Profile
| Name | Phil Emery |
| About Me | I transform your brand with expert solutions in branding, messaging, design, marketing, website development, and social media. I specialize in helping businesses and national non-profits define their identity, communicate their mission, and connect with their audience effectively. With a proven track record across industries like technology, retail, IT, manufacturing, and transportation, I deliver tailored services, including brand development, corporate identity systems, multi-channel marketing campaigns, WordPress and BuddyPress websites, engaging videos, and thriving online communities. Let’s craft compelling marketing materials and annual reports that drive results and make an impact. |
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| Current Location | St. John's, Newfoundland |
| WordPress Origin Story | Back in 2004, I was re-building my bands (The Parkdale Hookers website. I’d created lots of websites for clients as static HTML pages. I knew that if the updating process on the new site was too demanding, the site would become out of date after a while. I had seen that happen on too many client sites. I thought about what would be required: a simple site, database driven that would have new content displayed on the front page. Realizing a blog engine would fit the bill, I already knew that Blogger was hard to customize, I started to look around. I tried Joomla, but that would only output table-based output and I had long moved over to CSS-based coding – to the point where I couldn’t really remember how to do table-based layouts – I also knew I’d never go back. I found WordPress and installed it. There were very few resources on the web at the time (figuring out how to create multiple loops on the front page was a challenge) but I was thrilled with the result. The next couple of updates broke lots of stuff as old calls were removed (gettext anyone?) – which worried me. But it settled down after a bit. After that, I’ve never looked back! |
| Company | Focused Creative |
| Job Title | Principal / Owner / Creative Director |
| Interests | Music performance, songwriting, organizing and hosting of monthly songwriting workshops, public speaking, travel, photography, book clubs. Founder and co-host of the Song Talk Radio Podcast & Radio Show on 1280AM Toronto |
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