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An out-of-date website was costing them contracts, as many potential clients would check the website before making a personal contact. Kallen Web Design worked closely with their project managers to design and create an informative, professional website that prominently features photos of the multi-million dollar projects they've completed. Their lead project manager says, "" |
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For less than the cost of mailing out catalogs for one season, Kallen Web Design created an amazing ecommerce site - showing off their beautiful gladiolus through incredible photos and expanding lightboxes. It includes easy online ordering as well, taking credit cards & paypal, and offering mail & fax ordering. Their business manager says, "" -Jenny Meier |
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In a matter of weeks, working with the Japanese management and their VP of Marketing, Kallen Web Design created a search engine optimized site which gets their services half-sold before the first conversation with a potential client. "" -Scott Brown, VP Marketing |
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After seeing the site we did for one distributor rocket to the top of google and bring in thousands of dollars of business, the owners of the Chicagoland distributor, Midwest Hydrotech, asked us to create a money making website for them as well. The CEO showed us what sites he liked, and we built a vibrant website that is climbing to the first page of google and really making the phone ring with inquiries. "" -Mike Carney, CEO |
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Kathleen created an attractive site and the owners worked with Hugh to as he built in the marketing focused content and optimized the site for great search engine results. "" -Dale Hubbard, CEO |
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Their website was out-of-date looking and hard to update. Kallen Web Design created a beautiful, marketing-focused website that really shows how much fun the museum is for families, veterans and boy scouts. "" -Denise Herzhaft, Office Manager |
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An integral part of their marketing plan was a very compelling website which would also rank high on Google for "Wildcat Hydrogen Booster". In two weeks they rose to the first page of google for these important searches. Our programmers also created an online program to calculate the savings from installing their hydrogen booster system. |
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Their site was finally looking dated, so they asked us for a complete redesign. Their new site is very current and showcases the unique design aspects of their services - bringing in more business! Very pleased, they wrote: "" |
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The site we created looks professional, gets lots of search engine traffic, and emphasizes calling for more info so they can sell their services. "" -Mike Bohlman, Owner |
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Their website was not marketing focused. It was out of date and did not reflect the quality of the company. Working with the CEO and staff, we created a site that brings in new business. It is the top hit on google for commercial roofing related searches. And it focuses the potential customer on their quality, integrity, value and fast service. " " |
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After two previous unsatisfactory sites, they came to us for the last website they will ever need. Their new site is beautiful, marketing focused, and regularly attracts new clients. It is a top hit on the search engines nationally for the searches that bring in new clients. Their founder writes: "" |
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They were extremely pleased with the site we made for High School math teachers, and contracted with us to create a new site for teachers at the elementary school level. They specified that the site would have a youthful appearance attractive to primary school students and teachers. Connie Doorlag, Western Michigan University's Associate Director of Mathematics Grant Projects says: "" |
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His company, VIDA Sciences, helps life sciences companies increase market share, improve efficiencies and take quality to a new level. Most of their clients come through industry relationships but VIDA Sciences needed an appealing and professional website so potential clients would understand their specialized services and be able to easily contact them. CEO and Founder Bill Harrison says: "" |
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The site reflects their commitment as a large company to personal service, quality products, and great value. Their CFO writes: "" |
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They needed a website to explain their purpose and also to make the training modules available online. Our experience with University websites allowed us to quickly create a site that exceeded their expectations. They wrote: "" |
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The company has grown but their old website was outdated and did not show the quality or strength of their organization. Working with their busy schedule, Kallen Web Design put together this fantastic site which is doing great on the search engines and really makes the phone ring. Win-Win for everyone! "" |
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They wanted their website to draw in families who are looking for enjoyable outings. Between top hits on Google for searches like "u-pick apples Kalamazoo" and the fun, unique design, this site is really bringing in customers! A note from the owner: "" |
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Utilizing some corporate graphics as well as many created by our designer, their new website ties in with their national advertising. It is bringing in new contacts and new business, another very satisfied Kallen Web Design client! They report "" |
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Their old website was not scoring well against cheap, low quality foreign chuck manufacturers. Their new website catalog is search engine optimized to bring in new business from companies searching for any of their products. We received a nice note from the owners: |
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They wanted a clean, uncluttered website that was easy to navigate and explained their main selling points right up front. They gave us this for you: |
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Owner and R.N. Jean Wagoner needed a quality website that gets great google hits, tells their story quickly, and makes the phone ring with inquiries. We incorporated their existing TV spots to quickly give their message to every visitor. She says "" |
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The site is first page of google for Michigan auto glass repair related searches - the design then leads people to quickly call or click to schedule their repair. We included their video TV Ad on the homepage - it really enhances the message. They sent this note for you to read: |
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Their new site highlights their most interesting inventory, and is updated frequently. The site also reflects the high quality of their shop - elegant but straightforward. Business has greatly increased due to potential customers finding the store on google and being able to view the inventory online. Another winning site! |
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The Business owner sent us this note to share with you: |
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Beyond an attractive website for the public, they need to post internal schedules so that certain logged in groups (Doctors or Nurses for example) will see only the documents related to their group. |
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They sent us this note to give to future clients: "" |
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The organizers of this non-profit exhibit contacted us to create a special website promoting the exhibit's stay in West Michigan. The organizers then modified our original design, so we put this site online for our portfolio visitors and to provide free publicity for this non-profit organization. |
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The site is maintained by the church. It is attractive to visitors and helpful to members. |
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Working closely with the company owner, we put together a site which we all feel is as good or better than the Roto-Rooter corporate HQ site, for a fraction of the cost! The site urges visitors to set an appointment for service, really bringing in more business! More than three years after going live, the owner wrote us to say: |
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They desired a high quality website that would be informational to potential clients as well as for accounting professionals looking for career opportunities. They also wanted their site to bring in more business through great search engine results. They are very pleased with the new website, and how easy the process was for them. |
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Working with our designer, they chose to go with a minimalist approach, putting primary emphasis on photos from their project portfolio. The CEO offered many sincere compliments: "" |
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Their website brings in new clients, expresses their professionalism and showcases the numerous organizations they have helped. "" |
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We worked with a prominent advertising agency to determine what kind of image they would optimally want to project. Their demographic is women in their 40's+, and the colors and layout are designed to appeal to this group. The result is a site that draws much new business to their 19 stores in three states. |
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When they brought two Big Rapids student luxury apartment complexes on-board, they asked us to create a two-complex website. The vision for the site is to say "youthful, fun, student oriented, luxurious, and safe". The site features online maintenance requests and a link to a "pay your rent online" service. |
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In two weeks start to finish, Kallen Web Design created an attractive, professional website that is a top hit on google nationally for his keywords! The CEO sent us a note that honestly echo's all our clients: “" |
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Working entirely via phone and email, we passed design options by them and they chose the one that reflected their company persona best. Using their content (logo, words and photos), we created a site which demonstrates their quality and is easy to navigate. We also modified a demo video they had, resizing it for viewing by customers with either slow or fast internet, and made it available on their site. |
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Total time from receiving their words and pictures to the completed site was about 10 days. "" -Susan Molenaar, RN, Executive Director |
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We discussed this with their webmaster, and then, on our own time, learned the in's and out's of the content management system. Kathleen then created some colorful and creative web code which works perfectly within their system! All the staff is very pleased! |
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The site has excellent search engine placement (as do all of our sites), and we also include a free hit tracker so our clients can tell how visitors find their site. She reports getting numerous inquiries every week from clients who find her through Google, Yahoo and MSN Live search engines. |
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Within a few weeks of going live with this site, all their properties were fully rented! |
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As a smaller program, they did not have much funding. Still we were able to work within their limited budget to create a really terrific website! The site includes everything needed for the faculty members to do updates on their own. Another win-win for our client and Kallen Web Design! |
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After one week of working together we delivered a redesign that reflects the artistic beauty of their unique merchandise. Unfortunately the company has gone out of business so the site you see is an archive of the original. |
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All of their gigs were from referrals, so their web site's new first page search engine results has really boosted their contacts. Their site reflects their professionalism and the high quality of their performances. They are very pleased with the site and the increase in their bookings that come through the site! |
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Getting to know their business and their staff, we put together a terrific web site that is bringing in more contacts and more business. They tell us they are simply amazed - they receive compliments on and business from their site every week! |
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Sticking with WMU's standard template, Kathleen helped them design the site to be easy to use for K-12 age children and also for teachers needing curriculum materials. Kathleen also gave the Program Director training for doing most website updates! |
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Note that Student Interns have modified the site since it was completed. The link and image to the left will take you to a recreation of our original site. |
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We consulted with her to determine what style and themes best reflected her business and created a site to reflect her personality and preferences. Within a matter of a few weeks from start to finish, the site was bringing in new clients and new business! |
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This site is search engine optimized so that people looking for lawn services will quickly find the company and then be impressed by the variety and quality of services they offer. They report more contacts and more business thanks to their professional website with its excellent google ranking for their keywords! |
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However their website did not reflect the quality and professionalism of their program. The content (words, pdf files, other documents) was fine - but the site layout was not up to their professional standards (below left).
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Before: The Department Director is very pleased with the process and the results! |
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Working with their photos and tastes, we put together a great masthead and color scheme. In only a few weeks time, their web presence went from embarrassing to fantastic! They have been so pleased they worked with us to develop another website for them as well. If you treat people right your business will naturally grow. |
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We then trained departmental staff so they could keep the site up-to-date without requiring regular assistance from Kallen Web Design. |
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He desired a very straightforward, professional site without unnecessary graphics. He supplied the content (text) and we did the rest. It is now a top hit on the search engines for his keywords! In 2008 we did a - beautiful and inexpensive complete site redo to promote his new novel. |
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The site has since been modified quite a lot by students and staff. It has evolved into something different from what we originally created for them so we removed the live link. |
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Every property page contains a slide show so potential customers can see many photos of each cottage. There is also a link to a "specials" page, which they regularly update without any assistance. |
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This site encourages visitors to pick up the phone to make an appointment. He receives more contacts and more business because of his terrific website which is very highly ranked on google. This link is no longer live due to management changes at the Dentist Office. |
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The site then leads them to amazon.com where they can purchase his book. Note that we also used his photos and text to create the book cover for publication. |
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This educational site contains an easily updated calendar, downloadable forms, a photo and video gallery, podcasts, and other helpful "content". The site was redone by the current director in 2009, so this is no longer a live link. |
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The design objective for this employee recognition program at Western Michigan University was to create a look and feel that was fun and professional. We created animated buttons and incorporated a variation of the WMU logo. The site is crisp and clean and easy to navigate. |
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The owners of this site, a Michigan biotech startup, needed a professional and informative
site for marketing their company.
We incorporated their logo and color scheme, then finished the site by adding a simple but compelling Flash banner. Recently the site was absorbed into the West Michigan Innovation Center site, so this is no longer a live link. |
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We created a masthead based on the agency's theme of reconciliation. The site was required to be redone by WMU staff to be "more standard" in 2009, so this is no longer a live link. |
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This client needed a professional web site to refer their clients to for forms, coverage information, and the pricing of their services. Instead of using office resources to send faxes and answer basic questions, they can now refer their customer inquiries right to their web site - saving them time and money! |
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Later, due to changes in their organization, the Detroit branch was eliminated. The link and image to the left will take you to a recreation of our original site. |
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Like many Kallen Web Design sites, this site is designed so that our client can do updates themselves. |
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The yarn company has long since taken over the maintenance of this site and made many changes. This is merely an archive. We keep it in our portfolio even though it does not reflect our current level of professional work, but it does show a simple text masthead, colorful, clean graphics and an emphasis on the class schedule, address and store hours. And it brings back happy memories. |
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This university department badly needed an updated site. After meeting with a group of five representatives from the
department, we integrated their ideas into our design. We used some of their graphics and
found many others to add to their theme.
We also created links to Amazon.com so students could purchase books and the department would get a small commission.
This
prominent dental office needed an upbeat but professional site to market his services to local university students.
Students (and most people under 35) search Google before ever picking
up the yellow pages.
in 2006, Kathleen, our owner and designer, directed a grant-funded program at Western Michigan University. The program needed a way to
communicate to prospective and existing students and faculty.
We collected this Western Michigan University organization's existing materials (brochures, logos, posters, PowerPoint
presentation), sketched out a site structure and discussed the owner's goals and target
audience. 
