Each website built at CMA Webs is built with four core principles in mind:

• Usability
• Design
• Maintenance
• Customer Service

These principles combine to ensure your message is conveyed professionally and consistently, always with your goals and branding in mind. We don't just build websites, we build relationships that we hope will contribute to both your success and ours.

A note on the CMA philosophy from founder, Cheryl Alldredge…

In the early 1990s I was the Sales and Marketing Director for a small technology firm when the World Wide Web boomed into our everyday lives. In a single year we went from one shared internet connection for the entire company to e-mail and internet access on every desktop PC. It seemed obvious to me that a technology firm like ours needed a web presence if we were to grow and thrive.

Eager to tap into the power of the web, I recruited a programmer from the company’s engineering department and together we built the company’s first website. During those furiously busy weeks, I learned two keys to successful web crafting: usability and design. These two important components are still at the core of every website I build. Over the years, that original small website has grown to over a hundred pages and has undergone several major overhauls.

For several years I left the care of that site to others and when a hopelessly out of date version of the site landed back in my lap, I learned another important lesson: maintenance. I think of web maintenance as being a bit like combing your hair. A salon cut is nice, but if you don’t comb your hair routinely, you still end up with a tangled mess. Similarly, a beautiful, easy to use website is worthless if the information housed there is outdated, stale, or simply wrong.

In 2004, when I joined a local writers group, I was amazed to hear from fellow writers that they struggled to find reliable, affordable web designers. A smart, industry savvy group, they all understood the important role a website plays in promoting an author to fans and industry professionals. Unfortunately, they routinely hired a designer to set up a website only to have the designer abandon them when it came to maintaining the site.

Each of these valuable lessons led me down the path to launching CMA Webs. A web crafting company that works closely with each client and offers ongoing maintenance at affordable rates. We also provide upfront assistance with site transfers, so you’ll feel confident the site will be yours for the long term, regardless of who you choose to maintain it.

Cheryl