Web Design
Responsive websites designed to be clear, fast, easy to use, and straightforward to maintain.
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High-performance websites built around your business
I’m Martin Hey, the owner of MartinHey.com in Compton, Illinois. I build custom websites and provide SEO for small businesses across Northern Illinois and remotely nationwide—with clear content, fast-loading pages, and a solid search foundation.
- Projects from $2,500
- Static or WordPress builds
- Technical SEO included
- Based in Compton, Illinois
Core services
SEO & AI Search
Technical SEO, useful content structure, and clear entity signals that help search systems understand the business.
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Logo & Branding
Simple, consistent logo and brand support when a business needs a cleaner visual foundation.
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Design, SEO, and search-ready structure working together.
Each website is built with responsive design, technical SEO, AI-search-ready structure, clear business information, analytics, and launch testing—all intended to support stronger visibility and a more effective online presence.
MartinHey.comWeb Design · SEO · AI Search
Meet Martin Hey
A practical, business-first approach to web design
I’m Martin Hey, and you work directly with me on your website. My MBA, master’s in accounting, and CPA background shape how I approach each project: understand the business, define the scope, and make decisions that can be measured.
My work includes the Global Optical Eye Care website and local SEO project and QuickAudit, my SEO auditing product in development. Before we begin, you can review my project and payment terms, read the Privacy Policy, or email me directly at martin@martinhey.com.
Clear GoalsStart with what the site actually needs to do
StraightforwardClear scope, pricing, and communication
Hands-OnYou work directly with me throughout the project
My Process
A straightforward process from idea to launch
Discover
Clarify the audience, offer, goals, competition, and best next action.
Plan & Design
Create the content plan, page system, visual hierarchy, and responsive layouts.
Build & Optimize
Develop the site with performance, SEO, schema, accessibility, and analytics.
Launch & Review
Audit, publish, verify indexing, and identify the next useful improvements.
Selected Work
Client work and product development
Live Client · WordPress · Local SEO
Global Optical Eye Care
My work covers the WordPress redesign, service content, appointment inquiry flow, promotions, local SEO, schema, and analytics setup. See the project scope.
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Product Design · SEO · In Development
QuickAudit
My independent SEO auditing product, currently in development. The work covers audit checks, report design, product UX, and launch planning. Explore the development work.
Northern Illinois
Local web design & SEO from Compton, Illinois
I work with businesses across Rochelle, Dixon, Sterling, Rock Falls, DeKalb, Sycamore, Oregon, and nearby communities. Local SEO is built around real service areas, useful pages, strong business signals, and a website that earns the click.
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Straight answers before you start
My website projects currently start at $2,500. The final investment depends on the number of pages, content needs, SEO depth, integrations, and whether the project uses a lightweight static build or WordPress.
Bootstrap is an excellent choice for a fast, secure brochure or lead-generation website that does not need frequent client editing. WordPress is better when the business needs a visual content editor, complex publishing, or plugin-driven functionality.
Every website includes a technical SEO foundation: semantic headings, titles, descriptions, canonical URLs, sitemap and robots files, optimized images, internal links, schema where appropriate, and launch testing.
AI SEO improves how clearly search engines and answer systems can understand the business, services, expertise, and answers on a website. It builds on strong technical SEO and useful original content rather than replacing them.
Most small-business projects take approximately three to eight weeks after the scope and content plan are approved. Timing depends on page count, feedback speed, integrations, and content readiness.
Yes. Once the project is paid in full, the client receives the completed website files and agreed-upon design assets, subject to any third-party software licenses described in the proposal.
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Have a website project in mind?
A short conversation is enough to talk through the business, the current site, and the most useful next step.