Company: Bill Snyder, Waikiki Real Estate Associate
Business Type: Century 21 All Islands
Website: BillSnyder808.com

Background:
Bill Snyder, BillSnyder808.com asked for help in creating his online marketing presence with a website that best represents his love of Waikiki and new career in real estate… helping others make their dream of moving to paradise a reality.

Services Provided:
We did a complete web design (look & feel) using the Wordpress engine as a Content Management System (CMS). Site features include: RSS feed; Search and Search Results; Flash-based videos to promote the Hawaiian lifestyle; Frameit.cgi script to help visitors get back to the site when clicking external links; CFormsII plugin to prevent spam and manage online forms; Pictobrowser plugin that will link this agent’s Flickr.com photographs to their Listing-related posts; and so much more… Online training videos were created to help client get acclimated with managing his site content.

Client Praises:
" A short while ago, I became a real estate agent after moving to Hawaii. As in most new business endevours, advertising your business and drawing customers to you is critical. I contacted maya, a friend that I met while sharing a passion of ours, surfing. I explained to Maya that i wanted to have a website developed that would accomplish a few simple goals: 1) Share my passion of surfing and of the Hawaiian islands. 2) Aave a simple and user friendly site that potential real estate clients would find both informative and fun at the same time.

In an unbelievably short time, Maya developed a great beach/surf theme for my new site. She provided a great keyword search engine, plus easy to navigate links to interesting and informative sites.

As I watched the site be developed, I was amazed with her talent and expertise. During the development process, Maya constantly contacted me and kept me informed of the progress. When I had questions about anything technical in regards to the management of the site, within minutes, Maya provided me with a video tutorial to help me understand.

In short, I would highly recommend Maya to do work for any family or friends of mine, which is the highest compliment I think a person can give!"

Bill Snyder, Real Estate Associate (RA)
Century 21 All Islands (Waikiki Office)
BillSnyder808.com

Company: Ricarda Design
Business Type: Residential Interior Design
Website: RicardaInteriorDesign.com

Background:
Ricarda Lopez, RicardaInteriorDesign.com asked for help in creating her online marketing presence with a website that best represents her interior design company. As their tagline “Because your home is worth some attention” summarizes, Ricarda offers professional interior design advice to San Diego and Chula Vista, California residents and home office entrepreneurs who may simply need the appropriate shopping list to finalize their home design project, help to rearrange awkward furniture layout or a cluttered space to designing custom furniture and cabinetry.

Services Provided:
We did a complete web design (look & feel) from scratch. We also wrote several pages of copy… sprinkled with targeted keywords throughout the site and resourceful 3rd party outbound linking, to help help position her as “Chula Vista, California’s Furniture and Space Interior Design Advisor.”

We always have marketing in mind for our clients. With the goal of building brand awareness and traffic to her website, we created a landing page targeted to home office entrepreneurs who are instructed to download their copy of the “Five Home Office Design Tips” sheet. Also created the call-to-action “Discuss Your Project With Us” on every page of her site.

To humanize the website, we added Ricarda’s Home Office picture gallery and professional photo.

Client Praises:
"Great Job! Thank You, for your patience and valuable advice. I enjoyed the collaboration of ideas and the process of creating a website that represents my design firm. It’s great working with someone who is organized and focused. Maya creates with a focus on marketing. Design Insomnia exceeded my expectations in that I didn’t expect to receive the level of marketing given. I will most definitely recommend your services to everyone I know."

Ricarda Lopez, BFA
Interior Designer, Allied Member ASID
Ricarda Design