Local Web Design Firm Celebrates 15 Years

East Haddam, CT— This small Connecticut River Valley town is perhaps best known for its historic Goodspeed Theater, Gillette’s castle, and its spectacular views, but it’s also home to 21st century industry. Payson LLC, better known as WhoIsTheOldGuy.com, has been designing, hosting, and maintaining web sites for fifteen years. The firm specializes in serving small to mid-sized businesses and non-profit clients, particularly museums and historical societies.

High-Tech Hometown Service Since 1996 
Company founder Stephen Payson Shaw recalls, “I started in web design with a non-profit client in October 1996, and the business grew from there. Today we have about 300 clients of all sizes.”

Shaw started the business in his home, and in 2009 it moved to its current location at 32 Main Street, East Haddam. “We’ve always been in East Haddam,” Shaw says. “but we have clients from all over Connecticut, New England, and nationally. They appreciate the personal attention and hometown attitude that we can give them.”

The firm employs four designers, three sales representatives, and three part-time administrative staff. The company is approaching half a million dollars in annual sales volume. All work is done here in Connecticut, with no outsourcing to other countries.

“Every time we need help, we get it promptly,” says the staff of Jubilee House (www.jubileehouse.org) in Hartford, one of WhoIsTheOldGuy’s clients. “They worked with us to get the design just right, and we’re so pleased with the results."

“When I started my consulting practice,” says Jennifer Eifrig of Musevue360 (www.musevue360.com), another client, “the first thing I did was call WhoIsTheOldGuy.”

Who Is the Old Guy, Anyway? 
The business is named for Shaw’s great-great grandfather Edward Payson Shaw, who appears in the company logo. The elder Mr. Shaw owned his first business at the age of 16, and went on to own many other operations as well, including electric trolley lines in northeastern Massachusetts. He also served as the Massachusetts State Treasurer.

“He’s always been an inspiration to me,” says Stephen Shaw, who has been interested in family genealogy since he was a teenager. “We share the same middle name and the same commitment to customer service.”

WhoIsTheOldGuy.com offers web design, web site hosting, email marketing, social media strategies, and domain registration for commercial and non-profit clients. Stop in and meet the team at 32 Main Street, East Haddam, or call 860-598-0050, email start@whoistheoldguy.com, or visit their web site at www.whoistheoldguy.com.

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