A Landing Page for Locl.net

Customer feedback was the objective of a project Catchy Creations LLC took on for Locl.net, a local internet service provider.

In the late fall of 2021, Locl.net was getting set to conduct a direct mail campaign seeking to gauge prospective customer satisfaction with their current broadband connectivity. As a website host provider, Locl.net in this case used their own web server and set up a WordPress account, then handed over the reigns.

Provided with a sample of the mail marketing piece, I created a landing page with a "survey" using WordPress Forms. It was important to create a look and feel that would be familiar to users so they were confident they found the "right place" to submit their feedback in an effort to help bring improved internet services to their community.

This project took just a few hours and afforded me the opportunity to enhance my skills and knowledge. Let me help you! Call me at 260-564-4556 or email lorianngagen@gmail.com today to get started on your web project!

Building awareness for bowling alley

Building a website for a new business, K Vegas Bowling, offered the opportunity to explore a new editor platform called Editor X, available from Wix.com.

My choice to use Editor X to build this site was inspired by the entrepreneurs and innovators behind K Vegas Bowling, one of which also owns Hidden Ego Gyms and Hidden Ego Event Center, local hotspots. Editor X is known for enabling the creation of "responsive" websites, meaning sites that will appear as intended no matter what kind of device the user is using to view. This is becoming more and more important as more internet users are working with a wide variety and sizes of displays, which can be a nightmare on websites that are not truly "responsive". Editor X also offers a wide array of prebuilt design elements that offer some cool transitions and animations.

For this project, I first captured the facility's new color scheme and images of the upgraded physical space. Since this is a brand new business that was not even open when the site launched, these elements serve as a very basic digital presence but will change over time and become more robust.

It was important to K Vegas to be able to engage with the public and be proactive about enabling them to find answers as the buzz hit the streets. Their choice to also add four axe throwing lanes created a lot of excitement and K Vegas looked to take reservations for the lanes.

The initial site design is functional, clean, and modern. I look forward to growing the content with the business!

K Vegas Bowling

Critical communications for Main Street program

I became involved in an incredible opportunity for the City of Kendallville through my work in local economic development in summer 2021. Following the development of a critical "pitch" presentation and helping to facilitate the production and showing of an accompanying video, my work expanded to include ongoing volunteer work to benefit Experience the Heart of Kendallville, that city's Main Street™ Affiliate organization.

The collaborations involved in making that pitch bore fruit when the City of Kendallville was awarded a $2M PreservINg Main Street grant and named a Pilot Community in the new funding initiative. One of the primary expectations laid out by grantmakers was a communications plan. Having recently donated a 5-page website development package, which was purchased by a key leader in the PreservINg Main Street project, we decided the best use of the free website launch would be a new Main Street website. The result is a new Wix website titled Experience the Heart of Kendallville with a URL of kendallvillemainstreet.com.

A key component of this project is the website's blog, which serves as a stakeholder communication tool. Stakeholders can easily subscribe to receive updates each time a new blog is posted so they stay "in the loop" as the grant program rolls out. This helps deliver easy access to grant guidelines, application for funding, a related resource library, and upcoming events and meetings.

As a big fan of the free calendars (that provide incredible customization options and functionality) offered by Brown Bear Software, I once again designed a companion calendar for this Main Street organization. I opt not to embed calendars, to maintain the integrity of built-in responsiveness, but do include a link from the website to the calendar, making it easy to find and accessible 24/7 from any internet connection. Brown Bear Software's calendars provide phenomenal options for users and administrators to subscribe and share updates, and self-manage their own interactions and entries. Additionally, a small fee removes all ads (which I highly recommend and opted to do on this project.)

Main Street Calendar

Kendallville Main Street website