Full-stack help,
right in your neighborhood.
Websites, servers, payments, security — I build and run production systems for a living, and I bring that same rigor to small local businesses who just need their tech to work.
Only a few new client slots open each month — no pressure, no contracts.
What I actually know how to do
Not a template list — this is the stack I use to build, ship, and keep my own platforms alive, applied to your business.
Web App Development
Full applications from front end to database — dashboards, referral systems, booking flows, custom admin panels.
Server & VPS Administration
SSH, cPanel, DNS, hosting migrations — I diagnose blank pages, 500 errors, and dead logins fast, not eventually.
Payments & Crypto Integration
Card processors and crypto wallets — BTCPay-style setups, deposit/withdrawal flows, and reconciliation.
Security & Auth Engineering
Password hashing, login systems, access control audits — closing the gaps most sites never think to check.
DevOps & Automation
Scheduled jobs, deployment scripts, and monitoring so small tasks stop eating your evenings.
Incident Response
Site down, login broken, payment stuck — I've triaged all three under pressure on live, paying platforms.
AI Efficiency & Cost Automation
Custom AI workflows built around how your business runs — cutting manual hours in scheduling, support, and reporting so labor and overhead can shrink without cutting service.
Uptime & Breach Protection
Proactive vulnerability scans, hardening, and round-the-clock monitoring — so a crash or intrusion gets caught and fixed before it turns into a lost day of revenue.
Packaged for local businesses
Clear scopes, clear prices. Pick a package below, or tell me what's broken and I'll quote it.
Website Health Check
from $175Full audit of speed, security, mobile experience, and broken links, with a prioritized fix list you can act on.
Hosting Migration
from $350Move off a DIY builder or slow host onto real hosting, with zero downtime and DNS handled cleanly.
Emergency Site Fix
$95/hrSite down, locked out, or throwing errors right now — rush response with a flat rush fee, no guesswork billing.
Crypto Payment Setup
from $450Accept crypto alongside cards, with wallets, invoicing, and reconciliation set up correctly the first time.
Booking & Ordering System
from $900A custom booking, ordering, or intake app built around how your business actually operates.
Monthly Care Plan
from $150/moOngoing monitoring, backups, small updates, and priority response — so this stops being your problem.
Get found by the customers already searching for you
SEO earns you visibility over months. Paid search and social ads put you at the top today — while the SEO work compounds underneath it. Most local businesses need both, run by someone who understands the tech behind the tracking, not just the ad accounts.
How paid search actually works
When someone searches "emergency plumber near me" or "financial advisor Littleton CO," paid ads let you appear above the organic results instantly — you bid on the keyword, write the ad, set a daily budget, and only pay when someone clicks. The businesses winning those clicks aren't necessarily the best ones; they're the ones who set up tracking correctly, wrote ads that match real search intent, and send traffic to a page built to convert instead of a generic homepage.
That last part is where most small-business ad accounts quietly waste money: the ads are fine, but the landing page is slow, confusing, or has no clear next step. I fix both sides — the campaign and the page it points to — because I build the sites too.
Competing on paid search
Your competitors are very likely already bidding on your business name, your services, and your city. Paid search is competitive by design — it's an auction, run in real time, every time someone searches. Winning it isn't about outspending everyone; it's about a tighter setup: better keyword match, higher-quality landing pages (which lowers what Google charges you per click), negative keywords that stop you paying for junk traffic, and conversion tracking that tells you which ads actually produce paying customers instead of just clicks.
Done right, a well-run local campaign can start producing calls and bookings within days of launch — not months.
Paid Search & Social Ads
Fast, measurable- Results in days, not months
- Every dollar spent is trackable back to a call, form, or sale — true ROAS
- You control exactly who sees your ad — location, time of day, intent
- Turns off instantly if business slows down or budget changes
Best for: immediate demand, promotions, emergency-intent searches, testing new offers before committing to SEO content around them.
SEO & Organic Search
Slow, compounding- Free clicks once you rank — no per-click cost, ever
- Builds long-term trust and authority Google can't fake with ad spend
- Lowers your paid search cost over time — better landing pages, better quality score
- Keeps working even if you pause your ad budget entirely
Best for: durable, long-term visibility — and it's the foundation every paid campaign points back to. Skipping SEO to run ads full-time means renting your visibility forever instead of ever owning it.
The honest answer: paid search wins on speed and measurable return — you can see the exact revenue-to-ad-spend ratio (ROAS) within days. SEO wins on cost-per-click-over-time and durability. Neither replaces the other. I run paid campaigns to generate cash flow and data now, while SEO work runs quietly in the background so you need paid ads less every quarter, not more.
Where I run and manage your ad accounts
Every platform reaches a different kind of customer intent. I pick the mix based on what you sell and who's buying — not a one-size-fits-all package.
Google Search & Local Services Ads
Captures people actively searching for what you do, right now — including the Google-guaranteed badge trades and home services rely on.
Meta Ads (Facebook & Instagram)
Puts your business in front of people who match your best customers, based on interests and behavior — great for visual, local, and impulse-driven businesses.
Google Business Profile & Maps
Optimized listings, photos, and review flow so you win the map pack — the three results most local searchers tap first, before any ad.
LinkedIn Ads
Reaches decision-makers by job title and industry — the right channel for financial advisors, lawyers, and other B2B or high-trust professional services.
Nextdoor Ads & Local Deals
Neighbors trust neighbor recommendations more than any ad — Nextdoor sponsored posts and deals turn that trust into booked jobs.
TikTok, Bing & Emerging Channels
Where it fits your audience — short-form video ads for younger customers, or Bing/Microsoft Ads to pick up search traffic Google alone misses.
Simple plans — no ad-agency contracts or jargon
Month-to-month, cancel anytime. Your ad budget is always paid directly to Google/Meta — separate from my management fee — so you always know exactly what's being spent where.
Ad Audit & Setup
Get your accounts built or fixed, correctly, before spending a dollar on clicks.
- Google & Meta ad account setup
- Conversion tracking & pixel install
- Full audit if you already run ads
Starter Ads Management
One platform, managed properly, while you dip a toe in.
- One platform — Google or Meta
- Weekly bid & budget optimization
- Monthly plain-English report call
Growth Ads Management
Two platforms working together, with real testing behind them.
- Two platforms, cross-promoted
- A/B creative & landing page testing
- Bi-weekly strategy calls
Full-Funnel Partner
For businesses ready to treat ads as their main growth engine.
- Multi-platform: Google, Meta, LinkedIn/Nextdoor
- Remarketing & review-generation loop included
- Monthly strategy session & priority support
Every plan starts with a free 20-minute ad strategy call — I'll tell you honestly whether paid search, SEO, or both make sense for your business before you spend a cent. No long-term contracts, ever.
Simple, transparent pricing
No hourly surprises on project work — flat quotes for defined scopes, honest hourly for open-ended help.
Quick Fix
For small, open-ended tasks. 1-hour minimum.
- Same-day availability when possible
- Billed in 15-minute increments after hour one
- Good for edits, small bugs, one-off requests
Starter Audit
A full diagnostic, delivered as a report.
- Security, speed & mobile review
- Prioritized, plain-English fix list
- 30-minute walkthrough call included
Growth Project
Migrations, payment setup, or a custom build.
- Fixed price after a free scoping call
- Milestone check-ins, no surprise invoices
- 30 days of post-launch support
Local Care Retainer
Ongoing peace of mind, month to month.
- Uptime monitoring & backups
- Small updates included each month
- Priority response over one-off clients
Every engagement starts with a free 15-minute discovery call — no obligation, no pressure. Custom builds (trading integrations, larger platforms) quoted separately, starting at $1,000+.
Make AI pay for itself — and keep it locked down
Beyond fixing what's broken, I build the proprietary AI tools that cut labor and operating costs, and the security layer that keeps a bad week from turning into a bad quarter.
AI Efficiency Build
Custom, proprietary AI automation — priced to what it actually saves you.
- Free efficiency audit — I map where AI saves real hours and cost, not hype
- Automation for scheduling, support, reporting, or inventory — built and owned by your business, not a shared bot
- Tied directly to lower employee hours and operating costs, tracked after launch
Security & Uptime Shield
Ongoing protection so a hack or crash never turns into a lost day of revenue.
- Vulnerability scans plus firewall and auth hardening
- 24/7 uptime and intrusion monitoring with fast alerting
- Incident playbook so downtime is minutes, not days
How we'll work together
Straightforward, six steps, no jargon.
Discovery call
15 minutes, free. Tell me what's wrong or what you're trying to build.
Free mini-audit
I take a first look at your site or system before you commit to anything.
Fixed quote
You get a flat price and timeline in writing — no hourly guesswork on defined work.
Build & test
I build against your live environment carefully, with backups before every change.
Launch
Deployed, tested on desktop and mobile, and handed off with plain-English notes.
Ongoing support
Stay on a Care Plan, or call me back only when you need me. Your choice.
Built for the businesses that can't afford to be invisible
Customers decide who to call before they ever walk in the door — they search, compare reviews, and check whether your site even loads on their phone. A business that skips technology isn't just missing extra revenue, it's quietly losing customers to the competitor down the street who already invested in theirs. Websites, paid search, and SEO aren't optional add-ons anymore — they're the storefront most of your customers see first.
Financial Advisors & Wealth Managers
Trust is the entire sale. I build compliance-aware sites, secure client portals, and run LinkedIn and local search ads that reach people actively searching for "financial advisor near me" — not just brand awareness.
Law Firms & Legal Services
Practice-area-specific paid search campaigns (the keywords that convert are rarely the cheapest ones), secure intake forms, and a review-and-reputation system that keeps your firm looking as credible online as it is in the courtroom.
Restaurants & Coffee Shops
Google Maps optimization so you win the map pack, online ordering that doesn't take a 30% cut, and social ads timed to drive foot traffic during your slow hours instead of your busy ones.
Home Service Trades
Plumbers, electricians, HVAC, and contractors live and die by emergency-intent search. Google Local Services Ads, call tracking so you know which ad paid for itself, and instant-quote forms that capture a lead before they call the next name on the list.
Medical, Dental & Wellness
Online booking that actually syncs with your calendar, privacy-aware intake forms, and retargeting campaigns that bring patients back for the checkup they keep putting off.
Retail & Local E-commerce
Local inventory ads that show what's actually in stock, social commerce setup, and abandoned-cart automation that quietly recovers sales you're currently just losing.
Real Estate Agents & Brokers
Listings move fast, and so does the competition for buyer attention. I build IDX-integrated sites that don't feel like a template, run geo-targeted ads around new listings and open houses, and set up lead capture that gets a name and number before they scroll past.
Mortgage Brokers & Lenders
Rate shoppers convert on speed and trust, not brand recognition. I build calculators and pre-qualification forms that keep leads on your site instead of a comparison aggregator, plus compliant paid search campaigns for high-intent terms like "refinance rates near me."
Car Dealerships
Most car shoppers pick their next stop online before they ever step on a lot. I run inventory-synced ads that showcase what's actually on your lot right now, retarget people who looked but didn't buy, and build service-department booking that keeps customers coming back after the sale.
Insurance Agencies
Insurance is a renewal business hiding inside an acquisition business — you need both new leads and a reason for existing clients to stay. I run local and life-event-targeted ads ("new homeowner," "new driver") plus automated renewal reminders that don't feel like spam.
Accountants & Tax Professionals
Most of your business happens in a tight seasonal window, so your website and ads need to work hardest exactly when clients are searching. I build secure client portals for document upload and run seasonal paid search timed to tax deadlines and year-end planning.
Property Managers & Landlords
Vacant units cost you money every day they sit empty. I build listing pages that sync with your actual vacancies, run rental ads on the platforms renters actually use, and set up online applications and maintenance requests so tenants stop calling and start clicking.
Don't see your industry? If you sell to customers who search, compare, and choose online — which by now is nearly everyone — the same playbook applies. Tell me about your business and I'll tell you honestly where the biggest win is.
Find me around Littleton
I'm not a call center — I'm one person, working out of your neighborhood.
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Most weekdays you'll find me working from a coworking space in Littleton — happy to grab coffee, look at your site on the spot, or do a quick lunch-and-learn for other members.
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