As much as we love creating websites from scratch, it’s always amazing when we get to bring a website into the 21st century. We like to say one of the best parts about a website is that you can edit it. You can remake it into something new that showcases all your business has to…
We have been working with the team at KristenUlmer.com for over a year now – we’ve helped them with tons of visual and functional updates to their website. We revamped the overall look & feel of the entire site, helped them set up a more intuitive system for eCommerce and we’ve even been providing them…
We’re not sure about you, but most of us at Surf Your Name love watching HGTV, particularly house remodeling shows. Watching a designer be able to take a space and transform it into something completely new and function is fascinating and makes us think about how we’d remodel our own homes to work better for…
Do you ever just take a drive into a neighborhood to look at all the beautiful houses? We’re not sure if it’s just us, but in Norfolk, there are always new houses to check out. The simplistic homes are some of our favorites, with a design that just comes together perfectly from the siding to…
There’s a certain kind of nostalgia in taking pictures in an old fashion photo booth. Cramming all your friends in that tiny booth and coming out to see all the ridiculous faces you made on that strip of paper. It’s an amazing memory you’re able to bring out years later and look back on. Well,…
Being a part of creating a brand from the ground up and seeing it come to live online is one of the many joys of web design. When we get to create a website from scratch for a new business, it’s exciting! This is exactly what we did for Prime Property Solutions 19, a…
This has been a rough few months for the world, with Covid-19 running the show, but thankfully we here at Surf Your Name have been able to keep working with great small business owners to revamp their operations and give their companies a boost. So – during this trying time for everyone, who wouldn’t want…
At Surf Your Name, we’re passionate about helping small non-profit organizations who are making positive impacts in the community they serve. At Gates County Community Partnership, that’s what they’re all about. They needed a great website to showcase their events, community news, and engage everyone for the betterment of their home. We were touched by…
Taxes… A subject that isn’t exactly our idea of a good time. But who are we to judge? Some people really enjoy it. In the movie about Ruth Bader Ginsberg, “On the Basis of Sex” Ruth’s husband commented that tax law is the only part of the books that has a sense of humor. Well,…
You know those projects where you just hear about it and you’re hooked? We just had this experience working with Bertha at Aronsé-Amadé. We’ve worked on eCommerce stores before, but this was a complete fashion line with a dynamic brand and an amazing cause it supports. As soon as we started talking to her about…
According to Google, Adobe Flash is slowly being phased out and will eventually not be supported on browsers. So, that means a lot of sites need to upgrade some of their features to run on something else. For one business, in particular, that meant needing a completely new website. Boutique Ludivine is a French fashion…
At Surf Your Name, we specialize in custom websites that bring a vision to life for our clients. For Grateful Lane Vineyards, we created the perfect website to showcase all aspects of their business. Wine is multifaceted, especially to the true connoisseur. The enjoyment comes from not only drinking the wine but knowing what goes…
One of the ways we know we’re doing is amazing work is when clients come to us with new projects. We’re definitely doing something right when someone loves what you did so much that they ask you to do it again. Caroline from Reptiles Alive came to us to create a new website and design…
Though Surf Your Name serves clients all over the US (and even the world!), it’s a truly special experience to work with clients who are from our neck of the woods! There is something to be said for being able to meet with clients in person, have lunch or coffee with them and really connect…
Sometimes people find their calling in unexpected places. For Karin of Doggie Dates, she found hers in taking care of the dogs in her Long Island community. She wasn’t happy in her New York City corporate job and decided to take a step back and discover her passion. That turned into her feeling like she…
Online trends are always changing. There’s always something cool, interesting, and new that we or our clients stumble across. We tilt our heads and think ‘that’s something we should do.’ That’s exactly what happened with our long-time clients Dove Audio Visual. They were at a coffee shop where the register was an iPad. One, that’s…
We’ve been working with Kenny from Lazy K’s Campground for years and we love being his go-to web development agency. We originally designed his website back when our business was just starting out – and it was a great website for the time. But in 2020, the website just didn’t cut it. While it was…
We’ve been working with clients in the aviation industry for years now. We have experience building websites for aircraft brokers, crafting emails to promote their latest aircraft listings, and doing social media marketing. With our skill and experience in the industry no wonder we keep getting new clients who want to sell airplanes. Not long…
We’re all about building websites. Can’t you tell? Well, part of the reason why we love it so much is that we take the personality and highlights of businesses and illustrate them to the rest of the world online. Clients come to us with their vision of what they want their website to look…
Some seriously bad apples have created a bad rap in the web development industry when it comes to dependability. We’ve heard too many stories from our clients about how their previous developer left them high and dry after not meeting their expectations. Client by client, Surf Your Name strives to quash that negative association by…
As a small business, we understand that are hundreds of things that need to get done in a day and seemingly never enough time or people to help finish. Which is why it’s extra special when we get to help another small business by taking some of that burden so they can focus on what…
We hear it all the time… “If I would have gone with you guys in the beginning, I would have saved a TON of time and money” or “Our last developer really screwed up our website and then disappeared!” There’s no doubt that hiring a website developer can be a scary thing! In some cases,…
Blood Diamond Motorsports is a company that specializes in the performance and off-road aspect of the automotive industry. Jacob, its founder, and owner began working in off-road shops in 2012 fabricating and installing parts which quickly led to managing several shops. With this project, Jacob decided to take his passion, knowledge, and expertise of…
Your company’s website is the perfect opportunity to tell a story and showcase the work your company is known for. If you don’t have a website, you’re losing out on a TON of potential clients and customers. No matter how old or young your business is, it’s important to have a site that represents what…
