Christy Kiltz – Design! by Kiltz: Web Design, Hosting and Online Marketing

Grants Pass VIP Podcast

Christy Kiltz A Josephine County native for almost 30 years, Christy Kiltz takes us on her journey from moving to the area from Colorado with her husband, to taking a chance and starting her own local web-based business and it's continued expansion. If you own a business, chances are you have a web presence. Join us as Christy shares valuable tips online and why it's essential to build relationships with your customers, no matter what field you work in. Checkout Design! by Kiltz - https://designbykiltz.com/ Video's Christy Mentions In The Podcast by Simon Sinek and Donald Miller below! Focus on your WHY - Simon Sinek, Start with WHY - https://youtu.be/u4ZoJKF_VuA Build your Brand Story - Summary of Donald Miller's StoryBrand book - https://youtu.be/FkCMhhJaSSk Show Notes From Colorado To Oregon: How We Ended Up In Josephine County Why I Started A Local Web-Based Business What We Help Businesses With Empowering Business Owners to Accomplish Their Dreams Christy's 3 Things You Need For A Successful Website COVID Impact: In-Person Teamwork & Working From Home Web Tech & The Value Of Building Relationships Understanding Solutions & Pain Points of Niche Markets Expanding Our Team in 2021 What Design! by Kiltz Offers That “The Big Web Hosting Companies” Don't Transcription Christy: Understanding customer service skills and customer skill level. Sadly, many in my profession has led me to the tagline of, anyone can code few can take care of people. And it's like a dance. A true partnership dance you've got two people out on the dance floor, one's leading the others following, and depending on the dance, who is leading and who is following switches. And so that's where we truly engage in that partnership with people. Intro: There's a place in Southern Oregon, filled with gorgeous natural beauty, friendly yet independent people and a mild, comfortable climate. That place is called Grants Pass. These are the stories of the people that live and work Josephine County. These are the movers and shakers that make this place of the best. This is Grants Pass VIP. Brian: Christy Kiltz is the website designer and owner of Design! by Kiltz. She provides the full coordination of online services to bring you the best possible solutions for your business. Working with you to develop a successful concept and focus for your website. Christy takes the goal you create with her and brings it to pass. Despite her company, she really isn't a true geek girl. She loves the outdoors, camping, hiking, and water of any kind, and can even survive a weekend without a computer. In fact, among Christy's favorite things include getting away into the beautiful mountains of Southern Oregon with her hubby or taking a drive out to the coast. Christy Kiltz, welcome to Grants Pass VIP. Christy: Thanks, Brian. Brian: Yeah, it's great having you here. We've got a little bit of history, we've worked together in the past and I just want everyone to get to know you a little bit better. Why don't you let us know about who you are, and a little bit about where people might know you from? Christy: Where people might know me from, we've actually lived here in the Grants Pass area for close to 30 years now, somewhere between 25 and 30 years. And early on I worked at the YMCA. So I was all things aquatic so lifeguard swim instructor everything else. And the kids that I taught how to swim now are probably in college or close to it. But that is where some people know me from, but I've also been a member of the Grants Pass Chamber since 2004, joined after David Tally, actually, Tally Media Group and with the SBDC invited me to join. And so the chamber has been my family ever since then. Simply being a part of the business community in many different ways, served as an ambassador on the membership committee over the years, a long time ago,