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Notes From the People Who'd Actually Do the Work.

Field notes, playbooks, and straight answers from the 11 Marketing + Design team: what's actually moving the needle in search, sites, and ads right now.

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Judging a web designer by their local business reviews
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

How to Judge a Web Designer by Their Local Business Reviews

Star ratings tell you almost nothing about a web design agency. What to look for in the reviews themselves, the features local businesses actually need, and the red flags worth walking away from.

Responsive website design for a small business
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

Responsive Website Design for Small Businesses

Small businesses feel a bad mobile experience faster than big brands do. What separates a genuinely responsive site from a shrunken desktop one, and the signs yours is quietly costing you leads.

Examples of effective service pages for local businesses
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

9 Examples of Effective Service Pages

Nine patterns that separate a service page that gets visits from one that gets calls, plus a quick way to grade the pages you already have.

Improving a website's Core Web Vitals
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

How to Improve Website Core Web Vitals

Core Web Vitals measure the friction between a visitor and the action you want them to take. How to find the real bottleneck and fix LCP, CLS, and INP in the right order.

Fixing a slow small business website
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

How to Fix a Slow Small Business Website

Slow sites lose calls and form fills before anyone complains. Where the drag usually comes from on a small business site, what to fix first, and when patching stops being worth it.

A website redesign conversion rate case study
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

Website Redesign Conversion Rate Case Study

The conversion problems that show up again and again in local business redesigns, how to find them on your own site, and how to tell whether the rebuild actually caused the lift.

A website redesign that lifts conversion rates
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

Website Redesign Conversion Rate Improvement Example

A worked hypothetical showing why a small conversion rate gain beats a small traffic gain, which metrics tell you the truth, and when a redesign beats targeted fixes.

A homepage layout that works for a service business
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

The Homepage Layout That Works for Service Businesses

A service business homepage has one job: move the right visitor to the next step. Here's the section-by-section structure that does it, and the layout mistakes that quietly kill conversions.

High-converting website calls to action for local businesses
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

15 Best Calls to Action That Convert

Fifteen calls to action that earn clicks, what each one is good for, where it backfires, and how to match the CTA to the page and the visitor's stage.

The hidden SEO costs of building a small business website on Wix
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

Stop Building Your Business Website on Wix: The Hidden SEO and Growth Costs

Wix gets a site online quickly, and most growing businesses hit its limits on customization, technical SEO, and portability. What those limits cost you, and when the platform is still a reasonable choice.

Amarillo website design built to drive local leads
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

Amarillo Website Design That Actually Drives Leads

What local visitors scan for in the first ten seconds, the design decisions that help you rank, and the tracking that shows which pages actually produce leads.

Local business branding that helps a website convert
Updated 07/25/2026 · By Walter Steelman

Local Business Branding That Makes Your Site Convert

Your brand is the promise and your website is the proof. Where the two disagree, local visitors leave. What alignment looks like in design, speed, and copy.