Top-tier web services
to help you show up.

Website design, digital marketing, and beyond.

With over a decade of web experience, Appear Design specializes in building high-quality websites, developing result-driven digital marketing campaigns, and providing top-tier support and training.

Websites

We specialize in designing professional, responsive, search-focused websites on Squarespace and Shopify.

• Consultations
• Website design
• Domain, hosting & emails
• eCommerce
• Content development

Digital Marketing

Our organic SEO and online marketing campaigns are built to suit your business and budget.

• Organic search engine optimization
• Google Ads
• Email marketing
• Blog & content development
• Analytics and search monitoring

Personalized Training

Achieve the skills needed to update your Squarespace or Shopify website in-house through one-on-one training.

• Training with a Squarespace Expert
• Store guidance from a Shopify Partner
• Comprehensive one-on-one sessions
• Customized resources and manuals

Ongoing Support

Ongoing maintenance and dedicated support are our specialty. We are here to help you with your web needs.

• Top-notch customer service
• Ongoing website maintenance
• Squarespace & Shopify management
• Technical support

Our four-step process:

 
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Connection

Reach out via contact form, email, or phone, with your business information and goals for your website or project. Our contact form can help guide the way.

Discovery

We will look over your inquiry and follow up with any relevant questions. After that, we'll send you a custom proposal for your project.

Development

As the project unfolds, we’ll complete the content development process together before working through live design mock-ups until we’re at a launch point.

Launch

Once the project goes global, we’ll transfer necessary ownership and keep contributor access to your site/platforms for future assistance as needed.

Since 2013, we’ve worked with hundreds of businesses in various industries. We are dedicated to providing modern designs and lead-generating marketing campaigns.

  • If you don’t have a domain or email yet, we’ll help you get set up all under one roof. If you need a domain adjustment or transfer with your current provider, we can help with that too.

  • We get all of our clients set up on their own hosting account through the best fitting platform for their business and provide training on how to upkeep billing for their domains, websites, emails, and marketing tools (a.k.a. keeping an active credit card on file). Clients fully own their sites, and we keep contributor access to assist as needed.

  • We work with each company on their specific content needs. We find that naturally written content provided directly by the specialist reads best for the brand, but we’re always happy to help develop content, write articles and brainstorm ideas.

  • Our sites are very image-forward. Most of our clients come ready with photos and videos, which we optimize for web use and search friendliness. For clients short on images or videos, we can utilize free and paid stock assets for their sites. Perhaps your site will be more graphic or text-based, and that’s fine, too.

  • We can happily assist in graphics and logo designs for your site, but we typically work with graphic designers that specialize solely in that arena while focusing more on web design aesthetics and marketing strategy.

  • We’ve been known to knock sites out within a week, depending on our availability and size. We’ve also have larger projects last a couple of months. We like to work the process naturally so nobody loses any sleep over it. We schedule projects based on our availability, and sometimes they can be a week or a month out. We also set timelines and meeting cadences to ensure projects don’t stretch out too long. In short, we want to aim for two weeks to a month per project.

  • • Web consultations
    • Website design
    • Portfolio development
    • eCommerce
    • Ongoing website maintenance
    • Domain and email support
    • Search engine optimization
    • Google Ads
    • Email marketing
    • Comprehensive website training
    • Squarespace & Shopify management
    • Customer support

  • I’m Matt. I graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in strategic communication with a focus on marketing and web.

    I have over 10 years of experience in managing businesses online and have built 100+ websites.

    I am a Squarespace Expert + Authorized Trainer and a Shopify Partner.

  • There are three cost types in our projects; recurring, flat rate, and hourly.

    1. Recurring

    • Domains: $20/yr (includes privacy and SSL)

    • Website/hosting: $300/yr ±

    • Emails: $72/yr per email

    • Web Marketing tools: $300/yr ± (e.g. email marketing, scheduling)

    2. Flat-Rate

    We provide a custom flat-rate bid for every new website design project. This cost is based on site size, services needed, site value, and estimated time.

    3. Hourly

    For established clients, we offer design and marketing services at our hourly rate tracked over the course of a month.

  • Absolutely. We find it paramount that clients own their own sites and marketing tools for long-term success. This provides the ability for in-house updating, ensuring your products are registered under your business, and not getting stuck with developer ownership issues. We happily keep contributor access to your website and tools to assist with ongoing support.

  • You bet! We love letting our clients sit back and watch their websites work for them. We provide hourly assistance and consulting while tracking our time over the course of a month (with a 30-minute monthly minimum).

  • Oh yeah! We love to train our clients to maintain their sites and marketing platforms in-house post-launch, and we can provide as much or as little training as needed.

Experience our top-tier
customer support.

From new projects to simple site updates, we take on every project as if it were our own business. You can count on Appear to provide timely responses, quality work, and friendly-service.

 

Have Questions?

We’re happy to discuss our services in more detail, start by filling out our contact form.

 

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