
Praise Cupcakes
Procedural cupcakes drawn in code, a WebGL LED dome and a film built live in the browser. 23 pages, English and Spanish, zero frameworks.
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Beautiful websites. Smarter business operations.
We combine custom website design, AI automation and connected systems to help you attract customers, manage inquiries and grow with confidence.
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Websites · Automation · Business growth
We connect the systems behind your business so customer inquiries, appointments, communications and daily operations work together.
What every TL site is built to do
We don’t make pretty websites. We build systems that get found, earn trust and turn strangers into revenue. Then we prove it, in plain numbers, every month.
The build — four phases
Before a pixel moves we audit the current site, map the words your buyers actually search, and plan one clear action for every page.
Site audit · Keyword map · Page plan
A custom layout built around one action per screen. Type, color and photography sized for the decision you want made. No templates.
Custom layout · Type system · Mobile first
Hand-written, semantic code with compressed images, schema and canonical tags: the things that decide whether Google shows you at all.
Core Web Vitals · Schema · Forms + tracking
Monthly care, content and plain-language reporting. You see what came in, where it came from, and what we changed.
Reporting · Content · Security + backups
Selected work

Procedural cupcakes drawn in code, a WebGL LED dome and a film built live in the browser. 23 pages, English and Spanish, zero frameworks.
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Lawn care and landscaping in Medina, with free estimates and click-to-call on every screen.
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Upscale dining, craft cocktails and live entertainment, with table reservations front and center.
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Signature cocktails and a refined room in Mentor, Ohio, with reservations and private events.
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Cleveland’s line-dance DJ and instructor: events calendar, bookings and a bold stage-ready look.
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A confidence journal for girls 7–12, built to sell on Amazon and grow a list with free pages.
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A book on healing from emotional abuse, with a free 7-day journal and one-click ordering.
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A full-service publishing house for independent authors, from manuscript to Amazon.
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Cleveland handyman and TV mounting, built to turn visits into free-estimate calls.
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Compassionate home care across Cleveland, with consultations and careers in one place.
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Housing stability and recovery support, with donations and support requests built in.
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Behavioral health care in Cleveland, with admissions and a call one tap away.
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A merch store for a movement: heavyweight tees, hoodies and caps, ready to order.
View the site →Featured build · Praise Cupcakes
A bakery site with cupcakes drawn in code, a WebGL dome, applause synthesized live and 23 pages in English and Spanish. Zero frameworks.
In their words
“Our phone started ringing more the first week the new site went live. TL understood exactly what an HVAC business needs online.”
“We stopped paying 30% to delivery apps. TL built us our own ordering system and it paid for itself in the first month.”
“Our provider directory went from invisible to the top resource in the state. Patient referrals are up 80%.”
AI & Automation · live example
Six steps, handled in seconds, with your team in control. Press replay to watch it again.
Respond to new inquiries and move qualified leads toward appointments.
Learn more →AI ReceptionistImprove call handling, customer routing and missed-call follow-up.
Learn more →Business AutomationConnect routine processes and reduce repetitive administrative work.
Learn more →Nothing to hide
Most agencies ask you to trust the work. Flip the switch and this page shows its grid, its type sizes, its HTML tags and its live speed, measured right now in your own browser.
Who we build for
Services · 22 ways we help
Sites that get found and get calls · 09
Custom design built around one goal: turning visitors into paying customers. Every layout, color and interaction is chosen for the decision you want made. No templates.
Clean, hand-written code that loads fast, ranks well on Google and grows with your business instead of fighting it.
Sites structured for search from day one, so the pages your buyers look for actually show up.
An online store that looks premium, loads fast and makes buying effortless, from product page to checkout.
Focused, single-goal pages for ads, offers and launches. Every word, image and button has one job.
Let clients schedule, pay and confirm on your website without calling, emailing or DMing you.
Chatbots, personalized content and automated follow-up that make your site work harder without adding to your workload.
Keep what works, fix what doesn’t. A modern site without losing the search rankings you already earned.
We diagnose what’s wrong, fix the urgent things first and tell you the cost before any work. If a rebuild makes more sense, we protect the rankings you already have.
A mark that’s simple enough to remember and strong enough to work everywhere: a sign, a shirt, a business card, an app icon.
More than a logo: the colors, type and rules that make your business look like itself everywhere.
Marketing pieces that match your brand and get noticed, online and in print.
Traffic that turns into revenue · 02
Show up first when nearby customers search. We tune your whole local presence, not just your website.
Bring the right people to your site and turn them into customers, with every dollar tracked.
After launch · 02
We host your site for you, so there’s nothing to set up or renew on your end. It’s optional, and it’s not a retainer: changes are paid per task, only when you need them.
Branded training videos that cut confusion and save your team time. Packages from $497.
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Industries we build for
Brand & design · identity lab
A logo has to work on a business card, a phone screen, a storefront and a shirt. Pick a brand and watch the whole system change.
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Concept brands designed by TL Web Design to show the process. Real client identity work is available on request.
Website rescue
Since 2010 we’ve helped local businesses fix the website that stopped working for them. Bring us yours: we find what’s costing you customers, fix the urgent things first, and tell you plainly what it costs before any work.
Speed, security, mobile, forms and search, checked page by page.
Broken things get fixed first. Most single fixes are a $50 flat rate.
If a redesign makes more sense, we protect the Google rankings you already earned.
Plans
For new businesses
$475one-time
A clean, professional site, fast.
For established businesses Book clients online
starting at$2,500one-time
For businesses ready to take bookings online.
For portals, stores & business systems
Let’s talkfixed quote
When your website needs to run part of your business.
No deposit: you pay when it’s done. No monthly retainers. Managed hosting is optional at $239.40 a year.
Need changes later?
No retainers. You see the exact estimate before you send a request, and nothing starts until you approve it.
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“I personally review every project that leaves this studio. If your site isn’t built to make you money, I don’t want my name on it.”
A custom 5-page website (Home, About, Services, Gallery and Contact) built for your business, tested on phone and desktop, with a contact form connected to your email and basic SEO (page titles and descriptions). It includes 30 days of fix support after launch, and there’s no deposit: you pay when it’s done.
No deposit. You pay on completion. Starter and Growth are one-time prices. Custom projects get a fixed quote after a free strategy call, with no hourly billing. We accept Zelle (no fee) or card (3% processing fee).
No. There are no monthly retainers. Managed hosting is optional at $239.40 a year. Changes after launch are priced per task, and you see the price before you send the request.
It depends on the plan and how quickly your content (text, photos and logo) comes in. You’ll get a timeline on your strategy call, before any work starts.
On Growth, yes: the blog/news section is set up so you can post updates yourself. For anything else, send it through Client Updates and pay per change: text edits $35, image swaps $25, new pages from $75.
Starter includes 30 days of fix support and Growth includes 60 days. After that, a bug fix is a $50 flat rate per issue.
Yes, we work nationwide. Most of the work happens over scheduled video calls and email.
Use the Client Updates page. Send your changes, files and links in one request, and you’ll get an email confirmation plus an email every time the status changes.
For existing clients
New hours, a price change, a fresh photo, a new section. Send it all in one organized request. We confirm by email and update you at every step.
Pages, new wording, links, photos and files, all in one form.
A confirmation email with your TLWD number arrives right away.
Email updates as it moves, plus your client portal any time.
Ready when you are
Tell us about the project
Send the project and the number it needs to produce. We’ll tell you which engagement fits, or that none of them do.
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Graphic design · social
Built for the feed.
Carousel posts made in your brand, sized for Instagram and made to be swiped. Drag through a few of ours.
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Websites that
earn.
Strategy — Design — SEO — Conversion — Since 2010
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5 slides that read as one image. Each swipe reveals the next piece, so people keep swiping to see the whole picture.
Website check
5 signs your website is costing you customers.
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It takes more than 3 seconds to load on a phone.
People leave before they ever see your offer.
02
There’s no clear next step.
Every page needs one obvious button: call, book or buy.
03
Your phone number isn’t tappable.
On mobile, one tap should start the call.
04
It still looks like 2015.
Visitors judge your business by your site in seconds.
05
Google can’t tell what you do, or where.
Clear service and location pages are how local searches find you.
Sound familiar?
We’ll show you what to fix first.
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7 slides. A cover hook, one tip per slide and a call to action. This is the format that gets saved and shared most.
How we work
Every site runs the same four phases.
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Strategy
We find where the money leaks.
02
Design
It has to look worth the price.
03
Build
Fast pages, clean structure.
04
Grow
Then we keep it earning.
Your turn
Want a site that earns?
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6 slides. Behind the scenes of the four phases. It shows the craft and builds trust before the first call.
Myth vs fact
Website myths that cost you money.
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Myth
A pretty website sells itself.
Fact
A clear offer and a fast page do the selling. Pretty gets the first look.
Myth
SEO is a one-time setup.
Fact
Rankings come from structure built in, then kept up month after month.
Myth
Mobile can wait.
Fact
Your customers are searching on their phones right now.
7 slides. A myth, then the fact on the next swipe. It starts conversations in the comments.
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