East of Tampa / Services / Website design
Websites for small businesses in Brandon, Valrico and Riverview
We build and run websites for local businesses out here. Real photos, real reviews, your phone number where people can tap it, and nothing that slows the page down.
Who this is for out here
The businesses that need a better website most are usually the ones that are already busy. The pressure washing company in Brandon that gets work from referrals. The accountant whose site was built ten years ago by a nephew. The landscaper working Riverview and Apollo Beach off US 301 whose only web presence is a Facebook page. The restaurant on SR 60 whose menu link is a blurry PDF.
People out here find a business on Google, tap through to the website and decide in a few seconds whether to call. If the site is slow, the phone number is buried or the photos are stock, they hit back and call the next one. Our Valrico marketing page and Riverview marketing page cover how customers in those towns search and decide.
What we build
Every site we build has the same job: get the right person to call or fill out a form. Here is what goes into it:
- Your real work. We build from your own job photos, team photos and Google reviews. Stock photos tell people nothing about you.
- A page for each service. Someone searching for one service should land on a page about that service, not your homepage.
- Your towns by name. If you serve Brandon, Valrico, Lithia and FishHawk, the site says so in plain language.
- Tap to call everywhere. Most visitors are on a phone. The number is at the top and it works with one tap.
- A form that reaches you. Inquiries go straight to your inbox so nothing sits.
- Matching business info. Your name, address and phone match your Google Business Profile exactly.
After launch, we keep running it. A website is not a one time project if you want it to keep working. That means updates when your services or hours change, new pages when you add a town or a service, new photos and reviews as they come in, and keeping it fast. You call or text us. You do not log into anything.
What it costs
Websites are quoted per project. The number depends on how many pages you need and what the site has to do. Ongoing care is priced with the package. We would rather give you one honest number after a short call than print a starting price that turns into something else. Call 813-495-2136.
Proof you can click
Two sites we built and run, both live right now:
- Prestige Pressure Washing and Detail, a veteran-owned pressure washing company in Brandon. It is a 22 page site with a drag before and after hero built from their real job photos, and their 5.0 rating shown from their real Google reviews.
- Harbor Trust Accounting, a CPA practice serving Valrico and Brandon. Clean, calm and built for people deciding who to trust with their books.
Two very different businesses and two very different sites. A pressure washing company sells with before and after photos and a fast quote. A CPA sells with trust and a calm, clear page about who they help. We build for how your customer actually decides, not from a template. Both pass a 59 rule automated design audit with zero findings. More of our work is on the case studies page.
Why a media company builds websites
We also publish East of Tampa, a free newsletter that goes out Tuesday, Friday and Sunday to about 5,000 local subscribers, plus Local Sports coverage of high school sports across the county. We run a local business directory at eastoftampa.com/directory with about 480 listings.
That means we see every week how people in east Hillsborough look for businesses and what makes them click. A website is where all that attention lands. When your business shows up in front of our audience, the site has to close the deal.
We are a husband and wife team in FishHawk. John Plumstead is a West Point graduate who left the Army in 2022 as a major. We are veteran owned and members of the Brandon Riverview Chamber and the Valrico FishHawk Chamber.
Talk to us
If your website is embarrassing you, or you do not have one, call John at 813-495-2136 or fill out the form below. Send us your current site and we will tell you what we would keep, what we would cut and what it would cost to fix.
Questions owners ask
How much does a small business website cost in Brandon?
We quote websites per project, because a small site for a CPA and a twenty page site for a home service company are different jobs. Call 813-495-2136 and we will scope it with you and give you one number.
Do I own my website and domain?
Yes. The domain is yours and the site is built for your business. If you ever want to take it somewhere else, you can.
Can you redo my existing site instead of starting over?
Sometimes. If the bones are fine and it just looks dated, we can rework it. If it is slow, hard to edit or not showing up in Google, starting clean is usually cheaper in the long run, and we will tell you which one it is.
Will my new website show up on Google?
We build every site with clean page titles, a page for each service and town you serve, and your name, address and phone matching your Google Business Profile. Ranking also depends on your profile and reviews, which is why we often pair the site with Google Business Profile work.
How long does a website take to build?
It depends on the number of pages and how fast we get your photos and approvals. We give you a timeline when we scope the project, and the biggest delay is almost always waiting on content, so we tell you up front exactly what we need.
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Ask about Website design
Tell us what you sell and where. John calls you back, usually the same day.
Website design by town
- Website design in BrandonIn Brandon your customer is comparing you to other tabs before they call anyone. We build sites that win that comparison.
- Website design in FishHawkIn FishHawk your name gets passed around community groups before anyone calls. Your website is the first place they check, so it has to hold up.
- Website design in Plant CityPlant City customers want a Plant City business. Your website should say that in the first line, not bury it under a Tampa address.
- Website design in RiverviewMost of your Riverview customers just moved here. Your website is how they decide whether to trust a name they have never heard.
- Website design in ValricoIn Valrico a neighbor usually sends the customer. Your website is where they go to make sure the neighbor was right.
Read before you hire anyone
All guides- Do You Need a Website If You Have a Google Business Profile?Your Google profile gets you found. Your website is what closes the deal and what you actually own. Here is when one is enough and when you need both.
- Facebook Ads for Local Businesses: What the First Month Looks LikeHow to set a test budget from your own numbers, what to expect in the first 30 days, and the mistakes that waste most local ad spend.
- Facebook Ads vs Google Ads for a Local BusinessOne catches people who are already searching. The other puts you in front of people who were not looking yet. Here is how we decide which one an east Hillsborough business should start with.
- Google Business Profile Checklist for East Hillsborough BusinessesThe settings that decide whether you show up in the map results around Brandon, Riverview and Valrico, and the duplicate listing mistake that is easy to miss.
- 12 Local Marketing Ideas for Businesses in Brandon, Riverview and ValricoMost of these cost nothing but time. A few are things we sell, and we will say so when they come up. All of them work better out here than generic advice written for anywhere.
- Hiring a Marketing Agency vs a Freelancer vs Doing It YourselfWe are an agency, and we will still tell you that doing it yourself is the right call for a lot of small businesses out here. Here is how to tell which one you are.
What else we do
See the work- AI searchMore people out here are asking AI tools who to call. Nobody controls what those tools say, but they draw on signals you can fix. We fix them.
- Business listingsYour business is listed in more places than you think, and some of them are wrong. We find them, fix them and make your name, address and phone match everywhere.
- Facebook adsWe run Meta ads on your own ad account for local service businesses, restaurants and shops. The goal is leads and calls, not likes.
- Google Business ProfileWhen someone out here searches for what you do, the map results come first. We keep your Google Business Profile complete, active and consistent so you have a real shot at showing up there.
- Local SEOLocal SEO is how people out here find you when they search for what you do. We get your website, your Google profile and your directory listings telling Google the same story.
- RetargetingMost people do not call the first time they find you. Retargeting keeps your business in front of the people who already visited your site or watched your video, so you are the one they remember.
- ReviewsPeople out here read your reviews before they call. We help you get new ones every month, answer every one, and handle the bad ones without making it worse.
- Short-form videoReels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts are where local attention is right now. We make short vertical video every day for our own pages and for clients, and we can make it for you.
- Social mediaWe run your Facebook and Instagram so you can run your business. $500 a month, built by people who post to this market every day.
- Advertise to our audienceNewsletter, Local Sports and the directory. $500 a month.
