Welcome to WelchmanPierpoint

It feels like 1996 or so which is when we still used to put things like "Welcome to our Web site" on homepages. But, I think "welcome" is the appropriate message here; we've got a whole new Web site and a whole new name!

We've spent the last few months or so having to follow some of our own recommended best practices when it comes to Web design, governance, information architecture, Web strategy, and CMS implementation. We also broke some of those rules and paid the price.

Not only did we bring our existing site into the 21st century in its look and functionality but we also changed our name. Welchman Consulting is now WelchmanPierpoint.  I've been working with Christine Pierpoint for the last three years and last year was happy to make her a partner in the business. We also brought on 5 other people last year and haven't looked back. So look everyone up in the "Our Team" section of the site. I think we've got a great group.

We may have grown but the core driver for the business is the same as ever: helping people manage their Web sites. Fifteen years into mainstream Web adoption, folks are still having trouble figuring out how to manage their Web sites-- the basics. Over the years I've been gathering together a core set of best practices for Web management and we've pulled them all together and established methodologies for a field we call Web Operations Management (WOM). It's an evolving field and one we hope to lead in the years to come. Take a look in the Knowledge Base for the WOM Primer if you are interested in the details. You can also subscribe to our blog feeds and our newsletter. Or, just visit our site regularly to find out if we've learned anything new.

In the coming year we will be partnering with our good friends at CMS Watch to provide online training in Web Operations Management and sponsoring a number of in-person training events as well as our regular set of speaking engagements. So, we hope to see you online and on the road.

Welcome.