beautiful websites with longevity
Website Strategy, Design & Development
I design and build WordPress-based websites that are beautiful, responsive, technically stable, and will support your business growth for the long term.
Thoughtful, strategic, pragmatic website design
A website tailored to your business
Get a website website that works for your business, aligns with your marketing strategy and contributes to your business goals.
Melissa de Klerk
Crafting strategically considered websites with online businesses in mind
I’m Melissa, lovely to see you here.
I’ve worked with WordPress for 13 years, and have been in the marketing industry for 10 of those years.
I started my business in 2016 under a different name, and as of April 2020, I have been operating under my own name.
My business was founded because of a desire to make a meaningful difference in the small business space. I have worked with other small business owners who want more economic and lifestyle freedom.
Testimonials
Melissa helped me tremendously with my sales pages (in Spanish and English!). She understood my needs and put them into design, all of it so quickly and efficient! She was very open during the process, answering all my doubt and questions, and listening to my suggestions. I’m very grateful to have contacted her and I would recommend her services any time!
You are extraordinarily talented, you built my site in less than a week. I mean goodness, I gave you flat designs on COB Wednesday and by Friday my site was done!
You're amazing and so talented, you are an incredible problem solver, nothing was a “no”, it was a "let me research it". Which is such an incredible way of looking at things. You also always added in your own touch, which I love! You added in so much extra, that didn't go by unnoticed, like the SEO, the extra copy and you pushed the design to become the magnificent beast that it is today.
Thank you so much for the time, effort, skill and talent you poured into my small business. It warms my heart to know that there are good people like you, good people with passion, drive, skill and talent who can whip up a beautiful site in less than a week, with only a smile, positive attitude and confidence in your ability.
You are incredible. You are talented. You are beautiful.
And I am so thankful, I really cannot express my gratitude and thanks properly. I get all finger tied.
THANK YOU!
Melissa displays a flair for design which is aligned to an informed understanding of our business environment and target market. Always being ready to make suggestions and being open to alternative ideas adds value to our engagement.
Melissa brings an element of commercial professionalism sometimes lacking in the creative space in meeting deadline commitments and staying within budget guidelines.
With her energetic and insightful approach to assignments we look forward to continuing our productive and rewarding relationship.
I needed a good website that would attract clientele and better indicate our expertise.
You are warm, bright, and go the extra mile to understand the discipline and problems at hand.
Loved the pace we set, each recognising and respecting the other's schedules, loved your energy, enthusiasm, passion and determination to grasp me and my brand.
I’m an action taker. When ideas come to me, I need to get them from paper into reality as soon as possible. Don’t like waiting. Don’t like frustration. Of course, that’s almost impossible to avoid when you have an online business.
When I realised that people needed to have a taste of what I do before they buy from me it suddenly hit me! I needed to put out a freebie ASAP. So I had 2 choices: invest my precious time in learning the tech behind it or invest in someone to do it for me. It was a no brainer. I called Melissa.
She stepped in and I immediately felt relief. She was patient, understanding and a great collaborator (I hate thinking that I hire people, I’m more of a let’s work together and that’s exactly how Melissa is). She knew exactly how to solve all little issues that come with integrating websites and emails and all the words that I dislike.
Plus, and trust me, being a learning designer this is the biggest reason why I work with her, I learned along the way! So now not only do I have everything set up to share my freebie with everyone, I also understand how the systems work and it doesn’t scare me anymore. I feel empowered to handle the behind-the-scenes tech and take care of that side of my business (though, let’s be honest, I’ll keep working with Melissa cause she rocks).
When I initially reached out to her, I was overwhelmed as we approached a big product launch. Getting our website and online shop in order was a priority, and at first I thought I could do it myself. But I quickly realized I had enough to do without adding such a big task to my plate!
Choosing to work with Melissa gave us so much peace of mind. She was helpful, friendly and responsive from our first conversation right up until launch day. We were able to rest assured that our website was in good hands, and this gave us the ability to focus on other aspects of the business.
Thanks to Melissa's talents and dedication, our website came together beautifully and our customers were able to have a great experience when we launched our product.
I am constantly learning more from working with Melissa. Websites are evolving and she uses video tutorials that are easy to apply. I am especially happy with the way the platforms are now working together across the website, blog and social media
Melissa took what was a big, important goal for me and helped to achieve that really well, and on time. She did this through a structured approach, bringing my business ethos and offering to life in the site.
You are a strategic thinker (not just a window dresser), you are patient, you give sound advice and hold yourself to high ethical standards. The fact that you are super witty and entertaining is an added bonus.
I am so proud to be able to fluff my online feathers!!!
The content is amazing and you have done an amazing job.
Thank you very much.