Our latest client wanted a simple, one-page site with his full menu. Mike Zee, owner of the Corned Beef House and Coney Island Restaurant on Wayne Road in Westland, opened his new place about 4 months ago.

Mike knew exactly what he wanted and Rick created an easily accessible, scrolling menu. We were unable to get a high resolution copy of the menu, so Rick keyed in the entire menu himself in order to make the new website graphics! The result is a simple, no-frills site that provides all the information customers need to find the restaurant and order ahead.

As part of our full service, we also listed the restaurant in Google maps, and updated the Yelp listing. We created a Facebook page, as well. Palmerworks offers personalized service for clients who aren’t familiar with website search engine optimization (SEO) and online directory listings. We are always glad to do a little extra for each customer.

Visit the new website and drop in to Mike’s Corned Beef House for lunch. Be sure to order his home made soup and/or a tender, juicy corned beef sandwich. Check out the menu at http://cornedbeefrestaurant.com.

Let Palmerworks design a one-page site for your business for only $225. Call Rick at 734-525-WEB1 to discuss the type of website that would work best for your small business.

New Direction is a new out-patient psychiatric clinic based in Southfield, Michigan. They wanted a web presence and a corporate identity, including business cards and letterhead – without breaking their budget.

We provided a custom package tailor-made to their needs:

• Rick designed a logo that subtly incorporated the idea of a “new direction”
• We created a one-page website featuring the new logo and basic information about services
• Rick designed business cards and letterhead
• We provided a sign for the door to their new office
• Katherine provided editing services for their introductory letters and designed an informational flyer
• We included includes 5 email addresses, hosting, and domain name for one year as part of the web package
• We visited their location to take photos for the site

Best of all, we provided this entire package for under $300!

Contact Palmerworks for an affordable, customized start-up package for your small business. We can provide all your web and corporate identity needs, leaving you time  you to run your business.

Contact Rick or Katherine for a free estimate. Call 1-734-252-WEB1 or email info@palmerworks.com.

Palmerworks had a productive 2010. We were busy all year developing sites, creating company logos, and providing print media for entrepreneurs and established professionals.

We had the pleasure of meeting some great people who’ve created successful businesses. Please take advantage of their services.

911 Set Medics – provides the Michigan film industry with the highest-trained professional EMS personnel for commercial, TV, and film production. We developed their site, blog, logo, and business cards.

Everlast Asphalt – a Canton, Michigan-based provider of residential and commercial asphalt services. Palmerworks developed a 5-page site, logo, and business cards.

The Word of Truth Church and Ministries – a thriving church in Warren, Mich., presided over by church founder, Dr. Robert E. Garner. We developed their site and incorporated two blogs for updates from the pastor and about church events. We also set up their Facebook, Twitter, and helped them with other social networking services.

Trotter Strategies – a Washington, D.C.-based firm headed by veteran lobbyist Tom Trotter, provides Congressional consulting, strategic advice, and issue advocacy. We provided a one-page “business card” site, logo, and business cards.

American CME – provides web-based continuing medical training with documentary-style training videos and online testing. We created a 5-page site, blog, logo, and set-up and integrated the learning management system. (As of March 2011, American CME has moved to “moodlerooms” as their new hosting provider. The original design is by Palmerworks, but writing and information is not by our company.)

Ostlund Plumbing – Ostlund Plumbing and Heating, Inc., has been a part of the community for more than 50 years, completing hundreds of projects in the southeastern Michigan area. We designe their 5-page site with photo gallery, plus their logo and business cards.

Fire Ground Review – is a first responder modified version of the military’s After Action Review used by fire departments to become more effective and create a safer working environment for personnel. We developed a 5-page site, blog, logo, and business cards.

Marsha Westfall – is an aspiring teacher in southeastern Michigan. We created an online resume/portfolio that showcases her credentials and teach philosophy.

Access Christian Counseling – is a private outpatient clinic offering a variety of services in Southfield, Michigan. We developed a 5-page site, blog, and print flyers, and provided photography services.

Ultimate Hair Removal/Body Beautiful – Located in Farmington Hills, Mich., Body Beautiful LLC specializes in laser and electrolysis hair removal, with 15 years of hair removal experience. We took her existing flash-based site and redeveloped it in html.

Jamy K – Jamy Krulikowski is mutli-talented actor, film and video editor, writer, and motion graphic artist living in surburban Los Angeles. We developed an online portfolio/bio and business cards.

Palmerworks is also honored to help whenever we can. We donated hosting to a site dedicated to supporting fallen Grand Rapids Firefighter Bryan Blattert.

This year is off to a great start. New in 2011:

The Initiative – We’re finishing up a site for a new company that specializes in property management services for homeowners, commercial investors, and small businesses.

Gordie’s Cards – Gordie Roedding creates original, hand-drawn greeting cards for any occasion, event, or holiday. We’re putting the finishing touches on his 5-page site.

Bass Pimp – Palmerworks is developing a one-page site offering t-shirts from local musician, Gordon Spencer.

District 48 Apparel – We’re developing a website, blog, and online cart for a local Carhartt reseller.

Cyndi’s Cakes – Cyndi Berger has been creating beautiful cakes for more than 35 years. We’re developing a 5-page site and blog showcasing her talents.

Check back often to see our progress. We’re thankful to all our clients and look forward to another successful and productive year.

Palmerworks provides affordable, professional web design and specializes in personalized service.

Palmerworks can do more for your company than design websites. If you already own an older site, call us to help you revamp and/or update it. Our latest client, Maria Gorton, is the owner of Body Beautiful LLC, a hair removal salon in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She had two sites and a unique problem.

Maria already owned a gorgeous site called bodybeautifulllc.com. The site was created in Flash, using custom-designed graphics that complement the colors and style of the decor in her beautiful new business location.

However, Maria also owns an older site named ultimatehairremoval.com — a simple home-made template site. She wanted to retain the old site, because it has a great, catchy name, with good search relevance, and it brings in lots of hits. Howevever, the site definitely lacked the professional allure of the Body Beautiful site.

After pondering the options, we decided to replace the “simple” site with a mirror image of  the beautiful Flash site, using  html instead of Flash. Rick honed his css design skills and recreated the entire Flash site graphic by graphic. The results are amazing. The new site retains the elegant look without using Flash, and also has a few improvements. We added a blog, a photo page, simpler navigation, an easy-to-access contact form, and we added the location’s address to every page. Take a look at the new ultimatehairremoval.com site.

As an added bonus, Maria received one year of hosting with her redesign. After canceling her old provider, Maria ended up paying the same price for the entire redesign plus hosting as she was already paying for hosting alone! We took care of the transfer for her, so it was a stress free “move.”

If you already own a site that needs updating, or have other unique web or print design needs, call us at 734-252-WEB1, or email info@palmerworks.com. We offer personalized service and will take care of all your design needs.

Fire Ground Review was founded in 2009 by Mark Lawry, a professional firefighter/paramedic for the West Bloomfield Fire Department. The company provides professional assessments called “Fire Ground Reviews” modeled after the U.S. Army’s After Action Reviews. The Fire Ground Review process helps fire departments examine their performance standards in order to sustain strengths and improve on weaknesses. Utilizing the process saves lives, money, and time.

The site we developed was our standard five-page package, which includes domain name and hosting for one year, plus a blog and contact form. We customize sites to our clients’ needs, and this site also includes examples of actual fire ground reviews in pdf format. We’d like to thank Mark for choosing us to develop his corporate identity: website, logo, and business cards. We had a great time working with him! Now we just have to teach him the art of blogging.

Purchase a complete web package for your company, including domain name, hosting, and blog, for under $400. Contact Rick or Katherine at Palmerworks Design, today. We offer professional design with personalized service.

We’ve just finished a site for another new client: The Everlast Asphalt Corporation, owned and operated by Randy Bearden, provides residential and commercial asphalt services for the southeastern Michigan area.

The site creation process started out well when we were able to get everlastasphalt.com for their domain name. Finding the perfect name is a bit tricky nowadays, since so many good names have already been purchased by other companies.

Rick mapped out a site that has a clean, friendly design, highlighting the professionalism and workmanship that Randy Bearden’s company has provided for more than 20 years.

We always learn a lot about each client’s trade when we create a site. Rick researched and wrote quite a bit about the asphalt industry. When Randy told him that asphalt is recyclable, he incorporated a name plate that featured the green we all associate with environmentally friendly products and services.

Ambiquity Design’s goal is to provide highly personalized service for each of our clients. We tailor-made this site to include before and after pictures, all of their services, and a contact form for potential clients. Being MDOT certified and successfully staying in business for more than 20 years are both credentials that can reassure a potential client, so we added that information to the footer on every page. We also incorporated keywords that will attract visitors searching for an asphalt company throughout the site and in the html code, another important aspect of attracting potential clients.

We know most clients are excited to see how many hits their new sites receive, so we install Google Analytics on every site we build.

Thanks to Michele and Randy for choosing Ambiquity for their brand new company website.

We just completed a one-page “business card” site for a new client:

Trotter Strategies, a Washington, D.C.-based firm headed by veteran lobbyist Tom Trotter, provides Congressional consulting, strategic advice, and issue advocacy. Whether it’s promoting a particular issue or trying to stop harmful legislation, Trotter’s years of experience and established relationships will help you navigate the process and achieve your legislative goals.

Our business card site package include hosting for one year. We offer customized extras that you can add to your site. In this case, we’ve linked to Trotter’s resume. We also designed his company logo and business cards.

Rick designed a new one-page site for Delta: http://singbecauseyoucare.com

The site, hosted by Palmerworks Design, is an ad for a four-day Karaoke fundraiser, “Sing Because You Care,” which raised $2655.25 for the local Wayne-Westland Corps of The Salvation Army. The event was organized and hosted by employees of Delta Air Lines and Wayne County Airport Authority.

The original art for the banner was provided by Gordie Roedeing.