
Reaching People Through Design
I am a man of strong faith, family values, determination and fun. I married my best friend over 15 years ago and am a proud father. I love collecting music, statues, figurines, and movies. And I'm a technology enthusiast. If I'm not creating something on my PC, then you can catch me watchinbg movies or playing a video game or two.
Biography
I'm a tenacious entrepreneur. I quickly realized that if I worked for someone else, solely, that I'd never reach my goals of financial freedom. I've owned multiple successful businesses for more than 22 years and I am an advocate for living life on your own terms... as much as possible anyway. Ha ha.
I believe that people can achieve anything that they put their mind to but it takes blind faith, consistency, self-development and a system that works. Creativity through design and technology has been the system that's worked for me. It's the vehicle that's allowing me to build a legacy for my future generations.
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Education
& Major Skills
Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) in Web Development
Associates of Arts Degree (AA) in Computer Networking
Website Design & Development
Website design is definitely my strongest skillset of digital marketing. I started my first business designing websites in 1998 from the advice of my best friend and now wife.
With the saturation of point-n-click online website builders there's a greater need for custom website creation. It's the best way to set your brand apart from your competition and to control your platform.
Social Media Marketing
This skill is surely becoming the most important skills to be proficient at in digital marketing period. It encomapsses so many creative skills into one to attract a target audience to a product or service that they want. And its the one that I use the most now.
Everyone knows that they should use social media to market their product, idea or service but few know how to do it correctly. I help you to figure out what works best for you.
Email Marketing
This is the one skill that can make the difference between a business that's barely making a profit to a multi-million dollar business! I can't stress enough how imprtant it is to use email marketing in your business!
I teach people to leverage their exitsing customers to build their business using email. I also show business owners how to monetize an email list by building relationships thus creating loyal buyers.
Graphic Design
With more people starting their own businesses now, the creation of original images and logo design is at an all time high. And knowing how to create and present graphic images for social marketing use can be the clutch pin of e-commerce sales.
SEO
Even though this is growing into a more "organic" process, for search engine ranking, it's still important to perform keyword research when trying to get your website found. I will help you to do it correctly.
Brand Creation
I regularly build online brands from idea to fruition. This includes logo creation, business slogans, full websites (CMS and e-commerce), determining the perfect target audience, creating and growing the social media platform accounts, and pre/post email marketing campaigns. This includes businesses and the growing trend of personal branding.
Programming
I've been trained in and regularly used many programming languages since 2007 but the most commonly used languages were/are SQL, Javascript, PHP, CSS, Actionscritp, and HTML. More recently, I've been immersed in No-Code application development which each uses it's own platform for development.
Current
Skillset
Adobe Creative Suite Apps
Since the days of days of Macromedia until now! Yeah. I'm am OG. Ha ha. I use the entire set of tools/applications when needed but most of my work requires the use of the following Adobe applications: Premiere, Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, After Effects, XD, Dreamweaver and Media Encoder. Adobe Muse gets an honorable mention. And I still use Adobe Fireworks sometimes.
CMS Platform Creation (Joomla/Wordpress/Drupal)
After years of working with Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla Content websites, I prefer to use Joomla as my main CMS tool. There's nothing wrong with Wordpress but we have more security flexibility and creativity with Joomla. I've built a process and ecosystem around Joomla that allows me to more quickly provide secure and robust CMS websites that our clients love.
Although, when a project requires it, I can still work with Wordpress or create a totally unique design from scratch using HTML 5, CSS, PHP, SQL, etc.
Marketing/Advertising
I have over over 20 years of B2B and B2C advertising and marketing experieince. In the last 10 years or so, however, My preference is using Facebook as my main marketing platform for ads because of it's advanced targeting tools. I also use Aweber as my main email marketing platform of choice.
E-Commerce Platform (Shopify)
I personally use and suggest Shopify for my e-commerce projects. They have become the industry standard e-commerce platform for online stores.
My Businesses & Brands

Your Digital Choices
This business allows me to use my creativity and technical skills to create awesome digital resources for adults and parents; to hopefully make adulting a little easier. Right now, these resources are sold through Etsy.

Eccles Publishing
This business allows me to use my creativity and skills to create awesome low and mid content books for adults and parents. Right now, these activity/resource books that are sold through Amazon.

The Busy Dad Network LLC
This is a brand that I built for guys like me, busy dads who love God, our family, entrpreneurship, technology, gaming, art and the people who support us. There are resources to help make us more productive and healthy. Then there are also video game reviews/ratings based on what us busy dads look for.
TBDN Store (BestDadShirtsOnline.com)
This brand became so popular that I created a merch/product store to help support its growth. While these designs are made with black dads in mind, because it's a direct reflection of myself, they're made for anyone to wear. You can't get these exclusive designs anywhere else because I design each one myself.

Eccles Enterprises, LLC
I'm a huge supporter of entrepreneurship and owning your own businesses. I have a passion for helping others achieve financial success through business as I have for 20+ years. So I use Eccles Enterprises, LLC to do just that!
We provide the services that you need to get ahead of your competition. We’ve mastered the technology so that you can focus on running your business. Whether you’re just starting out, rebranding or just making a few changes to your business Eccles Enterprises has got you covered.

My Christmas Rocks
I created this website years ago for friends and family and it's grown over time. More and more people found out about it so I left it up year round. And by demand, I created an e-commerce store for Christmas apparel and collectibles for true Christmas Fans. You can enjoy the best holiday playlist while shopping without the crowds of people!
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Mailing Address
Waldorf, Maryland, 20604