Testimonials

William F. Acton, PE,
San Francisco, CA “It is a pleasure to give Phyllis Garland my highest endorsement after working with her to create the website for my newly formed company. She did an outstanding job. She built the website exactly to my specifications, and she used her expertise to make valuable recommendations during the process. As the website took shape, we would meet at regular intervals review the progress and make refinements. Her in-depth knowledge of how websites worked was a huge plus for me, as I was looking for a professional who could build the site from start to finish and to take care of all the background details. I can enthusiastically recommend Phyllis Garland as a website developer.” bayareainnovationsinc.com/ Public
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Susan Mix, Certified Reflexologist
Sunnyvale & Los Altos, CA “I am delighted to recommend Phyllis Garland of Garland Web Design Services. She recently handled moving my website to new hosting as well as implemented a new site design on the WordPress platform. She was highly responsive, very organized, provided timely status reports and made the entire process a lot less stressful than I’d expected. In addition, she provided great design recommendations, patiently answered all my questions and even trained me on site maintenance. I’ve also attended several of her social media workshops. Phyllis’s workshops provide huge value in comparison to others I’ve attended. She not only knows all the details you need to learn about social media, but she actively teaches them in her workshops rather than just teasing you with a little info and sending you home feeling like you still don’t know what to do. Phyllis really shows you what to do, devotes time to answering questions and usually provides a terrific handout summarizing the information shared. The service Phyllis delivers is superlative and her pricing is very attractive, but the best part is that she’s a pleasure to work with!” www.susanmix.com Public
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Loran Brewster, CEO & Founder
Pittsburgh, CA “Phyllis was very helpful with the development of my site. She’s easy to work with and I am extremely thankful for her expertise. She has definitely made things easier for me. www.cheersonlinemagazine.com Public
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Ron Hori
San Jose “I attended a social media workshop that Phyllis taught recently and she did an excellent job. She explained in simple terms how to use social media for your business. Specifically, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Youtube. Phyllis is also a professional web designer. She works with professionals and business owners to convert their websites to WordPress. I highly recommend Phyllis.” Public
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Saili Gosula
San Mateo, CA “Meeting Phyllis has been one of the best parts of becoming a business owner. Now, I can’t imagine my life without her! First, she leads this very supportive and information group called WEBA (Women Entrepreneurs of the Bay Area). I’ve met so many amazing women through this group that is completely managed by Phyllis. Then, after our first meeting, Phyllis visited my rudimentary business Facebook page and made lots of suggestions on how to make it more effective, more visible, and more popular! I know that those suggestions alone have been very useful in increasing my online presence. I have used her lessons to help others do the same. I have attended other meetings where Phyllis was the speaker and she helped other small business owners to understand what they need to do to make their website easier to find on the web. She explains things so easily and in an approachable manner. I also attended one of Phyllis’ workshops on social media – there was so much I did not know about LinkedIn and Facebook! I have not implemented everything she exposed us to that day but I did some right on the spot and plan on working on more! I love the way Phyllis makes it so easy for people to participate and take a lot from her workshops. Phyllis is a wealth of information and we’re all lucky that she wants to share so much with us! When you work with Phyllis you will not get only the Web Designer – you will also get a businesswoman who is very aware of our community, and who will help you in ways you can’t even imagine yet.” www.synergyhomecare.com/SanMateo/ Public
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Molly Barton, Assistant Superintendant
San Mateo-Foster City School District “Phyllis Garland has completely redesigned the San Mateo Park Math and Science Magnet School website. Through frequent and patient communication with me and the San Mateo-Foster City School District Technology Department, as well as the PTA and school Foundation Presidents, Phyllis determined the design that would accurately reflect our school community and values. To ensure our website visitors would be able to find the information they seek, Phyllis organized all of the significant information into a clear and easy to navigate website. She keeps the information current, has added a video component to the homepage, put in drop down menus so visitors do not have to “hunt” for what they want, and has created links to school forms and our school newsletter to help us reduce our paper output. It is an attractive, well-organized, consistently formatted website. As a result of Phyllis’ efforts we have had more visitors to our site and are proud to refer inquiring community to the website for information about our school. Phyllis is a creative, skilled, and dedicated webmaster for our school. Her service to San Mateo Park has been invaluable. I highly recommend her for any position in which she is able to use her creative talents, technology expertise and outstanding communication and organizational skills.” www.smparkschool.org Public
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Rosalinda Randall
San Bruno “Dear Phyllis; You have no idea how much you have helped me…You have eliminated hours that I would have spent in attempting to develop my web site–without satisfactory results. Our phone meetings were invaluable and unhurried. You listened to what I was seeking and brought forth creative ideas for me to consider. You provided an honest opinion with solutions. I am now confident and proud to present my web site. Thank you Phyllis.” sfsetiquette.com/ Public
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Mandy Andrei
Hillsborough “I met Phyllis Garland several months ago, when she started the Women Entrepreneurs of Bay Area MeetUp Networking Group. There are no words to describe her leadership abilities! She is absolutely amazing and I encourage you all to participate at her events as she has an innate ability to bring people together and help them connect to each other. Become a member of her group at: http://www.meetup.com/Women-Entrepreneurs-of-the-Bay-Area/ Her professional work is nothing less than her WEBA culture ( I strongly believe that she created a culture with that group!) As a website designer and virtual assistant, she uses the latest methods in Website Design, Social Media and Search Engine Optimization to create the right business solutions for her customers. She was personally trained by leaders in her field (who she tries to bring as speakers at her events), and working with her, as most of you already know, it’s always very efficient and customer oriented. She really knows how to listen to her customers’ needs, but she also adds her creativity and knowledge spin bringing to life amazing tools for them. She understands that her customer’s revenue depends on the quality and reliability of the business solutions she offers, and this includes the design of their websites, the management of their social media, and the education of the end user when necessary. More than anything, Phyllis understands that her customers’ business success depends on her work. These people entrust her with their businesses and this is a trust she never takes lightly.” Public
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B.W. Jenett, Attorney at Law
Palo Alto “I have found Phyllis Garland to be unfailingly intelligent, thoughtful, careful and proactive and professional in everything she has done for me. She is a truly pleasant “can do” person, whom I trust not only to do things right and timely, but also to maintain confidentiality and to maintain my trust in her.”

Nola Masterson, M.S.
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Woodside, CA “Phyllis Garland has provided consulting services for my Venture Capital firm. She has maintained my website and updated my databases. She has interfaced with clients and limited partners. She is always professional and kind. She has been a trusted and valuable member of my small team, which requires wearing many hats. She is very punctual and efficient and I appreciate her efforts to do tedious work as well as creative projects. I can highly recommend her for independent work as she is honorable and reliable as well as creative and business savvy. Her computer skills are excellent and she is able to work in Quickbooks, Quicken and all Microsoft applications.” www.sciencefuturesinc.com Public
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Nancy Ferrari
Orange County, CA “As creating a website was a new experience for me, I am so pleased that Phyllis was my website designer as she did a wonderful job, worked well with what I was trying to achieve and was very patient with me in the process, worked diligently on any changes I asked of her, and provided me with a wonderful website! I highly recommend Phyllis Garland for all your website design needs! Nancy Ferrari” www.nancyferrari.com Public
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Debbie Josendale
Silicon Valley, CA “It is my pleasure to give Phyllis Garland my highest endorsement! For quite some time I had been looking for someone to help me set up the Facebook Page for the SF Bay Area Woman’s Journal. Phyllis has been wonderful to work with and I am so appreciative of both her knowledge and “bedside manner”! She was extremely helpful in answering questions, providing guidance on a variety of issues and always prompt in returning e-mails or phone calls. Websites, Facebook Pages, etc are critical to running a small business….and finding someone who you can trust and who delivers is challenging enough…and then to find someone who is patient in answering questions, listens to your needs and returns phone calls and e-mails…is like hitting the lottery!” www.bayareawj.com/ Public
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Laurie Hilt
Menlo Park “Phyllis has been a joy to work with! Her attention to detail along with her creativity has been a breath of fresh air. Looking forward to working with her in the future on other projects.” www.onyxstock.com Public
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Tamara Boswell Petrucci
Anaheim Hills, CA “Phyllis took my website, TamarasSkinCare.com, from this huge unmanageable clunky mess to something that is attractive and to the point. She is good with communicating the process and progress. She’s a delight to work with.” tamarasskincare.com/ Public
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Clarise Lyon, Owner and Director of Building Blocks of Reading
San Carlos, CA “After I took Phyllis Garland’s Social Media Class, I realized how much I needed to learn. If I was going to connect with my audience, I needed to stretch myself. This class gives you the foundational skills that you need create a business page, and create accounts with other social media groups to get the message out to potential clients. I highly recommend this class!” www.readrightnow.net/index.html Public
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Esther Emergui Gillette , Executive VP
S.E.E. Imports “Phyllis Garland is one of the most capable business women I know. We have worked together on the PTA Board of our school, in addition to participating in similar activities outside of the school realm. Phyllis’ work ethic is of the highest caliber. While she takes her work seriously, whether it is for a school, client, or the Women’s Group she started, she is kind, tactful and fun. She always continues to amaze me about the volume of what she does. While many of us “juggle” projects, I have never seen Phyllis drop the ball. I am always honored to work alongside with her on whatever she endeavors to do.” Public
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Glenn Fischer
It might interest you to know that I received my 1st call yesterday from someone who saw my web site! bayareaaudiovideoservice.com/ Public
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Kate Hanpachern
“Phyllis has been an integral part of the JumpLearn team and has taught one of our most popular classes, Marketing with Social Media. Her teaching style creates a comfortable atmosphere for students to ask questions and become active participants in the class. Her passion for social media and helping women business owners shines through in her classes.”