I am so happy that I chose to work with I Ain't Your Momma Web Design!!!
I selected Michelle Farrell's company after a thorough Yelp search of web designers in the Santa Monica area. When it comes to the sort of business-calling-card/brochure/blogging/ecommerce platform I wanted to build, I was looking for three factors 1) Functionality, 2) Design (very important for my art-related business) and 3) search engine optimization (SEO.)
Of all the designers I searched, three companies had websites and portfolios that really stood out, both visually and functionally, and of those three only two specialized in the sort of site I was looking to build. After speaking with I Ain't Your Momma and the other designer, it became clear that Michelle was far and away better suited to do the work I needed, largely because she has years and years of SEO experience and was also super-friendly and accessible. There isn't much of a point in building a website that doesn't show up high in a Google search list and visibility is really the name of the game. And, there is no reason to work with somebody who isn't a pleasure to interact with.
Michelle's specialty is in working with Wordpress templates, which presents a minus and some big plusses.
The minus is that makes her work heavily dependent on the sort of functionality currently available as a Wordpress plug-in.
But on the plus side, there is a whole world of Wordpress plug-ins, that can deliver some amazing functions - like making social media imagery a big part of a web design or presenting eye-catching slideshows. An even bigger plus is that because the site exists in a format that doesn't necessitate deep coding knowledge to manipulate, I now can alter the content on my site myself, at will, without having to contact Michelle in order to do so - which is a big, big deal. That means that I can make seasonal changes or even daily alterations without coordinating or scheduling with Michelle.
Michelle dedicated a very generous amount of time toward evaluating my professional, aesthetic and functional needs. She patiently saw to it that our visions converged on a final site that delivers exactly what I was hoping for and that I'm proud to share with colleagues and clients - all for a very fair price.
Here is a link to the site she designed, if you want to take a look:
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