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Susan at Thornapple Financial Center took advantage of a special “current client-only” promotional offer to update the look of her website and convert it to WordPress.  WordPress is an easily-to-update user-friendly content management system that Dramatic Design has chosen as a specialty.

Direct Comparison:

As you can see, the old site (left) looks dated and lifeless.  It was passive and static.  Now look at the newly redesigned site on the right.  What a difference!  The colors draw you in and envelope you–the green and gold play with the type of business the site describes.  It invites you to participate with comments and to spread the word with social networking!  Important announcements are conveniently located right in the sidebar, so you don’t have to hunt for them.

The new Thornapple Financial Center website also includes an email form that invites clients to sign up to receive her newsletter by email, instead of snail-mail, thus, saving her company money and perhaps saving a tree or two along the way.  Category pages allow visitors to look directly at the posts that interest them and an interactive Google map allows visitors to get direction from their location to the Thornapple Financial Center office.  This is a site for 2009!

Kim has built our website and it is fantastic!  She is professional, always has insightful ideas and is very patient with ALL of our questions.  Her prices are competitive,and more importantly you get a great return on your investment.

Kris Foote, Thornapple Financial Center

I recently created a custom WordPress theme for Bill Cobb at Baton Rouge Real Estate Appraisers.  He needed wide outside columns to accomodate his videos and other information.  He knew exactly what he wanted and was wonderful to work with.

Bill liked his new theme so much that he asked me to create a second theme, very similar, but in blue.  Here is a screenshot of that theme:

Bill was so kind as to record this video and write the testimonial below. Thanks, Bill! You were great to work with!

“Hi, I’m Bill Cobb Appraiser in Baton Rouge working with WordPress Blogs for marketing help for my appraisal business. I had been searching online for about 6 months now trying a premium theme to use and couldn’t locate a theme I liked. I did find a Realtor’s website I really liked though. I found Kim Smith’s “Dramatic Design” on Ebay under the keyword “WordPress” and emailed her about my search, the site I liked, my specifications I was looking for and to see if she could assist me. She said she could, so I purchased her Ebay Auction. Kim immediately went into action on my project, asked more questions about my desires for the site and went to work. The theme she designed is located @ http://www.batonrougerealestateappraisers.net/ and I am very pleased with Kim Smith’s Dramatic Design. Her price was reasonable, her attention to detail was superb, and her delivery was rather quick for a Web Design Company. I highly recommend http://www.dramatic-design.com/ .”

Bill Cobb, Appraiser – Accurate Valuations Group FHA Appraisers, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

I just completed a blog header for Jessica at Be The Diva Within and we were both very pleased with the results.  Jessica is a fellow member of the Mom Masterminds group to which I belong.  (There’s a free 7-Day Preview, if you’re interested!)

I started out with this stock image as she requested something with butterflies and this image complimented her blog colors:

I worked a little graphic magic, added some text and came up with this:

When Jessica put this header into her blog, it looked like this:

The header was a perfect fit for the look and feel that Jessica was going for!  I’m looking forward to seeing what Jessica will be doing with this blog.  It’s exciting to see a new blog grow and develop!  It’s like a blank notebook during the “Back to School” season!  Blessings on your new endeavor, Jessica!

Creole Chow Chows is the website for Mary Kay McCleve, internationally-known breeder of Chows.  She uses the site as an internet presence, to display the accomplishments of her dogs, and to alert buyers when puppies are available for adoption.  Mary Kay recently showed one of her dogs, Fannie May, at the Westminster Dog Show.

Old Design

The above screenshot is a redesign for the Business Referral Group that I belong to offline.  The previous design was a modified template, but the new one is completely original and custom for this group.

As you can see, the new design is a fresh, updated design with a semi-transparent background and section for book recommendations.  The sidebar showing the Amazon widget is only one way that you can monitize your site.

The blog feature is actually located on the “Members” page, as that is the most frequently updated page for the site.  This allows for easy updating whenever a new member joins the group.