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A Selection of my Client Work
I started putting client work on-line toward the end of 2008. I love all of my clients right now. Here is a sampling of what I've been able to do for them.
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Let's Get Organizing
Karen Meade is a professional Organizer in San Antonio who loves to write, give seminars and work with clients.
| Objective | Explain Karen's business quickly and encourage viewers to 'take the next step' by making a contact or signing up. |
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| Web address | www.letsgetorganizing.com |
| Site highlights | Home page uses overlays to present a lot of information while still looking clean. |
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Kelly's Cafe
Chef Kelly Rogers moved to Fredericksburg from Santa Fe where he had worked in high end restaurants. Here, he started a mid-range cafe with a classic Texas look.
| Objective | Capture The Cafe's Look and Feel and 'make the viewer hungry' for the food |
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| Web address | www.kellyscafetexas.com |
| Site highlights | This is the first site where I used my new module that allows multiple pictures to automatically fade into an area. |
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The Peach Basket
Fredericksburg's Natural Foods and Supplements Store has grown a respectable business by focusing on customer service. Their web site needed to reflect their local roots and their passion for meeting their customers' needs.
| Objective | Put all of Peach Basket's Extensive inventory (6,000+ different items) on line. Provide in-dept information about as many products as possible. |
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| Web address | www.peachbasketonline.com |
| Site highlights | I wrote an interactive shopping page and shopping cart page from scratch using the latest techniques available. |
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DJ's Original Peppers
Neil is a natural born salesman who took over his parent's Pickled Peppers business. He was looking to expand his business by building on tourists' one-time purchases with a web sales approach.
| Objective | Present DJ's Products in an attractive light. Start with a low-overhead e-commerce approach |
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| Web address | www.djspeppers.com |
| Site highlights | 'Magazine Ad' Look grabs attention for products. |
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Hill Country Antique Tractor & Engine Club
This group had an immediate need and had tried to 'do it on their own.' They wanted a no-hassle solution.
| Objective | Advertise events and recruit members; act as an online newsletter. |
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| Web address | www.rustyiron.org |
| Site highlights | Simple content editing; bold graphics with (relatively) quick load times. |
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Holy Ghost Lutheran Church
The church had been without a web page for a while and wanted to do it right, but start small.
| Objective | Online brochure for the church with visitor information. |
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| Web address | Holy Ghost Lutheran Church (www.holyghostfbg.org) |
| Site highlights | Audio library with podcasting; user editable and expandable pages |
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Through the Garden Gate
This is one of those unique hill country businesses that are a breath of fresh air. Their web site needed an appropriate look.
| Objective | Explain the business; collect an email list. |
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| Web address | Through the Garden Gate (gardengatefbg.com) |
| Site highlights | Bold graphics managed within compact files for quick load times |
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Hill Country Gardens
My first web site will always hold a special place in my heart, not the least because they were patient while I finished the 8,000 lines of code that I needed in my base system (it has grown since then).
| Objective | On-line brochure and collection of leads; also, to 'own' the xeriscaping concept in Fredericksburg. |
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| Strategy | Search engine optimization for 'xeriscaping' and 'landscaping' in Fredericksburg. |
| Web address | hill country gardens (hcgardens.com) |
| Site highlights | Layouts & photo work--as in this page.The information gathering is also important to the site. |
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Hill Country Needs Council
The Needs Council is a local group that is unique in many ways. They wanted to build on their web presence and take control of the site's content.
| Objective | Reduce dependency on a web designer to maintain site; get more 'web-centric'. |
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| Strategy | Move to a more content-managed approach. Also, computerized the Needs Council's database of resources. |
| Web address | Hill Country Community Needs Council (needscounsil.org) |
| Site highlights | Online resource directory--includes printable version that automatically generates a pdf file. |
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Good Samaritan Center
With this site, I generalized the user input box to one that includes a number of fields, including credit card information. Modules 'know' when they need secure connections and automatically request it.
| Objective | Facelift to site; allow on-line donations and a secure board area. |
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| Strategy | Creative redesign of the site's presentation. |
| Web address | The good Samaritan Center (goodsamfbg.org) |
| Site highlights | Logo and site elements; user request forms |