Family Owned | In-House Designed
The Team Behind The Scenes That Is Supporting Your Online Business Dreams
Nice To Meet You
We are a family-owned website development company located in Emmett, Idaho. We have been married for 14 years. Gem Website Designs started in 2019 (under the name LionHeart Development) with a mission to assist small businesses with their business websites and e-commerce stores by focusing on actual data to sway design and development choices.
We focus exclusively on WordPress development. This includes small business websites, e-commerce, WordPress maintenance, and plugin & theme development.
We are dedicated to providing the best customer service and attention to detail. We care deeply about our customers and the impact of our work on their business.
Chris Norman
Technical Programmer, CyberSecurity & Co-Owner
Chris has been around computers since age 8; his father worked for Intel, so he had a personal computer at a very young age.
He built his own computer and helped with IT support none secularly for most of his life, but he took a more active interest in 2018, learning computer science and programming in 2018 and starting building websites in late 2019.
He started his first business at the age of 17, and he understands how businesses function and work helps in tailoring an online presence to match the needs of clients and their customers. In addition, he has a passion for learning and how things work.
He assists La Rae with technical projects, marketing, SEO, onboarding clients, and research.
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La Rae Norman
Website Developer & Owner
La Rae grew up here in Emmett, Idaho. However, she has also lived in the Boise, ID, and Portland, OR, areas.
She has always had an interest in some type of art. She was involved with Emmett Orchestra for five years. Then She graduated from college with a certificate in sign language interpreting with an associate’s degree in arts in 2008.
She has been developing websites since 2019. She has an eye for color, design details, and making unique websites to increase traffic and improve online clarity for you and your business.
Outside work, she is passionate about cooking, fitness & health, and finding waterfalls. She also loves the color purple & cats or any cute animal.
The Services We Offer
Logo Design &
Development
Website Design &
Development
How does your website convert visitors into customers?
Website Hosting
A website’s speed & security are directly linked to its hosting.
Search Engine Optimization
Why Work With Us?
Local
We shop and live in the greater treasure valley. We know how to create compelling websites and market-driven SEO to create an impact with local clients.
Transparent
Clear communication is our focus with our clients. We want to be clear with website and marketing expectations and help you make good choices that benefit you and your business.
Support
We want to be your local web team—someone you can trust to get the job done right the first time. If you need something fixed, improved on, or modified. You always have priority support from us!
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We become an LLC in 2019.
Our primary experience is in business marketing. We started converting that knowledge into website development after one of Chris’ businesses he bought doubled its gross profit in its first year after adding an online marketing plan (new logo, brand, website, and online presence).
Seeing how vital a website can be to the profit of a business was an actual turning point. Also, many business owners were not getting it right – and many did not see the value in a website. As a result, they were unintentionally hindering their business growth – this helped us know that we needed to help others develop a better online marketing plan using a data-driven website plan.
We have developed and designed dozens of websites from various industries.
This includes- e-commerce, health care, construction, small business, portfolio-based, tech, and many others.
A love of marketing, customer service, technology, and learning.
Once we saw the powerful effect of a well-built website in our personal businesses and in other’s businesses – we knew this was something we wanted to assist other business owners with.
14 years and counting. We have worked together for about 9 years.