Meet the Talented Web Designers at Bella Web Design: A Series Starting with Jeff Brown

Since we're celebrating our 10th Anniversary, I thought it was high-time to introduce our audience of blog readers to our talented team. We'll start this week with Jeff Brown who has been with us through thick and thin over the past 8 years. You can see from his picture, Jeff is a Tour de France finisher spectator. That's a picture of him on the real course a few years back. He even had the opportunity to meet Lance Armstrong and his girlfriend (at the time) Sheryl Crow! Jeff loves to ride his bike both on trails and on the road and is dedicated to his sport. He lives in Asheville and loves the mountains. 

I interviewed Jeff on where he gets his inspiration for his many designs including www.oplusbath.com, www.reosouth.com, www.ifoundtheway.com, www.2ndfuture.com, and so many more I can't list because there is only so much room...

1. Where do you find your inspiration? This varies wildly from personal ideas, to tv commercials, to print media. I often get inspired while being outdoors which always help clear my mind and allow fresh thoughts to come in.  




2. What is the first thing you would tell people about designing for the web? Most important advice?  I tell people to focus on their message, to keep things simple which allows for more dynamic design and a clearer message.


3. What is the most common mistake people make in regards to design/navigation?  Trying to squeeze too much information on any one page of a site. I've rarely seen people who will scroll thru more than half a dozen paragraphs to learn about their company. Its better to be concise and display the information your trying to convey to your clients with a goal of having them contact you for further information via call-outs, a contact form and an 800 number.


4. Why do you love what you do?  I really love the creative freedom and the ability to transform a customer's vision into a site that really helps to build their business. Its great to hear back from a customer months later that their new site doing really well bringing in more leads.


5.  Anything else you want people to know about what you do or how you can help them? I think there are some new web technologies that can really make businesses stand out from the competition. Technologies like flash-encoded video is not only a great way to quickly show what your business does, but it will make your website modern and dynamic.

We are so lucky Jeff decided to take a chance with our fledgling company back in 2000. His efforts to learn more about the web at any given moment has changed the face of our company. Jeff continues to be our lead designer and also helps with maintenance. Jeff has grown along with us over the past 8 years and our clients always appreciate his great "can-do attitude" and friendly demeanor. Thanks Jeff for being such a huge part of our success!