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Step up from the free solutions and build a permanent home for your writing

Say it with style and spread it across all channels with easy to use, time saving tools

Bloggers have a lot of options, many of them free. So why pay for a custom designed blog or author’s website?

Your writing is unique. If you’re a photographer, so are your images Together, we can give your blog personality … your personality, without you spending countless hours learning, using and maintaining software.

I keep it simple, and teach you what you need to know. Your site is set up securely and I teach you best practices for keeping it that way. You get up to speed with reputable SEO practices, and I help you find the niche your blog can fill that sets you apart from everyone else. After all, blogging is about individuality.

What about social media?

I make it easy to share your posts, and automatic when you add a post to get it on Facebook, Twitter, whatever your social media choices are.

Keep it stylish and secure

I build self hosted WordPress site, as well as provide some customization to sites on WordPress.com. Self hosting allows a wide variety of design flexibility, it’s easy to add content and they look great. Best of all, they offer the functions of many plugins, built in.

What’s wrong with plugins? Security and maintenance. Plugins are frequent targets of hackers, and outdated plugins are one of the leading causes of broken websites.

I guarantee you won’t start blogging without knowing what you’re doing. I won’t forget you down the road either, as support is never ending. You ask, I answer.

Already have a blog and need to migrate it to WordPress? I can help with that too, without losing your SEO value.

Let’s talk

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A selection of work for writers and bloggers

I started my own blog about a decade ago to help promote my own work and to learn how to make blogging more effective. As is so often the case, it metamorphosed along the way and took on a life of its own. One of the challenges of blogging is having a site which can adapt to new directions whilst keeping your current content active and accessible. Client: The Wytchery, US
Ancient Energy Orchids is a new blog with a focus on growing orchids and portraits of these amazing plants. The challenge for designing this site was to keep everything clean to present the photography in the best light, whilst still keeping the writing prominent. San Francisco Bay area, USA.
An American pulling up roots and moving to Glastonbury in the UK is a compelling tale on its own. The client’s story of starting a business in a new world is something that cries out for blogging. It not only introduces her to a new community, but keeps the folks back home up to date on her progress, to build excitement and to let them know she’s open for business. Flexibility is the key here, as the focus of her new business isn’t yet established. Our goal was to bring together all her ideas under a single umbrella so the site and blog can grow organically. Soul Biscuit, Glastonbury, UK
Thyme is an established food blog, with an the author’s amazing culinary photography a big part of the appeal. I worked with her to create a stand alone photo section to promote stock photography and print sales. We write because it’s what we do, but it’s also nice to find ways to get paid for what we’re doing. New Hampshire, US
Folkswitch is a band which takes the poetry of the Romantic Era and sets it to modern music. As discovering new music is increasingly done via YouTube, it calls for a strong video presence as well as emphasis on the written word. And of course, social media is essential to getting the word out. Evansville, Indiana.
This lady lived the dream and it was a pleasure being a part of helping her do that. She left the corporate world and began traveling the country with her family and dogs, looking for the beauty of America, and wrote about it, from a dog friendly perspective.
The Building Buzz was an online blog covering commercial real state and design. The idea was the brainstorm of a commercial real estate developer to raise awareness of the possibilities of commercial design in the upper midwest. Minneapolis, MN