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Killerwebs Design Launched New Site Design September 13, 2012

An Affair of the Heart, the documentary featuring the special relationship rocker Rick Springfield has with his most ardent fans heads back on the Film Festival circuit in late September with stops in Milwaukee, Boston, Minneapolis and Bend, OR. The most exciting news is the film will have an exclusive theatrical release in New York City the week of October 10-16 to coincide with the release of Springfield’s newest album “Songs for the End of the World” which hits retail outlets and online music sites, such as iTunes on October 9th. Click here for more info about the new album.

In preparation for this increased exposure, Killerwebs Design cranked out a new look to the An Affair of the Heart website in less than 24 hours. Yellow Rick Road Productions requested a simplified design with improved user interface. The front end of the site features a simple static site to make it easy for the every day user to find information about the film. Killerwebs Design also designed the “fan section” of the site which is accessible when one clicks on the Follow the Yellow Rick Road road sign. This section is a more complex database driven website featuring subscriber management, e-newsletter capabilities and frequently updated news exclusive to paying subscribers.

Whatever you do....DO NOT freak out!

In this current economy, it’s hard to keep a business afloat let alone hire the good people it takes to keep it that way. And you can’t have a successful company without proper marketing. This means, you need a website, you need business cards, you need stationery, you need marketing collateral…YOU NEED A MARKETING DEPARTMENT. But you can’t have a marketing department without a head of marketing. And then the head of marketing needs to have a graphic designer…and a web designer…and a copy writer. How on earth could you afford that?!

So, I ask you…what’s it worth to you?

Killerwebs Design is proficient in graphic design….web design….photography…writing…Killerwebs Design has run advertising campaigns..has launched full/operational websites in less than a week and can turn around custom designed marketing collateral so fast it will make your head spin and your competitors green with envy. But…you can’t afford the salaries of the a graphic designer.. a web designer … a photographer …let alone a marketing manager.

Introducing the $150/month Virtual Marketing Department package. For $150/month you can retain the services of Killerwebs Design for all of your marketing needs up to 5 hours per month. My usual fee is $50/hour. So not only is this a great discount for 5 hours worth of work but you will be getting the experience of  FOUR separate employees at your disposal for a very competitive price.

What does this mean?

Killerwebs Design will bill you monthly for $150 (due Net10). Each month you are allotted 5 hours of work to use as you wish. Do you need a website design? Do you need an advertisement designed? Pictures taken? Your website updated? Do you need someone to Tweet for you or update your Facebook status? How you use your 5 hours is up to you so long as it falls into my area of expertise.

Contact me today to discuss your needs. You will be on your way to marketing your business as if you had a full marketing department on staff!

In the midst of all this, it occurred to me that of all the years that I have been a website designer, that I have never done a fan site for Rick Springfield. While I do this for a living, I also have been known to create websites just for the fun of it. And this idea of mine was certainly for THE FUN OF IT – an impulsive decision that was born in December 2011. I call it a labor of love. It’s something that is currently evolving but ultimately my goal is to one day have this site be THE place for Rick Springfield fans to go to share their stories, their photos and their experiences with each other. The one thing that I have learned the past 9 months is that the Rick Springfield fan community is a pretty extraordinary group of people who not only love their favorite rock star but have a genuine compassion for each other. I invite you to visit the website – www.weloverickspringfield.com and take a look at the the fun going on over there. And if you’re on Facebook, please be sure to stop by the page and LIKE it!

The gallery below features customized original photography and graphic design for the We Love Rick Springfield website. As Rick visits each town on his tour, I commemorate the tour stop with a new “poster”. These posters are shared on show day on the Facebook page and are kept in a gallery on the website. I share them here to demonstrate my photographic and graphic design skills. I do NOT offer these for sale. They are created merely for the enjoyment of Rick Springfield fans everywhere. Enjoy!

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Play poster created for client in 2011

One of the most important elements of marketing is the visual impact you give your clients. You need business cards, signage and in many cases, brochures and manuals. But where do you begin? Your business is small. You don’t have your own design team and your budget is low to non-existant for marketing! Killerwebs Design can not only design your marketing collateral but get it printed and shipped directly to you. Please contact me and let me know your needs and I will be happy to provide you with a quote for the cost of design plus the cost of printing and shipping your item(s) to you.

Check out samples of my design work:

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Keeping up with Social Media is a full time job. There are many business who hire individuals to market just on these sites. Yep. Can you imagine getting hired to play on Facebook and Twitter all day? Talk about a sweet job! But it’s not all sunshine and roses. The hard part is getting your name out there, getting people to follow you and most of all getting them to watch what it is that you have to say and what you have to offer.

I have been on social media longer than it’s been called Social Media. When I started designing websites in 1995, “social media” came in the form of message boards. You looked for a topic that interested you and then you’d talk about it. You never know who you’ll “run into” in these places or who your message will reach. Personally, I actually met my husband in an online chat room in 1995. We were pioneers of the online singles dating scene!  So, with that being said, I’ve been at this a while.

I know how to administer Facebook pages and I know how to tweet. I know how to make my Facebook pages talk to Twitter and I know how to make Twitter talk to Facebook. Wait. What? Did I lose you? If you think you need to be on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. but don’t know how, contact me. I’ll get you started. I’ll guide you and if you don’t have time to fuss with it but want it anyway, I will run it for you. See? That wasn’t so hard? Was it?

Facebook Pages that I administer:

• Tanzania: The Movie
• Yellow Rick Road
• Dominic Zamprogna
• We Love Rick Springfield
• David Lee Murphy

Well, one logo can’t. The circles and color in the logo and the chaos in which they are arranged represent the many things that I do – juggling with LOTS of balls up in the air. The film strip? Well, that’s the obvious part! I wanted something brighter and happier. And I think I accomplished that goal with this new logo:

Killerwebs Design unveils new logo - April, 4, 2012