About

About

About the team, our humble beginnings and our commitment to serving you!

Our Mission

To help build brands from start to finish. We provide expert service & support at every step of the branding process. From design, to promotion to engagement – we help businesses build cohesive online presences through sound web marketing strategies and contemporary, marketing-focused design.

How We Began

Virtual Sidekick began as a small video-based virtual tour company out of Durham, NC. Founders Carlton Barnette and Ina Stanley put their individual talents as artist and web marketing specialist together with their entrepreneurial passion to fill a growing need in the real estate industry. As times changed, we shifted our focus to incorporate services that better reflected the needs of small businesses. We have now proudly expanded into a full-service web marketing & web and graphic design firm located in Atlanta, GA.

Our Commitment to Excellence

Here at Virtual Sidekick, we’re committed to equipping our clients with the latest web marketing, seo & web and graphic design enhancement to help lift their brands to the top of the industry and keep them there. We partner with innovative companies and are always working to improve our skills and offerings to continue raising our standard of excellence. We’re also committed to customer service, privacy and security – and our processes reflect that. We’re ready and willing to go the extra mile to ensure our clients receive the best and most effective service the industry has to offer.

Meet the Team

Skills & Specialties

  • CSS
  • HTML
  • WordPress CMS
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Project Management

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How We’re Different

When you’re looking for a professional to help you with web marketing or web and graphic design, the search process can sometimes be overwhelming. How do you know which company or professional to choose? Will they actually do what they say they’ll do? How much should you really be spending? If they all offer the same services, how is any company different from another? It’s likely that all these questions and more are running through your head. Here at Virtual Sidekick, we want to make your decision to work with us an easy, comfortable and stress-free one. We know that every dollar counts and you need things done right the first time. So here’s how we’re different from our competitors, and how those differences will help you make the best choice for your business:

  • We are Innovative: We’re not comfortable with being stagnant or keeping things the same when we know our clients can benefit more from new technologies and methods. So we’re constantly studying, improving our skills and our understanding of new technologies and creating opportunities to make use of the latest and greatest methods to keep our clients’ businesses at the forefront of their industries. We believe the greatest success comes from innovation, and we want that success for ourselves and our clients as well!
  • Our Packages are Inclusive: Often times when you have a website designed or a web marketing strategy created, there are other services needed to make your initial service a true success. For example, a beautifully-designed website will not help you to achieve many of your goals without proper Search Engine Optimization. Unfortunately, most web designers aren’t SEO experts, and most SEO experts aren’t web designers. That means you’ll have to pay (and wait) for 2 separate services before you can begin attracting customers online. We understand that having to purchase different services, even from the same company, can get extremely expensive. We also understand that time is of the essence when it comes to your business success. That’s why we’ve taken the time to research which services go hand-in-hand and developed all-inclusive packages. These packages help you save money, cut back on unnecessary wait time and focus on helping you get your business up and running quickly and properly.
  • Our Prices are Competitive: We believe that it’s possible to offer great service without overcharging clients to make up for large overhead costs. So we’ve streamlined our own processes and needs to keep our costs low, and we pass those savings on to you! We also understand that many of our clients are small businesses and even solo entrepreneurs with tight budgets. And because we never want to turn away a client who’s on a tight budget, we’ve provided a variety of options in our pricing structure to make our services more affordable and available for everyone. We hundreds less than our competitors while still providing top-notch web marketing and stunning web and graphic design!
  • We Take Privacy & Security Seriously: Because of our client contract process, we ask for sensitive information which some clients may not be comfortable giving out. We understand your need to protect your information and we take that need seriously. We’ve secured our site with 256-bit SSL Encryption to ensure that your information is kept safe, and we store all client information on secure servers that only we have access to. For more information, visit our Privacy and Security links.
  • More Options to Suit More Needs: Maybe you’re not interested in having someone perform a web marketing service for you. Perhaps you’d rather learn a few tricks of the trade so you and your staff can manage your own marketing strategy. That’s no problem! We offer web marketing training in a variety of topics that you and your office staff can learn together! We even offer a support forum once your training is over in case you have additional questions or hit a road block. At Virtual Sidekick, we want to empower our clients to reach their goals using the best methods for them.
  • We Want to Bend Over Backwards to Assist You! With our new launch, we’re offering more ways for you to get in contact with us and longer business hours to ensure we’re open and available for everyone. We’re now open 6 days a week, and you can reach us by phone, email, live chat and fax. And with our new setup, someone’s always here in the office! No more waiting for a response when we’re out of the office!
  • We Care about More than Just Making Money: While we do enjoy earning a living, Virtual Sidekick is about more than earning a buck. We strive to minimize our impact on the environment by running a totally electronic office (less paper waste, less shipping and less ink usage), recycling and using recycled products. When services like catering are needed, we support local businesses that offer local and organically-grown food and recyclable supplies. And we’re developing programs to assist non-profit organizations with low-cost and free services based on their needs. We’re even working on developing internships and entrepreneurship programs for children who are middle-school and up! We believe environmental and community involvement makes good business, better communities and creates more connectedness!