Marketing for Winterset and Madison County businesses.
Winterset draws visitors all year for the covered bridges and the John Wayne Birthplace, and the courthouse brings the rest of Madison County to town. Those people decide where to eat, who to hire, and what to buy before they park. They search first.
We already work across the county line. West Side Bar and Grille in Earlham is a current client, and we built Fog It Gone's site back when they were based in Madison County.
Winterset has the visitors. Madison County has the customers. Who do they find?
Winterset is the Madison County seat. The covered bridges and the John Wayne Birthplace bring in people who've never heard of your business, and county business brings in everyone else on a regular basis. That's real traffic, and most small Iowa towns would trade for it. But traffic only helps the businesses people can see, and more of your customers pick a place on their phone before they ever leave the house.
The rest of the county works the same way. Earlham sits up on I-80. St. Charles, Truro, Macksburg, Patterson, Bevington, and East Peru are spread out across farm country. Nobody in those towns is driving around comparing storefronts. They pull out a phone. If your website is thin or your Google listing is wrong, the job goes to whoever shows up first, even when that business is farther away and no better at the work.
We keep our clients visible on both fronts: a website that shows up when Winterset and Madison County people search, a Google Business Profile that stays accurate, reviews that keep coming in, and social posts that go out during the weeks you're too busy to think about any of it.
We've also looked at how small-town Iowa websites hold up, Winterset included. We ran 57 of them through the same free check we use for clients and wrote up what we found.
The Madison County business we already work with.
One client in the county so far, plus some history here. This isn't a cold pitch.
West Side Bar and Grille
Bar and grill in Earlham, just off I-80. Website and menu design, because the menu is the most-read page a restaurant has.
westsideearlham.comFog It Gone is the other half of our Madison County story. We built their website when the business was based here in the county. They've since moved to Stuart, our home town, and they're still a client. You can see the site at fogitgone.com.
What a Madison County business actually gets.
Not a package grid. The specific work that keeps you visible in a county people drive through.
A website built for how people search here
Pages for what you do and the towns you serve, so you show up when someone in Winterset or Earlham searches, not only when a regular types your name.
Google visibility that stays accurate
Your Business Profile current, your reviews growing, and your listing on the map when a Madison County customer is choosing between you and somebody from the metro.
Social posts that actually go out
You send us photos from the shop, the kitchen, or the job. We turn them into posts your customers share, on a schedule that doesn't depend on your free time.
A partner who makes the drive
We're based in Stuart, about 30 minutes away. Most of the work happens by phone, text, and email. When sitting down in person helps, we drive to you. You don't come to us.
Proof from the people we work for.
We don't fill this section with stock testimonials. What we have is a 5.0 star rating across 19 Google reviews, written by the small town business owners we work with every week. The Fog It Gone site came off our desk while they were still based in Madison County, and they're still with us today.
Questions we actually get.
Do you already work with businesses in Madison County?
Yes. West Side Bar and Grille in Earlham is a current client. We also built Fog It Gone's website when they were based in Madison County. They've since moved to Stuart and they're still with us.
Do you have an office in Winterset?
No. We're based in Stuart, about 30 minutes away. Most of the work happens by phone, text, and email. When meeting in person helps, we make the drive to you.
Do you do SEO for Winterset businesses?
Yes. A site that answers what people search, a Google Business Profile that stays current, and pages for the towns you serve across Madison County. Read more about how we handle SEO.
What does marketing cost for a Madison County business?
It depends on what you need, and we work with real small business budgets. We quote a number after one conversation about what you're trying to fix, not from a package grid. Call or text (515) 422-6208.
Ready to be the Madison County business people actually find?
Tell us what you do and we'll tell you straight where we'd start. The first conversation is free and useful either way. Call or text (515) 422-6208.
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