Field notes from the water.
What a website really costs here, how to get into the map pack, and why a stock-photo site quietly costs you bookings. Written for restaurants, contractors, and shops on the Strand.
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Everything here comes from work we've actually done for businesses on the Grand Strand — written down so you can use it whether you hire us or not. Four threads keep coming up.
Money, without the fog
What a website really costs in Myrtle Beach — what $1,000 buys, what $10,000 buys, and the line-items agencies bury. Plus why we quote a fixed price instead of an hourly rate, and the one quirk that makes fixed pricing work for both sides.
Getting found
Local search for coastal businesses: the 12-step checklist that takes a new site from invisible to the map pack, and the restaurant-specific version — what actually moves bookings on the Grand Strand versus the vanity metrics you get sold.
Looking like yourself
Why the same palms-and-pier stock photos on a hundred sites within five miles quietly cost you bookings — and what real photography of your real space does that a template never will.
Built to bring work in
For contractors and trades: the site structure that turns visits into qualified inquiries — service-area pages, real install photos, and forms that pre-qualify before your phone rings.
Recent notes.
Roughly one post per month. No marketing automation drip, no listicles.
How much a website really costs in Myrtle Beach
Straight-talk pricing breakdown for restaurants, contractors, and shops on the Grand Strand. What $1,000 actually buys you, what $10,000 buys you, and the three line-items most agencies hide until contract signing.
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Local SEO checklist for Myrtle Beach businesses
The 12 moves that take a brand-new site from invisible to map-pack in 90 days. Built from real engagements with restaurants, contractors, and service businesses on the South Carolina coast.
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Why your beach-stock website hurts your bookings
The same generic palms-and-pier template is on a hundred sites within five miles of yours. Why that's costing you customers — and what real photography of your real space does instead.
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Restaurant SEO on the Grand Strand: what works in 2026
Menus, online ordering, reservations, reviews. The five things that move bookings for a Myrtle Beach restaurant — and the five vanity metrics agencies sell you that don't.
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Contractor websites that actually generate leads
What works for builders, remodelers, and trades on the SC coast. Service-area pages, real install photography, FAQ schema, and the inquiry form structure that pre-qualifies before the phone rings.
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Why we don't charge by the hour
Hourly billing is misaligned with shipping real websites. Here's the engagement model we use instead, and the one quirk that makes it work for both us and the client.
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