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Website design specializing in the needs of small businesses.

I design websites that not only help bring business to your door, but also help you manage your business. Imagine it and let me help you bring it to life!

Pipedream Consulting

I build websites for businesses. Unlike many web designers who simply "roll up" a site with a Wordpress, Drupal, or Joomla template, I believe in flexibility and customization. I will use templates where appropriate, but much of my work is spent in understanding your business, building a customized data model, and working with your team to make certain that it serves your business needs and grows with you.

Keep It Simple

To a customer, your website has a simple function: sell the customer! While the website should reflect your company image, glitz and fancy effects aren't likely to impress. In fact, they may turn off customers through slow loading or cross-browser compatibility issues. I typically use "pure CSS" and clean design to put a professional, appropriate "face" on your business with the clear goal of turning visitors into buyers. After that, the main job is to give your website visibility in search engines to bring people to your site.

Manage Your Business From Anywhere

To YOU, the business owner/manager, the website has a very different and more sophisticated function. You need to manage a complex operation, with clients, assets, financials, employees, and jobs. You can do that with that aging PC in your back office, or you can bring your business to life on your website! Using a secure "control panel" with private encrypted login, you can instantly access your business essentials from anywhere -- in the office, on the road, from your home, even from a web-connected phone. Add new clients, check your financials, monitor job progress, and more, using an interface build exactly to your specifications and needs.

Integrating your business IT with your website just makes sense. Changes to your inventory, job status, and calendar are instantly reflected on your public site. New possibilities open up for connecting to your customer base. Your employees can have their own logins with precisely tuned privileges and access. I can build this for you.

Pipedream is Different.

I'm located in North Georgia and I work principally with local businesses (though with conferencing tools like skype, we can now consider nearly any business "local"). You're not dealing with a firm in China rolling up hundreds of cookie-cutter websites. I'll sit down with you and discuss your business needs, to see what features will best help you run and grow your business. I'll help you migrate your current business data into the new system, keep secure backups, work with your employees to tune data entry, and build a marketing program for your site that brings in new customers in a provable, visible manner.

Isn't All This Expensive?

Not if you hire someone with the appropriate core technology and skills to bring an information-modeling site online quickly. I have these skills and technology. A website like the ones I'm describing can often be launched for $2,000 or even less, with more advanced features being added over time. Yes, that's the public website AND custom private control panels! I don't ask for huge amounts of money up front. You'll see what I can deliver, then we'll work together to add exactly those features most useful and essential to your business on a time-and-materials basis. I fully understand that I'm paid from your revenue stream, and if I don't improve it, I shouldn't get paid. Isn't that the website designer you want?

More Information?

You might just want to pick up the phone and call me -- 678.986.1581 -- but if you'd rather me contact you via e-mail or phone at a different time, here's a little web-form to fill out (yes, web-forms are easy).

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