Since 1999, E-websmart has helped hundreds of businesses and organizations across the U.S. to develop and improve brand identity, create new streams of revenue, and increase and improve customer service offerings.

From Web site design and e-commerce, to logo creation and collateral development, our specialized design services integrate multiple components, all of them necessary to breath new life into your business and your brand image.

e-websmart creates insightful, high-energy, business building solutions that reflect and support your targeted message. These solutions are delivered through clever concept development, perceptive copywriting, and one-of-a-kind designs.
 

Michelle Tjelmeland, Founder and Owner With boundless energy, a designer's flair and keen instincts about people and business, Michelle gets results and her clients reap the benefit. Click here read Michelle's entrepreneurial timeline. Michelle Tjelmeland, owner of e-websmart is the creator and author of Market Your Mission™ books, a high-energy dynamo, the founder of a non-profit organization, an accomplished public speaker, a recipient of Microsoft's prestigious 2005 "Start Something Amazing Award", and a dedicated wife and mother.    What most people do not realize is that Michelle has accomplished this all while being profoundly Deaf, "hearing" only through a miraculous technology called a cochlear implant, a small electronic device that translates sound in the environment into electrical impulses which the brain can interpret.    Before losing her hearing, Michelle taught 7th and 8th grade language arts for the Springfield, Illinois public school district.  She possesses a master's degree in Education and Computer Technology from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and a bachelor's degree in Education from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.  Her achievements and the contribution of e-websmart to the field of Web design and to the community where the company is located have been applauded through numerous awards and nominations, including:    Recipient of the "Woman on the Rise award" by Illinois State Treasurer, March, 2008 "Silver Addy Award" from the American Advertising Federation, March, 2008 "Inc Magazine Winner for Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Reader and Editor's Pick", November 2007 "NAWBO Mirassou Business Optimist 10k Award Recipient", May 2006 "Silver Addy Award" from the American Advertising Federation, February 2007 "Silver Addy Award" from the American Advertising Federation, February 2006 "Innovate Illinois Regional Semi-Finalist", March/April 2006   "Milliken Regional Entrepreneurial Network 5k Grant" recipient, January 2006 1st place winner in the national Microsoft "Start Something Amazing" Campaign in the culture and community category, November 2005 "National Inspirational Deaf Person of the Year Award" by Oticon, February 2005 "Small Business Owner of the Year" by the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, June 2003 "Gold Award" by the World Wide Web Awards Association, July 2003 "40 under 40 Award" by the Springfield Business Journal, 2002 In addition to her work with e-websmart, Michelle is the Founder and Board Chairman of the Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation (www.ciafonline.org), a nonprofit organization which exists to provide information, resources and financial assistance for individuals who can overcome deafness through utilization of cochlear implant technology.     Armed only with an amazing passion to bring her nonprofit to life, Michelle built the organization from the ground up and marketed her way to widespread name recognition within her niche.    Michelle also maintains active involvement in her community. She is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and is the Vice President of Rochester Education Foundation (www.rochestereducationfoundation.org).     Michelle resides in Springfield, Illinois with her husband and two young daughters. Joy Duling, Strategist/Copywriter Joy comes to the e-websmart team as a site content specialist, bringing more than a decade of experience from the government and not-for-profit sectors.   As a small business owner herself, Joy possesses more than a textbook understanding of Internet operations.  She has successfully launched two businesses via the Web – both a retail storefront and a professional services firm offering project-based virtual assistance and consultation.  Additionally, Joy specializes in set-up of third party site add-ons such as message boards and blogs or productivity tools such as on-line invoicing.   E-websmart clients who have worked with Joy have appreciated her ability to “get it”.  With a quiet confidence, Joy quickly develops an understanding of their business needs and produces site content that accurately reflects their personality, target market and site goals.     Joy holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois; a Master’s Degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign with a specialization in Policy, Planning and Administration; and has completed a number of specialty writing courses through American Writers and Artists, Inc.  Sharon Hewitt, Senior Graphic Design & Instructor After graduating from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Sharon launched her career in St. Louis, Missouri. With a client list that included such names as Anheuser-Busch, Ralston Purina, Eveready, Schnucks Markets and The St. Louis Bread Company, Sharon produced art projects ranging from advertisements to product packaging.   After five years in St. Louis, Sharon brought her career to Springfield, Illinois.  During her years here in the capital city, Sharon has produced countless design projects, business-to-business and consumer advertising, marketing and corporate communications as well as special government agency projects.   Today, Sharon builds strong brands through innovation design through her firm, sharonIDesign, in addition to assisting e-websmart clients with logo, Web site, and collateral materials design.   Continually inspired by the world around her, Sharon uses the eyes of an experienced designer to bring the world of visual communications to e-websmart clients as well as individual clients. Kim Martin, Educational Trainer and Technical Support Kim is our project manager extraordinaire. From putting the polish on finished Web sites, to making sure that shopping carts and links are working, to setting up email accounts and walking our clients step-by-step through the training process, Kim does it all with professionalism and grace. She graduated from Illinois State University grad in 1990 with a Bachelor's Degree in Middle School Education and, after teaching for a few years, returned for a Master's Degree in Mathematics. Working on Web sites was certainly not something Kim imagined herself doing, but after partnering with e-websmart on a site for her comedian father-in-law, the relationship with Michelle and the rest of the team blossomed into a supplemental career path. The teacher in her is still there, though. She loves working with e-websmart clients and says that it's always fun to see how delighted they are when they see the finished sites. Clients say that Kim makes the learning process interesting and is always there to lend a hand when they require technical support. Kim resides in Springfield with her husband Darby and their only child, Tally.