Custom websites · Personal service · Zero template-factory energy
Your business deserves better than “good enough” online.
Custom-designed websites for small businesses and organizations—with hosting, updates, and all the technical stuff handled for you.
No big upfront website fee. No DIY headache. No disappearing web guy.
Managed websites from $99/month · 6-month initial term · then it's yours
Custom built. Fully managed. Actually yours.
- $0
- Large upfront design fee
- 6 Months
- Then the site belongs to you
- 1 Human
- Who actually knows your business
- 0 Templates
- Masquerading as custom design
Your website called. It would like some attention.
You're good atwhat you do.Your websiteshould looklike it.
Maybe you don't have a site yet.
Maybe yours was built sometime around the invention of the iPad.
Maybe it technically works—but every time someone asks for your website, you quietly wish they wouldn't.
You need a website that feels like your business.And someone to take care of it.
How it works
Web design, minus the usual drama.
We get to know you
Tell us what you do, who you serve, what's working, what isn't, and what you want people to do when they land on your site.
We'll collect your branding, photography, content, hours, services, reviews, contact information, and everything else needed to understand the business.
You talk about your business. We make sense of it.
We design it
No pre-fab industry template. No “pick one of these twelve layouts.”
One professionally designed website built around your actual business, using more than two decades of design and web experience to shape the hierarchy, visuals, content flow, and user experience.
Technology helps us move faster. A designer still makes the decisions.
You make it yours
We send you a private preview.
Two consolidated revision rounds are included so we can refine the content, imagery, and details together. Then you give us the thumbs-up.
Preferably the enthusiastic kind.
We take it live
Domain. Hosting. SSL. Backups. Forms. Mobile. Technical setup. Handled.
Then when something changes? Email us.
You run your business. We'll run the website.
Why NJ Media Works
Not generated for your industry.Designed for your business.
There are plenty of tools that can produce a website in sixty seconds.
We're not competing with them.
NJ Media Works combines modern technology with 20+ years of hands-on design and web experience to create websites with actual thought behind them—the hierarchy, typography, imagery, messaging, flow, and hundred tiny decisions that make a business feel credible.
Technology makes it faster.Experience makes it better.You get both.
Pick your level of “please just handle it.”
Your website included.Your technical headaches not included.
Every Managed plan includes custom design, mobile optimization, managed hosting, SSL, scheduled backups, technical maintenance, contact functionality, one professional business email address, foundational on-page SEO, analytics installation, and two initial revision rounds.
You bring the words. We make them work beautifully.
Have the bones but need help refining them? Copy, messaging, branding, and additional creative support are available through the Creative Studio.
All Managed Website plans begin with a 6-month agreement. The first monthly payment begins the project. After six consecutive paid months, website ownership transfers to the client and service continues month-to-month.
Presence
$99
Per month
For the business that needs to look good online and get back to work.
Includes
- Custom website — up to 4 core pages or equivalent structure
- 30 minutes of website updates each month
- Managed hosting
- SSL
- Scheduled backups
- Technical maintenance
- Mobile optimization
- Contact form
- 1 professional business email address
- Foundational on-page SEO
- Analytics installation
- 2 initial revision rounds
6-month initial agreement · then month-to-month
Managed
Most popular$179
Per month
For businesses that actually change things from time to time. Imagine that.
Everything in Presence, plus
- Up to 6 core pages
- 60 minutes of website updates each month
- Newsletter/form integration
- Quarterly website review
- Quarterly analytics review
- Priority support
6-month initial agreement · then month-to-month
Signature
$299
Per month
For businesses that want a little more room—and a little more attention.
Everything in Managed, plus
- Up to 8 core pages
- 90 minutes of website updates each month
- Initial Google Business Profile optimization
- Quarterly digital-presence check-in
- Highest priority support
6-month initial agreement · then month-to-month
Unused update time does not roll over.
Additional approved design/development time is $75/hour.
Stay because you want to.Not because we're holding your website hostage.
Your Managed Website begins with a six-month agreement.
Make six consecutive monthly payments and:
The website is yours.
After that, service simply continues month-to-month unless you cancel.
Love having us handle everything? Great. We keep going.
Want to move somewhere else? Also fine. We'll provide your website files and make the standard handoff straightforward.
Your domain, original content, photography, business data, and third-party accounts are always yours.
Commitment issues? We can still be friends.
Just want the website?
No hosting agreement. No monthly service. We design it, build it, and hand you the files.
Website projects starting at $750+.
Explore website-only projects →Small business.Big standards.
NJ Media Works works especially well with independent businesses and organizations that need a professional digital presence without an in-house web department.
We're based in Reno/Tahoe and work with businesses well beyond it.
- Wellness + Health
- Restaurants, Hospitality + Local Retail
- Nonprofits + Community
- Studios + Creative Businesses
- Professional Services
- Independent Service Businesses
Basically: if there's a real human behind the business, we'll probably get along.
NJ Creative Studio
Good websites tend to lead to other good ideas.
Sometimes the website isn't actually the problem.
Maybe the branding doesn't fit anymore. Maybe the message hasn't caught up with the business. Maybe there are twelve good ideas going twelve directions.
- Branding + Creative Direction
- Commercial Photography + Content
- Copywriting + Messaging
- Social media campaigns
- SEO + Digital Presence
Yes, there's a real person here.
Design has been my work for more than 20 years.Making it personal has always been the point.
NJ Media Works combines decades of design experience with modern tools to create thoughtful websites without the traditional agency overhead.
You're not being handed off to a dashboard. You're working with me.
Meet the human behind NJ →Questions.Straight answers.Minimal jargon.
Is the website really included?
Yes. Managed plans have no large upfront website design fee. You make a six-month commitment and pay monthly. After six consecutive payments, the website becomes yours.
When do I start paying?
Your first monthly payment begins the project. That first month includes discovery, design, development, and preparation for launch. Your next payment occurs one month later.
What if the website isn't live yet?
Most projects move quickly once we have everything we need. Delays caused by missing client content, approvals, or access do not pause billing. If a significant delay is caused by NJ Media Works, we'll address it fairly.
What if I cancel before six months?
The remaining unpaid balance of the initial six-month agreement becomes due. Once the financial commitment has been satisfied, website ownership transfers to you.
What happens after six months?
The website becomes yours and your Managed service simply continues month-to-month. Stay because you like having us handle everything—or take the website elsewhere.
Do you use AI?
We use modern creative and development tools—including AI—to make the process faster and more efficient. What we don't do is type your industry into a generator and call the result custom design. Every NJ Media Works website is professionally directed and customized around the actual business.
No fine print scavenger hunt. Full policies, terms, and details are always available.
Your business is already doing the hard part.
Let’s make your websitelook like it.
We keep the client list small. Turns out it's easier to care about the details when you actually know whose details they are.
Whether you're starting from nothing, working with something outdated, or simply ready for something better—we'd love to see what you're working with.
Boutique. By design.