Rome · Utica · Herkimer
Good websites for the shops, diners and trades that keep the Valley running.
If your site still says "©2012," won't load on a phone, or lists hours from before the pandemic, you're losing calls to the place down the road that fixed theirs.
I rebuild sites like that. You deal with one local person, and you get a straight price.
Ask for a free look at your siteThree kinds of work, done properly.
Full rebuilds
A new site from scratch, written around what your customers actually look for: what you do, where you are, when you're open, and how to reach you. You can update it yourself afterward.
Phone & speed fixes
Most people find you on a phone while parked outside. If your menu is an 8 MB PDF or the text is too small to read, I'll fix that without throwing out the whole site.
Google listing tune-ups
Your Google Business Profile matters as much as your website. I'll correct the hours, categories, photos and links so the right info shows up on Maps.
No sales pitch, no contracts that run for years.
- I look firstYou send me your web address. I'll send back a one-page, plain-English rundown of what's broken and what's fine, free.
- You see it before you payIf you want to go ahead, I'll mock up your new home page so you know what you're getting.
- I build it and hand it overI'll launch it, move your domain if needed, and show you how to change your hours yourself.
What a typical rebuild changes.
These are made-up concepts to illustrate common problems. They aren't real businesses or client work.
WELCOME TO OUR RESTAURANT!!
Click HERE for our menu (PDF)
Call for hours
A family restaurant on Bleecker Street
This week's specials as plain text, today's hours at the top, and the tomato pie front and center.
Diner or restaurant: the menu becomes a readable page instead of a download, and the phone number is one tap away.
Plumbing & Heating
Services: Plumbing. Heating. Contact form (broken).
Text too small to read on a phoneNo heat in February? Call now.
An emergency line at the top, a list of towns served from Rome to Little Falls, and a quote form that reaches your inbox.
Trades: the urgent stuff goes first, and the service area is spelled out so Google knows where you work.
Salon Gallery
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Cuts, color & walk-ins on Main Street
A gallery that works on phones, a price list with real prices, and booking that doesn't require a phone call.
Salons and shops: show off the work and make booking easy.
Flat prices, posted up front.
Launch offer: the first three local businesses get $150 off and a free first month of Care.
Starter Refresh
$750
- Redesign up to 5 pages, built for phones first
- Contact form, basic SEO, Google Search Console
- 2 rounds of revisions, 30 days of support
Standard Redesign
$1,500
- Custom site, up to 12 pages
- Copy written with you, local SEO for the Valley
- Launch, domain move, 3 revisions & a walkthrough
Care
from $49/mo
- $49: hosting, SSL, backups & updates
- $99: plus an hour of edits & a monthly report
- $149: plus Google Business posts & SEO check-ins
- No money down: Starter + Care, $129/mo (12 months)
Send me your web address. I'll tell you honestly whether it needs work.
Email is best. Include your business name and town.
hello@brightforgeweb.com