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What my clients have been saying...
Search Forward
Amy is a pleasure to work with because of her terrific creativity and work style. She is collaborative, helpful as a sounding board and has great ideas about structuring websites. She was responsive, timely and efficient and creating an entirely new website from start to finish took less than three months. I highly recommend working with Amy.
-Margie Peskin
Search Forward
Barth & McCallig
Amy is very knowledgeable and she showed tremendous patience as she walked Judi and me through the many areas of website design. Amy was receptive to our ideas and would provide us with samples of our suggestions as we gradually defined and refined our design presentations. She was instrumental in setting up our online retailing with its Mals-e commerce cart and Paypal credit card payment arrangement.
I highly recommend Amy as someone to work with. She is smart, talented, very courteous... Judi and I had conference calls with Amy so there was no issue with our doing business from different states. We're anticipating a very successful retail business as people become familiar with our brand and we're most appreciative to Amy for this successful launch.
-Susan Inman
Barth & McCallig
Elizabeth Jenkins, Writer/Editor
I had long admired my friend Amy Gurvitz's website (amygurvitz.com) and was excited to work with her web designer, Amy Newton, whom she had spoken very highly of. Within just a couple of months, Amy had my site (elizabethjenkins.com) up and running-and it probably would have taken her half the time had I not been slow doing my part!
I cannot say enough good things about Amy and about my experience working with her. I am thrilled with how my site turned out; it's exactly what I'd hoped for, from the color scheme to the typestyles. Since I am not exactly a computer person, she made sure I understood what she was talking about, from tags to favicons. Her prices are very reasonable ($20/hour lower than other people I've heard about), she was really quick over email and was also really enthusiastic, which I appreciated. We never actually spoke on the phone, which honestly made things easier because we didn't lose time playing phone tag. (Of course she is available by phone for anyone who prefers to communicate that way!) Nevertheless, I feel like I know her well and hope we get the chance to meet in person some day.
-Elizabeth Jenkins
www.elizabethjenkins.com
Erin Jepsen, Freelance Writer
Amy was highly recommended to me by colleagues and friends, and now I understand why. Working with Amy was a great experience for so many reasons. In addition to her knowledge and skill as a designer, she was patient, efficient, and so easy to work with. She was completely open to my input, and respected my ideas; no matter what I described to her, she was always willing to give it a try. When I wanted to implement some more complicated features, she immediately set out to not only make the functionality work, but to make it look great, too!
I'm especially appreciative of the time Amy took to clarify the more technical aspects that were over my head, and how quickly she responded to my emails. Her explanations were always so precise and detailed, I felt like we were working together in the same room, as opposed to half a country away. And at one point, we were even half a world away! I was traveling a lot during the process, but regardless of my temporary lapses in communication, Amy was totally understanding, always there to bring me up to speed and remind me of our next steps. I absolutely love my site and have already received numerous compliments on it, namely, how beautiful it looks and how simple it is to navigate. I found Newton Designs through my colleagues' praise for Amy, so I just couldn't pass up this opportunity to rave about my experience, hopefully doing the same for others.
-Erin Jepsen
www.erinjepsen.com
Clever Rabbit Clothing
When I decided to have a new website built for my e-commerce business I felt overwhelmed and anxious about the entire process. I am not what you would call computer savvy. I found Amy's site through a colleague who had used her services in the past and was very satisfied with the results.
From the very first conversation, Amy was friendly, professional, informative, insightful and accommodating. She made each step easy and explained exactly what she needed from me in a clear and non-technical way. She made the entire process painless! Moreover, I gave her a tight deadline, which she met with no problems or complaints. In this day and age, it is a rare pleasure to find a person as competent and thoughtful as Amy. I would have no reservations recommending her services to anyone who needs a web designer.
-Marla Richman
Clever Rabbit Clothing
IC Pixx
Thank you for making the process of setting up a website for our photography business so painless! We avoided doing this because the idea seemed overwhelming and intimidating. Your approach made this exactly the opposite. Your creativity, knowledge, patience and work style combined to help us visualize and express what we really wanted. We are getting great compliments on our site and wish we'd found you sooner!
We are excited about our new site that gives a true picture of who we are and what we do today, and also is flexible for changes that may come tomorrow.
-Steve & Jackie Jensen
IC Pixx
P.S. It's unbelievable to us that this was accomplished totally via emails! No stressful time-consuming meetings! You're the best.
Denise Del Russo, Make-Up Artist
Working with Amy was such an easy, pleasurable experience! I would recommend her to anyone thinking about creating a website. She was able to take my vision and make it into this wonderful site. I was nervous at first because I didn't know a thing about websites, but Amy explained it all in great detail and in a way that I could understand. I look forward to working with Newton Designs in the future!! Thanks again!
-Denise Del Russo, Freelance Make-Up Artist
www.denisedelrusso.com
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at The University of Iowa
Our department was one of the first in the University of Iowa to have its own website and since then there have been few updates and almost no design changes. We knew that we needed a new website to reflect our innovative research and excellent graduate and postdoctoral programs in the department and were recommended to contact Newton Designs. Amy worked well with our Website Committee and was able to accommodate all of our opinions, ideas and challenges. The wheels of change can move slowly in some departments and our project took longer than anticipated but Amy kept her positive attitude and willingness to be extremely helpful all throughout the entire process. She was able to design a site that exceeded our expectations and will allow for easy updates in the future. If you are looking for someone who is very good at what she does and really enjoyable to work with I would most certainly recommend Amy Newton for your website design needs.
-Angie Lamb, Secretary to the Chair
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
The Bethesda Group Psychological Services, LLC
We are so pleased with the look, navigation, and functionality of our site. Amy did a beautiful job. She was a pleasure to work with and made designing our site an enjoyable and rewarding process. I was most pleased by her quick responsiveness to questions, ability to clearly convey ideas, and openness to feedback. We can truly say that we have exactly the kind of site that we wanted. Thanks Amy!
-Brian Corrado, Licensed Psychologist
The Bethesda Group Psychological Services, LLC
Push the Envelope PR
I wanted to take a moment to personally thank you for making my website look exactly the way I had envisioned! You went above and beyond helping me and I can't thank you enough. I am very grateful for the attention to detail and customer service you provided. I will always consider Newton Designs for future web updates and plan to refer all of my clients to you. Thanks again for all of your hard work!
-Sabrina Bouyahi, President
Push the Envelope PR
Kinderfarm
Realizing that parents of future preschoolers rely on the computer for most every aspect of their lives, I knew that a website for advertising was necessary. Since I know nothing about computers and websites, I knew I needed someone to design a site for me that could talk me through everything, was accessible, and reasonably priced. As I renewed my phone book advertisement, I asked my representative for information on designing a website for Kinderfarm. At the same time I approached Amy Newton whose son was attending our summer preschool program. Both gave me examples of sites they had set up for me to view. Amy's sites were amazing! They were colorful, inviting, and easy to navigate. I was hooked! I knew that she just had to design our website!
The rest they say is history. Within the course of two weeks, we had our website up and running. Amy talked me through setting up a domain, setting up the homepage, and getting an email address. She was so very easy to work with and even put up with some of my extra fussy requests! I would definitely recommend Newton Designs to anyone thinking of setting up a website! I am looking forward to working with Amy in the future.
-Heather Shoemaker, Owner/Director
Kinderfarm Preschool
Lisa Hom, Freelance Writer & Editor
Working with Amy Newton was a pleasure. Not only is she a talented designer and developer, but she is also patient and discerning. She understood the direction I wanted to go in and helped me to define my vision into something tangible. It was important to me that my web site was organized and easy to navigate, but perhaps most importantly, I wanted it to reflect my personality and style. She understood that and helped me to create a site that I'm crazy about!
-Lisa Hom
www.lisahom.com
The Love Sack
Many thanks for taking my vision, that was basically drawn out on loose leaf paper, and turning it into a professional site that shows anyone who visits it that The Love Sack is a reputable, successful business! Your style and manner of working fits well with mine and allowed us to move through to completion very easily.
I love my new site!
-Jenny Smith
The Love Sack
Through Mari's Eyes
I was online one day shopping at one of my favorite boutiques- Happy Tuesday. At this time I had been inquiring with friends and family about the whereabouts of a good web designer for my blossoming jewelry business. Although I had several names and contacts I kept going back to the Happy Tuesday site when the light bulb went on!
I wanted the company that did Happy Tuesdays to design my site. I am an artist and am not savvy at all with computers. I do not know the lingo however I had an absolute visual of exactly how I wanted my site to look. I dropped Newton Designs a quick email and forgot about it. That same day I received a lovely email back from Amy Newton introducing herself and the company. I was so comfortable that I signed on with her within 48 hours.
I am so happy I did. My site is perfect. Amy was completely hands on, easy to work with, full of great ideas, always available and listened to me. All of the feedback I ever receive is how easy it is to travel my site, how beautiful and creative it is. I am forever grateful that I chose Newton-Designs.com and Amy, to guide me through the maze of this and come out the other end beyond satisfied.
Pink Olive Boutique
My dream has always been to open up my own boutique. Whether it's an online store or a brick-n-mortar store, I think it's crucial to have a presence on the web. At first, I didn't know who was going to help me put this together so I layed out all the pages so I had clear vision as to what I wanted to site to look like. But in speaking to Amy, I knew that she understood exactly what I was looking for and that she would be someone I could work well with and have fun. She has great expertise in this field in both technical and design sense of the word. She is able to think outside the box and is open to bouncing off different ideas to make the final product the best of the best!!
In addition to the numerous accolades that I can say about Amy, the one thing that I appreciated the most though out this whole process was her excellent communication skills. I have to say that I was concerned initially that she lived in Iowa and I was in New York, but after working with her for a couple of hours I knew I had nothing to worry about. Amy was so on top of every little detail, made any necessary changes as needed, and uploaded all the pages with such dedication and ease. When we were ready to launch, I couldn't believe that everything that we've worked so hard on was finally becoming reality. It was almost like planning your wedding day or having a baby. Amy played a vital role in making my dream come true.
If you are an entrepreneur starting your own business, I absolutely recommend Newton Designs. This is one investment that will be worthwhile...
-Grace Kang, owner
Pink Olive Boutique
Itsy Bitsy & Bold
After working with Newton Designs for 6 years on my What Fun site, there was no question of who to work with for my second business. Again, Amy made the entire process easier for me. I came to her with specific ideas this time, and she replicated exactly what I had envisioned. Even though I changed my mind many times and was very picky about the details, Amy was always patient and worked it out until it was perfect. I know I didn't make her job easy, but she certainly made mine!
-Susan Turnock
Itsy Bitsy & Bold
Amy Gurvitz, Freelance Writer
As a writer kicking off a full-time freelance career, launching a website was a necessity, as there's no better way to show work samples to potential employers, especially if they live across the country. Before contacting Amy I had an idea of how I wanted my site to look, but didn't know how to turn my vision into reality. Once I spoke with her, I could tell she understood exactly what I wanted, and I knew she was the perfect person to work with.
From the layout to the colors to the fonts, Amy helped with every single detail, including uploading the pages and pushing the site live when we were done. She was always able to explain the "technical" details to me, like why doing things a certain way would probably help my site appear higher up on search engines. As an added bonus, she was able to get the site done on my super-short timeline, and stayed within my budget, which I appreciated. I am so happy with the results, and have received tons of compliments on my site. I wholeheartedly recommend Newton Designs.
-Amy Gurvitz
www.amygurvitz.com
What Fun! Incorporated
Newton Designs is solely responsible for our presence on the web. At first, we weren't going to have a web site, but they made it so easy with their creative ideas and solutions that it required very little attention on our part. We have had immeasurable growth from the web; our client database has grown, our retail sales have skyrocketed, and we have been able to reach thousands of customers that we would have never reached otherwise.
Newton Designs perfectly translated our product personality to the web and made sure that the site was in sync with what we wanted to portray. They retouched photos, created graphics, and edited content.
The most valuable part for us was that they educated us on e-commerce, set up the entire cart system, and updated it accordingly as our business grew. They made sure that it was a system we could handle and that it met our exact needs at that time. This has been instrumental in taking our business to the next level.
-Susan Turnock, Creator
What Fun! Inc.
Happy Tuesday
If I had known how painless creating a web site would be I would have done it much earlier. Amy was so professional and easy to work with. We gave her a look/direction we wanted and she ran with it. We are thrilled with the results and everyone who has seen it is very impressed.
The shopping "cart" system was what I thought would be so complicated, but it turned out to be so easy! In a matter of minutes after the site was ready to launch, I could check orders and felt totally comfortable with the process. Thank you Amy!
-Lisa Williamson
Happy Tuesday
Arak Kanofsky Studios
As a business that specializes in custom made stationery, the "look" and "feel" of our site had to be luxurious, simple, and intimate. We wanted it to also be well designed to match our aesthetic. Newton Designs accomplished all of our goals for our site. Amy was extremely conscientious, patient, ingenuitive and responsive to our needs. She is a great communicator; she was able to listen to our needs, explain parameters, and suggest solutions. Most importantly Newton Designs delivers the results they promise.
Our clients constantly remind us what our original goals for our site. Daily we hear how well designed and reflective it is of our work. We can thank Newton Designs for that!
-Heather Arak
Arak Kanofsky Studios
The Home Pages
When my business partner and I started our own magazine in 2001, we knew we needed to have a Web presence to help gain readership, but, beyond securing a domain and a hosting service, were unsure how to go about designing a Web site. I happened upon Newton Designs while visiting one of its clients' sites and was intrigued by Amy's offer of total customization. After a few e-mails, I was impressed with her attentiveness, her ideas and her price range. And after a slew of e-mails and lots of late-night chatting, our fabulous Web site was born! Amy is not only professional and conscientious, but very patient and easy to work with. Oh, and less than 24 hours of our site being "live," as they say, we got a subscription.
-Dina Santorelli, Editor
The Home Pages and www.dinasantorelli.com
Axscents for Home, Inc.
Teamwork is essential for the success of any business, and for a small business, it's difficult to put together the right team to make a website become a reality. At Axscents for Home, we intended to develop our website on our own in house. After fumbling through some website development packages and going nowhere, we looked for outside help to get the website on track. We were referred to Newton Designs.
Amy at Newton Designs had us answer some questions about what we were trying to accomplish and had us sketch out by hand the conceptual "look-and-feel" of our web pages. Once she had this information, she set out a timetable and a reasonable fee estimate, and she then started developing our website as fast as we could provide the raw information needed. Newton Designs handled all graphics, buttons, minor photo retouching, and numerous creative enhancements in a professional manner. We elected not to use a professional photographer, a graphic designer or copywriter, yet we believe that our website is an excellent start for our business thanks to Newton Designs.
We highly recommend Newton Designs to become part of your website development team.
-David Sakamoto, President
Axscents for Home, Inc.
Organize IT
When I approached Newton Designs to create a web site for my company, I had no real vision in mind of how to represent my business. I left all the design decisions up to them and the outcome was more fantastic than I could have ever dreamed of! The appearance of my logo is unique and most definitely customized to send a message. Newton Designs works in a responsible, efficient and reliable manner. I feel very lucky to have them on my team.
-Barb Friedman, President
Organize IT
Coffee Kulture Inc.
On the verge of going with this factory line/template company we were referred to Newton Designs by a friend. After seeing the first page of Newton Designs website it was clear that we wanted Amy to create our website. Emphasis was placed on easy navigation and affordability along with an inviting web atmosphere.
Amy is continuously patient with our questions and experience and with the various aspects of an E-business. Her experience and knowledge of the web design has been most beneficial for Coffee Kulture Inc.'s website. Since our site has gone LIVE we continue to receive repeat compliments on our design and the ease of navigation throughout our website.
-Kenneth Kearney
Coffee Kulture Inc.
Boulder Emergency Squad
Thank you very much for the very professional and creative job you've done for us with the BES web site. As a member, I am now proud of the web presence that the public and other agencies see upon their visit to our home page. It's clean, crisp, and demonstrates who we are and what we do. THANKS again for all your help.
-Andy Amalfitano, Unit # 3185
Boulder Emergency Squad