gibhall.com - web marketing and development

About

You know that website you thought was going to be perfect & really help your company grow?

I’m in the website-fixing business.

Since 1999, I have been working to make the web a more beautiful and usable place. Over the past decade, I have worked on more than 100 websites for Waste Management, Gallery Furniture, Unique Tan, and many, many more organizations of all shapes and sizes. I have spent time as a graphic designer, web coder and programmer, and most recently, WordPress developer. I offer a service that gives outdated, ugly, and for the most part, worthless websites a modern 2013 makeover.

Are you embarrassed to send people to your website?

Nothing really quite irks me more than when I try to visit a website on my iPhone and it does not work because the website producers didn’t consider mobile users. Similarly, I have lately visited many DIY projects that are started and soon abandoned after the website DIYer hits a stumbling block. I have been producing websites for over 10 years and most importantly have learned first-hand what works and what doesn’t in regards to producing successful websites.

Modern Website Makeover

I offer a quick and painless solution to ugly, outdated, and inefficient websites called a Modern Website Makeover.

This package gives organizations of all sizes and shapes a modern, usable, and attractive website, that’s also as easy to update as editing a Word document!

Let’s give your customers what they expect on a system you desire. It’s time to take control of your online presence, and I’m here to make sure that gets done.

Contact me to get started!

How easy is it?

I’m doing my best to make it as quick and painless as possible to give your customers what they expect to find when they visit your website. Here’s how we will break the project down:

Step 1: Plan

The most important phase is to learn about your business, your customers, and your online needs. I’ll then present my recommendations.

Step 2: Produce

Based on my findings and your input, I will create a customized website for your organization. The website will include all of these features and be up and running in as soon as 2 weeks!

Step 3: Promote

The much anticipated wait is over! Start telling your friends, family and customers that your website finally works!

It all starts by you contacting me below!

Modern Website Makeover

The 2013 Makeover

What most businesses need these days

While I don’t believe there is a one-size fits all solution for businesses wishing to market their services online, I do think key overlapping features are needed to ensure your business has a successful web presence.

This package is created for established businesses with ugly, outdated, & inefficient websites. With my help, you and your business will get you back on track and give your customers what they expect when they visit your website- yes, even from their iPhone.

If your website is missing one of these features,

you might have an ugly website.

How it looks

Bespoke Web Design
Your business is unique, and for this reason, each website I create is tailor-made for its target market.

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I’d like to point out that design is more than picking a couple colors (as if that’s easy). Design involves a strategic process to market your business and its products/services. We’re designing a way to connect you and your customer, not just picking something and saying it looks cool.
Fresh Content
The reason people visit your website is to find some content. It’s important that your content not only speaks in terms your customer knows, but gives them the information they need.

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I’ve seen too many companies go the “do it yourself” route, and they end up with blank web pages. This usually happens because they haven’t written the copy, despite it seeming so easy to do. We’ll be sure this isn’t a problem for you and your new website.
Professional Photography
As the saying goes, “just because you have a camera does not make you a photographer.”

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Collecting photos for your website might seem like the easiest task, but it is also one of the most important. Allow us to invest some time and resources to hire a professional photographer to take some new pictures for the web.

How it behaves

Easy to Navigate
Your website should be easy to navigate for all of your visitors. Your links to navigate the website should also stand out and be in a familiar locaiton.

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For smaller websites (under 5 pages), it can be pretty simple which pages to display on your website. For bigger websites, there is a lot of Information Architecture involving how the website navigates. (Bring on the bigger websites!)
Cross Browser Compatible
Now, your customers are visiting your site from a number of different platforms like their desktop, laptop, cell phone, tablets, and even cars!

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There are different routes to take when designing for all of the different devices out these days. This is the “native app VS. web app” discussion. We can talk about which is better for your business, but what’s important is you can’t leave your mobile & tablet users in the dark.
CMS
Do you still have to call your web programmer every time you want to update something on your site? Should have gotten a CMS!

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There will always be little changes here-and-there to your website like updating hours during the summer, promoting new events, or marketing new products and services. Having your website built on a CMS allows you to make these changes without needing to go to nerd school. My CMS of choice is WordPress.

How it connects

Search Engine friendly
These days Google is pretty smart. Our websites have built-in features like meta-tags and headings which help Google know which content to search.

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Getting to the top of the search engines rankings involves different measures and is an ongoing challenge. We aren’t in the spam the whole internet game, but have studied SEO long enough to know some factures that major search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo prefer to see.
Contact Form
Contact forms are a great way to hear from your customers without having them leave your website.

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Our goal is to make sure your website is easy for your visitors to use, remember? Having ways to contact and connect with your users without having to load your email program saves your customers from leaving your website. Make it easy on them.
Social Media Integration
Modern websites wouldn’t necessarily be modern without mentioning Social Media. It’s HUGE these days and about 90% of your customers use it.

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Facebook likes, Twitter followers, Instagram, Pintrest, Skype, and all that other Social Media stuff. What’s right for your business? It depends on where your customers are and how much you want to connect with them. This discussion is better to do in person, but all businesses these days need to be on some Social Networks.