That $5,000 price tag stings a bit. You put real money into looking professional and it ends up being the free stuff that actually works. Makes me wonder though, did you track where your clients were finding you before the redesign? Could be your ideal clients were never searching for a pretty website in the first place, they were looking for answers to their specific problems. What kind of content performed best for you in that LinkedIn guide?

I mean kelly, I gotta push back a little on "tents are supposed to take a beating." A three pole tent with one pole snapping? That's not a beating, that's a design flaw. You shouldn't need a shoelace and a prayer just to keep your rain fly off your face on the first night. My buddy had the same thing happen with his new cheapo tent last summer, pole splintered in a light breeze, not even a storm. Tents should handle some wind and rain for sure, but not by having you MacGyver a fix before you've even made your first cup of coffee.