Steve Rucinski

One of the things I have discovered over the last few weeks is that I have learned over the past few years how to strategize, plan and build websites.

I started off doing it for myself and then sometimes for others and now I am doing a few websites as an income providing step on the journey to my next career adventure.

As it turns out I am pretty good at using WordPress as the CMS and know a good bit about design, SEO and user interfaces that help insure the sites I am building will be effective for their owners.

Here is a link and sample image of one of my first websites which I sold a few years ago to the small business maven Anita Campbell. www.smbceo.com

I started this site in 2004 when I had my own consulting business, blogging was just picking up in popularity and Anita (a great mentor of mine) encouraged me to give it a try.

The experience of writing was great AND I made a world of new connections around the world.

Today Staci Wood is the editor and works alongside Anita in helping the site continue to grow and serve its audience.

I use url www.stevesplayground.com for test and development of the various websites I am working on.

Right now I am working on a new site for Youngstowngranite.net (see current site).

We are looking to make it much more visually appealing as consumers of granite products care all about how it looks, not just slabs but installed.

The website when completed will serve to help the consumer see the various granite looks, edge types and installation choices all through the use of image sliders and different lightbox technologies.

Ok just one more, I built this site about 18 months ago for my church, St. Paul’s Episcopal in Medina, OH.

Our church has a huge collection of content, missions and schedules to communicate and also the user population tends to be a little older so we wanted visually appealing and rich for new visitors combined with a simple way of sharing today’s pertinent info for current members.

In reality the key challenge on this site is content related as there are at least 25 different sources of information about the various aspects of the church.

I guess like most personal posts this one is part reflection and part commercial.

If you or your organization are looking for a new website, want to possibly save some money on the project and don’t have mission critical deadlines then maybe I can help.

Feel free to get in touch through the Contact Me link above.