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Audrey is an industry leader in visual styling, with extensive experience in makeup, hair and wardrobe. Her portfolio includes national television commercials, music videos and print advertising. Her clients include politicians, entertainers, athletes, newscasters and many others who want to look their best under the glaring lights of television or in the limelight. When she met Linda as one of the guests on her show on ABC, "View from the Bay", she ended up doing a series with Linda Lee on getting started online and blogging.Shortly after Audrey enlisted Linda Lee to revamp her website and convert it into a WordPress website. Now Audrey is blogging and posting articles on a regular basis.

Banned Foods was started several years ago after the melamine crisis. No one knew where to go to find up to date information on all the food products that were banned, and the site just expanded after that. This site brings in monthly income from ad-sense. You can see a good example of ads being used, that match the topics for the most part, and also are not overly intrusive.

The owner of BD Trailers, Ken Retzloff was looking for a website that would showcase his business, tell people where he is and how to get there, and also let them fill in a contact form, since he gets many inquires about his trailers online. We helped Ken move his site off another web hosting to Askmepc-web hosting, set up all his emails for him, installed WordPress and built his site. We then trained his office help so they can update the site themselves. This is a great model for small businesses who want control over their websites.

Blackburn Advisory needed an updated website. Their website was flash based and this is not optimized for today's search engines. This is a wonderful example of a large brochure style website. We rebuilt this website using Xsite Pro. Dr. Ann Blackburn, Owner of Blackburn Advisory Services is an organizational leadership and business consultant with over 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors.

With over 30 years experience in custom home building, common interest reconstruction, water intrusion inspection and repair, interior and exterior seismic retrofitting, remodeling, building facilities and maintenance, Bob Tedrick brings every year of experience to every project. When Bob started his own company he knew he needed a website. In today's business world, your website is your calling card. This is a great example of what we call a "brochure" website. It tells your potential customers who you are, what you do, your qualifications and how to reach you. The brochure website is today's modern version of a Yellow Page ad for your company.

This site is a delightful reflection of the Boomer Grandparent who runs it. Buffie needed a site that reflected her hip and groovy boomer vibe, so we created this site to play off her logo, with the colorful menu buttons and layout. She is adding a Cafe Press store, and has really been blogging like mad. Great job!

As developer of the Break Through the Noise book and tools, Elisa Southard transformed her successful client-technique blueprint into nine chapters of stories, skills and interactive exercises to help professionals and artists be their own best advocates. Break Through the Noise didn’t take long to climb aboard the amazon.com business best seller list and capture the coveted #1 Marketing and Sales position

California Writers Club, founded in 1909, is one of the nation’s oldest professional clubs for writers. We are a 501c3 nonprofit educational corporation with eighteen branches in California. Our organization is dedicated to educating writers of all levels and disciplines in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work. The Club has more than 1,300 members. The board decided it was time to update the site and the look and called Linda Lee and Askmepc-webdesign. We moved the site to a WordPress platform to allow the end user to update and run the site and then incorporating the lovely banner artwork from one of their member into our website design really made the website sing. We have heard nothing but praise for the new site, and now they have been able to have one of their own members take over to update and run the site. This is real bonus for most non-profits when using the WordPress platform.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, California Academy of Health provides its customers with organic Therapy Juices™ as well as cutting edge nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, and natural vitamins and minerals. Priding itself on its superior customer service, California Academy of Health® (CAOH®) markets primarily to independent health food stores and alternative healthcare practitioners. CAOH came to us needing a very old WordPress blog fixed up and updated. So old in fact that there was no way to auto-update, Things like the permalinks had been set up in the default and in general it was fun to see one of the first WordPress blog sites around! CAOH has been on the Internet for over 10 years, so that is like a 100 years in "tech years." We moved hosting for them, redid the entire blog site, gave it a new design, made sure they did not lose all their permalinks, updated everything and they are thriving. Check them out for great quality products and a trusted place you can buy on the net.

We are now Castro Valley Tire Pros, and we still offer a nationwide warranty on tires and Service. Over the years we have become computerized, we do more service now, and we can be your one stop shop for most things Our crew has all worked with us five years plus & some as long as twenty years. They are very experienced at their jobs. We will still take care of all our customers who have supported us all these years with the same great service, & warranty coverage,.and we’ll welcome any new customers and strive to make Castro Valley Tire Pros the place to go when you think tires, brakes, 30, 60, and 90k services, oil changes, fluid changes, and mechanical work. So now that you know a little more about us, come by and check us out. I think you will be pleased with all the new changes.

How to Break Common Childhood Myths was developed by a mother-son teaching duo, Diane and Chad Finkbeiner. Diane has nearly forty years of classroom experience ranging from kindergarten through eighth grade and has seen just about everything kids are capable of. Chad had been a formal educator since 2006. Prior to this career change, he had been an extreme sports instructor and counselor for nearly a decade. The “How To” series of workshops was designed to help parents understand common obstacles faced during child rearing and to offer possible solutions to guide and support children of all ages. Through their combined teaching experiences, the Finkbeiners identified a critical need: children need help in becoming independent and responsible. Their ultimate goal is to offer parental guidance that will help children become productive members of our society.

As owner of Cohen Consulting Group, Inc., Mandy Cohen combines her 25 years of public accounting experience with her deep knowledge of QuickBooks and accounting systems to offer small business mentoring and exceptional QuickBooks bookkeeping and accounting services for small business owners. Mandy needed a website which offered her clients a central place to connect with her and login into some of her secure programs. Function, beauty and the ability to run and manage her own site is now what she has to help her business grow and thrive online.

Shannon Rouillard has an extensive background in collegiate golf. As a player and a coach she wanted to help others navigate the waters of securing golf scholarships. Having lived through the process herself, and then becoming a coach, she knows what is required. With years of experience she has created "The College Athletic Scholarship System". When Shannon came to Askmepc-webdesign, she was looking for website that clearly communicated to parents and students what she can do for them in this process, and also as a helpful resource for others. We think it does just that.

dear jane... is a comprehensive career advisement company dedicated to helping individuals and corporations meet their personal and financial goals in order to improve the overall quality of the global workforce. By training, coaching and educating individual workers, as well as companies, dear jane... is committed to improving human welfare, values and dignity. Rebecca Martin, CEO, wanted a total look for her company. We created her website using Xsite Pro and he blogsite on WordPress. Eye catching and packed with useful information, be sure to check her websites out.

Established in 2007 as a labor of love, Diamond Hoggers is a humorous and informative Baseball Blog written from the perspective of a former collegiate baseball player. Baseball is great because baseball is like life. Even if you got beat the day before, redemption is still only a wake-up away. If you love the game, we have a feeling you’ll love this site. When Diamond Hoggers needed to make the move off their free blogger site, they called Linda Lee. Moving a huge site like this is tricky, but we did it, and now Clint is so happy with increased SEO and traffic and he loves the new look we gave his site as well.

The Center for Integrated Health & Aesthetics is a unique healing center that provides transformation from the inside out. Dr. Banyas is pioneering a new paradigm of traditional and integrative psychiatry, preventative, age management, bio-energetic medicine (hands on healing), that put you in control of your health and quality of life. We specialize in identifying the root of your ailments and provide natural therapies that mimic the body's restorative mechanisms that heal mind, body and spirit. In the ancient Egyptian temples, the art of healing rituals, and aesthetics were combined. This Center provides a place for complete immersion in emotional and physical well being with natural supplements and energy healing as a way to re-connect to the "inner essence". In addition, affecting change on the outer level of beauty alone can naturally allow an individual to tap into his/her "essence qualities". The powerful transformative properties of healing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual combined with changes made to the outer physical appearance can bring about life changing experiences. The powerful transformative properties of healing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual combined with changes made to the outer physical appearance can bring about life changing experiences.

Author Bob Quinlan needed a website he could manage, and update and work on himself. He turned to Askmepc-webdesign after hearing Linda speak at the Northern California Publishers and Authors event about using WordPress as your platform for a website. "Earn it book, Empower Yourself for Love", This relationship book is very different from others in that it challenges the notion of unconditional love. You do not have to love somebody regardless of how they treat you. Nor does somebody have to love you regardless of what you do or don’t do to them. This book will prove that love is earned logically, physically, and emotionally. Love does have conditions. Realizing this truly empowers you to demonstrate behaviors to earn even more love. You can only control yourself. You cannot force your partner to change but you can reward them for doing so. You are allowed to receive the return on investment after you invest in your partner. Not only can you earn more love, but it is maximized when you re-earn it. You can also un-earn it.

Sasha Sabbeth is an Entrepreneur Soul Coach with 23 years experience as a personal, spiritual, and business development consultant, speaker, and trainer. Her mission is to help clients craft themselves, their business, and their world to passionately live their Soul Purpose. Sasha's signature message is: Succeed In Sync With Your Soul ™ When Sasha found Linda Lee, she really needed some help! (as she will gladly tell you.) Her website attempts and her old webmaster and hosting company was stuck in the past and this dynamic lady needed to move forward and get her message out there. We have created the website and blogsite she wanted, and her business has continued to grow and increase since we launched the new sites in 2009. Congratulations Sasha on all your hard work and choosing us to help you get there!

Linda has totally transformed my blog from blah to bodacious! I also worked with a graphics designed, Terri Dennis, who drew me in technicolor giving me a feisty 1960s branding. But it was Linda's layout that truly made the site sing. Her choice of colors and her placement design make my blog easy to read, simple to navigate, and a colorful and fun site to visit--just what I wanted. Already, my stats have jumped through the roof and I owe this to her. I'd recommend using Linda for any of your website needs. Besides being the consummate professional, she's a friendly and helpful person who'll go the extra mile to make you happy. And, as a self-confessed recovering techno-phobe (who's not all that recovered) that means a lot -Eilleen Williams, Feisty Side of Fifty

Michael Stevens, Author, has a background in high tech marketing. He knew exactly the look he wanted for a website to present his latest book, "Fortuna". An intelligent thriller which exposes the hidden world of online role-playing games. Linda Lee and Mike met, he sketched out his ideas and Linda built his site using Xsite Pro. "Fortuna the Book" was launched. I really like the whole look of the site and check out the blog we customized and installed. If you can visualize it, we can build it!

Victoria M. Johnson is an expert grant writer and she has written a book to help others learn how to write a grant. She needed a website that would help sell the book and a place where she could blog about things related to grant writing. We gave her one of our excellent author website designs, set up especially for the needs of authors. Check out her site and her new book, " Grant Writing 101".

Harlot's Sauce Radio. "The First Non Partisan Magazine on the Net" When Editor, Patrica V. Davis needed to speed up the site, spiff it up and get it running as fast as possible she enlisted Linda Lee and Askmepc-Webdesign. The challenge was great. After years of articles and several web masters, the site needed some major "retooling". Embracing the task we tackled all kinds of back-end issues, some redesign and made sure that when you click to read her latest issue, you have a smooth and delightful experience. Please visit and check it out, she has a wonderful mix of stories from a large selection of writers, and I thoroughly enjoy reading their stories and I know you will too!

Tom Hanson, Ph.d and Birgit Zacher Hanson M.S. are the authors of the best selling book, "Head's Up Performance, Who Will Do What by When? How to Improve Performance, Accountability and Trust with Integrity". Tom was using Xsite Pro to build his websites, but needed some help. That is where we came in. We have now done several websites now for Tom. We help him update, tweak, and maintain. We add new programs and back-end programs he uses to help promote his websites and keep them up to date and running smoothly , while he is able to add new articles, and make most changes himself.

Ellen H. Taliaferro, MD, FACEP, is the Project Director of the Health After Trauma project of Creekside Communications. She is an author, speaker and expert witness in the area of the medical response to intimate partner violence. "Dr T" as she is affectionately known to her friends, needed a cohesive site that her VA would be able to update for her. We build her a website using Xsite Pro, we trained her VA how to use it, and then we updated and matched her WordPress Blog site to the theme we created for the website. Her site is loaded with excellent information and gives her the platforms she was looking for.

Gregory Brown, Architect needed help building the website he needed to sell his house design plans. We used the Xsite Pro website builder platform to build this site. Greg send Linda Lee his vision for the site and she built it. Askmepc-Webdesign creates the website you envision. If you are the type who wants a totally unique, one of a kind website that you have a vision for, we can build it for you. HousePlans Designed is a perfect blend of form and function, combining the visual with the practical, so you can find a home design plan easily and buy the plans from his website.

Howard's Blinds is a professional blind maker which has serviced over 15,000 customers! They found us through the Xsite Pro Online Forum, and wanted their website design modernized and cleaned up. They already knew how to do the basics like updating pages, but the design part is more difficult. We happily re-tooled the site, updated it and streamlined it. It is a very nice site and as always, very functional. If your clients can't find what they are looking for , then you need to rethink what you are doing!

ISTITUTO ITALIANO SCUOLA (IIS) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote and spread the knowledge of Italian language and culture. IIS is the only school affiliated with the San Francisco Italian Cultural Institute and offers Italian language courses for every level, from absolute beginner to highly advanced. When they decided to update their site and their look, Askmepc-Webdesign was there. To see what their old site looked like, visit our before and after page.

Joie Seldon possesses a unique set of skills, training, and life experience that she brings to her groundbreaking work as an emotion educator, presenter, and therapeutic counselor. She hired Askmepc-Webdesign to add a WordPress blog to her existing website. We custom matched her website theme and installed WordPress and set it up for her. With our website matching, your readers will go seamlessly from your primary website to your blog and back again.

Christopher Payne, the owner of Journalstone publishing wanted to sell ebook downloads for the many books he is handling. This was a challenge to set up, since we needed to have secure downloads, a way to track everything, and 5 different file formats available for sale. You all know I love a challenge! We used DLguard database system to manage the book files and sales component and set up the site with a massive cool search feature and multiple ways to find the books, authors or publishers you are looking for. I love how the site turned out. Pop over and check it out.

When JournalStone Publishing decided to update their site, and they were running rough and slow, they called Linda Lee. Wanting a more cohesive and modern look, we redesigned the site and customized their new look using one of our favorite StudioPress themes. The site now reflects the direction the company is taking and we love it and so do they.

Laura McHale Holland, Author, needed some help with a new website look and bringing her WordPress.com site over and creating one fully functioning website that she could run herself. We finally came up with this design using Studio Press's "Going Green" theme. I created her banner header and she has been committed to blogging once a week and is doing great. We both love the brilliant purples and emerald green. Good color choices Laura. Visit Laura's website to learn about her latest book and read some her blog stories.

Patrick Schwerdtfeger is the author of “Marketing Shortcuts for the Self-Employed” (2011, Wiley & Sons, Inc.) and is a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV. He has spoken about Modern Entrepreneurship, Online Branding and the Social Media Revolution at conferences and business events around the world. Patrick has also authored “Webify Your Business – Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed” (2009) as well as “Make Yourself Useful – Marketing in the 21st Century” (2008) and has been featured by the Associated Press, National Public Radio’s Here & Now program and Authors Unscripted among others.

Matrix Precise is a leading IT consulting and technology services company working with major corporations. We didn’t get to be who we are overnight. It took years of proving ourselves on project after project. During that time, we attracted a global staff with extensive technology and industry-specific skills and expertise. And our client list of major Fortune 1000 corporations has grown as well. Matrix Precise needed a fresh professional site that would showcase their services and expertise in their fields. From logo's to customized photos and slideshow, Linda Lee pulled together a look that they loved.

N-V-Us Looks is the home you may not have known you had. Walk through the door of this hair salon and you become family, even if you've never visited before -- feel free to help yourself to a cookie, gossip with the other customers, or peruse the bookshelf. You might also be drawn to the various decor, which includes a mannequin's head sitting atop a vintage birdcage, a case of trinkets, and a chair shaped like a leopard-print stiletto. Or you can choose from an array of cosmetology and makeup services. Owner Katy Del Rio and her staff offer hairstyling, permanent makeup, massage and facials.

Paul Stein, Author,Biologist, and Statesman has just published his exciting technology thriller, "The Fourth Law". Paul soon discovered a well set up site, and multi-media is the way to go, and he hired Linda Lee to set up his site for better SEO and we did some redesigning for him, bringing a brighter and fresher look that we feel reflects the Paul Stein we got to know. Check out his website, and watch his new video trailer!

When Trini Rae decided to set up a website offering her resume writing skills and cover letters and reference letters for young people, as well as interviews and employment tips, she turned to... her mother Linda Lee. Of course she is thrilled with her website, and her service ordering list will be up soon. Trini felt like there was not enough job hunting support for young people and wanted to offer some help and support for that demographic. We love this website!

Visit Michael's blog, voted #4 on the Top Ten Agent Blogs of 2011 by Writers Digest! Michael Larsen is a literary agent and consultant to nonfiction writers. He and his partner Elizabeth Pomada are co-directors of the San Francisco Writers Conference and the San Francisco Writing for Change Conference. He is the author of the third editions of How to Write a Book Proposal and How to Get a Literary Agent, and coauthor of the second edition of Guerrilla Marketing for Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work. www.larsenpomada.com. We created this site for Michael and the SFWC. You can now enjoy all this amazing information and wisdom on a regular basis. If you are a writer, aspiring writer, or published author, or just interesting in the publishing world be sure to check it out. You will be glad you did.

The main focus of this site is to offer products and services that will train you to conduct short sales or understand them so you can outsource the various components--whether you are an investor, realtor or both. As an added bonus, take a look at the other "outside the box" marketing opportunities to help leverage your short sale business. Be sure to find out more about hosting your own radio show . Patty Burgess is a dynamo. She had bought Xsite Pro to build herself a website, but quickly decided her time would be better spent doing what she is "genius" at, which is Real Estate and training others. Wanting a fun, Jetsons vibe on her website we created the site to match her ideas. It is a fun and bright site, and offers tons of amazing information!

Still Hurting? FIND HEALTH! Discover What's Behind Your Symptoms (That Doctor's Can't Explain) by William B. Salt II, M.D. Thomas L. Hudson, M. Div., J.D. Thier book provides a comprehensive overview of the source and importance of our symptoms and provides readers with the insight and information they need to navigate the unfathomable waters of what we refer to as a healthcare system. Dr. Salt had a very specific vision for his website which he wanted built on the Xsite Pro web builder platform. He sent me the plans and I build it to his exact specifications and his design. I then created a WordPress site for them to match the primary website. If you have a vision for your website, I can create it for you.

Sweety Onion came to us badly needing a new site. Her site had been on the web since 2000, which is great, it just needed an update. We redid the website using the Xsite Pro2 platform web builder, and created a matching WordPress blog site. Sweety's founder Leighanne Kornberger is an energetic fun lady who created Sweety Onion and travels to Onion Festivals promoting Sweety Onion. A children s book will be released soon about the "Adventures of Sweet Onion". She also sells really cute products on the website.

The Con$umer Guy® shows his audiences what it takes to create retail customer appeal by getting managers and staff to think like the consumers they're supposed to be serving. Using lots of humor, Ellis gets participants to enter into the mindset of the customer. Ellis's motto is, "Whoever holds the money has the power." Askmepc-webdesign moved his website over from an older version, (which had flash, which can be a problem with today's malicious scripts). We did a WordPress conversion for him, and set everything up, so Ellis can now work on his site with ease.

Connections was founded in 1976 as a telephone answering service. The business expanded in recent years to include other business telecommunications services, and to offer high technology efficiency to clients. The company provides answering, appointment setting, receptionist and fulfillment services for clients across the country, using toll-free (800) numbers. When Connections needed a fresh modern website to show off their great services, Askmepc-webdesign were on the job. Clients can find them, learn all about them, and fill out am extensive form to get started right away. This is a great example of a website that is like a brochure but also allows the company to gather helpful information from their potential new clients and quickly sign them up for service

Georgette Pann co-owner, NutriFitness LLC , runs a mini-fitness training empire online. She does very well. She uses Xsite Pro, but was struggling with it. We have helped her with multiple websites. She is always adding new programs and products, and we are there for her all the way.

This is the 3rd redesign since 2006 for this busy, active successful chapter of the Women's National Book Association. As many non profits find, they need a system that will help them take payments online and also track membership and renewals. I installed and set up a great form builder plugin that also has the ability to incorporate paypal into your forms. This keeps a full record of all forms and keeps them in a central location where multiple people can login and view the forms. This is just one more way to make life online work for your business or non-profit organization.

I created this website to help people who use WordPress. On it I have free video tutorials and also an area where you can ask a question about WordPress. If you are using WordPress as your primary content management system, this is the place for you!

As we live and love, we sometimes get stuck, hurt and disappointed. Gerry Owen’s integrative approach helps us live better personal and spiritual lives by drawing together wisdom from psychology, history and the Five Books of Moses. Gerry’s passion for weaving connections among different wisdom paths has infused his work. He is one of the first bloggers and writers using this scientific wisdom to explore the wisdom in the Five Books of Moses. Looking at the Five Books through the lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology opens another path to healing personal pain, resolving relationship conflicts, and enhancing our spiritual lives.

Your Writing Mentor can help. As a creative professional with 25 years of extensive experience, I’ve written and edited web site copy, tag lines, columns, newsletters, brochures, ad copy, correspondence, books and booklets, portraying the stories of small businesses, individuals and non-profit organizations. I believe good writing is more than just a group of clever words, it conveys the desired outcome of every sentence. My method of persuasive storytelling combines your personal side with the professional story. Asking pertinent and precise questions about your project and anticipated goals helps me create a story, the story of your business, which will draw each reader in and inspire them to respond.

Jimmy Ng is a writer who I met at the San Francisco Writer's Conference. He knew exactly what he wanted for his website. Here is his vision for his website and the purpose. "I listened to the child within, tugging at my pant leg, urging me to write this story that I’ve fantasized for over twenty years. And as I finished revising, I realized that everything I’m interested in, including issues that I’ve had to deal with, are in this book. It’s amazing how the unconscious works in mysterious ways. How your mind can be a link to the deepest of wisdoms. Don’t let your music die with you as Dr. Dyer would say. Bruce Lee was asked about the concerns of being accepted by an American audience. He responded, “If you honestly express yourself, it doesn’t matter.”