A website you never have to think about again
Your website, redesigned and rebuilt for phones, hosted on Microsoft Azure, and kept current by the person who built it. One monthly plan covers the build, the hosting and the changes. Nothing for you to log into, update or patch.
Built once, years ago, by someone who is no longer around
Most local business websites were built once, years ago, by someone who is no longer around. They look fine on the laptop they were designed on and cramped on the phone your customers actually use. The copyright says 2019. The contact form may or may not work. And somewhere there is a WordPress login with 14 plugins waiting for updates that nobody wants to run, because the last time someone did, the site broke.
The owner knows all this. What stops them is not the money, it is the prospect of managing another project and another vendor.
One package, delivered and run by one person
Design
A homepage concept built from your own words, brand and photos before you commit to anything, then a full design with two rounds of revisions. Mobile first, because that is where your customers are.
Build
Up to 8 or 12 pages depending on your plan, your existing content migrated and cleaned up, headlines and page copy refreshed with you, a contact or request form that emails your office, and every old address redirected so you keep the Google rankings you have earned.
Hosting
Your site runs as a fast static site on Microsoft Azure with a global CDN, SSL and daily backups. There is no WordPress, no plugins and nothing to hack, because there is no server-side application to attack.
Care
After launch, changes go to me by email and come back done. Schedule updates, new team members, a seasonal offer, a price change: covered by your monthly plan, with a turnaround you can plan around.
Content management, if you want it
Every site is managed in Umbraco, a professional content management system. By default I do the editing. Add Umbraco CMS editing access (an add-on on Essential or Standard, included on Plus) and your team gets its own logins, up to five editors with training, to edit pages, news and schedules, with the site republished automatically. Same fast, secure public site either way.
Ownership
You own your domain, your content and your images. If you ever leave, you get a complete copy of your site. Nothing is hosted somewhere you cannot walk away from.
Managed plans
Every plan includes the redesign and build, Azure hosting, SSL, CDN, daily backups, uptime and form monitoring, and the security of a site with nothing to patch. Month to month, cancel any time. Your plan is priced after a short scoping call.
| Feature | Essential | Standard | Plus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Month to month, cancel any time | Month to month, cancel any time | Month to month, cancel any time |
| Pages included | Up to 8 | Up to 12 | Up to 12 |
| Hosting, SSL, CDN, daily backups, uptime and form monitoring | Included | Included | Included |
| Changes included each month | 1 hour | 2 hours | Unlimited routine changes (fair use) |
| Turnaround | 3 business days | 2 business days | Next business day |
| Schedule, price and team updates | Billed hourly | Included | Included |
| Seasonal landing page | Billed hourly | One per quarter | As needed |
| Analytics report | Annual | Quarterly | Monthly, with a 20-minute call |
| Google Business Profile updates | Billed hourly | Billed hourly | Included |
| Umbraco CMS editing access | Add-on | Add-on | Included, up to 5 editors, with training |
Hours do not roll over; that keeps the plan simple. Most multi-location or seasonal businesses choose Standard. Umbraco CMS editing access suits businesses that post news, change schedules or menus weekly, or have someone on staff who already manages the website; it can be added at any time without a rebuild.
Prefer to own the build outright?
Pay for the build once and keep the design from day one, then a lighter care plan covers hosting, backups, monitoring and changes. Priced after the same short scoping call.
| Feature | Build + Care |
|---|---|
| Build | Paid once, up to 12 pages |
| Care plan | Essential, Standard or Plus, same inclusions as the managed plan of the same name |
| Term | Month to month |
| Design ownership | Yours at launch |
| Best for | Owners who budget projects rather than subscriptions |
The care plans carry the same page limits, hours and turnaround as the managed plan of the same name. Umbraco CMS editing access is an add-on on Essential or Standard care, included on Plus.
Added to any plan
Scoped and priced with your plan, or added later.
- Umbraco CMS editing access on Essential or Standard: your own editor logins (up to 5), roles, training. Included on Plus.
- AI Search Optimization: get recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
- Local SEO setup: Google Business Profile, schema, citations, location pages
- Blog or news migration
- Online booking or payments (Calendly, Acuity, Square, Stripe)
- Class or event registration with payment
- Photography day coordination
- Accessibility pass, WCAG 2.2 AA
- Additional landing page, designed and written
- Second language
- Long-form content: service guides, articles, FAQs
- Microsoft 365 email setup or cleanup
- AI assistant on your site: answers questions, pre-qualifies a lead, hands off to your form
- Annual design refresh
Page copy is part of the build, not an add-on. Your existing text is rewritten with you for clarity and for phones, and you approve every word.
Businesses with a site that was good once
- Established local businesses in Northern Virginia where the website is part of the sale
- Professional practices, tutoring and schools, restaurants and venues
- Designers, builders, architects, photographers, jewelers, advisors and firms
- Businesses with a site that was good once
- Owners who want it handled, not a login
- Online stores with hundreds of products
- Sites that must be edited daily by a team
- Anyone shopping for the cheapest option
For custom Umbraco and .NET work, see Umbraco development, or compare both options under Website Development.
From a first call to a site that runs itself
A 30-minute call
What the site has to do, what pages you need, what you like and dislike about the current one. You get a written plan recommendation, with any add-ons priced, within two business days.
Homepage concept
A designed homepage using your brand and words. If you came in through one of my cold emails, you already have this.
Design and build
Full design, two revision rounds, then the build. Content migrated, redirects mapped, form tested. Four weeks for most sites.
Launch
DNS switched over, analytics connected, 30 days of post-launch fixes included.
Care
Send changes by email. They come back done, within your plan's turnaround.
Why Azure and not WordPress or Squarespace
Every managed website is content-managed centrally and published as a static site. Static means there is no database, no plugin and no admin screen on the public site, so there is nothing to compromise and nothing to update, and pages load in a fraction of a second.
Azure means the same infrastructure I have used to build production platforms for 20 years, at a hosting cost low enough that it is included in every plan. You get the speed and security of a modern site without the subscription-platform lock-in.
Be the answer when someone asks AI for a business like yours
Built into a Managed Website, or added to the website you already have. Priced after a short scoping call.
Your next customer may not Google you. They ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity for "a good estate attorney near Tysons" and get three names. If yours is not one of them, you never find out.
AI engines recommend businesses they can read clearly and verify. On a Managed Website the setup goes inside your pages: structured data on every page (business, services, locations, people, FAQs), an llms.txt file that tells AI crawlers what you do, answer-first FAQ pages written so an AI can quote them, a robots.txt that welcomes AI crawlers, Bing Webmaster and IndexNow wired to every publish (Bing is what ChatGPT search reads), and your Google Business Profile made consistent with the site. You get a baseline report showing what the five engines say about you and your competitors today.
The monthly plan keeps it working: weekly checks of a panel of real customer questions across all five engines, one answer-first article a month on a topic those checks show you are missing, monitoring of which AI crawlers visit your site, and a one-page monthly report with the questions you now appear in.
Take it together with a Managed Website, or on its own for any existing website.
→AI Search OptimizationQuestions owners ask
Do I have to move away from my current host?
Yes. The site runs on Azure so that hosting, backups and security are part of the plan. I handle the move and the DNS change; your email stays where it is.
Can I edit the site myself?
Yes. Umbraco CMS editing access is included on the Plus plan and available as an add-on on Essential or Standard: your team gets editor logins for up to five people, roles and training, and the site republishes itself when you hit publish. Without it, you send changes to me and they are covered by your plan. You can add editing access at any time without a rebuild.
What is Umbraco?
An open-source, professional content management system used by organizations from small businesses to Microsoft and Carlsberg. Your site is managed there and published as a fast static site, so you get a real editor without the plugin and security problems of WordPress.
What happens if I cancel?
You keep your domain, your content and your images. Managed plans are month to month: give notice and the plan ends at the end of the month. On Build + Care the site is yours at launch, so you receive a complete copy and can host it anywhere.
How much does a website cost?
It depends on how many pages you need, how often the site changes, whether your team wants its own editing access, and which add-ons you choose. Every plan is priced after a short scoping call, and you get a written plan recommendation, with any add-ons priced, within two business days. A managed plan covers the redesign and build, Azure hosting, SSL, CDN, daily backups, monitoring and your changes. If you would rather own the build outright, you pay for it once and add a care plan.
Will I lose my Google rankings?
No. Every old page address is redirected to its new equivalent before launch, and the site is faster and mobile-friendly, which Google rewards.
Do you write the copy?
Yes. Refreshing your page copy is part of the build. Longer pieces such as service guides or articles are available as an add-on.
How long does it take?
Most sites launch within four to six weeks of the kickoff call.
Ready to see your homepage, redesigned?
Send me your website address. Within a week you get a designed homepage concept in your inbox, free, no obligation. If you like it, we talk about the rest.
Tell us what you need. We reply within 24 hours.
Imhauser Technologies
McLean, VA
United States
Available on-site across the DC metro, Tysons, Reston, Arlington, and Washington, DC, as well as hybrid and remote worldwide.