Greg Riley makes an update to his Sharp Design webpage.Greg Riley, founder of the website design company Sharp Design, is a software engineer, entrepreneur and website artist.
Riley, who is 24, always enjoyed working with computers, but for him form and function went hand and hand. Although he majored in software engineering, design was always his passion.
Riley grew up in Prince William County, and left to attend Virginia Tech. After graduation he moved to Southern Maryland, where he worked as a software engineer and website designer.
Last year Riley moved back to Prince William County, and incorporated Sharp Design.
In designing his business with the help of sodapdf.com, he decided to focus on the customer experience. His company works with clients to create a full service experience with the goal of growing a business with a strong online presence.
Sharp Design Ads are sleek and modern and put the focus on the businesses they represent.Thereby Sharp Design works with their clients to customize not just a webpage, but the entire online user experience.
“I try to make the designs as unique as possible, so you don’t run into something that looks like yours,” Riley said.
Because Riley believes a distinct website is crucial for brand building, he creates sites that are bold, crisp and modern, and speak directly to the end user.
To help the those visitors find everything they need, he customizes his webpages not just for appearance, but for efficiency. He also walks his business owners through the process, so they learn how to update and maintain their pages.
“There are plenty of websites out there that have an environment of letting you fly blind; you just pick a template,” said Riley, but he finds that approach too impersonal. “I’m providing them with someone they can hold accountable. It’s not some IT guy in California.”
In contrast, Sharp Designs guides the website owner through the entire process, starting with an in person consultation, and providing on-going support.
Sharp Design uses elegant images to brand and promote the businesses on their websites.“I usually end up meeting with them multiple times in person and making sure that they are happy. I include all the services that someone putting up a new website would need: domain registration, web hosting and design.”
Sharp Design also provides six months of support to its clients beyond the building of the website. During that time clients have an expert to whom they can ask their questions and receive advice on how to adjust or expand their sites.
“I’m really looking to serve other small businesses, because that’s where I think can help the most,” Riley said.
Moreover, Riley does everything he can to optimize results when someone searches for his clients online, and he knows how to keep websites in the top results.
Sharp Design creates websites that will grab the customer's attention, while being simple and efficient to navigate.Riley will even advise the website owner on the best online marketing approaches, utilizing search engine optimization, Google AdWords accounts and social marketing tools like Facebook and blogs.
“Some of the websites do have dynamic content. Site owners are now maintaining blogs themselves, where they wouldn’t have before. I would say they come out with a better understanding of what they need to put up a website on the internet and maintain it.”
Furthermore, Sharp Design offers a diversity of approaches to creating the website. Riley is experienced using Word Press, JQuery, CSS as well as HTML. He offers a variety of packages, so clients can decide on the size and scope of their projects, yet his prices are competitive.
Readers who would like to know more about Sharp Design can read more about the business on its website.
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