About Us
Laura James, Founder / Chief Executive Officer
An accomplished professional in the fields of Online Marketing and Web Technologies, Laura has successfully designed and implemented numerous fully integrated business plans. Laura is a respected educator who is skilled at helping entrepreneurs learn how to increase web traffic, along with their customer base, through online marketing strategies. With tenacity and enthusiasm, Laura takes pride in her ability to help individuals and businesses reach, and even exceed, their top revenue goals.
A truly thoughtful person, Laura approaches each day with the heartfelt desire to live each day to the fullest. She gives back to the community through her involvement with various charitable and social organizations. In addition, Laura believes in helping others, including business owners, learn to empower themselves in order to achieve their goals. She is skilled at analyzing, designing, and implementing highly regarded plans for businesses.
Laura is blessed with the gift of outstanding communication skills, including verbal and written, along with an ability to intently listen to others. These skills have helped Laura to craft cutting edge business development solutions.
Those who are fortunate to know Laura will tell you her enthusiasm is contagious, and her desire and ability to help others is enormous. She is skilled at measuring the success of digital marketing campaigns in terms of “ROI,” which in this case stands for “Return on Influence.” This version of “ROI” is the modern method for evaluating the success of online marketing campaigns.
Laura enjoys studying and interpreting internet marketing trends and presenting concise, easily understood reports to clients. Her efforts often are praised because they result in successful marketing campaigns.
Laura enjoys traveling between Canada and the United States of America. She hopes to travel to other countries soon.
Brendan Carpentier, President
As the president of Best Designed Blogs, Brendan Carpentier has a wealth of knowledge of the software development, web technology and digital marketing industries. Brendan generously gives back to others in his community through his involvement in various charitable organizations.
Brendan is an extremely capable leader who knows how to follow through on complex projects, while also being able to delegate authority properly. He is passionate, creative, and has the ability to bring out the best in those who work with him.
Brendan’s mom was a small business owner and, as a result, he became involved with all aspects of running a successful small business. He is passionate about helping small business owners, including teaching them about social networking and blogging. Brendan has an amazing gift for design, along with being very knowledgeable about internet marketing, and numerous business processes.
A native of Canada, Brendan is an avid ice hockey fan. He enjoys traveling to a variety of destinations worldwide.
Melody Manlan, Chief Operations Officer
Melody oversees the day to day operations of Best Designed Blogs. She is highly knowledgeable in the fields of software development, digital marketing and web technologies.
Melody is a kind hearted person who approaches life with optimism and zest. She has a leading role in maintaining our mission statement, and overseeing performance level evaluations. In addition, Melody specializes in training staff members.
A specialist in quality control, she oversees product launches and the management of products.
Melody has the ability to bring out the best in all levels of business brands.
Amanda Jansen, Director of Public Relations and Marketing
Amanda has a diversified background in sales, marketing, business development, franchising and social media.
With a sincere desire and impressive aptitude for helping small business owners, Amanda takes pride in helping businesses find and implement practical solutions. She is an expert at helping business owners, even if they’ve gotten off track along the way, maintain or regain passion for their chosen path of business.
Amanda believes in helping business owners learn of the importance of giving back to their community. A kind lady with utmost integrity, Amanda has excellent communication skills. She is passionate about helping others and is involved in several charitable organizations.
Rosalina Delgado, Director of Business Development
Rosalina is truly a woman of the world. Among other places, she has lived in Ecuador, Peru, Philippines, Easter Island, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, Canada, and the United States of America. Along the way, she has gained a tremendous knowledge and appreciation of a variety of customs worldwide.
One of the benefits of living in a variety of worldwide destinations is learning first hand about business development. Rosalina has a unique understanding of business concepts on what may be considered a global level.
As a member of the Best Designed Blogs team, Rosalina enthusiastically combines her business development skills, along with knowledge of cutting edge online marketing and traditional marketing strategies. Rosalina is fluent in Spanish, French, and English. She oversees the training of Best Designed Blogs staff members on all aspects of business development practices.
Genevieve Voisine, Vice President of Sales
As the Vice President of Sales at Best Designed Blogs, Genevieve takes pride in her ability to make connections with others and to help them find, and implement, practical business solutions. Genevieve has gained knowledge by working in the fields of marketing, public relations, social media, business development, and advertising.
She is a skilled and respected business woman. Genevieve takes pride in ability to problem solve. She has helped many business owners realize their value within their local communities. Genevieve is a highly skilled trainer and has implemented successful, and rightfully praised, sales training programs.
Genevieve has lived in Canada, Australia and the United States of America. She has also traveled to numerous locations worldwide, including many that are not considered “typical tourist destinations.” Along the way, she has gained tremendous knowledge of cultures worldwide. Genevieve enjoys cooking dishes from a variety of exotic destinations. She has a particular flair for French cuisine.
Tristan James, Support Team Director
Tristan oversees our customer support centre (center). He is truly gifted at the balance between technology and interacting with people. Tristan helps customers and clients on a daily basis. He has been with our company even before the official launch date. Tristan specializes in customer service and the latest in software technology. When it comes to the demands of dealing with this type of job, Tristan handles all aspects cheerfully and professionally.
Tristan has a diversified business background. Along with being a top notch support team director, he has worked as language translator and border services agent. In addition, he is a highly skilled carpenter who makes many items, including high-end cabinets, desks, tables, and bookcases.
