Some Code i Wrote

Scott has been great to work with, from being responsive to requests to offering ideas for site improvement. His knowledge of WordPress and best practices shows. Our website is stronger as a result of his partnership.

David | 2019

Principal + CEO, Corona Insights

A fully AMP HTML website for a local lounge. Designed and built with a mobile-first methodology.

This project was a multi-language site for a transit-related organization.

A deceptively difficult project. In the highest of the 2020 pandemic, Oregon State Graphic Design needed a replacement for its year-end student portfolio show. They decided to take it online, and I facilitated that effort.

Students were each given a bio and a portfolio page, which they were responsible for populating content to. Building a site for a company with two or three users is pretty standard. Building a website for 50 students, each wanting to display their work in a robust and interesting way? Did I mention this last-minute project had an incredibly tight timeline? Bonkers. Just bonkers … but it turned out amazing.

The students did an amazing job and it was a great experience to be a part of. This was a real test oy my abilities and I am proud to say I am better for having done it. “If you are going to face a real challenge, it has to be a real challenge. You can’t accomplish anything without the possibility of failure.” – Laz Lake

This project involved moving a static HTML site into WordPress as well as developing solutions for various pieces of functionality.

In a time when websites have been commoditized, it’s extremely refreshing to find a craftsman in this space (and exceedingly reassuring, once you hire him). That’s what Scott is: A website craftsman who, while recognizing the prices that the market demands, is driven by an ethic to build something special, proper, safe, and effective. He also has a mind that transcends code and clicks into the other revenue-driving dimensions of marketing. This is a rare kind of value in my experience and it’s really, really hard to find. So rare that I actually find myself feeling anxious to uncover another reason to work with him again.

Aaron | 2015

Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership Consultant

A 2020 rebrand of a site I built back in 2016.

Having the opportunity to stand face to face with my original work, and then resolving the problems with better execution is a true delight. #getbettereveryday #thankyouloyalcustomer

Scotty is great to work with. We have completed various projects together. He is always willing to work within our budgets and yet able to meet the project specifications we bring him. He is often busy but works hard to fit us in as quickly as possible. We love having him as a resource.

Michael | 2020

Owner, Assembly Networks

This project involved moving a blog from Hubspot into WordPress.

This project was a new website for a tech start-up in the medical field.

Scott was easy to work with in the development of our site. He had great structural ideas and worked extremely fast to get the site up and running. Scott is also extremely responsive in quickly developing solutions to ongoing issues that inevitably arise.

Dr. Jim Carr | 2019

ABA Coding Coalition

Working with Scotty is such a dream. He understands the nuanced needs of a small nonprofit, and is always willing to share his knowledge, resources and time in relationship to us achieving our goals. His customer service is extraordinary. We feel safe and taken care of by him. We appreciate him so much, we are looking for ways we can elevate our work together. Thank you, Scott, for your care, support and awesome personality!

Andrea | 2016

Executive Director, Mirror Image Arts

Aura from Business of Creativity approached me with the question, “how would someone convert an excel spreadsheet into a web app?”. My response was that I would build it out of WordPress, as a proof of concept, and go from there. Fast-forward 30 days or so and D.A.M.N. Plan was a thing.

The idea is relatively simple but a solid one. Freelancers or solopreneurs often do not have a firm understanding of their personal and business expenses. As such, they often do not understand what their revenue goals need to be. Add in the often-overlooked expense of taxes, and you can quickly see why many small business owners don’t drive enough revenue to stay in business – they don’t realize how expensive their lifestyle is.

The D.A.M.N. Plan is a solution to this problem. Individuals input their personal and business expenses. The tool uses those numbers to generate a breakdown of the revenue needed. From there, individuals add their product mix, in order to determine how they can make their revenue goals a reality.

All in all, a pretty cool little web app.

Colorado Association for Behavior Analysis (COABA) had particular needs to meet. They wanted to use an off the shelf theme but also wanted to incorporate a members area, event tickets, and donations. Not surprisingly, WooCommerce was what I reached for. The off the shelf solutions available from WooCommerce fulfilled nearly everything. A dash of custom code then pushed this over the line.

Members can purchase and renew their memberships online and at varying and restricted levels. Tickets can similarly be purchased online, restricted to members or not, and discounts are available for members. Additionally, sponsorship “products” advertised alongside the event tickets sold old sponsorship opportunities, increasing the annual budget beyond what was expected.

Not a groundbreaking eCommerce but one that fit the needs, fit the budget, and one that performs well.

I very much enjoyed working with Scotty because he is really data-based, detailed in his communications, motivated to teach his clients as much as possible to be independent in their work, and VERY responsive if you have any needs. It was great to work with him over the past 3 years and I continue to recommend his work to colleagues that need assistance with their website development and functionality.

Melissa | 2019

Director, COABA

I can’t believe how difficult, time consuming and expensive it can be (in today’s tech centric world!), to get a message based website built and hosted for a mid-sized business. Scott broke my project up into manageable pieces, technologically, logistically and financially. Within a week of our first consult, version 1.0 of the site was up, content-ready, and searchable. And I had not yet spent a penny! Scott and SCiW are truly a pleasure to work with, and I cannot recommend them strongly enough, for any size project!

Brian | 2019

Owner, Diagnostic Ecosystems

In 2016, Denver Public Schools (DPS) received a two-year grant from the Colorado Health Foundation (CHF) to increase physical activity across the district. As a part of that initiative, DPS wanted a way to help educators find games to play with students.

A spreadsheet of 350 games was given to me. I took that spreadsheet, cleaned the data, and imported it into a WordPress database. I then created an interface to search games based on type, duration, grade (age) and/or keyword. Educators can also filter games to games that do not require equipment. See the game search functionality here.

While this is a relatively simple thing, it was a fun project to be a part of. I like the idea of helping educators and encouraging physical activity. Despite being a small site with limited design, it is still one of my favorites.

Scott is the most thoughtful, comprehensive and honest developer that I’ve worked with in over 15 years in the industry. His attention to detail is unrivaled and he has a way of not only understanding the challenges and issues, but articulating the solutions in a way that anyone could comprehend. Scott is truly a unicorn in the web development industry!

Dan | 2019

Partner, Campfire Digital

This project was a really interesting take on a web app to facilitate lead capture through sales conversion. On its surface, the site was a single page, lead capture for pricing information. Under the hood, there was much more at play.

Canadian and US visitors could locate their school by searching a database. If the visitor’s school was not present, they could enter their information manually. Once they entered their information and the desired number of licenses (seats, users, etc), a price was calculated and presented. If a visitor decided to purchase, they could facilitate the purchase via WooCommerce.

Behind the scenes, that information was submitted to SalesForce and at multiple steps, in order to track progress through the sales funnel. Pricing was dynamic (based on the number of licenses purchased), taxes were included in the quote and purchase price, and purchase triggered a final submission to SalesForce. Once the final trigger was submitted to SalesForce, the user’s account was automatically created. *Please note, my work ended at the final submission to SalesFore. The automation beyond that point was created by the client.

This was easily one of the most unique uses of WooCommerce I have leveraged to date. Despite the incredibly simple appearance, there was a ton going on. Very cool.

A travel blog and running race tracker for my wife and me.

This project arose from a company wanting to encourage fitness among its employees. The goal was simple: cumulatively travel the circumference of the Earth in one year. All employees tracked and entered miles either walked or run. Employees could see their progress, the progress of the company as a whole, and who the “top performers” were.

Not the most robust piece of functionality I have ever created, but it was nice to play my small role.

A website for a very low-cost and payment plan available product line experiment. While the website is no longer a thing, the concept has been folded into my business model.

Having moved a static HTML site into WordPress in 2017, this project focused on a new design for the website.

Having moved a static HTML site into WordPress in 2017, this project focused on a new design for the website.

Microsites for individual low-income housing properties. 84 and counting completed.

This project involved moving two sites from static HTML into WordPress. Due to the size of the sites, the project was broken into two phases. This first phase would move the sites into WordPress, making them editable but also responsive. The design was an improvement over the existing sites, but was not the primary objective. The primary objective was all about functionality and creating sites with up to date information.

The second phase, which focused on new designs for both sites was completed in 2018.

When we started our website project, we gave Scott the brief that we wanted our WordPress site to look pixel perfect and be easy to update and maintain. Scott worked with our design team to do just that, building not only a website, but also a comprehensive web standards guide and templates that are consistent and simple to reproduce.

We chose a Visual Composer to enable our editorial team to make changes to copy on the fly in layout. Scott went the extra mile to help us understand how to use our new site and talked our development team through launching it. He made himself available to help with any issues post launch and has increased our knowledge of WordPress from absolute beginners to proficient users.

Working with Scott has been an absolute pleasure and we’re thrilled with our new website.

Emma | 2017

Content Strategist, FreshGrade

This project was the creation of two board of directors Portals for sister companies with sister sites. The websites for the companies were completed in 2016.

The best website I have ever built and for my favorite client. While the site was built in 2016 we have worked on it and grown it over the years.

It’s taken us a while to find the right website developer who could accomplish what we needed, but finding Scott was well worth the wait. For Air Squared, as with most companies, our website plays a central role in nearly all marketing efforts, so finding the right developer was absolutely critical. By staying engaged, asking questions, and giving suggestions, our vision became his vision. Scott’s as honest as he is talented, with the ability to handle any project large or small.

Kirk | 2015

Sales and Marketing Manager, Air Squared

This project was to move a static HTML site into WordPress. As a part of that effort, I also introduced some best practices and corrected this & that.

What was most interesting about this project was a few small changes, suggested by the client, dramatically increased conversions. The lesson here is twofold. Small changes can make big improvements. Always listen to your client.

Scott has the rare ability to marry design concepts with backend implementation to build websites that are as functional as they are aesthetically pleasing. I would highly recommend Scott and the services he provides.

Jason | 2015

Broker/Owner, Uptown Mortgage

This project was to move static HTML sites into WordPress. The sites were nearly identical as the companies were sister companies. One theme was created to satisfy the needs of both sites. In 2017 a pair of board of directors portals were added.

This project included building a range of “SEO Sites” or affiliate marketing sites. The client specifically was looking for sites that load quickly and could be built to a budget.

Examples include:

• https://notillagriculture.com/
• http://interiordesignersdenverco.com/
• http://businessaccountantsdenver.com/
• https://thesmallbusinesscoaches.com/
• https://draperyworkroomdenver.com/
• https://denvercabinetpainters.com/
• http://denverinteriorpainters.com/

I can’t say enough good things about Scotty! Because I’m in the SEO field, I’ve worked with dozens of website developers, and he’s the best, by far! He understands SEO and codes sites so that they have the best chance of getting to the top of Google. He’s responsive, easy to work with, and a great communicator. I spent years looking for someone with his skillset and commitment to quality work, and I’m glad I found him. Equally as important, I’m glad that he was flexible enough to work within my budget.

Jennifer | 2016

SEO Strategist & SEO Consultant

A local merchant service provider’s website. This company rebranded in 2020 and I was lucky enough to redo the site for them.

While the site included various products, it was not a true eCommerce.

It was a pleasure working with Scotty on our new website. He was knowledgeable, accessible, and able to manage changing requirements throughout the project. His work added great value to my business and I look forward to working with him again in the future.

Crawford | 2016

Founder, Leeds Technologies

This project included rebuilding two sites, one for the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce and one for the sister organization, Women’s Leadership Foundation. One theme was created to meet the needs of both sites. The CWCC site was a migration from Drupal whereas the WLF site was a straightforward WordPress refresh.

This project was a rebuild of a very large site built with Drupal. The first phase was to migrate the site from Drupal to WordPress, using a fairly basic but responsive design. The second phase was to re-skin the theme with a new design.

I enjoy working with Scotty because when he says he is going to do something, he does it! My website looks more professional than most other shops websites. I receive a lot of compliments on our website which makes me feel good about what I am doing on the web.

Marc | 2016

Owner, Golden Triangle Auto Care

ACE, Accountability in Colorado Elections – A single page but a fun and interesting project.

We’ve relied on Scotty for several projects and he’s fantastic! He is knowledgable, trustworthy, and super easy to work with. We are so glad to have him as a resource.

Ivy | 2015

VP Strategy, Fusionbox

I am very pleased with the work Scott has done for me. My goals are a little different than people who want lots of traffic. We want targeted traffic and the web site Scotty built for us is very good for that. Scott is very helpful and easy to work with, always answering my questions and helping me to reach my goals for the site and targeting the traffic I want. He also has been very helpful in assisting us in updating the site, keeping it current and making changes.

Ray | 2015

Owner, Johnson Law Firm IA

As a business owner who relies on our website to drive business, I needed someone who would understand and relate to the importance of our site. Scotty created a fantastic site and was able to take my ideas and turn them into what we needed. We transferred from our old site and he very carefully was able to transfer without losing any SEO status. He is extremely knowledgeable and I trust him to always give me sound advice. He is always available, and ready to help when anything comes up. He is part of my team of people to help make my business successful and truly a joy to work with.

Caroline | 2015

Owner, Wands and Wishes Occasions

Scott took charge of my web marketing project and helped me produce a beautiful site that is powering my innovative financial services offering. The result, WorkWealthy.com, is creating exciting buzz throughout my market. I was impressed with how quickly Scott learned my business and adapted his skills to the financial services regulatory environment.

John | 2015

Managing Partner, Executive Wealth Planning Partners

A website for a local realtor. The website included pages for each Denver neighborhood, neighborhood “regions”, as well as many surrounding cities. The overall strategy was to reduce paid search costs by boosting the organic SEO of the site. The site also connected to MLS to display listings.

Neighborhoods

Single neighborhood

That’s right, in 2015 I was still building stand-alone blogs. What a time to be alive.

An eCommerce for the cannabis industry. The site featured a limited product line and age verification. While not a big or complicated site, it was fun to build.

I have worked with Scotty Starkweather for the past 3 years and it has been a wonderful experience. Scotty recreated my website and turned it from a stale page to a beautiful and dynamic site that nicely explains what we do in our medical practice. Every month or two he came up with new ways to keep things fresh, discussed them with me, and put them into play. Scotty is very direct, optimistic, energetic, and honest. He is extremely responsive and implements new ideas within minutes and hours, rather than days and weeks. I look forward to any chance to work with Scotty in the future – he is a bright breath of fresh air in a business generally weighed down with drama and waste.

Julie A. McCallen, MD | 2015

President, Cenegenics Denver

The second version of the Some Code i Wrote website. I have had numerous websites previously, this was the second “official” iteration of the Some Code i Wrote website.

A website for a web development collective I started. This was a great group of folks. I wish we were still building sites together.

Where do I even begin?! Scotty, is beyond a fantastic developer. Hands down.

He is a wizard at strategically building a website, and is one of the hardest workers I know. He will give you 110% every time, and there is nothing that will get in his way. He will figure out a way to get what you want, and probably do it better than you imagined.

There are very few that can match Scotty’s Skill set.
He is absolutely fantastic to work with!

Casey | 2015

Web Developer & Graphic Designer, CASEYLYNdesign

Known Scott for years. He’s one of the smartest and enthusiastic developers I’ve ever worked with. He’s a digital Einstein. A chef of the cyberspace, if you will, who takes all your vague ideas as ingredients and mixes them up into a virtual masterpiece. If you are looking for a knowledgeable developer who understands many facets of this business such as SEO, marketing, responsive development, User experience, Content Management Systems and teamwork this is the guy.

One of the best and most fun people I’ve worked with. Dude’s seriously smart and energetic. I don’t think he ever sleeps. He’s like an idea factory that works overtime every. single. day. Awesome supervisor, awesome person, drinks a lot of juice. You wanna work with this guy.

Ron | 2015

Front End Engineer, Marketing Technologies Inc.

An incredibly ambitious project that optimized Colorado in 2014. The green rush of the cannabis industry was in full swing and everyone had a cannabis business idea. Friends in Weed had the subtlety of a sledgehammer. It was a community, a marketplace, an event center, … it was all things marijuana and then some.

From a technology standpoint, it was deceptively simple. A handful of plugins and a bit of WordPress multi-site knowledge was all it took.

This project was my first adventure into the web app world. On the one hand, it was just an eCommerce. Nothing to write home about there. However, it was designed as a self-serve, website estimation tool. Clients could select their options, define their scope, and have a written estimate kicked out to them. I’ve always used proejct-based pricing and these automated estimates were honored and accurate.

Developing this site shifted my idea of what websites are and could be. The idea of writing code to do work really changed the way I think and do things. I was also increasingly pushing the idea of various product lines within my primary website development track (custom, semi-custom, etc), which is still prevalent today. I was, of course, also exploring the idea of a self-selected price. Looking back, it is interesting for me to see how I was exploring differentiation via pricing policy without really knowing it.

This was an excellent tool for years. I abandoned it when I moved to outcome-based pricing and a pure value-based system. However, I often think about spinning up a new version that works alongside the pricing policy I now use. If nothing else, it would be an interesting thought exercise.

The “first” version of the Some Code i Wrote website.

While this appeared to not be a particularly complicated site on the surface, appearances are deciding. This site featured numerous location with unique content and needs per location.

One of the many, many résumé sites I built. This was the first version I was really proud of.

This project was a large lift accomplished via a team. At the time it felt like very robust functionality but looking back it doesn’t seem that way. This was, however, the most complicated site I had built to date.

The eCommerce was atypical but present. You could either purchase products directly or find a dealer. The dealer locator was robust and worked well. The board sorting mechanism was something new for me and was so cool at the time. This was also my first foray into the world of multi-language websites. Granted the German site was scaled back, but it was still a full site in a second language.

Pretty cool stuff.

This was a great project that forced me to grow. At the time, the “design your ski customizer” seemed really amazing and complicated. In looking back, this was really just a stylized multi-step form with conditional logic. It took me far too long to build that.

This site is where the idea of blogging as digital marketing really began for me. It started as an experiment. Could I create a blog for a business that drove considerable traffic? The results were surprisingly good and it was remarkably easy.

What an ugly, ugly little piece of internet.

My first website.

Scott is a rock star developer. I can’t believe our lucky stars in finding him. He’s been integral to the success of many of our web development projects and we will definitely be continuing our relationship with him (for as long as he can stand us). Scott has vision. I can put a rough scope in front of him and he can quickly sort through the mess and plan his approach in short order. He quickly assesses a project and can image how various plugins and code can be implemented for a great end product. He’s adaptive to change and works well on the fly. I can put him in front of a client to sort out details and he’s always respectful and precise. He understands that my client is his client and I can confidently trust him to treat them right. We love his confidence and knack for quick problem solving. His work is solid and he’s always looking for ways to improve process. Nothing is a big deal, everything doable. My team loves him.

Dana | 2019

Owner, Spryberry

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Scott at a very strategic level. His mastery of the web is greatly enhanced by his mastery of business and mastery of self. Scott uses both sides of his brain, asks the right questions, and creates solutions in all realms that produce results. He is a true champion of a more usable web, and a straight up ninja when it comes to systems intelligence. He just has an innate ability to see the big picture at 30,000 feet, while masterfully architecting all the tiny little elements to connect the dots from A-Z. A truly strategic and creative mind, I’d recommend Scott highly to any company looking to reach their highest potential.

Melodi | 2017

Shareholder, essentia WEB WORKS

Scotty is a get-it-done kind of web guy. This is important because it is hard to find people who are good at what they do, dependable, and just “get it.” You can give him a project and he not only gets it done, but he handles the little things that so many others miss. If you need someone to help you build/maintain your website you can’t go wrong with Scotty.

Kevin | 2016

President, Mullin & Associates, LLC

Scott is the most talented developer I’ve ever worked with. His patience and grasp of my needs was a welcome relief. As a freelance digital marketer, I need my website to run seamlessly and look perfect at all times. It represents me and my brand to the world, after all! Scott took me from good to STUNNING in just a few hours. Additionally, he sat with me and coached me on how to make and update changes myself, which was incredibly empowering. My limited knowledge of HTML, CSS and Bootstrap wasn’t a barrier at all, and Scott explained everything in a way I could easily understand. In my opinion, he’s the perfect combination of developer and computer scientist. His demeanor is incredibly humble and I will continue to seek his services for my work, as well as refer him to everyone I know!

Saylor | 2016

Agile Marketer

I work with Scott on various accounts pertaining to internet advertising programs. I could not express the value that Scott brings to website development in terms of designing sites that are not only attractive, but convert extremely well for clients. In addition to his design skills, he is additionally an extremely fair, honest and trustworthy person to work with. I highly recommend Scott if you are considering having a new website design that is modern, strongly represents your brand, and performs well in terms of driving more conversions!

Dan | 2016

Owner, Tracks Advertising

Working with Scotty has been a true pleasure. It is rare to find a developer with the level of marketing and business acumen that he possesses. Scotty doesn’t just provide solid website consultation—he understands the strategic role it plays in the development of your business. To say Scotty is thorough is an enormous understatement. He is far and away the most detail-oriented developer I have ever worked with, and he delivers a product that is both sound and scalable. He is always on the lookout for ways to improve and elevate our technology. Our organization is grateful to have him on our team.

Kim | 2016

Past-President, Colorado American Marketing Association

Scott is a WordPress / Website Strategy Champion! While working together he has shown me great insights into how best to structure and execute and maintain website projects – with a level of detail and passion that is at a much higher level than I have experienced with others in this field. I highly recommend taking time to get to know Scotty’s work and considering him for your next project.

Logan | 2017

Creative Director, V3 Media Marketing

Scotty is a great individual work with. He has provided our firm the a website design resource that has enabled us to optimize our website in a way we did not think possible. He is friendly, efficient, and thorough and has not encountered an issue with our site which he has not been able to solve and improve upon. Scotty is very talented, and I would recommend him to anyone in need of website optimization!

Martha | 2015

Associate / Marketing Manager, Humphries Poli Architects

I’ve worked with many web developers over the years, and Scotty is by far the most professional, fair and great to work with. He loves to watch everyone succeed, even if they are not a client at the time. Scotty did some small jobs for me a couple years ago, and has kept in touch, supporting any questions and my personal and professional growth ever since. Don’t hire Scotty expecting just a web developer, as he holds himself to a standard that you would expect from someone with stock in your business too.

Patrick | 2016

Director of MarComm, Jett