Your website should make the business feel as clear online as it does when someone talks to you.
I design, rebuild, and improve websites for small businesses serving Gig Harbor and the surrounding area — with a focus on clear services, strong trust signals, mobile usability, and an obvious next step.
If it's not clear quickly, they will look somewhere else.
The customer needs to know whether your service is meant for them.
Location and service area should be easy to confirm.
Proof, presentation, and clarity build that confidence.
Most of the decision happens on a small screen.
There should be an obvious next step, not a guess.
A good website removes uncertainty before the conversation starts.
For businesses without a useful professional website.
For websites whose structure, design, messaging, or usability no longer represents the business well.
For sites that have a good enough foundation but need focused work:
Not every prospect needs a full rebuild. The right scope is the one that actually fixes what is holding the business back.
What matters is whether the website communicates the right things in the right order.
Structure
What belongs where, and what the visitor needs first.
Messaging
Communicating what the business actually does, clearly.
Services
What you do, described in the customer's language.
Hierarchy
Leading the eye from the first impression to the next step.
Trust
Proof and presentation that make the business believable.
Proof
Work, reviews, and evidence that support the claim.
FAQs
Answering the questions customers ask before they call.
Mobile Experience
Designed to work on a phone, not just shrink to fit.
Clear Next Step
An obvious action, so a visitor never has to guess.
A few examples of what the work actually looks like — not templates, but websites built around each business.
A warm, trust-focused site built to help families understand the home and the care before they ever visit.
Visit Site Author / BrandA storytelling-led build that turns a body of work into a clear, credible online presence.
Visit Site HVAC Training / Digital ProductA functional product site that makes the offer clear and the next step obvious.
Visit SiteGig Harbor has a strong local business community, with many small businesses built on reputation, referrals, relationships, and trust.
But even when someone hears about a business from a referral, they will often look it up online before reaching out. A website can either support that trust or quietly weaken it.
A local business website should make clear:
Designed By Dane is Washington-based and works with businesses serving Gig Harbor, Pierce County, and the South Sound — as well as other nearby communities including Tacoma and University Place — and remotely with businesses elsewhere.
A lot of people are not viewing a website from a desktop computer. They are checking the business from their phone.
That means the site needs to be easy to read, easy to navigate, and easy to take action on from a mobile device.
Mobile isn't a stripped-down version of the website. It's often the first version a customer sees.
Accurate service-area information
Where the business operates is easy to understand.
Descriptive headings
Structure that tells both people and search engines what a page is about.
Useful service/location content
Written to help a customer, not to fill space.
Internal links
Connecting related content so it's easier to find and understand.
Metadata
Accurate page titles and descriptions that match the content.
Crawlable text
Content that search engines can actually read.
Mobile usability
A site that works well on the device most people use.
Useful FAQs
Answers to the questions customers actually ask.
Build the page for the customer first. Give search engines enough structure to understand it too.
Fast Launch Website
Starting at $249
For businesses that need a focused, streamlined professional website.
Custom Website Build
Starting at $499
For businesses that need a more individualized structure, deeper content, broader scope, or more custom requirements.
More complete Custom Website Builds are priced based on page count and scope.
Website Management is optional. There is no required Designed By Dane management subscription after launch.
You can maintain your own site whenever you'd like. Normal third-party domain, platform, and hosting costs may still apply depending on where the site lives.
If you'd rather not handle updates yourself, ongoing help is available through Website Management.
What you do, who you serve, and what's not working.
A look at your current site, goals, and situation.
New build, rebuild, or targeted improvements — whatever fits.
Structure, messaging, and design working together.
You see the site and tell me what needs to change.
Tighten the details until it's ready to go live.
Fast Launch Websites start at $249, and Custom Website Builds start at $499. Larger custom sites are priced based on page count and scope. See the pricing page for the full breakdown.
No. Designed By Dane is Washington-based and works remotely with businesses in Gig Harbor, Pierce County, and the South Sound — and with businesses elsewhere. There's no Gig Harbor office, and the work doesn't require one.
Yes. Sometimes a full rebuild makes sense, and sometimes targeted improvements are enough. I'll recommend whichever approach actually fits your situation rather than defaulting to the larger project.
I build a sensible search foundation — clear structure, descriptive headings, useful content, accurate metadata, and crawlable text. That foundation doesn't guarantee a specific ranking, and I won't promise one.
No. City and location pages should only exist when they provide genuinely useful information and reflect how the business actually operates — not just to manufacture more pages.
I work across several supported platforms including Squarespace, Wix, GoDaddy Website Builder, and Hostinger Website Builder. The platform is chosen based on the business and the project rather than forcing every client into one system.
Generally yes, depending on the platform. I'll set things up so you can manage your own site whenever the platform supports client editing.
No. Website Management is optional. There's no required Designed By Dane monthly subscription — though normal third-party domain, platform, and hosting costs may still apply. See Website Management for details.
You don't need to know the exact page count, platform, or scope yet.
Tell me about the business, what you already have, and what you're trying to improve. I'll tell you what I think makes sense.