Gristwood Design

Web design · Calgary, AB

Websites that turn visitors into customers

Custom, mobile-first web design for Calgary businesses. Beautiful to look at, fast to load, easy to update, and built from the ground up to show up on Google.

Overview

Your website is your hardest-working employee

For most customers, your website is the first impression of your business, and they make up their mind in seconds. A dated, slow or hard-to-use site sends them straight back to Google and on to a competitor.

I design modern, custom websites for Calgary small businesses, from a simple personal site to a full e-commerce store and everything in between. Whether you’re launching your first website or need to bring an older site into the modern era, I’ll create something that looks sharp, loads fast and makes it easy for customers to call, book or buy.

And because design and SEO go hand in hand, every site I build is optimized for search from the first line of code. Need more visibility? Pair it with local SEO or a new logo.

What’s included

Custom design, no templates

Designed around your brand, your customers and your goals, so your site looks like you and not like everyone else.

Mobile-first & responsive

Most of your visitors are on a phone. I design for small screens first, then scale up, so it works beautifully everywhere.

Built for speed

Optimized images, lean code and quality hosting. Fast sites keep visitors around and rank better on Google.

SEO-ready from day one

Clean structure, proper headings, meta tags, schema markup and a sitemap, so search engines understand your business.

Easy to update

Built on WordPress or another easy CMS, with a walkthrough so you can edit text, images and pages yourself.

Conversion-focused

Clear calls to action, contact forms and click-to-call buttons placed where they turn visitors into leads.

E-commerce & custom features

Online stores, booking, galleries, quote forms, integrations: whatever your business needs to run online.

Support after launch

Security updates, weekly backups and content changes for as long as you need them.

The process

Discover

A conversation about your business, audience, goals and competitors, plus a look at your current site if you have one.

Design

A mobile-first design for your key pages, refined together until it’s right.

Develop

I build the site with fast, accessible code and on-page SEO, then test it on every device.

Launch

We go live, I submit your site to Google, and I show you how to keep it up to date.

FAQ

Common questions

How long does it take to build a website?

It depends on the size of the site and how quickly content comes together. I’ll give you a realistic timeline with your quote, and keep you updated at every step.

Do you build on WordPress?

Yes. WordPress is powerful and easy to use, and I’ll teach you how to update it. For sites that need maximum speed and security, I can also build lightweight static sites.

Can you redesign my current website?

Definitely. I’ll keep the content and search rankings you’ve earned, and modernize the design, speed and mobile experience. Redirects are set up so you don’t lose traffic.

Will my website work on phones and tablets?

Every site I build is mobile-first and fully responsive. It’s designed for phones from the start, not squeezed onto them afterwards.

Do you write the content too?

I can. I offer copywriting and blog writing, and every page is written with your target keywords in mind so it helps your SEO.

Available for new projects

Ready for a better website?

Tell me a little about your business and what you need. You’ll hear back from me personally, not a sales team.