WAHM's Web Designs Attract International Business
For a stay-at-home mom with two young children and a business that has gone international, Web site designer Staci Brillhart is the portrait of calm.
Although having a husband whose position as a night restaurant manager keeps him home during the day, and a 4-year-old who attends school in the mornings can be disrupting, Brillhart said she would find a way to get the job done no matter what the circumstances or the distractions might be. Her clients, she said, who are mostly entrepreneurial stay-at-home commerce moms, seem to understand the challenges.
From her “office,” a kitchen table in her Oceanside home, Brillhart, 27, recently explained how commonality plays out in her business.
“What I really love about my job is the connection to my clients,” she said.
“They become like good friends, and since most of them are moms themselves, we are all sympathetic to the occasional child-related issue.”
Sometimes, she added, conference calls are scheduled after the kids are in bed.
“Of course that’s a little trickier with my international clients, but we make it work through e-mails and online chats,” she said. “It’s great that we all understand how a sick child can be more important than work.”
As a business Web designer, Brillhart said her designs appeal to more than just the moms.
An Internet search for “hip web design” lists her site, http://quirky-bird.com, fourth on a list of approximately 1.3 million potential hits. This, of course, is no accident. With the knowledge of Internet Search Optimization, she knows how to get a Web site to appear near the top of a search engine — which is part of a Web design and marketing package she offers to clients as well as providing information on how to run an online store.
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