F5 Tornado Safaris
F5 Tornado Safaris
F5 Tornado Safaris
THE LOWDOWN:
Palm Desert, Calif. company that has led tornado-chasing tours on the Great Plains since 1999.
THE CHALLENGE:
The company has only a two-week window to generate revenue, so generating more business was key.
Hills & Hops Hikes
F5 Tornado Safaris
F5 Tornado Safaris
THE LOWDOWN:
Bay Area company with a unique combination of services: Guided hikes followed by a brewpub visit.
THE CHALLENGE:
Diverting tourist hikers from a popular local destination to hiking trails that are more lucrative for the company.
The Marchmen
F5 Tornado Safaris
DeSantis Hair Styling
THE LOWDOWN:
A band of older Bay Area musicians formed in 2011 as a classic-rock cover band to play local venues.
THE CHALLENGE:
Expanding their reach beyond Oakland with a site that includes a music demo and bands they cover.
DeSantis Hair Styling
DeSantis Hair Styling
DeSantis Hair Styling
THE LOWDOWN:
A seasoned elite international hair stylist moving to a new salon with a generic booking system for all its stylists.
THE CHALLENGE:
Working around the booking system by recruiting clients from her former salons while advertising to new clients.
Claire Splan: Author
DeSantis Hair Styling
Claire Splan: Author
THE LOWDOWN:
A renowned California gardening expert with published books, works-in-progress and book proposals.
THE CHALLENGE:
Assembling all of her works for sale, project status reports and a monthly blog under one roof for fans and publishers.
Inspire E-Q
DeSantis Hair Styling
Claire Splan: Author
THE LOWDOWN:
An educator tasked with expanding UC-Berkeley's outbound secondary education program wants to open her own business.
THE CHALENGE:
The field of emotional intelligence (EQ) has been around for 30 years, but it's new to most. I had to deep dive into the subject in order to present my client as an expert.
Neptune Beach Pearl Baseball
Brian Parick Higgins Portfolio
Brian Parick Higgins Portfolio
THE LOWDOWN:
An established baseball program lost the ability to post to its own website when their host provider went out of business.
THE CHALLENGE:
Rebuilding the site from scratch to reflect an updated business strategy and elicit funds from former clients.
Brian Parick Higgins Portfolio
Brian Parick Higgins Portfolio
Brian Parick Higgins Portfolio
THE LOWDOWN:
Business website for a website designer and media provider.
THE CHALLENGE:
Buid a portfoili site showcsing three decades of work in six different fields without overwhelming the reader with a masive menu -- and then design compact sample pages to would appeal to potential clients and employers.
Bread Pool Basketball
Brian Parick Higgins Portfolio
Bread Pool Basketball
THE LOWDOWN:
Website for a 28-year-old March Madness pool of regional renown.
THE CHALLENGE:
Scaling the site so that new gaming ventures could be added over the years.
CONTENT BLURBS FROM BPH WEBSITES
WE LOVE POINT REYES, BUT . . .
Point Reyes National Seashore encompasses 71,000 acres, well over twice the land mass of San Francisco, and is composed largely of low-lying grasslands. The highest point (Mount Whittenberg) is just 1,400 feet above sea level, and the view from the summit is obscured by conifers. Point Reyes is rough, sprawling, and oh-so-windy, and if you want to see the park's beloved tule elk, you'll need a ride. So stay in beautiful Olema . . . but hike iconic Mount Tamalpais for the Bay Area's most stunning vistas!
As we roll past a decade as a group, The Marchmen have proved to be what its members aspired to as younger musicians: A collaborative and collegiate group that plays for the love of music. We like each other. Our wives and girlfriends inspire us. Our fans follow us. The kids are alright.
When you hire The Marchmen, you're hiring professionals -- on time, every time, with state-of-the-art equipment and the know-how to read a room and get it on its feet. We're fine with one-off gigs, but we consider every show an opportunity to build a long-term relationship with the customers that will keep your beer taps flowing for years to come. Let's get your joint jumping, shall we?
My wife, who has forgotten more about marketing than I'll ever know, taught me a life lesson that day: Focus on what you can control. In his zeal to conjure a humpback for his clients, the whale boat operator ignored the bounty all around him: the rare perspective of passing under the Golden Gate Bridge; a pod of bottlenose dolphins frolicking just off the starboard side; and the up-close look at the mysterious Farallon Islands, which are mere bumps on the horizon from any vantage point on land. Any of these events -- but certainly the lot of them -- might have made his customers feel they got their money's worth for booking passage.
I like to grow things: flowers, vegetables, trees, and a cat or two. I also like to grow books, short stories, and articles. This is where it all comes together.
This is the place where you can find what I’m working on, both in the garden and on the page. Check out the books I’ve published, the articles I’ve written, and the stories I’m currently laboring over. My blog will keep you up to date with all of that as well as other life happenings and random thoughts. Sign up for my Substack newsletter, connect with me on social media, or shoot me an email. Now that you’ve found me, I hope you’ll come back often.
It strains the imagination to gaze upon today's bucolic Crab Cove on Alameda's West End and see one of the nation's busiest amusement and water parks. But that was indeed the landscape a century ago. Neptune Beach was widely known as the "Coney Island of the West," drawing 20,000 visitors per weekend, many arriving by a long-extinct railroad. Operating from 1917-39, Neptune Beach featured the world's largest outdoor swimming pool, enough changing rooms for 8,000, a roller coaster, Ferris wheel, and a horse-racing track. Neptune Beach also served as the training ground for some of the world's best prizefighters.
Website Design Testimonials
Claire Splan, Author (ClaireSplan.com)
Gregg Potter, Founder (F5TornadoSafaris.com)
Gregg Potter, Founder (F5TornadoSafaris.com)
"I needed an overhaul of my author website. I may be a professional writer but I'm lousy at promoting myself and even worse when it comes to website design. Brian did a terrific job listening to what I needed and the tone I hoped to convey and then delivering a design that was clean, professional, and conveyed exactly the right message. H
"I needed an overhaul of my author website. I may be a professional writer but I'm lousy at promoting myself and even worse when it comes to website design. Brian did a terrific job listening to what I needed and the tone I hoped to convey and then delivering a design that was clean, professional, and conveyed exactly the right message. He had great ideas about how to best present my work, build an email list, and set up a blog. He's a talented writer with great marketing sense and a cool design sense. Getting a website started or revamped is never easy but Brian made it pretty painless."
Gregg Potter, Founder (F5TornadoSafaris.com)
Gregg Potter, Founder (F5TornadoSafaris.com)
Gregg Potter, Founder (F5TornadoSafaris.com)
"Brian did a wonderful job on both my son's website and my own. He is quick and focused on detail and I'll be calling upon him the next time I need a website created. In addition, Brian has been building up my Facebook followers and creating a killer newsletter for my company and will continue doing this for at least the next 12 months. B
"Brian did a wonderful job on both my son's website and my own. He is quick and focused on detail and I'll be calling upon him the next time I need a website created. In addition, Brian has been building up my Facebook followers and creating a killer newsletter for my company and will continue doing this for at least the next 12 months. Building our brand and pulling people into the website will get me new business and he has been instrumental in this process. Thanks, Brian!"
Lisa Benken, Author (LisaBsWorld.com)
Gregg Potter, Founder (F5TornadoSafaris.com)
Lisa Benken, Author (LisaBsWorld.com)
"Brian is awesome! He's not only done three websites for me but one for a friend. All four sites were perfection. He is patient in dealing with his clients. I should know -- as a client, I'm a pain in the ass. I kept changing ideas, but Brian was right there, patiently sharing his thoughts on my pivots. Basically, he puts everything into
"Brian is awesome! He's not only done three websites for me but one for a friend. All four sites were perfection. He is patient in dealing with his clients. I should know -- as a client, I'm a pain in the ass. I kept changing ideas, but Brian was right there, patiently sharing his thoughts on my pivots. Basically, he puts everything into making sure the website best represents the client. Long after the sites were up and running, Brian was extremely responsive with any of my questions or concerns."