Websites, with local search built in

Websites built for a phone in a parking lot.

Most small business and church websites were built once and left alone. They load slowly, look dated on a phone, and never ask anyone to call. Yours should do better. When someone in Columbia needs what you do, we build your site so your name has a fair shot at showing up in Maps and in the AI answer.

Engraved storefront with a sign reading Helping good businesses grow since 2024

Who this is for

Local service businesses, small shops, and churches with a site built years ago and never touched since. Auto repair, plumbing, HVAC, septic, restaurants, contractors, professional practices, and congregations of every size.

Also businesses needing the phone to ring from within thirty miles, whose customers now ask ChatGPT or Google's AI who the good electrician in Spring Hill is.

What you get

What every site comes with.

  • Custom design. No template with the colors swapped.
  • Copy written for your business.
  • Built to load fast on a phone.
  • Click to call on every screen, and a contact form sent straight to you.
  • The search foundation: clear page titles, your trade and town in plain words, and the labels Google and the AI tools read behind the page.
  • Your logo files, email at your own domain, and a QR card for reviews.
  • Changes by text message, made within two business days.

The full setup adds

  • A page for each service and each town you work.
  • Your Google listing claimed, cleaned up, and matched to the site.
  • A review request after every job, sent for you, with a reminder if they forget.
  • One review drive to your past customers.

Maps and AI search

Built to be found in Maps and in the AI answer.

When someone in Columbia needs a plumber, they open Maps or ask an AI, then call one of the first names they see. Getting on the short list takes plain work: pages saying what you do and where, the same facts on every listing, and real reviews from real customers. We build the foundation into every site. Nobody controls Google or the AI tools, so we promise the work and never a ranking.

How it works

What happens, and roughly when.

4weeks or so from review to launch, for most sites
  1. The free review

    We read your current site, check where you show up in Maps and what the AI tools say about you, and send back the honest list.

    Free, within a week
  2. Start

    Pay the build fee, then send your logo, a few photos, and the towns you serve. No proposal, no tiers.

    Within a few days of payment
  3. Build

    Design, copy, code, and the search foundation, all at once. You watch the site come together, with two rounds of changes before launch.

    About two weeks
  4. Launch

    We point your domain at the new site and check every page on a real phone. From then on, text us a change and we make the change within two business days.

    One day
  5. Reviews, ongoing

    A review request after every job, sent for you, with a reminder if they forget. We keep your Google listing current as your hours and services change.

    In the full setup

Recent work

Two places this is already running.

Pruitt's Automotive Repair home page

Service business, Pulaski, Tennessee

Pruitt's Automotive Repair

A site for a mechanic who comes to you. It says so in the first three words, puts the owner's name on the call and text buttons, and names the towns he drives to.

Read the case study
The Principled Co. home page

Professional firm, Columbia, Tennessee

The Principled Co.

Our own consulting firm, advising classical Christian schools on opening, turnaround, governance and leadership. The site had to sound like the work: quiet, particular, and built to outlast the engagement.

Read the case study

What it costs

A starting number, and what moves it.

The starter site is $500 to build and $190 a month. The full setup for trades is $1,500 and $299 a month, with your Google listing and reviews included. Restaurants, schools, and larger sites get a written quote. In business less than six months? One page for $99 a month, no build fee. No contract, cancel any time.

From

$190+a month, plus $500 to build

Questions

What owners ask first.

Do I own the site?

The domain is yours from day one. The site becomes yours after twelve months on the monthly, or sooner for a buyout price we give you in writing. Your Google listing, phone number, email, and photos are yours the whole time.

What if I already have a domain?

We use yours. We point the domain at the new site, and nothing about your email changes.

Do I have to update the site myself?

No. Text us the new hours or the new photo and we make the change within two business days. The monthly covers those. We quote anything changing the layout.

Why not Wix or Squarespace?

Go ahead, if you like building websites on Sunday night. For the monthly you get a site a person designed and wrote for your business, hosted fast, and kept current by someone you text.

How long until I show up in Maps, and do you guarantee a ranking?

Timing varies. A new site and a cleaned up listing often take a few months to show in Maps, and steady calls take longer. We guarantee no ranking, because nobody controls Google. Ask anyone promising one what happens when the promise fails.

What is AI search and why should I care?

Customers now ask ChatGPT or Google's AI who to call, and the answer names two or three businesses. We build your site so those tools read plainly what you do and where. Nobody controls which names they pick.

What happens if I stop paying?

Before twelve months, the site comes down at the end of the month. After twelve months the site is yours, and we hand you the files. Your domain, your listing, and your phone number stay yours either way.

Find out where your website loses calls.

Send us the address. We read the site, check Maps and the AI answers, and send back an honest list in plain English, whether or not you hire us. Free.

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