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Peoria, IL WordPress

WELCOME TO FAILFIRE DESIGNS

Hello! My name is Steven Martis. I was born at St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL in 1982. I was raised in a small Illinois town and moved to Phoenix, AZ when I was 16. Now I’m back, and I build awesome websites!

Failfire Designs has been developing jaw-dropping websites for 10+ years, and is well-established as a reliable source of website upgrades and new websites for both large and small-scale businesses.

But don’t take my word for it, here’s a few from some people I’ve helped along the way!

"This guy rocks. Best contract experience I've had with best product ever. Good sense of design and exceptional technical skills."

ElizabethUpwork Job title - "Marketing Support"

"Steven did an awesome job. Great with timelines and communication."

AlexyUpwork Job title - "Themeforest WordPress Template Build Out"

"Steve does quality work in a timely manner. 5-stars across the board!"

BrettUpwork Job Title - "Wordpress Server Changeover"

"Steve is very skilled and a great communicator. I'll use his services again for sure!"

also BrettUpwork Job Title - "Update TestDriveAHouse.com"

"Love this man's work. Easy and laidback but gets it done well, on time, and to budget. Almost don't want to review him so highly for fear he'll get too busy! He's a rock star in my world. Thanks, Mr. Martis, for being someone who is such a joy to work with."

Unknown 5 Star ReviewerUpwork Job Title - "Extract Emails From PST Files To CSV File"

"It has been a real pleasure to work with Steve. He was a huge help in helping us to manage support tickets, in taking care of regular maintenance tasks and in managing our dedicated servers. He is enthusiastic and knowledgeable."

Unknown 5 Star Reviewer - Palmer AKUpwork Job Title - "Part Time WordPress Web Designer Needed"

"Steven was excellent to work with! We tasked him with a major project -- migrating an entire website to WordPress. He handled it exceptionally well and was very knowledgeable! We will gladly recommend Steven and will be using him again in the future."

Unknown 5 Star Reviewer - The Woodlands, TXUpwork Job Title - "Migrate Existing Website To WordPress"

"I'll keep this guy in my backpocket--he is just the best in the work he does. Absolutely love him... Kind of tend to keep my gigs open with him because there are little tweaks and he is just right on them! GoDaddy expert, WordPress expert, and more. The more I think about it, I wish I would just keep him on retainer! :)"

Unknown 5 Star ReviewerUpwork Job Title - "Updates For Website"

"Steven was easy to work with and did a great job. We will definitely be using him again on future projects!"

Unknown 5 Star Reviewer - Louisville, KYUpwork Job title - "Looking For A Candidate To Tune Up Our WordPress Website"

"Steven is an exceptional web developer. It has been an absolute joy to work with him and we will definitely work together again."

Unknown 5 Star ReviewerUpwork Job Title - "Complete WordPress Landing Pages"

"Steven has done a great job with everything we threw at him. We will definitely be hiring him again."

Unknown 5 Star ReviewerUpwork Job Title - "More Changes"

"Steven knows his stuff. He has a keen sense of design, extremely good skills, and is a delight to work with!"

Unknown 5 Star ReviewerUpwork Job Title - "Site integration - 2 Existing, Plus One New Godaddy"

"I could NOT have been more impressed with Steven, his willingness to help and his level of knowledge about everything I needed assistance with, PLUS more! He helped with website errors and everything. I couldn't have asked for a more supportive person when launching my site. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!"

DavidUpwork job title - "Wordpress expert needed for help choosing a theme and website!"

"Steve is absolutely AMAZING!!! Adjusted to our busy schedule and change requests with speed and accuracy. Has deep subject matter expertise and great eye for design. Definitely a great addition to your team. Highly recommend and will work with in the future. A+++ and 2 thumbs up for sure"

also AlexyInavante LLC, COO

"Great work and very prompt. Will hire again!"

Unknown 5 Star Reviewer - Tampa, FLUpwork Job Title - "Need A Website Made On Word Press Through GoDaddy"

"Steve was AWESOME, every step of the way!! Great creativity, great responsiveness. I would highly recommend him. Thank you Steve!"

JordanOnTrac Partners, CEO

"I've worked with Steven a couple of times, and every time--no matter what I need--he's right on it. His rates are great, his work ethic exceptional, and he is easy to work with. He's great with web design, and more! Just a super support for our business."

also ElizabethUpwork Job Title - "Fixing Mixed Content Errors on TheTraumaInformedAcademy.com"

"Great experience. He got the work done quickly and correctly."

Unknown 5 Star ReviewerUpwork Job Title - "GoDaddy Set Up"

"Excellent work Steve! Thanks for everything!"

Unknown 5 Star ReviewerUpwork Job Title - "Transfer Hosting Of A WordPress Website"

"Steve was a great professional to work with, he was attentive, personable and made the whole process easy. I would recommend Steve to everyone who needs their website to be the step up from the normal!"

WadeCEO, WAPCO Landscaping

"Consider yourself lucky if you get Steven to work on your project. Plain and simple. The guy knows his stuff, can figure out problems and communicates VERY clearly. His overlapping skill sets as well as experience results in superlative work. We WILL be hiring him again."

Unknown 5 Star Reviewer - Newport Beach, CAUpwork Job Title - "Migrate WordPress Template To New Domain..."

"Excellent cooperation and communication. Flexible and knowledgeable. Patient with me as a complete non-techie methods such as using screen shots to show me when I didn't understand. Will hire again when I need more work done on my website. Thanks Steve."

Unknown 5 Star Reviewer - Ottawa, CanadaUpwork Job Title - "Improve A WordPress Website For A Fiction Writer"

DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE?

If the answer is ‘Yes’, then you may want to take a look around! Not only do we make existing websites better by improving user interface and user interaction, but we know what looks good….and what you need to look better than good.

CONTINUE THE TOUR

“Choose a job that you like, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”

-Confucius,

A PRETTY SMART GUY

WHY FAILFIRE?

Failfire Designs offers reliable, cost-effective, and cutting-edge web design services…and we have enough experience to know how to drive business through the sales funnel.

WEB DESIGN

For over six years, Failfire Designs has been creating top-tier custom websites for clients all over the globe. Lead Designer Steven Martis is a senior member of both the Upwork WordPress Experts Group and CSS Experts Group, scoring into their Top 10%.

BRANDING / LOGO DESIGN

It can be pretty important for a brand to stay consistent. At Failfire Designs, we pride ourselves on making custom logos that can be used to create everything else you need: menus, table inserts, business cards, additional print, newsletters…

VIDEO

You can call them whatever you want: explainer videos, video intros, landing page videos…but they work. On average, using a well-made explainer video can increase your conversion rates by between 15 to 50%.

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Google now processes over 40,000 search queries every second. Worldwide, this translates to over 3.5 billion searches per day and 1.2 trillion searches per year, helping contribute to a multi-billion dollar a year industry.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

-Confucius,

STILL PRETTY SMART

FAILFIRE FEATURES

WORDPRESS EXPERTS

As of January 2024, WordPress accounts for more than 35% of the top 10 million websites in the world, more than any other system. Notable companies like Time, Fortune, Mercedes-Benz, The New York Post and Techcrunch are just a few of the household names which have come to rely on the security, scalability and versatility that WordPress provides.

CLEAN MODERN CODE

Sleek and solid, our websites are built from the most current standards WordPress has to offer…resilient to even the most persistent hackers, right out of the box.

100% RESPONSIVE

All of our websites are made for easy reading and navigation with a minimum amount of resizing, panning, and scrolling across a wide range of devices from computer monitors to mobile phones.

SEMANTIC CODE

With over 100 HTML elements, and the ability to create custom elements, there are infinite ways to mark up your content; but some ways—notably semantically—are better than others.

Semantic means “relating to meaning”. Basically, this code is as clean as it gets. And we’re constantly improving.

POWERFUL ADMIN

All of our websites are made for easy reading and navigation with a minimum amount of resizing, panning, and scrolling across a wide range of devices from computer monitors to mobile phones.

UNIQUE DESIGNS

Failfire Designs is fully capable of heavily modifying core theme files in order to implement additional plugins and features, as well as ensure that your website is truly one-of-a-kind.

OUR SPECTACULAR PORTFOLIO

Confideli

Bear Legal Solutions

The Trauma Informed Academy

Rock Juice, Inc.

League Side

The Arizona Trucking Association

S. Marlowe

Launch Pad

Jason Mandel Real Estate

Inavante

Tarim Consulting

America’s Top Trainers

AWARDS

AND

CERTIFICATIONS

Top 1% Upwork Photoshop Experts Group (“Master” Status)

Top 10% Upwork CSS Experts Group

Top 10% Upwork WordPress Experts Group

Top 10% Upwork HTML Experts Group

Top 10% Upwork CSS4 Experts Group

Top 20% Upwork SEO Experts Group

Top 30% Upwork HTML5 Experts Group

NEW! AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

Call us at (480) 458-8597 to speak with an expert!