What does the annual website maintenance plan include?

The annual retainer covers managed WordPress hosting, professional email hosting, SSL certificate, daily backups, plugin and theme updates, security patches, and unlimited content updates including text changes, photo swaps, and service edits.

Who is responsible for providing website content?

Content — including photos, written copy, pricing updates, and business changes — is provided by the client. David Turner Designs handles all technical implementation once content is delivered.

What happens if I don't update my website regularly?

Search engines like Google interpret inactivity as irrelevance. A dormant site can lose ranking positions in local search results, including the Google Map Pack, even if the site was previously performing well.

Does David Turner Designs serve businesses outside Bessemer City?

Yes. David Turner Designs serves contractors and small businesses across Gaston County including Gastonia, Ranlo, and surrounding communities throughout the western Carolinas.

Work & Results

Real projects. Real problems solved. Real results for small businesses and contractors across the Carolinas.

Most of the clients I work with have the same story. They built a website years ago, got busy running their business, and the site sat untouched while the world moved on. No updated content. No local SEO signals. No calls coming from it. Just a digital business card collecting dust.

What you’ll find here isn’t a gallery of pretty designs. It’s a record of problems identified, work done, and outcomes delivered. If you see your situation in any of these stories — that’s the point.

The Uncomfortable Truth About Most Small Business Websites

A site that hasn’t been touched in two or three years isn’t neutral — it’s actively costing you. Google interprets inactivity as irrelevance. Customers who find an outdated site assume the business is the same way. The contractors and small business owners who call me aren’t failing at their work — they’re just too busy doing it to notice their digital front door has quietly closed.

Case Studies

Projects & Outcomes

Utility Locating · Full Rebuild + SEO Launch

Piedmont Locating Services

A 33-year solo operation with orphaned pages, no SEO signals, and a contact form that didn’t exist. Ten pages rebuilt, full technical SEO deployed, and a mobile PageSpeed score that jumped 20 points at launch.

Pages Rebuilt

65→85

PageSpeed Score

Keywords Targeted

Read the Full Case Study →

The Core Problem

→8 pages invisible to Google
→Zero local SEO structure
→No quote form on contact page
→Slow mobile performance

Location

Ramseur, Randolph County, NC

Status

Launched April 2026 — Ongoing Retainer

Coming Soon · Case Study #2

Your Industry Here

Every client whose site is underperforming right now is a case study in progress. This space is reserved for the next one.

How I Approach Every Project

The Same Five Questions Every Time

Before I touch a single page, I need to understand what’s actually going on. Every site audit starts with the same five questions — and the answers usually tell me exactly why the phone isn’t ringing.

Question 01

Can Google actually find you?

Not just your homepage — every page. Orphaned content, missing sitemaps, and blocked pages are more common than most people realize.

Question 02

Does your site know where you work?

Town names, county names, and service area signals have to live in the content — not just the footer. Local SEO is local for a reason.

Question 03

Is it easy to call you?

Click-to-call above the fold. A real quote form on the contact page. A CTA that tells the visitor exactly what to do next. These aren’t nice-to-haves.

Question 04

Does the content sound like you?

Generic contractor copy doesn’t build trust with rural Carolina customers. Your story, your voice, and your honest differentiators are what close the deal.

Question 05

Is your site fast enough to matter?

A contractor checking your site on a job site won’t wait three seconds for it to load. Mobile speed isn’t a technical detail — it’s the first impression.

“If the answer to any of these is no, we have work to do. And the work always pays off.”

— David Turner

Think Your Site Might Have the Same Issues?

I’ll take a look and give you a straight answer — no sales pitch, no jargon, no runaround. Just an honest read on where your site stands and what it would take to fix it.