New Site

You’ll notice some things about our new site – let me give you the tour.

We have a new logo. We kept our quirky girls though just for you.

So much cleaner! We’ve put away the drawer full of links we had displayed on our last site so that you can really browse and view the art in our layouts easily.

We’re still working on updating our portfolio, featured projects, and sneak peeks. Stay tuned for that.

New pricing packages. This is probably the biggest change for us. We’re giving you all a choice of three ecommerce packages rather than just the one. Click here for info. We’re also posting web maintenance and marketing packages and more.

New Blog

Most of you have probably seen that our blog has been left in disrepair, collecting dust as we worked on the new design. I have to admit that I wasn’t very motivated to post anything here, knowing it was about to change for the oh-so-much-better. Trust me when I say I have plenty to share with you here and I’ll be posting much, much more regularly.

New Outlook

We over here at quirky bird are feeling like we’re at a new beginning. We’ve got a new perspective on life, our business, our relationships with our clients, and the projects we work on. We’ve got some amazing projects in the works with some truly amazing clients (as per the usual), and we’re thrilled to share them with you over the next few months as we enter into the holiday season.

Twitter-tastic!

p.s. click the picture for the full size to download.

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I know, I know, I’m a grade A slacker. But finally I have updated the sneaks! Check them out by clicking here…

btw, we’re working on some ridiculously bangin’ sites right now. Stay tuned for more new sites released and a new site spiff up.

www.imaquirkybird.com

So we get it. We know what you need. We understand that you don’t have all the answers and that you need advice. We’ve shipped products, worked with payment processors, marketed our own products. And in doing that, we’ve learned a ton. A huge bonus for you, and something you won’t find in most web designers.

2. We have the answers.

We’re here to be your go-to. To be that person that we never had when we started our ecommerce store. That’s what brings us real joy, to give you the answers you need. And if we don’t know, we’ll find out for you (we know where to look).

3. We’re smart.

Staci’s self taught, so the street smarts she’s attained help make her ridiculous at her job. Daniel has the book smarts to really help make your site efficient, effective, and awesome. We’re a good team and couldn’t do it without both brains working together. Left brain + right brain = sick websites.

4. We love you.

Truly, dear. We do. We believe in you, support you, and want to give you everything we can. We’re entrepreneurs ourselves, and we believe in helping our fellow dreamers.

5. We use Magento.

Magento is amazing. It’s not without it’s quirks (it’s still a bit of a fledgling in the software world), but we’ve crashed tested it and know how to work it out. We’re working on dozens of sites in this system and have made huge strides on this amazing system. Click here to check out Magento’s website.

6. We listen.

This is your site, we’re just here to be the medium to fulfill your dreams. We collaborate with you on design, we get inspired by what inspires you so we can come out the other end with something that represents you, your brand, your image to a tee. Tell us if something’s wrong, something’s good, something’s iffy. We’ll work it out.

7. It’s all included.

We don’t believe in hidden fees or charges. For the most part, everything that you could possibly need is included in our web package. You get 5 marketing material designs, 3 web banners, newsletter templates, customized invoices — on TOP of all of the art that we’ll be doing for your logo, brand, and layouts. You can’t beat that.

8. It’s totally original.

We really believe that you’re our inspiration. We want to climb into your brain and understand what you love, what inspires you, why you’re running or starting your business. We use that to come up with fresh, innovative art for your project.

9. We teach you.

April pretty much exists to help you learn your shopping cart system. On average, you’ll receive 8-10 hours of phone tutorials and email support will continue as long as you have questions. And it’s all included in the cost.

10. We know SEO.

We help you do everything possible to optimize your site for search engines. We teach you how google works, how to choose proper keywords and meta information, and how to write good content. You can hire us to do it too, but most people, once we give them the tools, can do it on their own. Either way, we know loads about it and we love to share. Our mom’s taught us well.

11. We’re see through.

No sneaky sneaky over here. We believe in giving you everything you need and not nickel and diming you after the fact. We’ll never do work for you without discussing your options so that you can make the right choice for your business, and give you multiple price options, from the festiva option to the cadillac. We’ll never do work and then just bill you. And it’s important to us that when you hire us, we know what you expect. Tell us what you need and we’ll work with you to make it happen.

12. We give killer customer service.

You are super important to us. We believe in you and we believe in what we do. And because of that, we commit to you. So whatever you need, whenever you need it, just let us know and we’ll be there for you.

13. We have fun. (and so should you)

We’re laid back, fun loving people. Jokesters even. So it makes our projects enjoyable. We want you to enjoy this, we want you to have a great time and love what we do for you.

14. We’re talkers.

And we want you to talk to us. We know when we need redirection and can help you focus what you’re looking for. And Staci will talk the paint off a wall so even if you want to chit chat or brainstorm about your packaging, she’s sure to be pumped to talk about it.

15. We’re creative.

Big imaginations help in this department. There’s a story behind every one of our designs. Projects grow. They evolve. And in the end it’s usually super fresh.

16. We’re unique.

The combination of our ecommerce experience, business experience, and creative graphics helps produce sites like you haven’t seen before.

17. We’re organized.

We walk you step by step through the process with check lists, milestones, to do’s. You’ll have a project manager to help keep you on track for launching your site. We know that this can be stressful for our clients, so we do everything we can to oragnize and simplify it for you.

18. We want you to succeed.

To know we’ve been part of your success is unbelievably gratifying. We believe in you. We lift you up. We want you to make a million dollars. It makes us happy.

19. We’re givers.

With all of the experience we have under our belt, and for you to be successful, we share all the nuggets of knowledge with you that we can. It’s hard to find answers from the industry, but we’re in the beltway so we can help bring you in by sharing what we’ve learned.

20. We’re equals.

We know a lot, and we’re here to teach you. We have much respect for you and what you do. We’ll always be fair with our time and our services.

21. We’re genuine.

It’s legit. Call and talk to us, you’ll see.