It's still a one page Web site.

For 10 years, we had a one page Web site with our logo and contact info. While we were busy doing client work, competitors scratched their heads and scrolled around for Easter eggs, clients working with us smiled, and potential clients called us with curiousity. One potential client had a scholarly debate about it. "Creative Tension" has served us well. So now with this latest release of the Methodfuel site, do note: it's still, technically, a one pager. Enjoy, and welcome.

Methodfuel is a professional services firm located in North Carolina, USA. We specialize in Web design, marketing and development across digital platforms. And we are glad you're here.

Hey, is that a tire?

Methodfuel, Inc. was founded in 2001 by Michael Teague and Susanne George Crihfield. Creative partners at a large regional advertising agency in the early 90s, then at an international software firm in the late 90s, we hung out our Methodfuel shingle in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, in 2001 (well, the actual physical shingle went up outside our door in 2003 after it was handmade by a guy -- yep, that we found on the Internet). Michael and Susanne have worked together since 1995 and have perfected both the method and the fuel (and the morning coffee) required to do great work on the Web.

We knew early on that Methodfuel would not be a typical company. On the way to a client meeting, on our very first week, while driving on the highway, in the next lane over, right beside us, we saw a single tire rolling loose down the road. It kept pace at 60mph, until it finally rolled off on an arc to the side. Where it came from? What was behind us? Where did it land? No idea. But we learned competition comes from anywhere and sometimes in very unexpected forms. Keep your focus; don't get distracted; always push forward.

Like the telephone game, but better.

You know the kids' game where one kid whispers a story to the next kid in line who then tells the next kid until the last kid hears a story that is completely twisted from the first? Well, our business was built that way, except for the "twisted" part. We rarely do new business pitches. Our business has grown every year due to word-of-mouth recommendations from clients, partners and colleagues. Our secret is that we work to make each client feel like they are our only one.

Over the last decade, Methodfuel clients have included: VF Jeanswear brands Wrangler and Riders by Lee; Healthtex childrens apparel; Duke University Press; Pergo; Psychometric Services LTD (of the United Kingdom); Magnussen Home; Pulaski Home Furnishings; Schnadig; Vaughan-Bassett; Hooker Furniture; NC Museum of Traditional Pottery; Unifi, Inc.; East Coast Lumber and sister firm Industrial Wood Products; Danaher Tool Group's Craftsman brand; Hanes Brands Body Creations collection; Lees Carpets; Greensboro Bicentennial; LabCorp; Enthalpy Analytical; Stanford University's HighWire Press; BB&T and a wonderful little Italian restaurant called Casaldis Cafe.

Want to know what we're working on lately? Contact us.

Us? Intimidating? Nah.

Want to know more about Methodfuel? Want to learn more about how we'd approach a project like yours? Want to see exactly how we make our clients happy? Want to come by and meet the team? Or are you just dying to know if all those Methodfuel legends are true ("What? They have a fish light?"; "Really? Michael works in the dark?"; "Are you serious? Ideas taped to the back of white boards?"; "Now, what happened on the first floor again-- something about a sailor and a bucket of stain?"). Contact us. We're easy-going, we're welcoming, we'd love to hear from you now or by phone at 336-373-0500.