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What kind of work do I do?

Creative services. This includes online and offline Marketing Communication solutions, including concept through design of print and web campaigns, social media and relationship marketing consulting and integration. There is no job too small or basic. Here's the full scoop.

Looking for my portfolio?

• Web design & communications
• Print design & communications
• Branding (Logos, identity)

Online Marketing Intro for Small Businesses

Know you need some kind of marketing or communications plan but have no idea where to start? I help small businesses start with a plan and follow through on action. It can start as simple as a brand identity (need business cards?) or an ad campaign, evolving to your web presence and an online "culture creation" strategy. Solving problems through design, communications, and community integration. This is what I do.  Email me through the contact form or call me (541) 490-9621 for a consultation.

Got Schooled

Washington State University - BA in Communications
Art Institute of Seattle - Graphic Design
School of Visual Arts Seattle - Advertising Art Direction


Quick Tips

Email marketing is good if you have something worth reading. Don't push your products and your services. Open up a discussion about something of value.  For example, instead of pushing your landscaping business, include a Q&A section or offer information on how to compost leaves in the Fall or when to transplant perennials in your area. Offer value and gain trust with your customer by showing them you're not just pushing products. Then they will look forward to reading your emails versus just clicking the delete button as soon as it comes to their inbox.

Shorts

Cure for Cancer or will it ever be???

John Kanzius Foundation has brought some innovation to the cancer-curing research world with Radio Waves. That's right, non-invasive targeted radiofrequency cancer treatment destroys cancer cells without the debilitating side effects. Let's hope the FDA doesn't find out. It might actually work and then no one will ever know about it.

 

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Thursday
09Oct2008

Design, Marketing, and... Kiteboarding Instruction

When I'm not doing marketing and design work, I teach kiteboarding. "What's that?" you ask? Well, it's about the most fun, environmentally-feel-good outdoor activity you'll every do. There's a kite you fly in the air with a control bar, and there's a board, very similar to a wakeboard, under your feet. You glide, along the water, easily and gracefully, free of impact and tension. The only sounds are the breeze powering your movement and the board gliding through the water under your feet.  Check out the pics from my personal website.

In the summer, I run a kiteboarding school, Cascade Kiteboarding, out of the Port of Skamania in beautiful Stevenson, Washington. This winter, however, I am taking my lessons south to La Ventana Mexico in a series of women's all-inclusive kiteboarding camps. La Ventana is a great place to learn, with mild temperatures, white sandy beaches, calm waters, and great authentic Mexican food! Check out all the details below.

 I teach three days of kiteboarding along with two classes of Pilates for enthusiastic new kiteboarders in the town along the Sea of Cortez. Did I mention it is an all-women's camp? Sorry guys.

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