About Us

We’ve found our calling by providing medium and small businesses with reliable Web expertise to help them boost their business using the Web. Our web development, web design and internet marketing firm has been serving the Oakland, Berkeley, Albany and Richmond areas since 1998.

Tod Abbott, Principal, Senior Programmer, Web Designer and Technical Web Consultant

Tod has been designing and programming websites since 1997. He’s an expert at organizing complex information into databases and creating custom, easy-to-use photo galleries, online stores, and more – almost everything, really.  Tod will tell you that he uses his degree in Philosophy every day. He admits to being a fan of science fiction and has been known to do a lot of baking.

Tod served as President of the Albany Chamber of Commerce for 4 of the last 5 years (2007-2012). Currently, he serves on the Board of ACOC and he is a softball coach with ABGSL.

Karen Nierlich, Principal, Internet Marketing Consultant and Project Manager

Karen, internet marketing consultant at Almost Everything Communications, has been helping independent business thrive on the Internet since 2001. Early on she realized the significance of content development to successful online sales. Today she helps clients with SEO web content, blogging, marketing strategy and SEO web design—SEO is Search Engine Optimization. She received internet marketing training from Hubspot.com, the web’s premier provider of internet marketing software. Her strengths include consistent follow-up, ability to explain marketing strategies with ease and a win-win attitude towards client collaborations.

She is a Past President of the El Cerrito Rotary Club, a girl scout leader and is currently helping EC Rotary raise funds for MDA (to send kids with muscular dystrophy to away camp). Karen is known locally as a photographer.

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Kevin Chen, Project Manager

Kevin received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in May 2009 and is currently enrolled in the MBA program at Golden Gate University focusing on Operations/Supply Chain Management.  He has a strong passion for helping organizations improve their business processes through quality control and end to end testing.  He’s known to be proactive and result-driven so that clients receive the best possible solutions.

Allison Rolls, Graphic Designer & WordPress Programmer

Allison has a great eye for color, layout and website design with personality. She hosts a weekly KPFA music show under a top secret pseudonym and is an organizer of the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.

Joe Seidler, Search Engine Optimization & Google Ads Expert

I don’t exaggerate when I say we look for some one like Joe Seidler of Seidler Internet Marketing for years. With Joe we have found an expert internet marketing consultant who is friendly and knowledgeable and fits AEC to a tee.

Nancy Rosenblum, Graphic Designer

Nancy creates sophisticated business designs with flair and clarity. She’s an expert when it comes to branding, logo designs, instructional graphics, color and typography choices. She is also a wonderful communicator and we all raise our hats to her fast turn around times.