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		<title>Feedback From A Recent Client</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I had a ton of ideas, but had no clue what to do with them.&#8221;
A lot of clients can understand this!
I have enjoyed working on this project with Michaela:

Her feedback is great too!
&#8220;I would like to thank you for designing my blog and giving me a professional looking site.  Before I hired you I tried [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><em>&#8220;I had a ton of ideas, but had no clue what to do with them.&#8221;</em></h2>
<p>A lot of clients can understand this!</p>
<p>I have enjoyed working on this project with Michaela:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/self-bosser-header-testimony.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-172" title="self-bosser-header-testimony" src="http://www.freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/self-bosser-header-testimony.jpg" alt="" width="585" height="100" /></a></p>
<p>Her feedback is great too!</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I would like to thank you for designing my blog and giving me a professional looking site.  Before I hired you I tried to create my own blog, but truth be told, I just did not have the experience and insight that you brought to the table.  I had a ton of ideas, but had no clue what to do with them.  You helped me weed through all of those ideas and created a professional looking blog that reflects where I&#8217;m going with my business.  You offered great advice for what works and what doesn&#8217;t and I learned a lot from working with you.  I now feel more confident about directing people to my site and am excited to start building an online presence.  Thank you again for your help.&#8221;</em> &#8211; Michaela Sibanda, SelfBosser.com</p></blockquote>
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		<title>The Promise of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freshnets is celebrating another great year in business and we are looking forward to everything 2010 has to bring.
This blog has been quiet but business has been anything but!  We&#8217;ve helped build and improve websites for so many great home business and small business owners that we haven&#8217;t had time to keep our client gallery [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Freshnets is celebrating another great year in business and we are looking forward to everything 2010 has to bring.</p>
<p>This blog has been quiet but business has been anything but!  We&#8217;ve helped build and improve websites for so many great home business and small business owners that we haven&#8217;t had time to keep our <a href="http://www.freshnets.com/about/client-gallery/">client gallery</a> up to date, but we did add a few new sites this week and will try to to better in the future.  (We need to set a good example, right?)</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re thinking about updating your website soon, why not give us a call to claim a free twenty minute consult?  Ask us questions and find out how we can help you achieve more of your business goals this year.</p>
<p>The number to call is 517-376-3247.  If we&#8217;re not here, go ahead and leave us a voicemail &#8211; we promise to call back.</p>
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		<title>Merging a Site with a Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beth Jones had a site she had a difficult time working with and a Blogger blog with a look that she liked quite a bit.  She came to Freshnets on the advice of a respected mentor with a goal of merging these two sites together into one Wordpress site.
We got Beth set up on MomWebs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright" src="http://freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bethjones-300x221.jpg" alt="" />Beth Jones had a site she had a difficult time working with and a Blogger blog with a look that she liked quite a bit.  She came to Freshnets on the advice of a respected mentor with a goal of merging these two sites together into one Wordpress site.</p>
<p>We got Beth set up on <a href="http://www.momwebs.com" target="_blank">MomWebs hosting</a>,  installed Wordpress, pulled her content from the old hosting and imported her Blogger content. The only burp along the way that we experienced involved all of her blogger hosted images.  They ended up slightly enlarged on her new Wordpress site &#8211; which mean we had to do some manual fixing on that.</p>
<p>We adapted her Blogger design to her new Wordpress theme, keeping the look she liked and giving her a layout that features her most recent podcast and blog posts on the home page along with a personal greeting that she can easily change anytime she likes.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bethjones.net" target="_blank">Check out her new site.</a></p>
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		<title>Swirly Fun on a Blog Header</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our client wanted something light and airy with images from the English kitchen and outdoors.  We delivered!

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our client wanted something light and airy with images from the English kitchen and outdoors.  We delivered!</p>
<p><a href="http://freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/header-wellie.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-99" title="header-wellie" src="http://freshnets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/header-wellie.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="76" /></a></p>
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		<title>Site Builder Header Adaptation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our newest clients needed to adapt the generic header graphic that came with their site builder template.  She wanted something fresh and we delivered  

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of our newest clients needed to adapt the generic header graphic that came with their site builder template.  She wanted something fresh and we delivered <img src='http://www.freshnets.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Study Points to Importance of Local Business Websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another great article that points to the importance of having a local business website and being findable via Search Engines.
I think the trends are great news &#8211; especially considering how expensive it is to place an ad in the Yellow Pages  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yet <a href="http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2008/12/not-just-the-yellow-pages-anymore-how-people-find-local-businesses.html/" target="_blank">another great article</a> that points to the importance of having a local business website and being findable via Search Engines.</p>
<p>I think the trends are great news &#8211; especially considering how expensive it is to place an ad in the Yellow Pages <img src='http://www.freshnets.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>A Fresh New Look for a Life Coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have just completed a project for Life Coach Aurelia Williams.  She had a website built using SHMTL which is awkward to update and not easy for Aurelia to take care of.  Since we moved her podcast program from HTML to Wordpress the past spring, she has been anxious to see what we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have just completed a project for <a href="http://reallifecoaching.net" target="_blank">Life Coach Aurelia Williams</a>.  She had a website built using SHMTL which is awkward to update and not easy for Aurelia to take care of.  Since we moved her podcast program from HTML to Wordpress the past spring, she has been anxious to see what we could do with this site.</p>
<p>We kept her existing logo which is quite sharp looking and not at all dated in our opinion.  We built the new website look around the logo and brought in warmer colors overall. Using the Revolution Magazine Theme, we created a site with clean lines and a professional look.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-40" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="reallifecoaching" src="http://freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/reallifecoaching.jpg" alt="" width="405" height="378" /></p>
<p>We moved all of her existing content into Wordpress and set up permanent redirects so that the old pages point to the new pages.</p>
<p>In addition to her Coaching Practice, Aurelia has written an eBook entitled Journey to Joy.  Since this ebook appears on her sidebar, we decided to give that a fresh look as well.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-41" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="reallifecoaching2" src="http://freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/reallifecoaching2.jpg" alt="" width="343" height="365" /></p>
<p>This was a very enjoyable project to work on.  Aurelia is a beautiful person with a great desire to help others.  Now she has an updated web presence that will help her reach more of the people who need her encouragement and support.</p>
<p>Lastly, we provided Aurelia with some new graphics to use to promote her website and ebook.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-42" title="journey-banner" src="http://freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/journey-banner.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="60" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-43" title="journey-to-joy-square" src="http://freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/journey-to-joy-square.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-44" title="journey-to-joy-sm" src="http://freshnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/journey-to-joy-sm.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="163" /></p>
<p>FreshNets would love to help you update your existing website.  Contact us for a free 20 minutes consultation: 517-376-3247</p>
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		<title>Boost eBay Traffic with a Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We customized a free Wordpress theme for eBay Mom, Jenn Cangelosi.

When Jenn started blogging about her auctions she saw an increase in traffic to her eBay Store &#8211; both from the blog and from Google.

Following our advice, Jenn has written blog posts that include descriptive text and pictures of the auction and store items she [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We customized a free Wordpress theme for eBay Mom, Jenn Cangelosi.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-32" title="bbalerts" src="http://freshnets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bbalerts.jpg" alt="" width="384" height="105" /></p>
<p>When Jenn started <a href="http://bbalerts.com" target="_blank">blogging about her auctions</a> she saw an increase in traffic to her eBay Store &#8211; both from the blog <em>and from Google.<br />
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<p>Following our advice, Jenn has written blog posts that include descriptive text and pictures of the auction and store items she wants to highlight.  She created links on her side bar from the blog to the individual categories of her eBay store so that visitors could easily browse &#8216;what else&#8217; she had to offer.</p>
<p>Jenn is enthusiastic about her results so far and has even done some interesting tests where she paused her product blogging for two weeks to see what changed. Sure enough, traffic slowed back down. The lesson is clear &#8211; keep on blogging!</p>
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		<title>Recent Client Praises</title>
		<link>http://www.freshnets.com/2008/recent-client-praises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working with Kelly McCausey and her team has turned out to be one of the best business decisions I&#8217;ve made as a successful business owner.  In a recent HTML to Wordpress conversion, all through the process Kelly was there to consult with me as to what the changes would be. With the help of Kelly, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Working with Kelly McCausey and her team has turned out to be one of the best business decisions I&#8217;ve made as a successful business owner.  In a recent HTML to Wordpress conversion, all through the process Kelly was there to consult with me as to what the changes would be. With the help of Kelly, my site and traffic has grown.  I would recommend Kelly and her services to anyone who is looking to make the move from an HTML site over to a WP site.  Her guidance, professionalism and her caring for a job well done always shines through.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: right;">Aurelia Williams, ParentingMyTeen.com</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Kelly has not only created a beautiful home for my blog, but she could see a much bigger picture and was able to guide me in the direction of developing something I&#8217;ve always wanted. Kelly is a professional like no other. All I can say is with Kelly directing it all, you can sit back and feel a big sense of relief. Thanks for creating my site, it&#8217;s something that will surely grow with me.</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">Vera Raposo, ScrappersTalkRadio.com</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">When I needed a blog facelift recently, I looked to Kelly. She not only set me up with the look I wanted but also had valuable information for my marketing and earning efforts as well. Kelly has always been a source of great coaching and results oriented information!</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">Carrie Lauth, NaturalMomsTalkRadio.com/blog</p>
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<blockquote><p>I absolutely loved working with Kelly!  She did a wonderful job of asking questions to create a Header that is perfect for my site.  If I ever need graphics done for my site again, she will be the one I call!  Thanks so much, Kelly, for giving me such a wonderful header.  It makes my site come together perfectly and has created the &#8220;environment&#8221; I was hoping for.  Not to mention all the time and headache you saved me if I would have tried it myself &#8211; and I KNOW I would never had been able to create anything so beautiful!  It is WELL worth every penny, if fact, it&#8217;s a HUGE bargain!</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: right;">- Kimberly Ehlers</p>
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		<title>Wordpress as a Content Management System</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Wordpress is used most often to create a blog &#8211; but it is not at all limited to bloggers. Wordpress is an amazing Content Management System and with so many awesome premium themes available these days it&#8217;s easier than ever to create a great look and manage large amounts of content.
I have worked extensively [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Wordpress is used most often to create a blog &#8211; but it is not at all limited to bloggers. Wordpress is an amazing Content Management System and with so many awesome premium themes available these days it&#8217;s easier than ever to create a great look and manage large amounts of content.</p>
<p>I have worked extensively with the <a href="http://kellymccausey.com/revo" target="_blank">Revolution Themes</a> lately and I love it.  It&#8217;s flexible and the code is dreamy to work with. This site is built with Revolution Pro Business.</p>
<p>A new premium theme I&#8217;m hungry to work with is the <a href="http://www.kellymccausey.com/wpremix" target="_blank">WP Remix</a>.  It promises to be the &#8216;only&#8217; wordpress theme you&#8217;ll ever need for all of your projects.</p>
<p>Do you have a content site you want to move from HTML to Wordpress?  Freshnets would love to help you with the process!</p>
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