Livonia Web Design
That Works Beyond Launch
A website can look great and still make visitors work too hard. Maybe your services are buried, your quote form is unreliable, or every small update requires a developer. Hog the Web builds custom WordPress websites for Livonia, MI businesses that make the next step easy, protect the SEO you have earned, and stay manageable as your business changes. We are a WordPress design, development and support team, not a one-and-done template shop.
Want a sense of project scope first? Try our 3-minute website estimator.
Livonia, MI
Serving Wayne County businesses
300+
Businesses & organizations served
WordPress
Custom design, development & SEO
Since 2015
Experience and support that stick around
The Website Is Only One Part of the Job.
The real work starts with knowing what customers need. A prospective patient is comparing services. A purchasing manager wants specifications. A homeowner is checking proof of past projects. Each should find a clear route forward, without clicking through six vague pages.
Since 2015, we have helped more than 300 businesses and organizations build, redesign and maintain their websites. That includes the parts you do not see in a portfolio screenshot: redirects, page performance, content workflows, security and the support plan for next year. See our services.
Real Websites, Built Around Real Requirements
MIG & CO. - Software
MIG approached us, ready for a major overhaul of their outdated website geared toward business lead generation. We put special attention to making the website load lightning-fast and snappy. Our new design is still delivering results for them, now years later, and they couldn't be more satisfied.
Faxination
Faxination was a unique redesign where we seamlessly combined two websites into a single, visually captivating, and professionally polished site. Even though this unique request presented some challenges, we were able to work through it seamlessly. Ultimately, our client expressed great satisfaction with the innovative custom design we delivered!
— Susan Leid
Christie Dustman - Landscape Design
One of our most beloved and highly regarded website designs is for Christie Dustman and her landscape design company. The beauty and professionalism of her landscape work really shine through in this design. Recently we've been helping her with search engine optimization (SEO). In the past six months, we've doubled the number of keywords her site ranks for in Google search results!
StudyBuddy Pro - Law School Tutoring
We designed and built this fully interactive law tutoring portal for StudyBuddyPro that serves hundreds of law students nationwide. This includes subscription-based ecommerce functionality, online courses, quizzes, member dashboard, individual user analytics and much more!
Imhoff Painting
First, we refreshed Imhoff's branding with a new style guide. Next, we redesigned their company website based on the new look. Our copy-writers also edited the sales copy of their web pages to create a more consistent and engaging brand voice.
Once we launched the new version of this site, their conversions increased 75%!
View Imhoff Painting Case Study
Catchlight Painting
We designed a beautiful, custom website for Catchlight Painting that we've noticed many of their competitors attempt to replicate after it was launched. Next, we focused on their SEO performance and were able to TRIPLE their traffic from search engines in 12 months. Needless to say, they are definitely Hogging the Web!
Eskow Law Group
The Eskow Law Group wanted something refreshingly different for their website. Hog the Web was able to design and build a unique web presence that perfectly captured their vision. The design is also user-friendly and optimized to adapt to all different device screen sizes, from mobile to tablet to desktop.
AMS Insights - Marketing
We had helped the AMS marketing team with maintaining their old, and somewhat glitchy e-commerce website for several years. Finally, they grew tired of the extra hassle and cost of constantly fixing the old site and asked us to rebuild it from the ground up. Not only was the new site much more visually appealing, but also relieved their constant headaches in it's smooth and stable functioning.
Citroniq - Energy
One of our long-time clients provides digital marketing services to various energy industry companies. We've partnered together on many projects over the years, like this one. We've enjoyed collaborating with other experts on his team, such as content writers, CRM specialists, and more, in order to deliver a whole-package end product that serves a diversity of functions and yields results.
Scott B. Franklin & Associates - Law
Franklin Law and Associates has partnered with Hog the Web since 2018. In addition to designing and building a beautiful, modern website, they have relied on us for all their web-related needs, from marketing their LLC services to creating user-friendly onboarding forms for their clients and even setting up new email accounts and forwarders.
Oxlo - Software
Oxlo, a Dura company, approached us to modernize their seven-page website and improve its navigation for a more user-friendly experience. Drawing from our successful collaboration on a previous website redesign project, we worked closely with their team to update both the content and design resulting in an eye-catching new look.
DJS Advisory LLC
This client wanted to get their consulting business online, but they didn't know where to start. We teamed up with them to figure out which services were most important to showcase, and then we designed a website with eye-catching colors and clear images. The client was ecstatic with the results, and their business got a major boost in online visibility.
Association of Academic Support Educators - Law
We redesigned the website for AASE including a brand new, user-friendly membership subscription portal for Law School educators that includes a dashboard area with members-only content like presentation recordings, event registration, scholarship opportunities, a forum, and more.
Input Ace - Software
Input Ace was in a rapid growth phase and needed a new, industry-leading website design to reflect their new success. After attempting to work with a lower-budget designer, they were unimpressed with the results. After reaching out to us, they were dazzled when we revealed our new designs for their website, and they've referred many more clients to us since the successfully completed project.
Greenfire Bio - Research
This client was launching a new biotech company and needed a clean, professional-looking web presence on short notice. Leveraging some existing design templates, and stock imagery, we were quickly able to build and launch their new website. It turned out so well that they haven't felt a need to redesign it yet!
Keystate - Energy
One of our long-time clients provides digital marketing services to various energy industry companies. We've partnered together on many projects over the years, like this one. We've enjoyed collaborating with other experts on his team, such as content writers, CRM specialists, and more, in order to deliver a whole-package end product that serves a diversity of functions and yields results.
Gilreath & Associates - Law
Gilreath & Associates came to us wanting a backup copy of their current website taken, before having us redesign/rebuild it. We quickly discovered that it was built on a proprietary content management system (CMS) and there was no way to save a working backup copy of the old website. This was very frustrating. Fortunately we build all out websites on the open-source WordPress CMS, which can be used by any developer, and migrated to any hosting provider. This gave the client much greater peace of mind in investing in building the new site with us.
Health First Consulting - Medical
Cass had a novel business idea of creating patient education videos that doctors and hospitals could purchase access to. We worked with her to create a user-friendly store and checkout process that included granting instant access to the videos. Her customers can even generate an expiring link that grants temporary access to the videos for their various office devices. Once we launched the new site, she received numerous compliments on the site's design and ease of use.
Mike Sarraille - Coaching
Hog the Web designed and built several websites now for Mike Sarraille and his marketing team. We enjoyed the more hands-on approach of his team and the way we were able to bounce ideas back and forth to arrive at end results that really exceeded everyone's expectations. As they say, teamwork makes the dream work!
FHL Banks - Finance
FHLBanks approached us to give their website a much needed refresh. Since the new site was launched, we've enjoyed working together with their team to add new pages, update the content, and continue to improve the site for their customers.
Hear from the People We’ve Worked With
These are genuine client experiences, from redesign decisions to ongoing site support. Take a look at the work, then hear how clients describe the people doing it.
Applied Marketing Science
“I can't say enough good things about the Hog the Web team. They're flexible, communicative, and they offer great ideas and advice.”
The Leelanau School
“They feel less like a contractor and more like a partner who's genuinely invested in helping us”
Imhoff Fine Residential Painting
“Look at what happened to my traffic when I went back to Hog the Web... Boom!”
The French Library
“We've been working with Hog the Web for the past five years and it's been a really good experience for us.”
DCAC Live
“They dug into our SEO ... and found issues we didn't even know we had.”
Follow the Money
“We will be using Hog the Web for many many years to come, and we highly, highly recommend them for you as well.”
What our WordPress team handles
Custom WordPress Design & Development for Livonia
Not every business needs a huge website. But even a small site should have sound structure, clear content and room for future changes. We build WordPress websites that suit the way you sell, explain services and support customers.
From custom design and development to WordPress SEO, technical maintenance and complex migrations, our work can continue long after launch.
Custom Design That Guides Decisions
A useful layout answers the next question before a visitor gives up: What do you do? Is this right for me? Why trust you? How do I get started? We build custom pages and responsive navigation around that journey.
- Clear service paths and contact points
- Custom page design and reusable layouts
- Mobile-first usability
SEO-Preserving Redesigns & Migrations
Existing rankings, backlinks and content may represent years of work. Before a redesign, we review the pages that matter, map redirects and plan the transition instead of throwing away the old site’s search footprint.
- Search and content baselines
- Redirect and URL migration planning
- Technical checks at launch and after
WordPress Features for Actual Workflows
From manufacturer inquiry forms to professional-service directories, the best feature is the one your team will really use. We design flexible content structures and practical connections with existing tools.
- WooCommerce, bookings and memberships
- CRM and email-platform integrations
- Staff-friendly editing experiences
Technical SEO & Long-Term Support
WordPress needs an owner after launch: someone to keep plugins current, handle backups, troubleshoot issues and improve the site as the business evolves. Our team can remain that partner.
- Security, maintenance and performance
- SEO and AI-search readiness
- Ongoing updates and enhancements
Client results, with the numbers in context
Good Design Is Useful. The Evidence Matters, Too.
A clean interface is one outcome. Keeping valuable search traffic, improving engagement and reaching new buyers are others. These three projects show different kinds of work. We report what each number actually measures, not an all-purpose claim about “more sales.”
SEO recovery and conversions
+75%
Imhoff Fine Residential Painting
An earlier redesign by another provider removed valuable content and URLs, triggering a 97% organic traffic drop. We recovered the SEO foundation and rebuilt the experience. GA4-tracked conversions increased 75% compared with Imhoff’s original, pre-crash website, with spam form submissions excluded.
B2B website redesign and engagement
+49.9%
Applied Marketing Science
AMS needed better navigation for several complex consulting services. After its July 2026 WordPress redesign, GA4 homepage engagement rate improved 49.9% in the first 42 days compared with the preceding 42 days. That measures engagement, not conversions.
Technical SEO and content improvements
+207%
Overwatch
Technical and on-page SEO improvements, plus targeted content work, helped Overwatch increase non-branded monthly organic clicks from 25 to 76, a 207% increase. This was an SEO campaign result, not a website redesign result.
Want the details behind the projects? Browse the case studies and see how each outcome was measured.
Built for the business behind the website
Different Livonia Businesses. Different Website Jobs.
Livonia is home to major manufacturing and automotive employers alongside healthcare, professional services, education, retailers and independent companies. That mix is described in the City of Livonia community profile and its economic-development resources. A strong website should reflect the actual customer journey, not just a location keyword.
Automotive, manufacturing & B2B suppliers
Engineers and purchasing teams want specifications, capabilities, certifications and an efficient way to request pricing. Product categories, downloadable resources and RFQ forms should help buyers qualify your services without a sales call for every basic question.
Healthcare, education & professional firms
Different visitors need different things: a service explanation, a provider profile, program information or a dependable contact route. We can plan accessible navigation, clearer information architecture and role-based WordPress editing for teams with many contributors.
Local service companies, contractors & retailers
For a homeowner or shopper comparing options on a phone, clarity wins. Show real project examples, service areas, useful FAQs, scheduling or ordering details, and the simplest way to ask for an estimate. Staff should be able to keep the details current.
One Useful Website for Livonia and the Wider Metro Detroit Market
A Livonia company may sell to customers across Wayne County, Metro Detroit or nationally. We plan pages around meaningful services, audiences and buying decisions first, with local search signals where they genuinely belong. A single well-structured site can support both local inquiries and more specialized regional or B2B demand.
For expanding firms, the goal is not dozens of nearly identical city pages. It is useful information that gives each visitor a reason to choose your business.
What happens from first call to launch
A Website Process That Protects What Already Works
We start with your business goals and the condition of the current website, if there is one. Then we define the structure, prepare the design, develop the site and test the details. For redesigns, content and SEO migration are part of the plan from the beginning.
You will know when feedback is needed, what we are testing and what comes next. No mystery launch day.
1. Discovery & Baseline
We review your services, audience, brand, content and priorities. If the site already ranks or generates inquiries, we examine existing analytics and search performance before changing anything.
2. Plan the Website
We define the page hierarchy, key user paths, features and unique layouts. We also flag content gaps, integrations and which existing URLs need preservation.
3. Design, Build & Review
We develop the WordPress site in a staging environment, review design and mobile behavior, and work through feedback while testing functionality and accessibility.
4. Launch & Keep Improving
We check forms, redirects, key pages, tracking and site performance at launch. We can then support maintenance, updates, technical SEO and future improvements.
We agree on scope, responsibilities, accessibility needs, migration checks and post-launch support before the work is finalized.
Questions to settle before signing
How to Compare Livonia Web Design Companies
A portfolio is worth looking through. So is the contract. When shopping for website design in Livonia, ask what happens to your current SEO, who controls the hosting and domain, and which edits your staff can make without a support ticket. The prettiest homepage does not answer those questions.
Who controls the important accounts?
Your business should understand who owns or administers the domain, WordPress, hosting, analytics and paid tools. Get account access and license responsibilities in writing.
Will staff be able to edit the site?
Ask to see a real editing workflow for services, team members, project photos and announcements. A flexible page builder is only useful if day-to-day updates are practical.
Is the SEO migration actually planned?
If the existing website receives traffic, review the URL inventory, content decisions, redirects, Search Console and post-launch monitoring before approving the redesign.
What will support cost later?
Maintenance, security, backups, changes and troubleshooting should have clear responsibilities. Know what is included after launch and what will be billed separately.
Pricing that reflects the work
What Does Custom Web Design Cost in Livonia?
A straightforward service website with finished copy is not priced like a catalog, a complex professional-services redesign or a WooCommerce store with integrations. Layout count, content quality, approvals and what must be preserved from the old site all affect the work.
Our 3-minute website estimator helps you describe the project. We use that as a starting point, then review scope before giving a proposal.
The price is in the details
What Affects a WordPress Project Estimate?
- Custom design versus supplied design mockups
- Number of unique layouts and content types
- Copywriting, media and content migration
- Catalogs, bookings, WooCommerce and other integrations
- SEO inventories, redirect mapping and launch testing
- Training, hosting, maintenance and future support
We confirm the deliverables and the cost before work begins.
A useful website is one you can keep using
WordPress Ownership, Editing & Support Without Guesswork
A new service should not require rebuilding half your homepage. We plan reusable layouts and sensible WordPress editing permissions so staff can keep content current. When a change is more technical, we are available to help. The relationship can be long-term without making the website impossible to manage without us.
Our WordPress development and maintenance services can support the site after it launches.
Clarity at handoff
Know the Accounts, Costs & Responsibilities
We discuss domain registration, hosting, administrator permissions, analytics, plugin licenses and continuing subscriptions before launch. If you already have a WordPress site, we first inspect its condition to see what can be improved and what truly needs replacing.
It is less exciting than the reveal of a new design. It is also how you avoid unpleasant surprises six months down the line.
Useful answers before a project begins
Livonia Web Design: Frequently Asked Questions
From migration risks and website ownership to manufacturing features, WordPress hosting and support, here are the practical details worth knowing.
What does Hog the Web offer businesses looking for Livonia web design?
We build and redesign custom WordPress websites for businesses serving Livonia and the surrounding Metro Detroit area. Services include web design, development, technical SEO, SEO-conscious migrations, integrations, maintenance and ongoing support.
How much does a professional website cost in Livonia?
There is no reliable flat price without a defined scope. Unique layouts, content preparation, ecommerce, integrations, migration work and testing all affect cost. Our 3-minute website estimator is a starting point, and we prepare a project-specific quote after discussing the requirements.
Can you redesign our current site without losing existing Google rankings?
We review key pages, current search performance and backlinks, plan redirects and preserve valuable content where appropriate. We test the replacement before launch and monitor the transition. Rankings can still fluctuate, so no agency can honestly guarantee that every position will remain unchanged.
Can you build a manufacturer or automotive supplier website with RFQ forms?
Yes. A WordPress site can organize capabilities, product categories, certifications, downloadable documents and quote requests for technical buyers. We map the workflow and any required CRM or form integrations before deciding how to build it.
Can WordPress support healthcare or professional-service organizations?
Yes. We can create clearer service navigation, staff profiles, program pages and appropriate contact pathways. Accessibility and privacy requirements should be established during planning; any legally required compliance review must be handled as part of the agreed scope.
Will our business own the domain, content and WordPress accounts?
Ownership and access are items to settle in writing. We discuss the domain registrar, hosting, administrator access, content, analytics, plugin licenses and subscriptions so it is clear which accounts and assets your business controls.
Can Hog the Web take over a WordPress website another developer built?
Often, yes. We first assess the hosting environment, theme, plugins, backups, account access and any technical or SEO problems. We may recommend targeted repairs, ongoing maintenance or a larger rebuild depending on what we find.
Is WordPress better than Wix or Squarespace for a Livonia small business?
Wix or Squarespace can be appropriate for a simple site. WordPress is often a better fit when you need flexible content types, custom integrations, more control of technical SEO or a website that will grow in complexity. The right choice depends on your team and requirements.
Can you add WooCommerce, scheduling, memberships or CRM integrations?
Yes. Depending on requirements, we can build ecommerce, booking and registration workflows, member resources and connections to email or CRM systems. We also plan how these features will be updated and supported after launch.
Can we keep our current hosting provider?
Sometimes. We review the host’s performance, WordPress compatibility, access, security and backup setup. If the existing service fits the needs of the site, we can discuss working with it; if not, we explain why a change may help.
Can a WordPress website improve local SEO and AI search visibility?
Good site structure, useful service information, technical SEO, clear internal links and relevant structured data help search systems understand a business. They can improve discoverability, but WordPress itself and FAQ schema do not guarantee Google rankings or mentions in AI answers.
How long does a redesign take, and what support follows launch?
The timeline depends on scope, content readiness, revisions, functionality and any SEO migration. We discuss milestones during planning and can provide ongoing WordPress maintenance, security and development. Hog the Web is headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan, and collaborates with Livonia businesses by phone and video.
Let’s Build a Website Your Business Can Rely On.
Whether you are starting fresh or tired of fighting an outdated WordPress site, tell us what needs to work better. We will talk through the scope, the priorities and the right next step for your Livonia business.
