About Kelly Marketing
Meet Kelly Ward, Your Small Business Marketing Professional
Hi, I'm Kelly Ward
Thanks for stopping by — I’m glad you’re here.
I’ve helped businesses stand out through event coordination, purposeful design, website development, and coordinated marketing. I especially love helping locally owned and mom-and-pop businesses compete with big-box chains—without losing the personality and personal service that make them special.
I help small businesses across Mobile, Alabama, Pensacola, Florida, the U.S. Gulf Coast (and beyond) build a professional presence through websites, SEO, design, print, and promotion.
My work is personal, practical, and built for the long run. I’ve even helped clients maintain page-one visibility on Google for more than a decade. When you work with me, you receive decades of proven experience, honest guidance, and personal attention—so you can stay focused on running your business.
I’ve helped businesses stand out through event coordination, purposeful design, website development, and coordinated marketing. I especially love helping locally owned and mom-and-pop businesses compete with big-box chains—without losing the personality and personal service that make them special.
I take the time to understand your business, your customers, and the words people use when searching for what you offer. Then I bring strategy, design, web, print, and promotion together to create a professional presence that helps your business get noticed, get found, and grow.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Put 30 Years of Marketing Experience to Work
I’ve worked personally with businesses and organizations of all sizes—from family-run shops and startups to national brands, political campaigns, and the U.S. Congress. My experience spans retail, healthcare, law, hospitality, entertainment, homebuilding, and more. Each has taught me something valuable about reaching people, earning their attention, and giving them a reason to choose one business over another.
The organizations below represent work completed through direct employment, independent client projects, and subcontracting relationships:
AT&T • RJ Reynolds • Philip Morris • NASCAR • Exxon • U.S. Senator • Catholic Diocese of Birmingham • Jefferson Hotel • Richmond Times-Dispatch • Media General • NBC12 • Virginia Business Magazine • Virginia Tourism Corporation • Microsoft • Partners in Healthcare of Virginia • Interactive Educational Concepts • Ski Center • Real Life Center for Entrepreneurial and Leadership Excellence • Real Life Church • Focus-MD
Kelly [Digital] Marketing
Oct. 2014 - present: Southeast, U.S. Gulf Coast
Design, Development & Promotion for Print, Web & Mobile marketing projects and ongoing campaigns. Website hosting and corporate email available.
2024-present: serving Mobile, AL & U.S. Gulf Coast
2022-present: serving Pensacola and Navarre, Florida
2021-2022: Jacksonville, Florida and beyond
2017-2020: Richmond, Virginia and beyond
2014-2017: Birmingham, Alabama and beyond
Award Web Services, LLC
Oct. 2005 - Sept. 2014: Richmond, Virginia
Website and Mobile Application Design, Development & Publishing + Richmond's first mobile advertising network in conjunction with council members of the City of Richmond and the "RVA" initiative.
2012-2014: DBA "RVA Mobile"
Bravo Multimedia, LLC
Oct. 2003 - Sept. 2005: Richmond, Virginia
Partnership offering digital services for small businesses. As Partner, my focus included Sales and Marketing, Business Development, Production Management and Creative Services.
PERSONAL
Education
Since graduating from Virginia Tech in 1994 with a B.S. in Human Services and minors in Psychology and Sociology, I’ve built my career around helping people and businesses move forward. That education still shapes how I approach marketing today. Psychology helps me create a thoughtful, one-to-one experience for the person on the other side of the screen, while sociology helps me understand the broader human behaviors that influence how people connect, search, and choose online.
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Web & Ecommerce Certification
School of Continuing Studies
Completed 2001
School of Continuing Studies
Completed 2001
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia
B.S. in Human Services; minors in Psychology & Sociology.
Class of 1994
Class of 1994
Put Experienced Marketing Support Behind Your Business
Tell me about your business, what you want to accomplish, and where you could use support. I’ll help you choose a practical next step, with personal attention from the first conversation.
From the printed page to the digital screen—so you can run your business.
Your business deserves marketing as strong as the idea behind it. I bring strategy, creativity, print, web, and promotion together with purpose—building a polished, connected presence that earns attention, inspires confidence, and turns potential customers into lasting relationships.