Bring me the
stubborn problem.

I build websites that make a local business's phone ring, and fix the ones that don't. You deal with one person from the first email to launch day.

Three ways
to start.

Most projects start at one of these doors. If yours doesn't, write anyway.

01

A new site that brings in calls.

For local businesses starting fresh or starting over. I design and build it around quote requests and local search.

  • Custom design and build
  • Service and location pages for local search
  • Quote forms and call buttons where customers look
  • Fast pages that work on any phone

Good fit if People search for what you do in your town, and you want them calling you instead of the shop down the road.

02

A fix for the site that isn't working.

For sites that look fine but don't bring in work. I find what's costing you calls and fix it, without starting over.

  • A plain-English review of what's in the way
  • Clearer quote forms and call buttons
  • Speed and mobile fixes
  • Broken links and dead ends cleaned up

Good fit if You get visitors, but the phone stays quiet and you can't tell why.

03

A care plan for the site you have.

For sites that work, but the updates, fixes, and new pages keep sliding down your list. Ongoing, and priced as its own plan.

  • Platform, plugin, and theme updates
  • Fixes when something breaks
  • New service and location pages as you grow
  • Broken-link checks before visitors find them

Good fit if Your site is fine until it isn't, and you'd rather not be the one who finds out.

How it
goes.

Five steps, and you talk to the same person at every one of them.

  1. You write.

    A few lines about the business and the problem. No intake form, no sales call to book.

  2. I reply.

    From me, not an autoresponder. Usually with questions and a first take on how I'd approach it.

  3. We agree on scope.

    What's in, what's out, and what it costs, written down before any work starts.

  4. I build it.

    You see it take shape along the way instead of in one big reveal, and you can weigh in as it does.

  5. Launch, then your call.

    Once it ships, the site and its code are yours. If you want me to keep it updated and running, that's a paid care plan, and it's optional.

What you
won't get.

Small on purpose. Here's what that leaves out.

  • An account manager.You email me, and I answer.
  • A handoff to a junior.The person you email is the one building it.
  • A black box.Readable code and plain notes on what changed.
  • A surprise invoice.Scope and price are agreed before work starts.
  • A site you can't take with you.The code is yours. Keep it, move it, or hand it to someone else.
  • A spot in a queue of fifty.A few projects at a time, on purpose.

Write the first
email in a minute.

Tap what fits and I'll draft it for you. It opens in your own email app, so you can change anything before you send.

1 What do you need?
2 Where are things now?

Pick one above first.

3 When?
4 The details (optional)
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Subject
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