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Category: Portfolio

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Why Visitors Might Be Leaving Your Website (And How to Turn It Around)

If your website looks great but visitors are still leaving, you’re not alone. Here are seven real reasons people abandon websites—and how to fix each one to keep them engaged.
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How Long Does SEO Take? A Realistic Timeline for Small Businesses

SEO isn’t instant—but it’s worth the wait. This post breaks down what to expect in the first 3, 6, and 12 months, the factors that influence your results, and how to track progress over time.
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5 Common Mistakes That Kill Your Website’s Speed

A slow website is one of the fastest ways to lose visitors. Here are five common mistakes that might be killing your speed—and what you can do about them.
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SEO Scams and Red Flags: How to Avoid Wasting Your Money

Not all SEO help is good help. In this post, we’re calling out the most common SEO scams, shady guarantees, and red flags—so you can protect your business (and your budget) from bad investments.
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How to Create Email Newsletters from Your Existing Blog Posts

Don’t let your best blog content sit in the archives. Learn how to repurpose it into email newsletters that keep your audience engaged and your content working harder for your business.
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Budget SEO – How to Get the Most Value for Your Money

Think SEO is out of your budget? Think again. This post breaks down simple, cost-effective strategies to boost your visibility without overspending—plus when it’s worth calling in expert help.
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TCLE

The Center for Life Enrichment provides programs and support services for individuals with disabilities in Southern Maryland. I was approached to redesign their site and give it a more updated look. Small business webdesign is something I love to do and Wordpress design is my specialty. I moved them onto

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Uptyme.net

Uptyme.net provides executive level IT consulting and services. Jim contacted me about redoing his site and giving it a whole new look and layout. Wanting to make it easy for Jim and his team to keep the site update, I decided to go with Wordpress of course! The design is

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Activate Your Power Within

Activate Your Power Within – Freedom From Addictive Behaviors Education Series was a 2 week telesummit I helped design and produce. This was my first involvement with webinars and live events and was quite a learning experience. I learned a lot and enjoyed all of it. I look forward to

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Chelsea Wine Bar

Chelsea Wine Bar is located in El Lago, Texas. It’s a cozy little place to hang out with friends and enjoy a few drinks overlooking the water of Taylor Lake in Houston’s Clear Lake area. Being close the bar, I was able to visit and get a feel for the

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Kauai Shots website featuring boudoir and lifestyle photography services.
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VUE Photography

Take a look at this site, can you believe it was built on Wordpress?! I’ve been working a lot lately with photographers and many of them are turning to Prophoto themes. I love Prophoto and here’s another example why. Theresa wanted a flash type site, but she wanted to be

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Wedding photography website showcasing couple's portrait gallery.
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Michael James Photo Studio

Michael was referred to me by another client. He had purchased a flash website that included a wordpress install, but he need the wordpress themed to match his site. He also wanted his blog posts moved from Blogger to the new Wordpress install. I moved the posts over for him

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Buy Joe’s Pools

Shannon was a previous client of mine, so when her husband needed a website for his pool business, she knew exactly where to turn! He already had business cards in use, so I took that and created a site to match. The site was done in Wordpress to allow Shannon

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One client, Two sites.

I had previously done this first site, boudoirphotographynetwork.com, for Robin, but she quickly outgrew it. I knew her site had potential! We had to find a new solution and we did, we used Classipress. Classipress was originally written as a classifieds theme for Wordpress. With some heavy editing, I was

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