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Category: Portfolio

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How to Ask Customers for Reviews Without Being Pushy

Asking for reviews doesn’t have to be awkward. This guide walks you through simple ways to ask for feedback—without making your customers feel pressured.
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The SEO Strategy That Gets the Best Results for Small Businesses

A great SEO strategy doesn’t have to be complicated—it just has to be consistent. In this post, we’ll walk through the core elements of small business SEO, how to balance on-page, off-page, and technical efforts, and the most common mistakes to avoid.
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Why SEO Matters for Small Business Bloggers (Even If You Hate Tech)

Blogging but not seeing results? SEO helps your content get found by the right people — even if you’re not tech-savvy. Here’s how to make it simple.
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DIY SEO vs. Hiring an Expert: Which Path Should You Take?

Not sure whether to tackle SEO yourself or call in a pro? This post breaks down what you can realistically do on your own, when it makes sense to outsource, and how the costs and time commitments compare—so you can choose the path that fits your business best.
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5 Common Blog SEO Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)

Struggling to get traffic to your blog posts? In this post, I’m sharing 5 common blog SEO mistakes (and simple fixes) so you can start showing up, getting clicks, and growing your audience.
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The Hidden Costs of SEO: What You Need to Know

SEO can drive powerful results for small businesses, but the costs go beyond hiring an expert. In this post, we break down the hidden expenses of SEO — from tools and content creation to link building and technical fixes — so you can plan smarter and avoid surprises.
Screenshot of Allure Cleaning & Maintenance website homepage.
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Allure Cleaning

Allureclean.com came to me to have their site completely redone. We started with a logo and then went from there. The entire site was built from scratch. I included a photo gallery and a payment page to process payments by Paypal and Google checkout. Site Logo: 

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NY Organic Momma

This client wanted to start an online store to sell various products. I immediately decided to set her up with ZenCart. I love the support and versatility that ZenCart provides. We start with a dark purple, gray and green look, but then a few months later updated to a cleaner

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Elbie Baby shopping website homepage with polka dot background.
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Elbie Baby

Elbie Baby is a work at home mom ecommerce site based upon HyenaCart. For this layout, the client requested that we use some scrapbooking graphics made by Marie Stones. Marie was happy to share her work for our use. After completing the simple logo and complete site design, I also

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Website preview with logo, navigation bar, and greeting cards.
Portfolio

Changing-Moments

Changing Moments is a custom photo card site. The entire site was built in php using Mal’s eCommerce for the shopping cart. The admin area allows the site owner to add products, view uploaded customer images and more. I created a logo, a flash navigation area and all graphics.

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Colorful website homepage for 21st Century Diaper Services.
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21st Century Diaper Services

This client came to be with a logo. I tweaked it slightly and then built this site to complement. I used phpLD as the base and needed to do quite a bit of modding to get the site to function the way she wanted.

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Website screenshot of Bette's Bags online store.
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Bette’s Bags

Betty has been selling on Etsy for awhile and was ready to have her own website. She already had a logo that she had been using so I based the site around that. Betty’s site is running on Zencart.

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ParentsR.Us

This is my own site. I used my daughter’s photo to create a cute logo and based the site on Wordpress. All the graphics are custom made by me.

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Card Couture website for custom invitation and announcement cards.
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Card Couture

Card Couture specializes in photo cards and stationery products. I built their shopping site in php using Mal’s eCommerce as a shopping cart. This site includes an admin area for the girls to add more products to their site. It also includes a photo upload area for their customers to

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Pampered Paws grooming services website homepage screenshot.
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Pampered Paws, Inc

This is just a basic site for a local business. Nothing special was needed as it is just an informational site. I used the provided logo which I cleaned up. The entire site was built from scratch.

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