Clifton Design Group

Founded in 1996 by Susan Clifton, one of the earliest graphic designers in Fort Lauderdale to move into web design, Clifton Design Group is a small firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, working with businesses that need help building or growing a web presence locally and nationally. The team, which began designing in WordPress twelve years into its history, works with both brick-and-mortar and online businesses across a range of industries, as reflected in project work for clients such as Spectacular Bags, Metz Culinary Management, FMSbonds, and Chef 2 Home. The agency specializes in WordPress, offering custom builds, maintenance, hosting, domain name services, and consulting or training for teams managing their own WordPress sites. Web design work is built to be responsive across devices and paired with content strategy, since search rankings depend on content quality rather than visual design alone. SEO services include optimizing sites for search engines and tracking progress over time, while email marketing campaigns are run through Constant Contact. The stated project process follows five stages: an initial strategy meeting to shape content direction, a planning phase where design and content strategy develop together, a build phase with ongoing client collaboration on content, a testing phase covering browser compatibility, site speed, analytics, and sitemaps, and a delivery phase that includes launch and ongoing hosting with backup and security support for clients who host with the firm.