August Updates for esearing creative
August was a busy month for eSearing Creative, even though I tried to take a month off to revitalize. There were some new sites created, some old clients packed it in, and a couple of personal projects stalled or died.
I continued my quest to enter site development contests at sitepoint.com and managed to win one for a UK mortgage company. The contest was hosted by okapixel.com who implemented the design I came up with. You can view the site when it is complete at mortgagesUKwide.co.uk. I also entered a few contests but was beat out by some very clever designs.
I also helped host a logo design contest at sitepoint for one of my clients. That was a lot of fun seeing what other designers could come up with for a logo involving bananas and cigars. More on the site being developed in a future post.
HauteAdornment decided not to renew thier website. My design for their site was the launch of the swish style that I incorporated into other sites at a later time.
I ended a two year project for biz-story.com. Neither Kia, my co-writer, nor I had time to support the project any longer and it was not yielding any revenue. It was an experiment focused on promoting small businesses, monetised by ads and affiliate programs. We may have broken even over the two years.
I began a new personal project for my daughter, building an amazon store and general site for her. The goal is to put the store proceeds toward her college savings, or at least keep up with her shoe purchases. Should be released in September.
I am looking to expand my 9-5 career as well. Hoping to find just the right position that utilizes my web development skills and reporting systems expertise.
Life is good, though the summer was more expensive than planned. So feel free to send some business my way to help me recover. Wishing all my readers the best.
eSearing.