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I’ve followed the web and web design for many years now, and I want to help my readers understand the magnitude of potential that having a website offers to business owners, organizations, individuals, and bands.
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by Danny Firth, Local Ad Advice – July 2009

I came to Scott with a rough idea of what I wanted and a website that I created myself. A few months later I had a completely redesigned website that was much more functional and looked way better than my previous version.

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by Elizabeth Smith, Fashion Exchange – June 2009

I do not think anyone would have done as wonderful job as Scott did for my business. He works hard to understand what the client wants and puts so much into making it a personalized solution. I count myself lucky to have worked with him. I would never hesitate to recommend Scott for any web design job you have – large or small.

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by Robert Prather, EQGB – June 2009

I worked with Scott on a local campaign where he designed the logos, yard signs, bumper stickers, buttons & the web site. I found him especially dedicated, flexible and very proficient. Scott worked with a large Steering Committee and was able to accommodate and satisfy the group with ease. His innovative designs put a winning and memorable face on our campaign. Whenever anyone mentions web or graphic design work I always suggest Scott. I only wish I had more projects through which to work with him.

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The DIYers out there want to know how to market their local business online. I’ve put together this list of 9 secrets I’ve learned as a freelance web and graphic designer so that anyone can get started with internet marketing. …Keep Reading

…and (more than) a handful of ways to go about doing that:

77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better

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I knew a wonderful teacher once—a tutor. He tutored my stepsons and my elder daughter. He said to me, “Always start where the energy is.”
People make an awful mistake by starting where the energy isn’t. If you’re feeling very world-weary—and sometimes we’re all in that boat—you have to sit down with something that’s going to engage you. That doesn’t mean you just switch on the TV and watch a cartoon, but it does mean asking, What would be fun? Maybe take a piece of paper and a pencil and start drawing silly things. Go for a walk. Just sit very quietly watching your breathing. Anything. Just allow the whim to get you going.
Now, you can’t do this all of the time; it’s too disconnected. But I think in that particular frame of mind, when you run out of energy and motivation, I think you have to go right down to the instinct, right down to a whim.
I’m coming up on 60, and I’m wondering where my life will begin to go. I need to take a slightly different direction. I talked to a very wise man, and he said, “If you’re trying to find a new direction, don’t plan it, because this [pointing to his head] has been planning your life up to now. You can’t plan something new with the same old apparatus.” He said, “Leave a gap. Leave a space, and just do things on auto for a while. Just see where these whims take you.”
It’s like creativity. You have to follow it without knowing where you’re going. If you try to control where you’re going, you’re back in the same process. It’s like asking a piece of machinery that’s broken to mend itself.