The Main Street Grant by Studio O'Brien

A Studio O'Brien program

The Main Street Grant

Five local businesses we believe in get a real custom website and a year of real growth at a grant rate. Not a raffle, not a template, and not a trick. Here is the whole thing in plain language.

Why we're doing this

Studio O'Brien is a web studio in Shelby. We build sites and get local businesses found on Google, and we prove the results with real numbers every month.

We are newer to town than the work we do, and around here trust is earned in public. So instead of running ads about ourselves, we picked a handful of businesses this community already loves and decided to earn it the honest way: do the work, show the results, and let the before-and-after speak.

What a grant business gets

The build
$500 one time · normally $1,250 and up
  • A custom website. Designed for you, no template.
  • Google Business Profile set up right, top to bottom.
  • Search basics done properly, plus consistent listings on Bing, Apple, Yelp and the rest.
  • A one-click review link and simple ways to ask for reviews.
  • Contact form and click-to-call.
  • You own every bit of it. Site, content, domain, profile.
The growth plan
$50/month · month to month
  • We manage your Google profile and keep it active.
  • We help you gather reviews and respond to every one.
  • Hosting, security and backups, included.
  • A one-page report every month: where you rank on the map, your reviews next to your competitors, and what we did.
  • Cancel any month. No fee, no hard feelings, you keep everything.

What we ask back

The grant has a price, and it isn't money. When the results are real, we ask each grant business for four things:

  1. An honest testimonial.
  2. A Google review of Studio O'Brien, when you feel it's earned.
  3. Permission to share your before-and-after as a case study. You see it before anyone else does.
  4. An introduction to one local business owner you think we should meet.

That's the trade, stated up front. You get studio work at a grant rate. We get the proof that builds our name here. Everybody knows exactly what they're getting.

How it works

We reach out, or someone points us to you.The first five are hand-picked. After that, nominations open up.
A 15-minute phone call.We walk through how customers find you today, with real numbers, and you decide if it's interesting.
One short setup session.Photos, hours, your story, and access. That's all we need from you.
Live in about two weeks.Then the monthly report starts, and you watch the numbers move for yourself.

The honest part

Why so cheap? Because you're doing us a favor too. A new studio needs proof more than it needs profit, and your before-and-after is worth more to us than the difference in price. That's the whole catch. There isn't another one: no contract, no lock-in, and if you ever leave you take the site, the domain, and everything else with you.

Know a business that deserves this?

The first five spots are chosen, but the list doesn't end there. Tell us who should be next and why.

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