Jennifer Higgins President at CommonWealth GrantWorks

5.0★

Web Design Review from Jennifer Higgins

There are those you meet and then there are those who hold dear. When I first met Lennie at Cider House Media, I took him for the former. He would be like all the other website designers I had come across, offering a flat but flashy site that caught folks eyes, showed them a thing or two, slid them into my inbox, where I would then coax them to trust my grant-writing chops.Nah, not Lennie at Cider House Media. Upon learning of my new grant-writing business, he rolled up his sleeves and got right in it with me. He fostered curiosity not only about the new site but also the new venture. My eyes were opened to all that he had at his disposal, all the tools in his toolbox that would permit wondrous business transactions to occur. I learned about the interplay between customers reviews and search engine optimization, SEO for newbies; the perils of a too-long company name for my sites address and staffs email handles (e.g., cwgw@ versus commonwealthgrantworks@), widgets for enabling my website for sensory-friendliness, and what GoDaddy could promise and take away (e.g. domain name protection when using the word grants and everyone else suddenly wants one).But Lennie went steps further. He showed up at my grand opening event in Noho, when I thought nobody would, working the room with his easy-going and heartfelt style. Lennie continued to inspire me with his evocative business-related questions, always being a gracious recipient of my companys annual holiday letter, greeting me as he would an old friend during our website tune-up sessions, and aiding me in my time of greatest need when we memorialized together my late sons company website.Truly a one-in-a-million website designer, Lennie at Cider House Media is near and dear to my heart. He is my go-to for all things marketing related, all things artistic and expressive, and all things timeless and true in a turbulent, glitzy, and out-of-the-box web designer and hosting scene.