About Us
If you’re better
than your competition
shouldn't
your
website
be better
than theirs?
What about us? We help show you’re more evolved than your competitors.
Otherwise, how will prospects understand why they should go with your company? That’s why we specialize in websites, advertising and marketing for companies that get their prospects’ attention in 5 seconds or less.
When your audience sees your website is more memorable than your competitors’ sites, it stands out in their minds. The websites we design are engaging, educational, if when appropriate, entertaining, appealing to your prospects’ confidence and trust in you.
Creating websites that play well with Google.
With an understanding of how Google works, we help you establish a site that attracts, and keeps, visitors engaged. Google’s algorithms are a complex, ever-changing ecosystem unto itself. We keep up on their algorithms in an effort to keep your website ranking well.
If the web design firm you’re working with (or considering working with) isn’t keeping up on Google’s algorithms, that should be a red flag. Because what you (or they) don’t know, will hurt your organic rankings.
Sevell
I grew up in New York City, and attended college at the School of Visual Arts on East 23rd Street. When I forged a letter from a doctor to get me out of an oil painting class (for being allergic to oil paints), I accepted the fact that art school really wasn’t for me. During college I even spent a summer working for Jerry Seinfeld’s dad’s sign shop doing hand lettering.
Fortunately, there was a Plan B. My father was a freelance commercial artist in NYC specializing in hand-lettering for movie titles and book covers. He took me into work with him every Summer and taught me the ropes. I was able to get entry level jobs in ad agencies around New York City, which turned out to be much more enjoyable than school.
Then I moved to Columbus, Ohio and became one of the early pioneers in the Short North. We bought a home there for $29,000, renovated it, and rented an office on High Street when it was just $3.00 a square foot. I joined the Short North Board and Beverly and I were honored as “Unsung Heroes of the Short North.”
After working in a few ad agencies in Columbus, Beverly (AKA: Bevell) and I started Sevell + Sevell. When things go well you tend to hang around, so Columbus has been home for a long time. We love it here and have seen it blossom into what it is today.
Over the years, we’ve been fortunate enough to have won dozens of awards through the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio, and have been recognized by Expertise.com as one of Columbus’ Top 20 web design firms and by SocialAppsHQ as one of Columbus’ Top SEO firms.
Kropp
Steven M Kropp
My whole life I wanted to be an artist. Just ask nearly all of my school teachers—they were the one’s telling me to focus and stop drawing. I never imagined all that doodling, and “not paying attention,” would lead me to my dream job—being a creative person for actual money!
College Experience
I graduated from CCAD (Columbus College of Art & Design) in Columbus, with a primary focus on Graphic Design and Advertising. Besides all the day-in and day-out creative aspects of going to such a school, I reveled in the excitement of competition. In nearly all of my classes, we would put our weekly or monthly projects up on the wall for critique and display. This was my opportunity to see where I failed, and I’ll admit it, who all I was better than. Every project, I wanted to blow out of the water, most unique, most creative, best execution. There were so many great artists in my classes, I was honestly just happy to be in the top 5.
Transition to Professional Career
From College almost straight to Sevell + Sevell, I freelanced at a few firms around Columbus, but then just months after graduating, I interviewed with Sevell, and have not left since, and now my name is in the company name. Many of my colleagues have moved around a lot over the years—different jobs, different cities, but when you work at a great place—why ever leave?!
I honestly detest talking about myself, I am self deprecating by nature, but if I had to brag, and clearly I am about to… I would say I am mostly self-taught, and I know how to hustle. Nothing was ever given to me, most of my life has been an up-hill battle filled with tons of failures, but I’ve learned from all of them. From teaching myself how to code, to now re-discovering my passion for painting and fine arts, my days are filled with constantly challenging myself. It is nearly impossible for me to settle for just “Okay” or even “Pretty Good”. Still to this day, my desire to hear the word “WOW!” is what truly fuels me—it’s what I live for, well, that and my amazing wife and daughter.