97% of your customers are searching online for you right now. Will they find you?
MRS Local Marketing designs responsive, mobile-friendly, SEO optimized websites for small business owners primarily in Wisconsin, Iowa & Illinois.
Based in historic Mineral Point WI, we’re a local business just like you.
The personal touch and attention to detail that we provide to your local online marketing needs is the main reason why MRS Local Marketing is a smart choice for small business website design.
Why Do I Even Need A Website?
97% of Consumers Search For Businesses Online
THAT is why you need a website. 97% of consumers search for business online.
It doesn't matter how small, or local, or specialized your business is.
You could be a:
- family organic farm
- local auto repair/tire/or body shop
- small town furniture store
- jewelry store
- gift shop
- restarant
- bar & grill
- roofer
- plumber
- home builder
- handyman
- HVAC contractor
- paving/concrete contractor
- or any other business you'd care to mention
Regardless of your industry, or the size of your business, if you don't have a website to reach the 97% of consumers who are searching online for you and your goods and services, then you are almost out of business.
I know that sounds harsh, but think about it. How else are 97% of your potential customers going to find out about your business, your goods and services, your location and business hours?
How will they determine why they should do business with you instead of your competitors if you don't put your website in front of your potential customers in your local market?
Remember....97% of your potential customers are searching for you right now. Without a website, how else will they find you?
MRS Local Marketing specializes in designing attractive and engaging websites for small business owners. Call 608-220-0061 so we can build you a responsively designed and SEO optimized website at a reasonable price.
Do I Need A Website If I Have A FACEBOOK Page?
The answer to that question is an absolute, unequivocal, YES.
A responsive designed, mobile-friendly, and SEO optimized website will anchor your online presence like nothing else can.
Social Media platform, like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr and so on were never designed for or intended to replace a business website.
Now don't get me wrong, Facebook and other social media platforms are great for business. They have a lot of uses that you should be taking advantage of.
Facebook especially can be a great way to show the more personal side of your business. It is very useful in reaching out to and solidifying your current customer base. It can help you engage with your customers and finds out more about their needs and interests and what they are looking for from your business.
But Facebook was never meant to take the placed of a responsive designed, mobile-friendly, and SEO optimized website.
Facebook, as a platform, is too limiting. It was never designed to truly showcase your business and what you have to offer.
Facebook can be one of the many spokes in your online presence, but never your hub. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other vehicles like Yelp, Manta, Google +, Google Maps, Bing Places for Business can all drive traffic to your business, but they should never be used to replace a responsive designed, mobile-friendly, and SEO optimized website.
MRS Local Marketing specializes in designing attractive and engaging websites for small business owners. Call 608-220-0061 so we can build you a responsively designed and SEO optimized website at a reasonable price.
Your New Website in 8 Simple Steps
yourwebsite@yourdomain.com starts HERE!!
Designing and installing your new website is not really quite as simple as I make it seem here. There are more details and tasks involved in each of these steps. I go into this in more detail on my Services page.
But remember....97% of your potential customers are searching for you online right now. This is how MRS Local Marketing is going to help them find you:
- Design your website to suit the needs of your business
- Help you select and register your domain name.
- Help you purchase the hosting service that will suit both your current & future needs.
- Set up Control Panel and Administrative access.
- Set up website database.
- Upload, Install & Configure your mobile-friendly responsive designed website with content, images & plugins.
- Configure business email.
- Go Live!! Complete with training so YOU control your website.
It's not as simple or as easy as I make it sound.
But you can have the confidence knowing that all the details needed for your successful new website have been taken care of.
MRS Local Marketing specializes in designing attractive and engaging websites for small business owners. Call 608-220-0061 so we can build you a responsively designed and SEO optimized website at a reasonable price.
How Soon Will I Have My New Website?
2-3 weeks from today, your new website can be up and running.
First we discuss your needs and when you accept my proposal you pay me 50% upfront.
Then I go work on your site, and when you preview and approve it, you pay me the second half and your new website is ready to go live.
Simply put, the process typically takes 2-3 weeks.
MRS Local Marketing specializes in designing attractive and engaging websites for small business owners. Call 608-220-0061 so we can build you a responsively designed and SEO optimized website at a reasonable price.
How Much Will My New Website Cost Me?
The final cost for my services will depend entirely upon what you want for your website to look like, and what sort of features and functionality you want your website to have.
Your priorities will determine how simple or complex the website will be.
The website I design for you will be responsive and mobile friendly, SEO optimized, and will be easy for you to update yourself if and when you choose to do so.
Depending your needs, a very basic website takes 10-20 hours of work and a full finished site averages 40-60 hours of work.
At $50/hr you can figure a budget of $500 to $3,000 total. You pay me half upfront, and the balance upon completion.
My fee does NOT include your domain name registration or your web hosting. I do not provide web hosting because I want YOU to own your domain name and hosting yourself. This gives YOU total ownership of your website. This is less costly for you in the long run. I'll explain this more on my Services page.
The hosting service I use might be just right for you. Your domain name is FREE for the first year, and the hosting itself can be as little as $5.99/mo. Your domain name is renewed every year and that will run you $24.99. We'll talk about this further when we meet.
MRS Local Marketing specializes in designing attractive and engaging websites for small business owners. Call 608-220-0061 so we can build you a responsively designed and SEO optimized website at a reasonable price.
Your new or redesigned website from MRS Local Marketing will be Mobile Friendly and feature Responsive Website Design. Your website will be SEO Optimized for local search. It will target your local market in a way that will drive traffic to your website and customers and clients to your business.
Your new website from MRS Local Marketing will look great whether your customers are viewing it on a desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone.
MRS Local Marketing specializes in designing attractive and engaging websites for small business owners. Call 608-220-0061 so we can build a responsively designed and SEO optimized website for your business at a reasonable price.
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3 Things That Should Concern You About Your Website
Does your website work or look like this?
There are at least 3 things that should concern you right now if you want to make your website and your business the top business in your local market:
1. Does your website look or work like it was created on, by, or for a fax machine?
2. Is your website difficult or impossible for YOU or one of your associates to easily update and add content when you need to?
3. Are you relying only on Facebook or other social media for your online presence?
If you answered YES to any of these questions we need to talk. I can design or re-design your website so it’s responsive, mobile friendly, and optimized for local search.
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Who is MRS Local Marketing?
The Jr. Office Dog Is Hard at Work
Who is MRS Local Marketing, and why should I hire them?
Here is a quick introduction.
I’m Michael Smith. And I’m absolutely a dog-person.
I run a one-person/and two dog shop in historic Mineral Point WI.
I’ve been working with small business owners here in the Midwest for over 30 years on their local marketing. advertising and website design.
When I design a website for you, you can be assured that a real person who cares about and understands your local market will be working for YOU and your business.
I don’t have a big fancy office with a lot of overhead (except for puppy treats for Sophie and Stitch). I don’t have staffers huddled in anonymous cubicles.
When I communicate with you won’t be dealing with just a voice over the phone or some e-mailer who doesn’t know or care a thing about Mineral Point WI, Maquoketa IA, or Freeport IL
You will be working with a local small business person just like you who understands your community and what it takes to succeed in your local market in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois.
Like you I have hobbies. Mine are:
- Railroad Photography (a lot of the photos on this site are mine) and Railfanning (If I see a train, I’ll stop and watch it. If I don’t see a train, I’ll stop and wait for it and then I’ll watch it.)
- Football (Soccer as some might call it…I root for Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Crvena Zvezda, Viktoria Plzen, and Norwich City.)
- Motorsports (NASCAR & Formula 1, primarily)
- And of course, the Green Bay Packers; Wisconsin Badgers; Milwaukee Brewers; and the Milwaukee Bucks.
So MRS Local Marketing is me, and my two Office Dogs, Sophie and Stitch.
My lovely wife Emily (Stitch & Sophie’s Doggy Mommy) works for Lands’ End in Dodgeville WI.
If you want to hire me. Give me a call at 608-220-0061
But if you’d rather hire Sophie or Stitch instead. That’s okay. My feelings won’t be hurt.
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Contact me so I can build you a responsively designed and SEO optimized website at a reasonable price.
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608-220-0061
MRS Local Marketing is the smart choice for Responsive, Mobile-friendly, and SEO Optimized Website Design in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.
