Live Better, Lead Differently Books

About the Client

Rob Walters is the author of a new and rather unique book on leadership, Live Better, Lead Differently. The book, which fits neatly into two categories – self-help and business development – is the first of a 3-part series that reflects Rob’s life passion: to help people develop a sense of peace through a better understanding of relationships and leadership. Live Better, Lead Differently is uncommon because it emphasizes using a set of skills that, to Rob’s knowledge, has never been taught. The book focuses on the how and why of leadership, rather than the what. In Rob’s words, “I wrote this book to change the leadership conversation, not to add to it.”

Live Better, Lead Differently has just been published; the second book in the series is scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2019, followed by the final book’s release in the Spring of 2020.

A Fruitful Follow-Up

Rob was helping a small West Virginia company when he met Jamie Summers-Brown. The company had hired Jamie to build their website, and Rob was very impressed with the outcome. Based on the work he’d seen Jamie do, Rob reached out to him to design his own website.

“We met for about an hour to get acquainted,” Rob recalls. And that’s all it took to bring Jamie on board. From then on, the two communicated via email and phone, a methodology that worked quite well to carry out the vision that Rob had in mind.

Simple and Professional

“I didn’t want anything complicated,” Rob explains. He had asked Jamie to build his website from the ground up. He was clear about what he wanted to use as the websitecontent; regarding the design, Rob had only two requirements: “I wanted it to be simple and professional.” 

And that’s exactly what Jamie designed. The website is clean, appealing to the eye, and easy to navigate. Jamie even gave Rob some marketing suggestions that went beyond the design scope, such as creating and printing some promotional pieces. Jamie’s service includes maintaining the website throughout the course of the next two book launches.=

High Praise in Three Words

Rob Walters is a man who values his time and his choice of words. No doubt, these fine qualities are evident in his leadership book series. When asked what it was like working with Jamie, Rob didn’t share any anecdotes or recall a specific interaction; rather, he provided a 3-word summary: Creative. Efficient. Professional.

Rob believes his summarization of Jamie’s web design service is just what anyone who’s considering a new or enhanced website needs to hear.

Bricks Without Straw is a digital agency and design agency based in South Charleston, WV United States and Ota, Tokyo, Japan.

We offer a range of web design services including: web development, e-commerce services and email marketing. We also offer a range of graphic design services including logo design and exhibition stands.

We love working with clients of all sizes in a range of industry sectors, creating and implementing inspiring and hard working concepts and campaigns for business-business and business-consumer clients.

Valicia Leary

Bricks Without Straw has continued to exceed our expectations with their design work, support and attention to detail. We would highly recommend their services. They have a wonderful team and we enjoy our working relationship with them.

Carol Fulks

Bricks Without Straw has continued to exceed our expectations with their design work, support and attention to detail. We would highly recommend their services. They have a wonderful team and we enjoy our working relationship with them.

Patti Hamliton

Bricks Without Straw is bringing our association into the 21st Century! He brings us ideas and innovation for our web site and other tools of technology that help us enhance our image and our message.

Rebecca McPhail

Bricks Without Straw has continued to exceed our expectations with their design work, support and attention to detail. We would highly recommend their services. They have a wonderful team and we enjoy our working relationship with them.

Bill Raney

Jamie is one of the most committed and energetic professionals we have ever worked with over the years. He seems to work all the time with full 24-7 accessibility and immediate response. Bricks Without Straw has raised our collective confidence for maximizing opportunities in today’s world. We simply could not have done it without them.

Jan Vineyard

The demands and responsibilities to our members mandate that the online presence of our associations and our internet capabilities are reliable and seamless. Add creativity to that mix and one gets the complete package with Jamie Summers-Brown and his staff at Bricks without Straw.