Photoshop which are graphics design programs, slice it up with paint and hand code most of the rest. IE:html, JavaScript, CSS, php, asp, etc..

There are designers out there who simply put up pictures and call it a website but I am not one of them.

Your website needs to be functional, Search Engine friendly and user friendly. A website has many layers and a website design professional will make sure all of them work in harmony. You as a business owner will probably not know what goes into creating a good website so ASK your designer what they will do to make sure your website is the best it can be. Take that information and GOOGLE it to find out if they are knowledgeable.

Or perhaps invest in some proper design education. - I do have a BFA but do not pretend to be the very BEST designer out there.  This is the main reason I offer FREE MOCKUP DESIGN. You can SEE what I can do before you decide to use my services. If my designs do not please you then you can go to someone else without spending the money. I want your business but ultimately want you to be happy spending the money.

Whoever you choose to hire as your designer, make sure they do the same. Several clients of mine have spent hundreds sometimes thousands of dollars on a website then never got anything from the company they hired. BEWARE. If you are shelling out money up front GET A CONTRACT and have your lawyer look it over first!

As mentioned above.. you need to find who works best for YOU. It's YOUR business.I will do everything I can to make sure you are completely happy with your website and that your website will work FOR you when it is made live.

GETTING NOTICED -

Most of my websites will have first page rank on the major search engines within 20 days which is almost unheard of. I do not guarantee placement on the search engines but will do everything I know how to do to make sure your site gets noticed! Customers need to be able to FIND your website online for it to do you any good.