Carol Shepherd dba Creative Answer

Kiwi Cove and Ladysmith Accommodations Association

I was impressed with Carol's confident expertise when she took the task of creating the new website for our local Association. She was pleasant and cooperative within the politics of our group dynamics. I soon hired her to rebuild the website for our guest Lodge. It was completed in a timely manner and under budget. As part of the service, she provided coaching to do my own edits.

I have received many complements on my new site and recommend Creative Answers.

Peggy Kolosoff

Co-Owner of Kiwi Cove Lodge

and President of the Ladysmith Area Accommodations Association

"SHARE relied on Creative Services to create, design, map and populate our website; train staff to maintain the site and provide support and back-up. The breadth of our services is extensive and Carol was able to design a site that is simple for any of our constituencies to navigate.

Carol is fast, efficient, available to us any time we need her, tremendously supportive of our staff and a joy to work with. I would recommend Carol to anyone looking to develop a website."

Heather Scott, CFRE

Director of Development

My whole life I've done what I can do , within reason. I paint , I hike and I kayak ... rather than try to learn how to do something new I look for someone who does what I'm looking for, I look for professionalism and passion . Someone who gets to know me and can read me. At Creative Answers I found both , plus as an added extra bonus someone who is 'business' and real... you know... someone who isn't thinking of presenting the next question , but is listening to your every word... Someone who can read me like a book and doesn't fall asleep two chapters in..."). I'm Happy with my website

Rob Kernachan

Hue-Nue-Artworks

"Intermark Law has been working with Creative Answers for over 5 years regarding our technology deployment needs. This has included everything from developing our website to recommending solutions for work flow processing and document management.

I have always found Creative to be extremely responsive to our needs. They offer insightful and practical solutions to us – while performing the work on time and on budget. This is probably in large part due to Carol Shepherd’s experience in the “real world” of business, where websites and technology are just one part of the many issues to which business owners have to pay attention. This allows Carol to have a keen understanding of the cost-benefit analysis that must occur with every contemplated change in technology."

David N. Harrison, President

Intermark Law Corp.

“Carol, I want to thank you on behalf of everyone here at RMCDC for your work with us in creating our new website. We couldn’t have asked for a better web developer! I really appreciated your expertise and creativity and how quickly you got things done and how quickly you responded to any questions or help we needed. And now that it is done and up and working, you are still checking with us to ensure that all is well. All that for a very good price. What more could we ask?”

Audrey Taylor, Executive Director

Ridge Meadows Child Development

With close to 40 years of business systems experience, Carol Shepherd has designed and implemented full service leasing solutions which have been used by some of the most well known leasing corporations in the industry; among them Bell Atlantic Leasing, Copelco Capital Corporation and CitiCapital, a member of the CitiGroup. She was chief operating officer of Copelco Credit Corporation (now part of CitiCapital) for 10 years and during that time honed her skills as a problem solver.

In 1997, she started Creative Answers offering consulting services specializing in operations solutions for business problems and website design for the small and medium size companies. As one half of the visionary team designing CoreCentria, she has devoted the much of her time to the research, design and marketing of a learning management system now known as Engage:Campus.

Carol holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting and Economics and a Masters Degree in Education and is certified in Instructional Design from the Instructional Design Institute.

Design +

We have been delivering web solutions since 1997. Using DotNetNuke as a content management system, your website will be robust, flexible and, best of all, maintainable by you (if you so desire). Need a calendar of events? No problem. Need to deliver courses online? We have it covered.

Hosting +

We have been in partnership with Engage Software since 2009. Engage provides, maintains and supports the servers that we use to host our sites, thus offering our customers state of the art service and support for their website.

Writing +

At Creative Answers, we get to know our customers, their business, their customers and their competitors. This makes it easy for us to help you develop your content and give it a single consistent voice.

Webmaster +

Because we get to know your business, we can fill the gap of web content maintenance should you desire. Consider us your on-demand webmaster. Your updates will be made promptly and expertly. Why, we'll even phone you up when your content is starting to look stale to discuss changes!

Social Media +

We have helped many of our customers break into the social media arena. Let us share our experience with you so that you can take advantage of this latest business phenomena.

= Creative Answers

We want to be your total solution. So whether you need a single piece or all of the puzzle parts, let Creative Answers be your..well..creative answer!

Creative Answers is a web design firm specializing in web development and web design for DotNetNuke (DNN) supporting small and medium sized businesses. Since 1997, Creative Answers has delivered throughout North America covering a variety of businesses and business sizes.

Whether you are looking for a new website or migrating your legacy site to new technology, seeking to create a business plan, a paperless solution or need a fresh look at your operations, a call to Creative Answers could put you on the road towards ..well.. creative answers.

Companies large and small are rushing to understand and get involved in social media. Using social media in the marketing mix is a long-term commitment to change.

If you think about your website as the destination, then search engines and social media can help your audience reaching pages within your website. Successful social media is as much about "listening and observing" as it is about posting and announcing.

Integrating social media into the marketing strategy of a small and medium-size business is a long-term commitment to change. The best way to start is to pick manageable goals and realize that social media is not normally an overnight success but a gradual building of a strong network.

FACT: The largest demographic on Facebook is 35-54 year olds. This is also the demographic with the most spending power.

Creative Answers has helped many of its clients move into social media by understanding their message and audience and suggesting ways to use the phenomena which is social media to achieve their goals.

Talk to us about your needs today!

Visitors and search engines alike return more often to a site where new content is delivered on a regular basis.

Once your new website is set up, the job isn't done. As is sometimes the case with small and medium-sized businesses, websites can be neglected because you don't have the time or skills necessary keep the site updated. Once Creative Answers has provided you with a new site, why not let us continue as an integral part of your operation..as your webmaster.

Pay as you go: Our hourly rate is $50. If you have a major project, check with us for a quotation to fix the project cost.

Ask us to quote you a monthly plan if you need services on a regular basis

Your web content should deliver the right message to the right audience and work to strengthen your brand.

At Creative Answers, when we take an active part in your web content development, we get to know your business. We ask alot of questions, examin your existing website (if you have one) and visit your competitor's sites. We can help you arrive at that all-important message and word it in such a way to grab the visitors attention (10 second limit) and make them a customer (55 second limit).

Substance First SEO Second

Visitors actually drive your SEO ranking by linking back to your site. Incoming links let search engines know that your site is a connection to content that visitors feel is worth linking to. For this reason, Creative Answers writes for your visitors and then hones the content with good keywords for search engines. Keyword focused statements without significance won't turn the visitor into a customer.

Your website should be hosted on state-of-the-art equipment, delivered 24x7 at lightning speed.

Unlike other shared hosting, when you host your site with Creative Answers, you can rest assured that only hand picked sites are sharing your facility so there is less of a chance of downtime due to viruses or bad coding. Only sites designed and maintained by Creative Answers and Engage Software will share your server facility.

Your first year of hosting is included in the set up of a new website and thereafter hosting fees are $250 a year*.

*Subject to change with prior notification

Your hosting includes:

World-Class Data Center
Best-of-Breed Routers, firewalls and servers
DotNetNuke installation
Web Site Statistics
Daily Backups
24/7 Monitoring
Email & Telephone Tech Support
24/7 Physical Security

Need a domain name? We can secure the domain name of your choice (subject to availability). 10 Free email addresses are included when we secure your domain name.

A well designed website is a strong marketing tool.

It should reflect your company's identity and separate you from your competition.

Creative Answers will design your business website to not only look good but work well with intuitive navigation and maintainability. We will strive to adhere to three basic attributes:

Design simplicity: Websites do not need to exhibit complexity or elements of grandeur for them to be effective. No matter what the theme of your website, simple presentation without a lot of "fill" distractions will keep your visitors on track and will best accentuate your message.
Appropriate content: Content is the most important aspect of the website. Everyone is aware that content must be engaging to grab a visitor's attention; but, often overlooked, is the fact that your site should be search engine friendly so that search engine "spiders" catalog your content correctly.
Simple navigation: The key to good navigation is getting your visitor to the content with as few clicks as possible. Clear descriptions of your site sections and site maps are helpful not only to the visitor but to those search engine spiders.