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Amy
R. Frost - Senior Developer & Company Owner |
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When I started eStudio Design
in the late 90's, I knew that I was beginning
a journey with an unsure destination. The Internet
was still fairly new to most people then, and
everyone and their uncle was a self-proclaimed
'web designer'. At the time, I was working as
technical support for an ISP in Massachusetts
called 'the spa'. The job of graphic/web designer
sort of fell into my lap, and I was instantly
captivated by the power of websites and the potential
for what they could do.
Always interested in the arts and esthetics, it
was easy for me to get a handle on the graphical
end of web design. The technical part came more
slowly, as HTML and other languages evolved and
expanded. In the late 90's, websites were usually
either nice to look at without much usability,
or they were full of information but unattractive.
My hope was to develop my skills to create a clean
marriage between the two to create attractive,
functional websites that were beneficial to my
customers.
After leaving 'the spa' I returned to my home
town of Sturgis, Michigan -- an area which I felt
needed a company just like mine. By offering efficient,
affordable design to local businesses coupled
with a sense of "down to earth" relations,
my company quickly grew.
In my first two years, I had landed jobs for the
City of Sturgis, the Sturgis Chamber and the Sturgis
Hospital. Over the next 4 years, my customers
have been spread all over the US, from the East
coast to California, finding my company either
through referrals or my own online marketing.
Each website I've designed has been an invaluable
learning experience for me -- not only by learning
how to communicate with customers to understand
their needs, but also to realize the expectations
and limitations of what the web will do for them.
This has provided me the ability to speak honestly
and openly with my customers about their website
development as well as to provide options that
will work specifically for their business.
I feel very fortunate to work every day at a job
that I love, and that I've been successful at
creating a national design company that still
has small town business ethics. I look forward
to continuing to work with my valued customers
as well as the challenges that future projects
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