My name is Jodi Krangle and I'm addicted to the web.
(I feel like I'm standing up in an AA meeting.)

My fascination with computers began a long time ago. All through High School, University (I have an English B.A.), and beyond, I was working in computer stores - selling computer hardware. When the 386-SX was a new thing, I was a computer salesperson. (Don't worry if you don't know what a 386-SX is. It's LONG gone now.)

In 1995 when I first discovered the Internet, I honestly had no idea where it would lead - but I knew right then that I loved it. I started designing websites. I did contract web design work for several companies around the world from my home in Toronto in 1995-96, right when the web was just starting to receive mainstream notoriety.

In 1995, I also started a personal hobby site called The Muse's Muse, a song writing resource that began as merely a listing of songwriting organizations around the world, a monthly survey and a page for musician classifieds. I thought I would put something online where I could talk with other people about what interested me. A lot of people were doing that sort of thing at the time. "Interactivity" or the use of "community-building" techniques like ongoing polls, feedback forms and classifieds were fairly new then. I didn't just want to talk AT people. I wanted to talk WITH them.

Well.

That little site grew... and grew... Some of the kudos for The Muse's Muse include both a large write-up in Billboard Magazine (September 8, 2001), and mention in the February 11, 2002 edition of The Wall Street Journal (pg. E9). Not bad, huh?

I've worked as the advertising manager and web designer for a medium-sized data recovery company, the marketing director for a small gaming software development company, and as the director of online marketing services for a web design company. Besides the online marketing skills I've honed throughout the years (as detailed in the rest of this website), I've picked up a great many skills that could also be put to your use. These include:

So why did I create this website and decide to strike out on my own?

Because it's time. I know there are a lot of folks out there looking for a less expensive alternative to making their internet presence work for them. I've developed a lot of skills over the years to help them do just that.

Have a look through the site and if you have any further questions, I invite you to give me a call or send me an email. I'll be happy to help you make your mark on the web. I have every confidence I can do it, too.

Try me. ;)