Websites, branding and practical tools for local businesses.
Websites designed around your business.
What you can hire Side Note for.
Websites, brand work and practical setups, each with its price. Or have all of it made together as one project.
Websites
Launch your website
A proper launch for your next chapter. Custom design, clear pages and a website that feels like you.
- Five pages$2,500or 12 × $250, $3,000 in all
- Eight pages$3,500or 12 × $350, $4,200 in all
- Care, if you want it$99 a month$150 a month with up to 60 minutes of small edits
Rocket launch.Brand & Content
Find your brand’s character
Let your personality show. Color, type and words that feel unmistakably yours.
- Website Copywriting$900 for five pages$1,200 for eight pages, as an option with a website
- Brand identity and print designBy requestQuoted for your project
Chameleon brand character.Practical Setups
Make the everyday easier
Automatic follow-ups, forms that gather the details, and booking without the back-and-forth.
- Side Note Follow-Up$1,500 one timeMissed-call text-back, estimate follow-up and review requests
- Inquiry forms, booking and moreBy requestQuoted for your project
Examples of a missed call receiving an automatic text-back, an inquiry form collecting useful details, and a customer choosing a booking time. Missed call. Automatic reply. Sorry we missed you. What can we help with?The messages are examples, written for this site.
Complete Project
A little character. A complete launch.
The eight-page website, writing, Follow-Up installation and Launch Kit are coordinated as one project.
Side Note Studios
What it is made of
Complete Project
The eight-page website, writing, Follow-Up installation and Launch Kit are coordinated as one project.
- Custom Website, eight pages$3,500
- Full copywriting for the eight pages$1,200
- Side Note Follow-Up, installed$1,500
- Launch Kit$800
- Together, paid upfront$7,000
or 12 payments of $700, $8,400 in all
Follow-Up’s software and messaging are billed separately, at cost. Care is optional and separate.
Fit: What kind of business is it?
Pick the kind of business you run.
Your business
What would help
Contractors
People hire a contractor after they have seen the work and know you cover their area.
- Finished jobs, grouped by the kind of work you take.
- The towns you serve, stated plainly.
- An estimate request that asks for the address, the job and the timing.
Useful Side Note services
Custom Website
A page for each kind of work you take, and a request form that asks for the details an estimate needs.
Side Note Follow-Up
If you’re on a job when the phone rings, or estimates go out and then go quiet: a text-back for the calls you miss, follow-up on open estimates, and review requests.
Examples only: not past client work, and not a promise of results.
Landscapers
People choose a landscaper by the yards you’ve finished and the work you’re taking on this season.
- The kinds of work you take, one page each, with finished yards to show.
- Your service area, and what you are doing this season.
- A quote request that asks about the property and the job.
Useful Side Note services
Custom Website
Pages for the kinds of work you take, and a quote-request form that asks about the property and the job.
Side Note Follow-Up
If the crew is out in the yard when calls come in: a text-back for the calls you miss, follow-up on quotes, and review requests.
Care Full
The monthly hour of small content edits can cover updating the services you list as the season changes.
Optional.
Examples only: not past client work, and not a promise of results.
Salons and barbershops
New clients look for your services, your hours and an easy way to book.
- Your services listed plainly, so people know what to ask for.
- Where you are and when you are open.
- One clear way to ask a question, and a link to the booking tool you already use.
Useful Side Note services
Custom Website
Your services, hours and location, and a form for questions.
Side Note Follow-Up
Only if most new clients still start with a call you can’t pick up mid-appointment: a text-back for those calls, and review requests.
Optional.
The site can link to the booking page you already use. Setting up online booking is separate work, by request.
Examples only: not past client work, and not a promise of results.
Restaurants
Most people check the menu and the hours before they decide to come.
- The menu, easy to read on a phone.
- Your hours and address where people look first.
- What is current: new items, holiday hours, changes.
Useful Side Note services
Custom Website
Menu pages, your hours and location, and a form for customer questions.
Care Full
Menus and hours change. The monthly hour of small content edits can cover those changes, so the site stays current.
Optional.
The site can link to the ordering or booking tool you already use. Setting one up is separate work, by request. Menus and counter signs can be designed for print, too.
Examples only: not past client work, and not a promise of results.
Photographers
People hire a photographer on the work they can see, and on how simple it is to ask.
- Your work shown large, in sets by kind of shoot.
- Each kind of shoot explained: what it is and how to ask.
- An inquiry that asks the date, the place and what is needed, so you can answer with a quote.
Useful Side Note services
Custom Website
Your work shown clearly, a page for each kind of session you offer, and an inquiry form for the details you need to quote.
Side Note Follow-Up
If quotes go unanswered while you’re shooting: a text-back for the calls you miss, and follow-up on the quotes you send.
Optional.
Care Full
The monthly hour of small content edits can cover swapping images and updating the sessions you list.
Optional.
Examples only: not past client work, and not a promise of results.
Professional services
Before someone contacts an office or practice, they want to know it is legitimate, what you do and what to expect.
- Each service explained in plain words.
- What to bring and what to expect at a first visit or call.
- Where you are, your hours and the right way to reach you.
Useful Side Note services
Custom Website
A page for each service, what to bring or expect, your location and hours, and an inquiry form that asks for the right details first.
Care Full
The monthly hour of small content edits can cover changes to your services, hours or contact details.
Optional.
Examples only: not past client work, and not a promise of results.
Something else
Tell me about the business and what you want to fix. A website helps when customers can’t tell what you do or how to reach you. Brand and content work helps when the business needs a clearer look or clearer words. A practical setup helps with missed calls, quiet estimates or incomplete requests. If it isn’t a fit, you get a straight answer.
Start a projectHow a project starts.
Inquiry
What do I send?
You send the inquiry. I reply within two business days.
Fit conversation
Is it a fit?
If it looks like a fit, you and I have a short conversation about the business.
Written quote
What will I know before I decide?
You get a written quote, with what’s included.
Agreed work
What happens once I agree?
Work starts after the quote is agreed.
What you can count on
- Website prices are published here, with the total if you pay monthly.
- You get a written quote before any work begins, and work starts only when you agree to it.
- For 30 days after launch, anything that doesn’t work as agreed is fixed at no charge.
- A website is planned to take about 10 days once I have your text, photos and access.
- Your domain, accounts and content are yours from the start, and the website is yours once it is paid for.
