Guides & case studies
Practical guides on web design and local SEO for Cache Valley businesses, plus write-ups from real client website builds.
How much does a website cost for a small business in Utah?
A straight answer on what a small business website costs in Utah in 2026: the DIY builder route, hiring a freelancer or agency, and the monthly-plan route, with real numbers and what actually drives the price.
How to get your business on Google Maps in Cache Valley
A step-by-step guide to creating, verifying, and optimizing a Google Business Profile so your Cache Valley business shows up in the Google Maps results, written for owners, not marketers.
Why isn't my business showing up on Google?
The common, fixable reasons a Cache Valley business is invisible on Google: an unclaimed or half-empty Business Profile, too few reviews, a slow site, or a brand-new one, and how to tell which is you.
Wix vs Squarespace vs a custom site for a local business
An honest comparison of Wix, Squarespace, and a custom-built website for a small local business: what each really costs, who does the work, and which one makes sense for a Cache Valley shop.
Does a small business in Cache Valley actually need SEO?
An honest look at whether local SEO is worth it for a small business in Logan or Cache Valley, Utah, what it costs, what actually moves rankings, and a checkup you can run yourself.
Building My Wife a Photography Site for Almost $0 a Month
My wife is starting a part-time photography business, so I built her a Next.js site on Cloudflare designed around $0 egress. Then a Next prefetch quietly tripped Cloudflare's CPU limit and took the gallery down.
Building a Pirate-Themed Barbershop Site, Mostly by Prompting Claude
A barber in Cove, Utah had an Instagram and no website. I gave Claude the right prompt, all the real details, and a styling direction, and it built the three files. The hard part was getting the content, not the code.
Building a Local-SEO Site for an Age-Restricted Shop, in Code This Time
I tried an AI website builder on one client site and ended up rebuilding it in code. So this one I built in Astro with Claude from the first commit. Here's what it takes to build a clean local-SEO site for an age-restricted retailer.
Moving a Client Site Off an AI Builder, Rebuilt From Scratch
LandingSite AI got Griffin Renovation online fast, but SEO limits and vendor lock-in pushed me to rebuild the whole thing in plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Building a Website for a 40-Year-Old Hair Salon
A local salon in Smithfield, Utah had been cutting hair for four decades without a website. Here's how I built one from scratch with vanilla HTML, CSS, and JS.
I Shipped a Client Site in an Afternoon Using an AI Builder
A renovation company needed a website fast. I used LandingSite.ai to go from nothing to live in a few hours, and here's what actually worked.
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What do these guides and case studies cover?
Practical guides on web design and local SEO for small businesses, plus case studies from real client website builds across Logan and Cache Valley, Utah. Each case study documents what we built, why, and how it performs.
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