Hello, my name is Mike Dukes, I spent 28 years as a electric bass player, singer/entertainer, show producer, song writer and promoter, taking a 4 year detour somewhere in the mix in the Air Force. Worked with greats such as "Little Richard", "The Maxima Show Band" and "Nashville Impact". I, along with my song writing partner Jerry Penrod, wrote a Billboard Hot 100 Award Winning Hit Song for Epic artist Joe Stamply, "If You've Got Ten Minutes Lets Fall In Love". Big deal, well it was at the time anyway...
WHAT I DO NOW
In early 2000 I conceived the idea for Columbus Georgia OnLine, (CGO) since it's first version released July 4th, 2001 it has grown with every new release, now at version 10, and gives me a good place to try out new technology. CGO averages 400 visitors a day, operates on advertisement revenue and has many unique community features and resources. Try a search for Columbus Ga. Look at the ranking.
I also designed and built Pest Products Online, a large e-Commerce website that requires my daily attention as it's webmaster and online store manager. This site is high ranking in all major search engines for many key words. Try searching the most highly searched keyword for this industry; do it yourself pest control.
For a complete list of MDDS website designs see my portfolio.
My work also includes:
- Layout Designer
- Copy Writer
- Graphic Artist
- Free Lance Design
- Product Photography
- Static Page Shopping Carts (PayPal buttons)
- Data Base Driven Shopping Carts
- Shopping Site Management
- Web Master
- Host Master
EDUCATION
In 1999 I saw great potential in the Internet and began intense study. I actually had an insatiable hunger to learn this stuff. Every waking moment I ran over technics and tricks of the trade. I studied month after month; year after year.
It would be misleading to say I was self taught, because I learned studying the works and writings of such greats as :::
- Lynda Weinmann (element design)
- Jackob Nielson (usability)
- Curt Cloninger (website styles)
- Dayton Davis (photoshop)
- Robin Williams (website design)
- Scott Kelby (photoshop design)
- David Bush (digital photography)
- Tom Ang (photography & photoshop)
- Plus over 100 individual manuals and college text books dealing with one phase or other of web design, usability and photography.
- Awarded Web Masters Degree 2004 University of Hard Knox
ORGANIZATIONS
Chattahoochee Web Designers Association :
I am a member of a small, but talented, group of professionals that pools our talents as needed for projects; therefore you don't have to pay the salaries of a staff when they are not needed and I can offer CWDA services along with my own. This is truly a "Best Value".
National Association of Photoshop Professionals :
I am a member receiving on-going training in the latest technics and tricks with Photoshop Professional teachers.
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