Strategy first, then the site. We study your market, find where you win, and build around it.
Everyone has a website. Give them a reason to pick you.
Same method, three different markets. The advantage each business wasn’t using, and the site we built around it.
The Native heritage already existed; it just wasn’t the angle. We identified the opportunity and built the brand presentation around it.
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The word “design” was in his name, buried under a mowing pun. We built the site around the designer he actually is.
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A scratch kitchen with a menu that changes daily. We made what’s on today, and booking a table, the whole point.
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The strategic report we build before design begins. An illustrative look at what lands on your desk.
We read every competitor site in the market. Almost all of them lead with “quality,” “experience,” or “family owned,” and almost none of them prove it. That sameness is the opening.
| Competitor | Leads with | Specialty shown | Proof on site | Takeaway |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alder & Pine Co. | “Quality craftsmanship” | None stated | No reviews | Generic |
| Summit & Co. | “Experience you trust” | None stated | 4 photos | Generic |
| Trueline Group | “Family owned” | None stated | No reviews | Generic |
| Cedar Ridge | “Best prices in town” | None stated | 12 reviews | Competes on price |
| Hallmark Bros. | “Quality service” | None stated | No reviews | Generic |
| Meridian LLC | “Licensed & insured” | Commercial | Logos | Narrow niche |
| You | The one-day specialist | Done in a day | Named jobs + reviews | Owns the lane |
We pull the words from real reviews and sort them by how often they come up. The pattern is clear: people talk about how fast you finish and how clean you leave things far more than what you charge.
When every competitor crowds onto the same words, those words stop working. The opportunity is the claim that matters to customers that nobody has planted a flag on yet.
This is the single position we would build the entire site around, chosen because customers want it, you can deliver it, and no competitor is claiming it.
That’s the work Marquee does before design begins.
Research and positioning. The strongest reason to choose you.
Messaging, design and hand-built development, aimed at that advantage.
Launch, then Marquee Care keeps it running and improving, starting with 90 days included.
Focused builds start at $2,495. Commerce, booking and more complex builds start at $5,495. Every build includes the first 90 days of Marquee Care.
Every build includes the first 90 days of Marquee Care, the highest-touch stretch right after launch. After that, Care continues month to month at the tier that fits. Care keeps Marquee in your corner. It does not lock you into a proprietary platform.
Care keeps it working. Care+ keeps your presence current. Growth actively improves performance. On-call Studio builds something new every month. Larger projects are scoped and quoted separately.
We review every submission ourselves. When we see a real opportunity where Marquee can materially improve your business, we do the Recon and build a full working demo before asking you to hire us. If you see it and decide not to proceed, you owe nothing. Once you hire Marquee, the build becomes a commissioned project: Spotlight is $2,495, Showcase is $3,495, Premiere is $5,495, and Production is quoted. Every build includes the first 90 days of Marquee Care as part of the engagement; after that, Care continues at $295/month, with Care+, Growth and On-call Studio available as you grow. Your finished website belongs to you. If you ever cancel Care with 30 days notice, we hand over the production files so you or another developer can host it elsewhere.
Not sure which one fits? A Marquee Recon answers that before either of us guesses.
I spent more than twenty years building and operating businesses before starting Marquee. I’ve sold to customers, built brands, managed teams, dealt with competition, watched good ideas fail and figured out why others worked.
That is the lens I bring to every Marquee project. Before I think about colors, layouts or code, I want to understand the business: who you’re competing with, what your customers care about, what makes you different and what gives someone a reason to choose you. Then I build around that.
Tell us about your business. We review every submission ourselves, and when we see an opportunity worth building around, we do the Recon and build a full working demo before asking you to hire us. Judge the work first. If you don’t want to move forward, you owe nothing. No discovery call just to teach us your business. That’s our job.
Start with a Marquee Recon. When we see an opportunity worth building around, we build a full working demo before you ever hire us.