A small business website that ranks in Google, gets cited by ChatGPT, and converts.
Most small business websites are pretty and useless. We design and build sites engineered to earn organic traffic, get cited in AI answers, and turn visitors into booked jobs — then improve them every month.
- No contract — month-to-month
- Lifetime pricing for Founding Partners
- You own your site and content
- US-based team
Why local businesses hire us for small business website design
Your current site doesn't rank
Slow Squarespace or Wix templates rarely make it past page 3 for anything competitive. We rebuild on a fast stack with SEO and schema baked in from day one.
Traffic shows up — and bounces
A pretty homepage isn't a conversion strategy. We design around clear buying journeys, real trust signals, and CTAs placed where visitors actually decide to act.
You paid once and got ghosted
Agencies love the launch fee and disappear at handoff. Our launch fee ships the site; the monthly plan is how we keep improving it. You get a named lead, not a ticket queue.
What's included
- Custom design (not a template) tailored to your industry and city
- Fast, edge-hosted React stack — Core Web Vitals in the green out of the gate
- Full on-page SEO: title tags, meta, headings, internal links, sitemap, robots
- Schema.org markup (Organization, LocalBusiness, Service, FAQ) on every page
- AI SEO ready — llms.txt, entity-rich copy, FAQ blocks for LLM citations
- Mobile-first design with WCAG accessibility
- Contact + lead-capture forms wired to your inbox and CRM
- Admin panel so you can edit content without a developer
How the engagement works
- Step 1
Discovery + audit
We map your services, city, and buying journeys. We audit competitors and your current site. You get a free Growth Blueprint even if you don't hire us.
- Step 2
Design + copy
We design the full site and write every page around real buying-intent keywords. You review 2 rounds of revisions.
- Step 3
Build + launch
We build on a modern edge-hosted stack, wire up analytics and CRM, and ship the site — typically 3–5 weeks from kickoff.
- Step 4
Grow every month
New content, new city/service pages, ongoing SEO and AI SEO work. Reports monthly.
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