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Marketing Services Custom Website Design

Custom websites built to show up in AI search so that your customers find you first.

Most sites were built to sit in a list of links, so they go unfound now that people just ask. We rebuild from the ground up to be found, read and recommended.

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Have a question before you spend anything? Ask it.

Send us one question about your site, your search rankings or a quote you were given. You get a real answer back, at no cost and with no sales pitch.

The problem

Your website is not being found where people are searching now.

Not because it looks dated. Because of how it was built. Search moved to answers, and a site made for a list of links gives those answers almost nothing to work with.

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The shift

One answer, two or three names

People ask instead of browsing, and what comes back names a few businesses. If you are not one of them, you were never in the running, and nothing in your analytics tells you it happened.

The content

Written to rank, not to be read

Marketing prose, a single page carrying six services, no direct answers and no machine-readable facts. There is nothing on the page for an answer engine to lift or verify.

The platform

Someone else owns the ceiling

On a website builder, the markup, the schema and the page weight are whatever the product team shipped. When search shifts again, you wait on their roadmap.

Investment

Our Pricing

Every tier includes the search and AI visibility structure. Prices vary based on the scope of each site and the level of build/rebuild.

Rebuild

Starter rebuild

from $2,997
with monthly maintenance from $197/mo

Bring your site into the next generation of search, built for search and AI visibility. No more templates or platform limits.

Included
  • Starts at 5 pages, hand-coded
  • Your existing look, upgraded & rebuilt
  • Schema and technical SEO setup
  • Question-shaped content on key pages
  • Speed, mobile and accessibility pass
  • Launch, redirects and analytics
Best for

Sites that already exist, but need to be upgraded and tuned for the next generation of search.

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Full custom build

from $4,997
with monthly maintenance from $197/mo

A fresh start, structured for answer engines from the first sitemap rather than retrofitted after launch.

Included
  • Discovery, strategy and sitemap
  • Copy for people and AI
  • Custom design, desktop and mobile
  • Hand-coded build, starting at 12 pages
  • Full schema, technical SEO and speed work
  • Launch, migration, redirects and handoff
Best for

Businesses ready for a site that matches who they are today.

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Build plus program

Industry leader

from $4,997
with SEO, AIO and maintenance from $1,497/mo

Our ultimate custom build, with a monthly program that offers relentless optimization for maximum visibility. 

Included
  • Everything in the full custom build
  • Local pages for the markets you serve
  • Monthly content and schema expansion
  • Local, citation and review work
  • Conversion testing on key pages
  • Monthly report on AI answer mentions
Best for

Businesses that intend to be the name AI gives out.

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Recent builds

Sites that were not being found, rebuilt to be.

Every one of these started as a site that was invisible in search. Rebuilt from the ground up: strategy, copy, design, and the structure that decides whether search engines and AI can use the page at all.

Sterling Engines site on a laptop
Sterling Engines services page
Sterling Engines marine engines page
Sterling Engines auto engines page
Performance engine builder

Sterling Engines

Four decades of championship engine work, given a site with the same standard. Separate paths for marine and auto buyers, and proof of the record built into every page.

Structurally: one page of mixed services became a readable service architecture, each engine program its own indexable page with schema naming what it is and who it is for.

Full site build Search architecture Copy & content
Custom Fit Homes site on a laptop
Custom Fit Homes homepage
Custom Fit Homes services overview
Custom Fit Homes tilework page
Custom homebuilder

Custom Fit Homes

A complete brand and digital build from scratch. Identity, imagery, copy and wireframes first, then search setup, launch, and the automations that turn interest into appointments.

Structurally: a new business with no search footprint launched with service pages, local pages and full business schema in place on day one, rather than added a year later.

Brand identity Full site build CRM & automation
Community Catalysts site on a laptop
Community Catalysts, Bethel Suites case study
Community Catalysts, Bethel Homes program page
Community Catalysts homepage
Housing nonprofit

Community Catalysts

Attainable housing work in Livingston County, told plainly enough that donors, home buyers and volunteers each find their own path.

Structurally: the programs stopped being buried in prose. Bethel Suites and Bethel Homes each became a named, answerable page, with a long-form case study carrying the evidence.

Full site build Case study & storytelling Donor & volunteer funnels
Framework Media site on a laptop
Framework Media, who we help
Framework Media, specialized video types
Framework Media, production services
Media production

Framework Media

Built to show off the level of media Framework produces. Scroll-driven animation weaves their video and graphics into the page, so the site performs as well as the work it presents.

Structurally: heavy video and motion without the usual cost to load time or crawlability, because the media is hand-wired rather than dropped in through a plugin.

Scroll-driven Custom animation Video integration
Downland site on a laptop
Downland, contact and waitlist page
Downland, established farmers page
Downland, about the founder
Agricultural education

Downland

Built for three audiences: beginning farmers, established farmers and partners. Every page speaks directly to the people it serves, backed by a CRM that matches the site.

Structurally: three audiences means three sets of questions. Each one got its own answerable page instead of one page trying to speak to everybody at once.

Audience segmentation Segmented CRM Multi-funnel
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THE SOLUTION

We build to be found, and that starts with a plan.

On the surface a website should be beautiful, simple and easy to use. Underneath it is a technical thing, informing search engines and AI of exactly who you are, who you serve, and how you can help. We build with both priorities in mind.

Jon reviewing a website build with a designer
Quotable content

Written to be lifted

Answer engines pull specific sentences. We write the sentences worth pulling, and keep the context attached so the quote still means what you meant.

Schema

Machine-readable facts

JSON-LD naming your business, services, service area, prices, hours and questions. Not a plugin's guess at it. Written page by page.

Question-shaped pages

One page per real question

We map what your buyers actually ask, then give the important ones their own page instead of a paragraph buried on a page about everything.

Clean and fast

Semantic HTML, under two seconds

Real headings, real landmarks, compressed images, no framework weight you did not ask for. Easy to crawl, easy to read, quick on a phone in a parking lot.

Hand-coded

No template, no page builder

Every line is written for your site, which is the only way to control the four things above. The code is yours, and it is not locked to a platform.

Conversion

Designed in the same pass

Getting found is worth nothing if the page then loses the visitor. Clear next steps and honest copy, designed alongside the structure rather than after it.

After launch

Ok, so now your site is amazing. Now what?

Since your phenomenal new site isn't built into a platform, it requires someone editing the raw HTML for you. That's where we come in. One hundred percent dynamic, flexible, responsive, and customized exactly to your needs. No limits, baby.

Monthly maintenance levels
Included
The floor
Care
from $197/mo
Most clients
Growth
from $697/mo
Full program
Partner
from $1,497/mo
Hosting, SSL, backups and security
Uptime and speed monitoring
SEO configuration held current
Google Business Profile maintained
Content edits each month 30 min 2 hrs 4 hrs
Technical and readability check Quarterly Monthly Monthly
New question-shaped page or post 1 a month Up to 4
Keyword tracking and ranking report
AI answer mention report
Local page and citation work
Competitor and query-gap analysis
Conversion testing on key pages
Strategy call Quarterly
Turnaround Standard Standard Priority
Add to any level

Chatbot upgrade

from $1,200, then $147/mo

We train it on your content, services and pricing, then wire it to your calendar so it hands off to a real conversation. The monthly covers usage, conversation review and retraining as your services change.

It answers at midnight, and it tells us what people actually ask, which becomes next month's page.

What clients say

The people whose sites we built.

We truly care about the success of the businesses we work with, and they seem to be pretty happy about it.

"Absolutely fantastic marketing team willing to go above and beyond in all ways to help me turn around a business acquisition that had never had a marketing plan in place. From concept to execution, Leveret is wonderful."

Cade Wilson
Cade Wilson
Sterling Engines

"I cannot say enough great things about Leveret Drive! As a marketing company, they have truly exceeded our expectations in every way. Their expertise in crafting compelling marketing strategies has significantly elevated our brand presence and engagement."

Bryan Drangin
Bryan Drangin
Align Sales

"Jon & the team at Leveret Drive are the real deal! Their holistic approach to marketing was just what my business needed! They operate with care, professionalism, and excellence! 10/10 would highly recommend if you're looking to rebrand or scale your business!"

Jon Forster
Jon Forster
Custom-Fit Homes

"Jon created our brand and streamlined our marketing, making a huge impact on our ability to scale. He wasn't just a service provider, he was a strategic partner. Highly recommend."

Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson
VADE Nutrition

"Leveret Drive has been fantastic to work with. Their professional, high-quality service has helped our business reach new heights. Many thanks to Jon and Julie!"

Natalia Mitchell
Natalia Mitchell
Framework Media

"I've loved working with the Leveret Team. They bring strategy and execution, so you aren't just left with instructions and PowerPoint slides. They've been an important extension of the team as we prepare for our launch event. Fair and clear offering with small business friendly pricing."

Jessi Roesch
Jessi Roesch
Downland
The process

A clear path from first call to launch day.

Six to ten weeks for most full builds, three to five for a rebuild. Visibility is decided in the second step, before anything gets designed.

Discovery

A working session on your business, your buyers, and the questions they ask before they call anyone.

Sitemap & content plan

Pages, questions, schema and search strategy decided before anything is designed. This is where visibility is won.

Copy & design

Copy first, then desktop and mobile designs for every page and state. We'll pass it your way for review in our client portal.

Build

Hand-coded, page by page, with schema and performance work as part of the build rather than a cleanup pass.

Launch & care

Migration, redirects, tracking, and a clean handoff. Then your maintenance package keeps it findable.

Common questions

The questions we get every week.

Most full custom builds run six to ten weeks from the first working session to launch. A starter rebuild is usually three to five. The schedule depends far more on how quickly content and approvals come back than on the build itself.

We do. It comes out of a working session, your existing material, and interviews where we need them. You review every page before it is built, and it is written to be quotable by AI answers as well as readable by people.

You do. The code, the domain, the hosting and the analytics accounts are all in your name. Because it is hand-coded rather than assembled in a page builder, nothing about it is locked to a platform you have to keep paying.

Usually yes, and not because of how it looks. Sites built before AI answers were written to rank in a list of links. Being read, trusted and quoted inside an answer is a different job, and it takes different structure, schema and content shape.

Control. We decide the markup, the schema and every kilobyte that loads, which is what makes a site fast and legible to answer engines. Builders add code you cannot remove and structure you cannot shape, and that is exactly the layer that decides whether your pages get quoted.

Every site carries a maintenance package, starting at $197 a month. It covers hosting, security, backups, monitoring, and the SEO configuration that keeps you indexed and readable. Visibility fades as models refresh and competitors publish, so the work does not end at launch.

Yes. We are based in Brighton, Michigan and work with businesses across the country. Discovery, design review and launch all run remotely, and local search work is set up for whichever markets you actually serve.

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Someone is asking about your service right now.

And someone else might be getting referenced in that answer.
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