Portfolio
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/23b0459f-a943-4487-8234-247ed230c5d5.jpg "Toulmin Cabinetry & Design has been a client for over three years. Jay Young, the owner of Toulmin, requested a Squarespace website redesign, blog article writing, blog RSS to email publishing and a set of marketing automation campaigns designed to convert visitors to leads and nurture them through targeted emails until they became clients. We also search engine optimized the site to attract local prospects. In 2018 we built a new website for them using a wall layout homepage gallery. They have us update the gallery when new projects are completed. Large full-bleed photographs enable details and consequently the quality of the build to be seen. Website Design Features - Wall Layout Homepage Gallery Linked To Projects - Project Navigation Links On Portfolio Pages - Multi-Tier Project Portfolio Galleries - Emphasis on Community Involvement - Residential Construction Finance Page - Built on the Squarespace Brine Template")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/77/7776/777660/4100daf5-9335-49e4-8693-36a1c5572054.png "The Armored Frog is a custom furniture manufacturer providing handcrafted dining room, living room, bedroom, and architectural elements such as range hoods to a discerning clientele nationally. This website was built on the Squarespace template, brine, and consisted of 332 pages. All images were run through Adobe Lightroom for consistency, and the copy was written for SEO using Grammarly and TextMetrics.")
:format(webp)/http://s3.amazonaws.com/projects-files/57/5720/572040/c0902181-b36a-448b-8c8e-da1c187f8f1a.jpg "Ally Gwozdz, the owner of Curate Interiors, contacted me through 99Designs with a request to redesign her existing website. The current site was built on a Squarespace template that could only provide her the page layout and formatting she desired with the inclusion of custom code. There were additional problems, including images that were much too large, page names that did not match the content of the page, and an information architecture that made viewing project categories difficult. To solve these problems the site was redesigned using the Brine template. All of the images were resized, allowing the website to load quickly on mobile devices and new project portfolios were created. To help visitors quickly navigate the site, additional page navigation links were added to the footer of the website.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/27c66d15-42eb-409e-b22c-a988bc099191.jpg "A primary request for this project was to illustrate the two practice areas, residential design, and academic design, on the homepage. To show the two practice areas we choose two have two screen width banners. A custom sidebar navigation with text links was created that provides access to any project page in one click. Website Design Features - Two Large Images Featuring Practice Areas - Sidebar Navigation On Portfolio Pages - Three Level Portfolio Pages - Two Column Page Layout With Large Image - Grid Style Galleries on Project Page - Images Featured By Keeping Description Below The Fold - Built On The Squarespace Bryant Template")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/8d4aac97-37e4-4258-bdb2-476a12d0954f.jpg "Means-of-Production was engaged as a full-service marketing firm for Skillings and Sons. We have built two websites, created print, direct mail, and radio advertising campaigns as well as email marketing automation using Hubspot. We used Eventbrite e-newsletters, and direct mail campaigns to promote and market geothermal educational events to homeowners. We also conducted lunch and learn sessions to Realtors that resulted in increased sales. Means-of-Production has also produced videos and written over four-hundred blog articles for Skillings & Sons increasing their website traffic from 120 unique visitors per month in 2012 to 52,345 in April of 2018. Website Design Features - Side Navigation On Internal Pages - Homepage Background Video - Animated Logo for Footer and Video Branding - Emphasis on Community Involvement - E-Commerce Area For SEO and Supplemental Income - Built Using The Bedford Squarespace Template")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/9f28ba30-d81a-4620-b039-713a328c8cb6.jpg "Debbe Daley is an interior designer, design educator and author for The Huffington Post.
The Debbe Daley Designs homepage contains large, compelling photographs that show off her skills and a trio of H2 title's that clearly outline her service offerings. The project pages allow website visitors to click on images so that they can be viewed in full-screen mode. The copy was written to contain highly searched, low competition keywords, detailed project descriptions, and a blog to improve her search engine rank and get her firm found by prospects conducting an online search. Debbe's website has a large amount of written copy which helps her site get found in search engine results pages. Website Design Features - Multiple Portfolio Categories - Large Homepage Call To Actions - Portfolio Galleries by Project - Extensive About Page - Built on the Squarespace Template Dovetail.")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/0b8a5be1-7b36-48b0-8f0f-87702d715f22.jpg "Darragh Madden founded Irish Electric in 2000. Darragh's competitors have websites that are mostly unmemorable. An electrical cord as a logo and images of trucks are endlessly seen. We built on Darragh's existing brand identity of the Celtic knot and Irish brogue with green clover keeping his firm top-of-mind without resorting to cliche or Irish kitsch. The website was built with sections designed to promote both the residential and commercial services they provide. High-quality stock photography was used throughout the site to enhance their existing images. The image os clover was used as a full-bleed background, and semi-transparent white content blocks allow the text to be easily read. Website Design Features - Full Bleed Background Images - Semi-Transparent Content Blocks - A Blog To Attract Visitors - Emphasis on Community Involvement - A New Logo and Brand Design - Built on the Aviator Squarespace Template")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/376afa6b-abf2-4b7a-a34c-22ca585b866a.jpg "Abe Degnan, the owner, requested a major overhaul of a Squarespace website as well as our blog writing services, two marketing automation campaigns and ongoing updates to his site.
Over the last two years, we have redesigned his site to match his existing brand, rewrote all of his webpage copy and restructured his portfolio pages that included adding fourteen project pages to the site. We have also written seventy-eight blogs which grew the number of visitors to the site. This project is a case where we made updates to the website over time, tackling the most pressing needs first and improving sections of his marketing and site as time and budget allowed. Website Design Features - Banner Images Have A White Overlay - A Custom Font Was Uploaded to The Site - The Homepage Has Image Cards as Call To Actions - An Extensive Process Page Was Built With Icons - The Website Has A Multi-Tier Portfolio")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/4c9cd25b-f804-44fc-b6a2-364a4dc38ab6.jpg "The Villages of Citrus Hills has been a website design and marketing consultation client of Means-of-Production for seven years. We have helped them create four websites. We also created an inbound marketing process using Hubspot marketing automation software and have managed their Google Adwords account before it being brought in-house. Doug Wornick, their Director of Marketing, counts on us to manage and update the firm's websites, monitor analytics, build email campaigns for nome shows and maintain their blog RSS to email feed. They have even engaged us to create architectural photographs for the website and other marketing purposes. Website Design Features - Call To Actions On The Homepage Banner - Individual Portfolio Pages with Floor Plans - Secondary Sidebar Navigation By Property Name - Virtual Walk Through Pages - Inbound Marketing Automation - Built Using The Hayden Squarespace Template")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/798d75fa-b164-45d1-b7f7-efe3a63bc8bc.jpg "Founded in 1906, the Clark Construction Group is the eleventh largest construction firm on the ENR list of the top 400 firms in the United States with more than $5 billion in annual revenue.
Means-of-Production was engaged to create a project-specific website for the redesign and construction of the Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, MO. Additional stakeholders on this project include Edgemoore Infrastructure and Real Estate, The Weitz Company, Clarkson Construction Company, and Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill. The purpose of the site is to keep the public informed on the advancement of the project, attract new employees as well as subcontractors, including M/WBE, Minority and Women-Owned Businesses. Website Design Features - Project Specific Website - Built To Attract Local Contractors - Custom Procurement Schedule - Informational News and Events Pages - Emphasis on Community Involvement - Built on the Five Squarespace Template")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/ef324730-feb6-4936-a8c6-b0547572fbff.jpg "Ken Libman, the owner of the Libman, was finalizing a video he wanted prominently featured on his new website. He also asked to better integrate the commercial retail projects into his portfolio of residential homes and clean design with full-bleed banner images and navigation that was below the banner. To accomplish their goals, we decided on the Brine Squarespace template. This template offers greater flexibility enabling us to a create custom sidebar navigation lower on the page. Website Design Features - Introductory Video Cover Page - Three Tier Project Portfolio - Clean Design - Project Text Below The Fold - Custom Sidebar Navigation - Project Footer Navigation - Built On The Brine Squarespace Template")
:format(webp)/99designs-work-samples/work-sample-designs/3576352/cb5a762b-a41e-4480-b0a2-28219c1b4b98.png "This architectural portfolio website was designed to be visually stunning and feature the exceptional project photography in its best light. The homepage has a full bleed gallery of images. Clicking on a homepage gallery image takes you to a second tier galley that contains project examples from within the category. These include office buildings, workplace interiors, food service, wellness and more. The second tier portfolio web pages have an image gallery design with a description overlay and thumbnail images below. The scrolling gallery has a hero image for each project that when clicked on, opens the project page. Project pages are the third tier of the portfolio. They were built using a two-column page layout with a project description on the left and a stacked gallery on the right. Images open full screen in a lightbox viewer when clicked on. - Built on the Squarespace Forte Template")
About
My firm specializes in building search-engine-optimized websites. Over the last fifteen years, I've built Squarespace websites for commercial construction firms, architects, homebuilders, interior designers, furniture manufacturers, retailers, and more. I am a Squarespace expert building simple portfolio sites to complex websites with hundreds of pages. I have a $1500 minimum on websites and only offer SEO on the sites I build.
Country:
United States.
Member since:
January 15, 2019
Reviews
"While good communication, creativity in design and the designer ms design to take operational control of the designs were lacking, the square space skills were strong so if you know what you want and just want a website built, this designer could be a ..."
Anonymous client
reviewed about 2 months ago
"I'm sorry to hear that you are so dissatisfied with the work, especially after my unsuccessful attempts to get feedback on the design. With fifteen years of experience in designing Squarespace websites and a track record of serving a hundred clients globally, it's disheartening to receive a review below five stars for the first time. My communication skills have been honed on thousands of undergraduate students during 12 years as an associate professor, and 99Designs states that I have a 98% communication response rate within 24 hours.
Despite this setback and granting a partial refund, my offer to complete the project still stands. The design is finished; all that remains is for you to provide the text and images, which I will place on the site. I am committed to fulfilling the scope of work we agreed upon."
Means-of-Production
responded about 1 month ago
"Michael was easy to work with. Very knowledgeable. And I am pleased with how my website turned out. Would definitely work with him again!"
joshYwI
reviewed about 2 months ago
"We loved working with Michael and look forward to working with him in the future. Michael knew exactly what we needed and produced a beautiful website quickly. "
sarahwynn6
reviewed 4 months ago
"Had a request on the fly -- Michael was very helpful turning it around promptly for me."
jordaZP
reviewed 5 months ago