Working with a Florence business at a distance

Florence, on the Tennessee River in the Shoals, is the farthest west we work, so a Florence site is built the way most of our sites are built anyway: by phone, shared screen and email, with nothing lost by the distance. Here is how it runs.

Step by step

The first call. You tell us about the business, what you have online now and what you need. You get the price and the timeline in writing before anything starts.

Your notes and photos, by email. You write down what you would tell a customer: what you do, who for, what sets you apart, the hours, the towns you serve. You send the photos you have. We write the copy from those notes and place the photos.

Review on a shared screen. When the draft site is up, we get on a call, share the screen and go through it page by page. You say what to change and we change it. You also open it on your own phone, because that is how your customers will see it.

The walkthrough and launch. Before it goes live we walk through the finished site together, so you know where everything is and how the form reaches you. Then it launches, with your Google Business Profile linked, and hosting and care keep it running if you want that.

A standard five-page site starts at $2,450 and most take 2–3 weeks. A full site with a page for each service starts at $3,400. You own the site and the domain, and there is no long-term contract.

What a Florence business says

One of the fifteen reviews on our Google profile is from a Florence business. It is quoted here as the reviewer wrote it, and you can read it with the others on the profile.

They helped our little Florence business grow more than I thought was possible.

Roland Cruz, Google review

We do not publish case studies or numbers from client sites. What a review says is the reviewer's experience, and results for any business depend on its market and its own work.

Photo: the O'Neal Bridge at Florence by Noahmcdonald1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The O'Neal Bridge over the Tennessee River at Florence under a clear blue sky

A store concept for the Shoals

Shoals Workwear & Boot Co. is a store we designed for Florence: a workwear and boot catalog with sizes to 15, widths to EEE, and exchanges on unworn boots. It is a design concept, not client work, and the business is made up. You can open it from the design concepts on the Services page.

Common questions

Can we finish the site without meeting?

Yes. The whole build runs by phone, shared screen and email: the first call, your notes and photos, the review and the walkthrough. Our office is on the courthouse square in downtown Huntsville, and the distance to Florence does not change how the work is done.

How do I send photos and text?

By email. Write your notes the way you would explain the business to a customer, attach the photos you have at full size, and send them. We write the copy from the notes and place the photos; you approve the result before launch.

What do I own?

You own the website and the domain. If you ever leave, you give 30 days' notice and get a zipped copy of the site and 30 days to move it before the next bill. No long-term contract.

Get a price for your site

Tell us about your Florence business. We call you, talk it through and send a written price before anything starts.