Your here for one of two reasons I bet. one, you enjoy browsing the web and just thought you would click the link to see what happened - or, you are curious who designed the wonderful page you where just at. Am I close?
Either way, I appreciate that you took the time to browse on over. I hope you see what you are looking for.

Gimpy's Web Services
email me here

Contents:
My philosophy
My background
Website design - personal, small business or corporate
Graphic design
Website Marketing
Rates

WHO AM I
That's easy.
I am me, can't be anyone else so I settled for the best that I could get and that is I.
Seriously though. My name is Bill, my friends call me Gimpy Magoo. I am a semi-retired gimp. I work at home, while helping to raise my three children, semi-retired remember? I am an avid radio control airplane pilot and fisherman that resides in Holton Kansas. I moved here from Washington State where it was just to darn wet for me. I am a webmaster in my spare time when I am not fishing, flying, in my shop, playing ball with my kids, or doing honey do's for my lovely wife. I am the perfect web designer because I am not driven by the almighty dollar. Meaning I don't put the dollar before your satisfaction. I strive to exceed your expectations.

MY PHILOSOPHY:
I live by two rules of design and marketing when it comes to web site design. First being the "KISS" rule. "Keep It Simple Stupid". The Internet is a wonderful place with lot's of fun things to do and is very easily distracting to your typical person. This can be fun and whimsical to the average person but deadly to a corporate web site trying to make a profit. My other rule? "TOMA". This stands for "Top Of Mind Awareness". Any product that pops to mind immediately when you recognize something else is TOMA. I saw WINDOWS you think........ Microsoft eh? OK, that's pretty close to a marketing term called "Branding" also but you get the idea. TOMA applies to all aspects of web design from the choice of your domain name to how your site is presented. Any thought that your site site can create or use that requires no brain power whatsoever on the part of your customer, meaning it just flashes in there mind, is called TOMA.
Both these rules are much more involved than what I have presented in this short paragraph. In a nut shell. You have approx. 15 seconds to grab your customers attention - you better make it good.

MY BACKGROUND:
Sales, sales, sales.
23 years in sales and marketing in the inside and outside sales arena. From doing home energy audits and vacuum cleaner pedaling door to door to selling air. Yes, I said selling AIR. Trust me, it's like selling an ice machine to an Eskimo. I did it and it was fun too :)
I have worked in the radio and television advertising and production field.
I have started and owned and sold several successful retail and service based companies.
I was selling things on the Internet before the Internet WAS the Internet to the public. I have been the person on the other end of the tech support phone at your ISP and I have been the webmaster at your ISP.
I attended college, sat in class and was taught things like Computer Information Systems Management. I ended up T/A'ing within the first week.. Went for my A+ certification at the same college. Set up their network (Novell) and hooked them to the Internet while taking the class. Had to drop due to Illness. Heck I even took Cabinet Making, need a nice computer desk?
Made the Deans list and joined Phi Theta Kappa - simple stuff really but I figured it would look good on my resume- Now all I need is $2.50 and I can afford a good Latte.
My sales background combined with my computer savvy merged with my html skills mixed up with my perspective on sales and marketing makes for a wise choice on your part for your web site designer. OO, OO, Pick Me - Pick Me

WEBSITE DESIGN:
Any 12 year old can throw together a website and publish it on the Internet. Any small business owner can buy a computer hook it to the Net and write a web page about how great your product is. You'll have a great time doing it and showing it off to your friends too. In fact - I encourage you to do just that, BUT please do it with a web page/site that you wont, even remotely, be depending on for any livelihood whatsoever. Your bottom line and your reputation is at stake.
Let me ask you a question. Would you produce your own television commercial? Why not, you have a video camera.
Would you produce your own radio commercial? if not, why not - you have a tape recorder don't you?
If you answered no to the above, that's good. Besides, you have better things to do with your company than banging away on a computer. Better things to do like - making a profit.

I do this for a living. It's my livelihood, it's what I know. If you don't succeed - neither do I.

It's that simple.

GRAPHIC DESIGN:
Ok, I am good at designing and implementing an effective website. That's a gimme - there's no conceit in my family, I've got it all :)
BUT, I admit I am not the greatest at graphic design. I can do cute stuff, stuff that looks good and loads fast and stuff that you might think is wonderful but alas. I am no professional. Don't get me wrong, I am just practicing what I preach. If there is a particular graphic situation that I cant handle - I'll tell you straight up. It hasn't happened that often but it has happened. Pick up a copy of Wired Magazine or pop in the latest Plastation 2 video game - now those guys are good!
All the graphics you have seen on the site that brought you here I designed and or edited. What do you think?

WEBSITE MARKETING:
This is a tough one. By far the toughest of them all.
It starts with a site specifically designed for the type of marketing you will be doing. Many tricks are employed when designing a page that are invisible to the average browser and non professional. You must know your demographic ahead of time that you want your site to appeal to. Your site must flow and be easily navigated by your customer and at the same time mechanically appeal to the search engines.
Once you have the mechanics of your site in place then it's time to put the word out. There are dozens, if not hundreds of ways to do this.
If all this makes total sense to you then by all means do it yourself - your a natural or are well educated in marketing and site design.
By the way. The #1 answer to the #1 question is - NO, your site does NOT magically appear on Yahoo all by itself.

RATES:
Ahh, the guts of this whole idea. The point of all this rambling. The end of the story. The make it or break it point. the - oh never mind.

Basic rates - very basic
Retainer, in other words minimum charge for first time design - $200.00
Basic page, nothing fancy but very effective - $40.00 per page
(applicable to most of the work I do)
Hourly rate for installs, design and etc. - $35.00 hr
Best rate for large sites - BID email with your ideas and goals.
Install and set-up CGI or web programs for you - $25.00 and up
Host CGI for you - $10.00 month and up
Host your web site - $30.00mo. and up email for options.
(unlimited email accounts, full cgi access, full ftp, shared, virtual or regular domain hosting, much MORE)

When emailing me please be very specific in your request. Clearly state your ideas and goals. Questions like "how much to install the cgi program sperdok" will only result in more emails asking you to clarify whereby wasting your time and mine.