Dead Pixel Design

Websites for Maine businesses that keep the lights on.

No agency layers. Always personal.

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Most of a website is knowing what you sell.

I write it, build it, and launch it myself, so the person you talk to at the start is the one who hands you the finished site. Nothing gets passed along to anyone else.

  1. Copy written for you

    I write the copy with you, not a template with "client to provide" in every box. Most of the job is working out what you sell and who buys it. The code just holds it up.

  2. Findable at launch

    Titles, descriptions, local details and a sitemap are set up before launch day, not sold back to you as an upgrade six months later.

  3. Yours to run

    When it's done I hand you the keys and show you how to drive it. If you'd rather I drove, I can do that too.

Sites for Maine businesses.

All work
  1. Awaken Reiki Studio homepage with a soft neutral design and custom Flower of Life emblem

    Awaken Reiki Studio

    A custom seven-page website and live-availability booking path for a Maine Reiki practice, with search, accessibility, and lead-delivery foundations.

    Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Client website

  2. We've Got You Covered homepage showing custom marine canvas and upholstery services

    We've Got You Covered

    A custom website and Square storefront for a Maine upholstery and marine-canvas shop, built to explain the work and make every next step clear.

    Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Client website

  3. Freedom Painting homepage with a dark hero photo of a house and a job site sign, the headline Your Home Deserves Better, and buttons for a free quote and a phone call

    Freedom Painting

    A veteran-owned painting company in Houlton got a website built on spec first. The pitch was the site itself, and it became a paid project.

    Houlton, Maine Client website

  4. Visit Milo, Maine homepage with an illustration of three rivers meeting under a low sun

    Visit Milo, Maine

    A town site for Milo, Maine. Residents and local businesses submit events and listings, volunteers approve them, and the committee runs it themselves.

    Milo, Maine Community website and web app

Freedom Painting, Houlton

A cold pitch that turned into a paid site.

  1. The pitch

    Nobody asked me to.

    Freedom Painting is a veteran-owned painting company in Houlton, my town. I didn't wait for an invitation. I built them a homepage first.

  2. The build

    The pitch was the site.

    A working page with their name on it, sent over with no strings attached. Something they could open on a phone and judge for themselves.

  3. The yes

    Spec became paid.

    They said yes. The site I built on spec became a paid project.

  4. Live

    Now it works for them.

    Veteran owned, licensed in Maine, the Greater Houlton area, and the phone number up top. The things a painting customer needs before they call.

Read the full story freedompainting.us (opens in a new tab)

Start with the website. Keep the rest working too.

Website design and development

A new site or a redesign, built around what you sell and how customers reach you. Clear copy, a mobile layout that works, and search basics in the scope, not added later.

Also: audio engineering, AI and automation, and direct mail. Every service.

How a project runs.

  1. Call

    A short call or an email thread. What you sell, who buys it, and what the current site gets wrong.

  2. Plan

    I write up the pages, the scope and the price. You get a fixed quote in writing.

  3. Design

    You see the pages with your real words in them before the build is finished.

  4. Build

    I build it, test it on phones, and set up the search basics.

  5. Launch and care

    It goes live, I show you how to run it, and I'm around for fixes and changes.

How quoting works: you get a fixed price in writing for the agreed scope before any work starts. No hourly meter running in the background.

The whole process

From a client.

Every small business has a void that needs to be filled with behind the scenes work. It’s hard to fill those shoes when you’re already generating and doing the work as well as all the other ‘hats’ small business owners wear. David helps with that, in a HUGE way! I’m so grateful that we have crossed paths. The impact on both of my businesses is very evident, feel free to see his work through both of my websites. Aside from website development he has valuable insights and expertise in general helping small businesses! You won’t regret investing in yourself with the help of Dead Pixel Design 🤘 100% recommended

Camilla Owner of We’ve Got You Covered and Awaken Reiki Studio

Your business, still found after dark.

Tell me what your business does. You’ll get a fixed price in writing before any work starts, or a straight answer that I’m not the right fit.

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