About The Web Lotus

Peace. Tranquility. You're calmer now about the web process.
Yes. Imagine you're listening to the soft ripple of a pond.
A lovely lotus flower is near the edge, not far from where you sit.

Hmm--that sounds nice. We are The Web Lotus, bringing tranquility to the website process.

Who we are
Unfolding your inner website

The Web Lotus is owned and operated by Jenni Beard of Charleston, SC. Jenni began creating powerful advertising campaigns for small businesses long before the web. Beginning in the 1980's, Jenni created a variety of graphic design projects for small businesses including flyers/brochures, mass mailings, restaurant menus, and signage.

Jenni's most elegant designs were reserved for the handmade wedding invitations that she created with her calligraphy skills before printing invitations could be done from a PC (actually, there were no PCs as we know them today!). In addition to her design skills, Jenni has other solid marketing experience. This includes script writing for telemarketing firms, back when most folks didn't object to a few cold calls now and then. She even wrote the scipts for a major campaign with the Bahama Promotion Center in the late 1980s when the Bahamas were desperately trying to rebuild their tourism from the U.S.

As the internet became more firmly grounded in everyday life, Jenni sensed a need to explore this area, and was quickly enlightened to the possibilities. She began teaching herself how to program basic websites and quickly became "webmistress" of a sizable pet rescue here in the Charleston area.

Jenni's other passion is rabbits. The cute, fuzzy kind. They are also gentle, and calming. Jenni devotes much of her "free" time to rescuing these adorable domestic critters, and so the next step of her web career was obvious. She began to donate her web services to the North Georgia House Rabbit Society, and managed their website for three years until founding her own local rescue group here in Charleston. LowcountryBunny has been flourishing for about a year now, though the site is far from finished--too many other sites to build and bunnies to save! Jenni is also a part of a small web team who donates their time to the National House Rabbit Society, whose website includes roughly 800 pages and is constantly changing.

While performing all of this rabbit rescue work, Jenni has still been hard at work on many other types of sites. Before launching The Web Lotus, she was Production Manager for one of the leading Charleston web firms. This involved producing a wide range of services to the 150 clients that she managed: design, coding, marketing, and much more. Most importantly, she realized that very often business owners and managers are intimidated by the web process. This revelation helped to inspire The Web Lotus' main concept of making the process simple, straightforward, easy to understand, and, well, tranquility.

Is that all?
Complete enlightenment

Stephen complements Jenni's varied skills with his own advertising and copywriting expertise. With a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and post graduate work at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia--the country's leading advertising school--Stephen has many similar talents but a very different approach. Working at Miller & Associates Advertising in Washington, DC, he had the opportunity to work on different types of accounts such as real estate, high-end spas, retail, and many others. He believes in a down to earth approach creating ideas and words that inform, inspire, illuminate, and transform lookers into buyers.

Stephen is also a licensed Charleston City Tour Guide, and writes scripts for many different types of tours. He has no trouble selling our historic city to the tourists that he entertains, and this carries over to the other guides who use his scripts. As a requirement for working for The Web Lotus, Stephen also volunteers for the Lowcountry House Rabbit Society, and has found some enlightenment through bunny care.