The best things start with one person...
Traditionally, the very best graphic design studios have been one- or two-person outfits. The best graphic designers work alone in their studios. The best illustrators work for themselves. The best writers are self-employed freelancers. It's always been that way, and it’s still that way today.
How many people does it take to build a great web site? There’s no simple answer to that question, but at Geostar we believe the key to good design and affordable prices is in keeping things simple. At Geostar you won’t find layers of management. You won’t find any account representatives. You won’t see any fancy offices. Oh, and you won’t find any poseurs running around acting like “artistes” or fake “computer geeks” either. No role-playing here, just lots of hard work and straight talk.
So how many people actually work at Geostar? One. Yes, one person. Surprised? Don’t be. Lots of the best web site design studios are structured in a way very similar to Geostar. The one person who works here is an expert at what he does. Graphics, HTML, CSS, web site design, print design, and copywriting. He's been at it for a long time, and has a long list of satisfied customers. And when he needs help, he calls on a hand-picked expert from his circle of freelance associates. The end result is a web site that works for you, at a price you can afford.
And isn’t that what you really want anyway?
Geostar Internet
Christian Nelson
6300 North Oaks Court NE
Rochester, Minnesota 55906
507.288.4464
cn@geostar.com
Learn from the pros...
Feel like you'd rather do it yourself? Be sure to call us first. Tell us what you have in mind, what your current level of experience is, and we’ll tell you how we can help.
As you may already know, the world of web site design is a world of deep secrets. Secrets that lots of people hope you’ll never find out about. At Geostar, we know what those secrets are, and we don’t mind sharing them with our clients.
Our real-life experience teaches you the right way. We’ve been in the graphics and advertising business since before anyone ever heard of anything like the Internet. We’ve been online since 1984, and have been designing web sites since 1995, so we have some good ideas of what works and what doesn’t. And we’ve done lots of related training showing people the best ways to get their jobs done.
Stop tearing your hair out. If you’d like to bypass all the rough spots of learning how to create and produce your own Internet web site, talk with us and save yourself a lot of time, frustration, and money.
Whether you’ll want the full course including learning HTML coding in a programmer’s text editor (many of our sites were written directly in code) or would like to learn the ropes with a flashy WYSIWYG web creation application (of course we recommend Adobe Dreamweaver) we can show you how.
Learn one-on-one with an expert. Our lead designer and training person is a long-time graphics expert with years of real-life experience in production and has worked as writer/contributing editor for several "how-to" publications such as the esteemed Ziff-Davis Journals, Inside Photoshop, Interactive Designer, Inside QuarkXPress, and Inside Illustrator.
Why suffer through months of trial-and-error? Why spend a fortune on books that leave you hanging? And worst of all, why waste time in a "web design class" that doesn’t cover what you want to know anyway?.
Geostar Internet
Christian Nelson
6300 North Oaks Court NE
Rochester, Minnesota 55906
507.288.4464
cn@geostar.com
Our clients...
Over the years we've worked for just about every kind of client you can think of. The list runs from a machine-tool factory in Illinois, to a stock transfer agency on Wall Street, a chain of plus-sized clothing stores in San Francisco, a coffee house, Vietnam veterans groups, a boat marina in Minnesota, and even lots of other designers.
We get it. We understand the needs of mainstream businesses, and the special requirements of not-for-profit organizations – we've worked successfully with all kinds of clients.
We know your web site is important. We understand what it means to you. And when you say you need it finished by a certain time and need it done right the first time, we make sure that's what happens.
Are we the lowest-priced design studio around? Of course not. But we are far from the most expensive. We understand the realities of business (especially not-for-profit organizations) and make every effort to deliver a high-quality product at a very reasonable price.
Call us today to talk about your web site, and we'll be happy to put you in touch with some of our clients who will explain what we've done for them, what it was like working with us, and how we followed up after completion of the work.
Geostar Internet
Christian Nelson
6300 North Oaks Court NE
Rochester, Minnesota 55906
507.288.4464
cn@geostar.com
No one does phone better than we do...
We never forget about our clients, and we never leave them high and dry. Ask any of our clients, and they'll tell you about our legendary technical support. Got questions or need more help after your training course or after you take over your own web site?
No problem. Just give us a call. Every client gets a "reasonable amount" of free technical support for just about as long as they need it. How much is "reasonable"? Just ask our clients, they'll tell you it's amazing.
