About Me

Allow me a few moments to introduce myself and tell you a bit about me.

My name is Deanna Raeke and I live in beautiful west central Wisconsin,  although I am originally from Baltimore, MD, and grew up there.

My background is in sales and marketing, more than 20 years experience.  I've dabbled on the internet since the mid nineties but it wasn't until a few years ago that I really got serious about it.

Like many people, I tried this and I tried that, looking for my niche.  Along the way I quickly discovered that a website was mandatory and unless I wanted to either use the same cookie cutter templates that everyone else was using, or shell out some bucks to have someone create one for me, I was going to need to learn to do it myself. So I learned!

Then it became obvious that I needed graphics; headers, banners, buttons, pictures, to give my websites some pizzazz.  Again it was either use what everyone else was using, pay someone to create custom graphics for me or learn to do it myself.  And again I decided to learn to do it myself.

Last year, in early 2007, I found my niche or maybe it found me.  When it comes to internet marketing, one of the truest things I ever learned was to do something you love or have a passion for.  Well for me that was dogs and canine advocacy.  Unfortunately, if you're looking for a money niche, I found out pretty quickly, that wasn't it.

Needless to say, after working and searching and finally finding my place on the internet, I wasn't ready to give up, but I did need to find some way to keep a roof over my head and my pooches in kibble. So from there I found myself here, designing websites, templates and graphics.  It's also something I love and have a passion and talent for.

Bottom line is, I'm a real person, not some big fancy company.  I love what I do and I do it to the very best of my ability.  I have no unsatisfied clients to date and will continue to work  hard to keep it that way.  I don't take on a million projects at one time because I work very one-on-one and want to make each project special.

There, now you probably know more about me than you want to know but I feel it's important to know the person behind the website when you are putting your trust in their hands.

PS. If you love dogs, check out my website - Pet Lovers Tips-For the Love of the Dogand it's companion blog.  They are both excellent examples of my design experience as well as wonderful sites!