Recent Projects
Stowe Wine & Food Classic
The organizers of this amazing wine festival/fundraiser contacted me to help them update their website for this year’s event. The site needed a number of updates, including a change to the header, some new pages, a flash movie, and embedded video. The festival organizers also wanted to develop a social networking campaign, so I created a Facebook page and a Twitter profile and helped them market their event through social media channels. The Social Media activity resulted in some great press, including a key feature piece in the Wall Street Journal. The end result was a highly successful event!
What the client said:
“Everything was terrific! Many thanks for all of your help this past year!” — Lynn Espey
Vermont Republican Party
The Vermont Republican Party desperately needed a redesign of their website, and they needed it done quickly. Using Thesis, we created an attractive site with a featured content section on the home page, two blog feeds for their News and Events, and widgets to encourage Facebook and Twitter followers.
What the client said:
Thanks so much for your work on this. It really looks great! — Erik Mason
Factotum Designs
Cris Jones owns a screen printing business in Waterbury Vermont, and he needed a website. Cris wanted a grunge-style look, with rusty background images that would be different on every page. We designed a unique site and implemented it using Thesis. Cris was delighted with the end result.
What the client said:
Thanks so much for helping me put this together. It really looks great. Thank you so much. — Cris Jones
Three Bears at the Fountain
Suzanne and Steve Vazzano operate a bed and breakfast in Stowe, Vermont. They approached me to do a redesign of their website, in a very short window of time. I designed them a clean, attractive site that reflected the casual elegance of their Inn, and was able to get them online within their designated timeframe.
What the client said:
“It’s perfect! Thanks so much for your hard work.” — Suzanne Vazzano
Champlain Valley SCORE
The Champlain Valley chapter of the national organization SCORE contacted me to help them give their existing website a new look. The existing site was built using a template that was very limited in customization options. They wanted a site that they could manage on their own, with a look that was their own with some of the SCORE branding elements intact. The result was a new site with a fresh look and easy to navigate content.
What the client said:
This is perfect! Exactly what I was hoping for. Thank you! — Jerry Johnson
Health in Focus
Stephen Brandon is a wellness practitioner and owner of the Health In Focus center in Waterbury, Vermont. Stephen wanted a simple website for his new practice, but really didn’t know where to begin. I came up with a design that portrayed the simplicity that Stephen wanted, and helped him with his copy to be sure he gave enough information to his potential clients. Not long after Stephen’s website went live, he was interviewed by a local newspaper and got some great coverage for his practice.
What the client said:
“Thank you so much for all you have done. The site looks terrific. I’m very pleased. I enjoy your warmth and talent, and it will be great working together in days to come. Thanks!” — Stephen Brandon
Grey Fox Inn
Like many of my clients, Alan Hayes of the Grey Fox Inn in Stowe, Vermont wanted to update his old website. He wanted something that would reflect the casual elegance of the Grey Fox Inn and would be easy for he and his staff to update. This site was built in Wordpress, with a flash header on the home page and elegant script headings. The result is a gorgeous website that is easy for Alan to update, because it was built for Wordpress.
What the client said:
The site looks great. Thank you so much! — Alan Hayes
Dale E. Percy, Inc.
Dale E. Percy, Inc. is a local family-owned excavation company with over 60 years of service under their belt. They had had a website for quite some time, but it was difficult to navigate, and they really wanted something more modern and clean. I sat down with Meghan and went over what her ideal website would include. Meghan wanted the color scheme to stay true to the red and yellow that Percy’s used on all their trucks and equipment. She had tons of photos, and mentioned a few times how much she loved the ones of the dump trucks. Meghan also wanted to include an aggregate calculator that she could direct people to when they called asking how much material they would need for a project.
The result was a new site built using the Thesis framework for Wordpress, with a clean design and a header that showcased the dump trucks that Meghan loved. The aggregate calculator in the sidebar is available on every page, and the red & yellow color scheme is exactly what Percy’s wanted.
What the client said:
“WOW!!!!! Lisa this looks amazing! I love the header as well! Thank you for your work! This is such a great site!” — Meghan Percy
Commodores Inn
The Commodores Inn is an established inn in Stowe, Vermont. Their website was in need of refreshing, so they contacted me to help. Bruce & Carrie Nourjian wanted a website that would be easy to navigate and search engine friendly. They also wanted to incorporate the nautical theme that their previous site had, to complement the theme of the property.
The result was a site built on Wordpress using the Thesis framework, with a nautical map as a background, and incorporating a new online reservation widget in the sidebar.
What the client said:
Everyone loves the new site! Lots of positive feedback! — Carrie Nourjian
Cole Contracting
Dan Cole was a man without a web presence. He runs a well established contracting business, building high quality homes and commercial projects. Dan wanted his website to convey a feeling of luxury without abandoning his Vermont roots. Drawing inspiration from some of Dan’s recent projects, I designed an elegant, clean website that really showcases his work.
What the client said:
“It’s absolutely gorgeous! It’s everything I wanted, and more.” — Dan Cole
Rock Bodies, LLC
Rosie Brown owns a very successful personal training business. She loved her existing website’s design and didn’t want to change it, but wanted to be able to make updates on her own. I tweaked the navigation and converted her site to Wordpress, using the Thesis framework. I also added a Flash photo gallery, and Paypal buttons so Rosie could sell her services online. The result is a clean, easy to navigate website, that kept the general look and feel that Rosie wanted, while improving functionality and ease of use.
What the client said:
“OMG, you are amazing! Love everything that you have done” — Rosie Brown
Wayne’s Electric, Inc.
Mark and Carla Alexander have been in business for 25 years, but were in need of a website. They wanted a clean, simple site that would clearly show what they have to offer, and it needed to be done quickly. Mark essentially wanted to put his business card online. I created a site for them on Wordpress that incorporated the bold splash page that Mark wanted, along with a customized design based on the Thesis framework. Mark and Carla can now update their site on their own.
What the client said:
“Lisa took an uncomfortable task of creating and organizing our company web page and made it very simple and friendly. I recommend Performance Web Solutions to other small businesses that are unsure how to create a web presence and to those simply looking to clean-up their current web-design.” — Mark Alexander
Best Website Tips
Best Website Tips is a blog that I started in early 2008 to serve as a resource for people who are interested in managing their own websites. It’s a very simple design, built using the Thesis framework on Wordpress.
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