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Vol. I · No. 1Blount County & Knoxville · Free

Cover story

Every local business deserves a website this good.

Hand-made sites for the diners, barbers, garages and groomers of East Tennessee. Each one is designed around the business itself, and you see yours before you pay a cent.

Strongbox
On the coverStrongbox Coffee Co., a fictional coffee house in Greenback. The homepage opens on a working vault door.

In this issue

  1. 01
    Three case studiesA vault, a light switch and a garage door
    p. 4
  2. 02
    The portfolio indexFifteen businesses, fifteen sites
    p. 12
  3. 03
    RatesSimple, honest pricing
    p. 14
  4. 04
    From the editorWhy local businesses deserve better
    p. 15
  5. 05
    Questions, answeredThe free concept, ownership, timing
    p. 16
  6. 06
    CorrespondenceRequest your free concept
    p. 17
"A template makes you look like everyone else. A good website makes you look like yourself."
The working philosophy

Case studies

Three concepts, examined
Case No. 01 · CoffeeGreenback, Tenn.

A vault door for a coffee shop called Strongbox.

When the name has a story, the website should tell it.

Strongbox Coffee Co. is a fictional Greenback coffee house built around a rescued steel vault door, so the concept treats the whole site as a vault. The homepage opens on a steel door with a brass dial. Tap it, the dial spins, and the door swings open to reveal a steaming cup.

The menu is printed on banknotes, each with its own series name and serial number. The drink builder is a deposit slip: customers pick a drink, size, milk and flavor, then screenshot their "usual" to show at the drive-thru window.

"The name already had the idea. The website just had to open the door."

Case No. 02 · ElectricianMaryville, Tenn.

A website that stays dark until you flip the switch.

Electricians sell one moment: when the lights come on.

The Brightline Electric concept loads in the dark, with three unlit pendant lamps over a headline and a wall switch beside it. Flip the switch and the entire site lights up, warm and bright, with every color and shadow changing at once.

Below that, a blueprint of a house lets homeowners tap the outlets, fans and fixtures they need. The list goes straight to the electrician as a text, so the first call starts with the details already in hand.

"Don't tell people you make things brighter. Let them flip the switch."

Brightline Electric
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Case No. 03 · Auto repairAlcoa, Tenn.

An honest garage, drawn as an honest garage.

A neighborhood shop doesn't need a slick tech brand. It needs to feel like pulling into the bay.

Earl's Neighborhood Garage, a fictional shop in Alcoa, opens on an illustrated brick storefront. The roll-up door rises to reveal a lit workshop, and the neon OPEN sign in the window follows the shop's hours, so it glows only while Earl is actually open.

The services hang as mechanic's key tags, the phone number sits on a Tennessee license plate, and appointment requests are typed onto a carbon-copy repair order that gets stamped RECEIVED.

"If it looks like the place, people trust it like the place."

Earl's Garage
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The portfolio index

Fifteen businesses · fifteen sites

The businesses in these concepts are fictional. Each one shows the kind of site I build for real local businesses.

Rates

Simple, honest pricing.

One price to launch your site, then a small monthly fee, and I take care of everything after that: hosting, your domain, updates and fixes.

The concept is always free. If you don't love it, you don't owe a thing.

The rate cardWebsites by Myers
The Starter$600

One beautiful page for barbers, coffee shops and solo services: hours, map, reviews, tap-to-call. Care from $40/mo.

The Standard$1,000

A full site with menu or service pages, a request form and one signature interactive feature. Recommended · care from $50/mo.

The Premium$1,800

Booking-style tools such as calendars, builders and planners, an optional bilingual site and priority updates. Care from $75/mo.

The ConceptFree

A working preview of your site, before anything else.

Founding clients receive a discounted launch in exchange for an honest review.

Your portrait goes here: a warm, natural photo, printed like a magazine column photo.
From the editor

Why the corner diner deserves a beautiful website.

Some of the best businesses in East Tennessee have no website at all. Others have a link on Google that's broken, or points somewhere it shouldn't. They run on word of mouth, a Facebook page and decades of loyal customers, and they deserve better than a template.

So I build sites the way those businesses were built: by hand, with care, for a specific place and the people who go there. I'll show you a working concept first. If it isn't right, we change it or walk away friends.

You'll always deal with me directly, from the first concept to the hundredth menu update.

MyersDesigner · Blount County & Knoxville

Is the concept really free?

Yes. I build a working preview before you pay anything, and you're never obligated to buy.

Do I own my website?

Yes. Your domain is registered in your name. I manage it so it never lapses or wanders off.

How long does it take?

Most sites launch within one to two weeks once I have your photos and details.

Correspondence

Write in.

Tell me about your business and I'll build you a free concept. I read every letter myself and usually reply within a day.

Dear Myers,
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