About I’ve been casually making sites on a ‘private’ basis for a couple of years now. With encouragement from others, I’ve decided to offer this service ‘officially’ now (and hey, it’s LOTS more fun than bagging groceries!)... Although I am by no means a professional, I find that I can often help out in some situations. My ‘speciality’ is smaller, newer businesses who just need somewhere nice-looking to send people for more info. I have also done collaborative work, so if you have some web knowledge too but would like some help or ideas, I can help there too! The Role of Graphics and the Web in Marketing Today First and foremost, having a web site provides you with an invaluable presence on the web. It gives you somewhere to direct your customers. It also allows even more customers to find you through search engines, local listings and directories. I will aim to take it one step beyond that. Using not only context, but also design, I will work with you to create a site that has the look and feel that you want to convey to your potential customers. Using the elements of graphics, design and color, we can convey a specific idea and feel about your company or organization that will give people a sense of who you are and what you will provide them. Graphics and design provide an invaluable medium for this to occur. Options I can do both full web sites and single graphic work. If you are interested or have further questions, please email me!! If you want a full web site, I will design and be happy to send you all of the files for you to FTP it to your server yourself. I will also, for no additional charge, upload it to a free yahoo geocities site. These sites do have a small banner ad on the right side, check out the Dressage Dancers or Rudy Horsemanship sites below for example. I’m also game for individual graphics projects, just email me and we can chat! Follow-Up Once the site is in your hands, I am totally willing to do updates to the body/content/text of the site. If the updates get too excessive, I may ask for a small fee for each update. I’ve been known to play with new graphics for people’s sites when I have time, but there is no guarantee on that. If you do feel the need for an ‘update’ to the look/layout/graphics of your site, I do offer that service as well. Pricing for this is very much on a case to case basis. (And I aim for your site to be as timeless as possible, so this shouldn’t be a common issue! :) ) mailto:horseriderk8@gmail.com?subject=Web%20Designmailto:horseriderk8@gmail.com?subject=Web%20Designshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
Testimonials I wanted to have a website for Rudy Horsemanship for a long time, however I didn't know how to get started, was constantly too busy, and kept dragging my toes. When I discovered Kate could design my site I never imagined it would come together so quickly!  She explained my options to me by email, and suddenly there it was- I had a website! I sent Kate the pictures, links, and verbage and she did the rest. She also explained to me how to do my own updates, but when I get things messed up Kate will usually fix it for me almost right away! Kate also contacts me with new ideas for improvements- like improving the banner, or upgrading the buttons, and I have yet to not like one of her suggestions! If it has occurred to you to get your own website and you still have not done it.... let Kate do it! I have gotten SO many compliments on mine. -Danee Rudy www.rudyhorsemanship.2freedom.com Kate has brilliant marketing talent, with remarkable creative ability put together a wonderful web site for me. Her graphic descriptions, and fantastic photos, (a gifted photographer also) demonstrates the unique and fun atmosphere one derives from riding horses. My site is easy to read, with inviting links to answer the many questions a potential student may have. Added to this, she created very easy access to my site using the various search engines for the inquisitive viewer. My business has quadrupled since the web site has been published on the Internet.  I am most grateful for her help and talent. Sincerely, Carol Hopkins www.dressagedancers.2freedom.com For anyone interested in some great ideas for their web sites at an affordable price, Kate's your woman! She can go it alone, but she's also a great collaborator. Although technically not a professional, she sure acts like one and has a real knack for designing your pages according to your personal preferences. I've thoroughly enjoyed spending e-time with Kate, bouncing ideas back and forth and watching her come up with unique and creative designs. Ethical, honest, straight-forward, and capable - I'd recommend her to anyone! -Terry Church Natural Sporthorse Kate helped me design my website for my new business, Belhaven Equine Solutions. From the first email to even after my site was launched, Kate was professional, responsive and able to translate the picture in my head to the pages on the computer. Kate was able to match my photos and words to an overall image that reflected my ideas for my site. When I was not able to offer my own ideas, Kate immediately stepped up to the plate with brilliant ideas of her own. Kate was perfectly capable of doing the complete site on her own or willing to offer ideas and walk me through the steps to making the final website on my new computer. I would recommend Kate to anyone looking for a financially reasonable choice to design a website. Not to mention she is a complete joy with whom to work! -Leah Hinnefeld Belhaven Equine Solutions www.belhavenequinesolutions.com http://www.rudyhorsemanship.2freedom.com/http://www.dressagedancers.2freedom.comhttp://www.naturalsporthorse.comhttp://www.belhavenequinesolutions.comshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3

Samples of My Work...

Dressage Dancers Riding Stable

All coding and photography

Rudy Horsemanship

All coding and graphics

Natural Dressage

Site design (not hand coded)

Natural Sporthorse

Collaborative Effort with Terry Church

Graphics Samples

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