Julia Marks.

Curiosity, put to work.

Curiosity gets me started.
Ingenuity gets it done.

Websites. Marketing. Technology. Training. And the occasional problem that wandered in without a category.

Take a look at my work
Julia, with silver-white hair, sharing her light-filled creative study with her Rottweiler, surrounded by books, art, plants and things to investigate.
A curious mind. A dog nearby. Something in the making.AI-created portrait, based on my photographs.

How I work

Start with the whole picture.

You don’t always need another specialist. Sometimes you need someone who can see the whole problem.

A website problem may actually be a marketing problem. A marketing problem may turn out to be a messaging problem. A technology problem may simply be that nobody has shown people an easier way to do the work.

That’s the kind of territory I like.

Make.

Websites and digital experiences built around what you actually need them to accomplish.

Improve.

Existing websites, marketing efforts, messaging and processes that could be doing a better job.

Connect.

Website, social media, advertising, content and analytics so they support a common goal instead of operating independently.

Teach.

Practical Microsoft Office training that helps people become more comfortable, capable and productive.

If your problem doesn’t fit neatly into one of those boxes, that’s okay. I’ve never been particularly limited by boxes.

Following the interesting bits

I’ve never been very good at being interested in just one thing.

Science and medicine can send me down a rabbit hole. So can human behavior and the psychology behind a good advertisement. Art history leads to interior design; gardening leads to cooking; technology leads to some obscure subject I suddenly need to understand.

I love animals—all of them—but I prefer the company of dogs and cats, and I’m hopeless around puppies. People always say you should make a career out of what you love. So far, no one has explained how I’m supposed to make a living kissing puppies.

There is usually coffee involved.

I admire curious minds, from Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to the women who made their way in science when very few doors were open to them. I have a predilection for Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and the X-Men, and a longstanding weakness for StarFleet Capt. Jean-Luc Picard’s particular combination of intelligence, integrity and quiet authority. My sense of humor was shaped, possibly beyond repair, by Monty Python, Bugs Bunny and SpongeBob. Godzilla needs no justification.

I suppose curiosity is the real hobby. I like finding things out. And I especially like making something from what I find.

Selected work

A few things I’ve helped make work.

Ideas are interesting.
Making them work is better.

Fully Promoted / United Franchise Group

One website.
Many local
connections.

From the first visit
to the people behind the business.

WebMarketingTechnologyPeople

Current work / Across disciplines

Fully Promoted

I helped move the website toward a clearer purpose: engage potential clients and connect them with their local team. My role included website direction, configuration and development.

The work keeps expanding: location websites, digital marketing, analytics, Microsoft 365 administration, training and the everyday problems that connect them all.

Visit Fully Promoted

Independent practice

Wild Blue Hare

My own web, marketing and consulting practice. A place to connect a business’s needs with the right mix of design, technology and practical help.

Teaching & training

“Oh. Now I get it.”

Practical Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 instruction through webinars, documentation and step-by-step guides. The goal: people who feel comfortable using what they’ve learned.

Creative Projects

A life in craftsmanship

Chris Marks / Marks Forge

An evolving tribute to Chris Marks, ABS Master Smith, and his extraordinary work with metal. Bringing together photographs, notebooks, Damascus patterns and stories to document his craftsmanship, inventive mind and lasting influence.

Explore Chris’s work

Creative project

Redacted Solutions Group

A fictional fixer firm with very real branding, copywriting and concept development. A study in how far a straight face and a good joke can take an idea.

Enter at your discretion

The route here

How I Got Here

There wasn’t a master plan. I followed what interested me, learned what I needed, and kept finding new things I wanted to make work.

Science & Laboratory Work

Before websites, there were laboratories. I worked as a Laboratory Manager & Teaching Assistant, then in R&D at Procter & Gamble and Sandoz. I still approach problems like a scientist: develop a working theory, test it and let the evidence guide what comes next.

Early Web & Digital Work

I taught myself HTML and the web tools that followed, moving from desktop publishing and computer training into building websites and solving digital problems.

The Computer Lady

As personal computers became part of everyday life, I started teaching people how to use them. I discovered I was good at taking something that seemed complicated and making it understandable.

Marks Forge

For 13 years, I managed websites, eBay sales and online marketing for Chris Marks, an American Bladesmith Society (ABS) Master Smith. I also helped navigate the selection and onboarding process for his appearance on Forged in Fire. Chris passed away in 2020; helping share his craftsmanship remains a meaningful part of my story.

Graham Group

For more than a decade, I worked in professional web development, building and maintaining websites and expanding into the increasingly complicated world surrounding them.

Wild Blue Hare

I started Wild Blue Hare in 2007 to take on web, marketing, technology and consulting projects of my own. It gave me room to work across disciplines instead of staying in one specialty.

Fully Promoted / United Franchise Group

Today my work crosses web development, digital marketing, Microsoft 365, analytics, training, technical support and whatever unusual problem happens to land on my desk.

Let’s see what we can figure out

Bring an idea.
A problem.
Or a good question.

Website work, marketing, technology, Microsoft Office training, consulting, a creative collaboration or an interesting professional opportunity—I’d like to hear what you have in mind.

julia@wildbluehare.com

Palm Beach County, Florida