Orem has never really had a single downtown. Its businesses are spread along State Street, University Parkway, 800 North and a patchwork of shopping centers in between, so very few customers find you by walking past your door. They find you on their phones. For most Orem customers, your website is the first impression, not your storefront.
In Orem, the search results are the street
In a city with a walkable main street, a good sign and a busy sidewalk can carry a business. Orem works differently. Commercial areas stretch for miles, and most people drive from one errand to the next. By the time someone pulls into your parking lot, they've usually already compared you with two or three other options on Google.
That's why web design for Orem businesses has to do more than look nice. In a few seconds, your site needs to answer the questions a driver actually has. What do you do? Are you close? Are you open right now? How do I reach you? If any of those take more than a tap to find, you've lost the customer to the next result.
Built for a young, fast-moving customer base
Utah Valley University, the largest university in the state with more than 40,000 students, sits right in Orem. Add the families that earned Orem its "Family City USA" nickname, and you get a customer base that grew up searching on a phone. They book haircuts at 11 p.m., compare auto shops from the couch and read reviews before they call anyone.
A website that works for them has:
- Click-to-call and directions on every page
- Service pages that answer common questions before someone has to ask
- Photos of your actual shop, team and work instead of stock images
- Load times short enough that nobody gives up waiting
More competition every year
The City of Orem puts real effort into supporting local business, from ribbon cuttings to monthly Orem Business Alliance networking meetings, and the city points to being named one of the best places in the country for rapid small business growth. That's good news for the local economy. It also means more new competitors every year, often opening with a sharp website and a brand-new Google profile. Next to them, a site that hasn't changed in years starts to look like a business that isn't around anymore.
Our small business website redesign service is made for exactly that moment. We keep your domain and anything that's already working, then rebuild the rest around how your customers search today: mobile first, clearly organized by service, and written with Orem in the places Google looks for it.
One team for your whole online presence
When someone in Orem searches for a local service, the map results usually appear before any website. That's why we also offer Google Business Profile management and review generation. Each works on its own, and when you combine them with your website you get a bundle discount: 10% off for two services, 15% off for all three. One point of contact, one monthly report, and no juggling three different vendors.
