Michelle is a dream to work with. She created my site from the ground up and knows exactly how to tweak and adjust to fit my brand needs. Highly recommend!
USA Today Best Selling Author Suzanne Simonetti
I highly recommend Buffalo Creek Web Design. Michelle Gill is a consummate professional. Her work is always done with excellence and in a timely fashion. She created a user-friendly, attractive website for my platform as an author and speaker and is very responsive when I need tweaks or major updates.
Maggie Rowe, author of Life is Sweet Ya'll and This Life We Share
With very little guidance Michelle Gill created the PERFECT website for me. I know nothing about computers and I am horrible at design. She asked me a few questions and ran with it - and I couldn't be happier with the results. Michelle is right on time, an excellent communicator and follows through. I HIGHLY recommend her and will use her for all my website needs from here on out.
Christy Warren, author of Flash Point: A Firefighter's Journey Through PTSD
AUTHOR PLATFORM PACKAGE
Starting at $6000
Everything you need as a new author or a seasoned writer is provided in this package. Whether you self publish or are traditionally published the marketing is most likely up to you. Most writers would "rather just write" so I provide you with all the tools you need to make marketing easier.
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Continue reading below to learn what is included in this package
CUSTOM WEBSITE DESIGN for desktop and mobile. I will ask your preferences of color and design in our initial meeting. Your preferences in color and design will drive the look of your website, which is unique and will be created from the ground up. - WIX HOSTING for 1 year included in this package. DOMAIN provided for 1 year at no cost.SEO (search engine optimization) setup for entire site. This includes basic SEO set up for each page as well as connecting your site to Google Search and Bing Search consoles.
HEADSHOTS I will set up time with a local photographer - available in the Roanoke Valley, Richmond, and Williamsburg, Virginia - and manage shoot for headshots. Photographer will provide you with approximately 20 photographs to be used for your author headshot and for your website. For nonlocal clients - packages available without headshots.
PROFESSIONAL EMAIL account set up. An email with your domain is required now with all email marketing. - GOOGLE WORKSPACE included for 1 year. EMAIL MARKETING service set up and new blog post automation installed. - WIX EMAIL MARKETING costs are provided in this package for 1 year.
CUSTOM BOOK COVER Custom design for your book cover. You will also receive the original art by the artist and the digital file. Learn more.
4 hours with a CERTIFIED WRITING COACH. Whether you need coaching in the actual writing process or you would like assistance and guidance in all the steps in self publishing or both, we have a certified writing coach to assist you.
BLOG system and related automations also included in your site. As an author you will want to use a blog and/or a newsletter to continue to cultivate your readers and for additional Search Engine Optimization. Newsletter templates are included in the Email Marketing system within your site.
2 hours of personal INSTRUCTION with me to learn how to use your site. This package also includes 6 months of 1 hour of monthly UPDATES included.
Don't need all the services in this package? Contact Michelle for a quote to meet your specific needs.
Michelle is a remarkable woman, a "find" for the creative artist or writer. She has great technical skill, an intuitive sense of how information can be shared within a website so that it both draws the visitor in and leaves him or her wanting to know more...AND she is encouraging and fun to work with. Further, she remains interested in her clients and frequently contacts them with some new idea. I have sent her new business connections and will continue to do so.
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author of the Percy Black series