Words first, then design
Every site starts as a written document that sets out what each page says, in what order and to whom. Design comes after. It is faster, and the result reads like the business.
About Grindstone
A web and marketing studioin Jacksonville.
We build websites, brands and marketing for small and medium-sized businesses in any industry. The people you meet on the first call are the people who do the work.
- Working with businesses since
- 2020
- Across 47 Google reviews
- 5.0
- Based in, working anywhere
- Florida
Who we work with.
Small and medium-sized businesses in any industry, across the US. Our clients so far include restaurants, a home builder, parts and building suppliers, a therapy practice, consultants and e-commerce stores. For each of them, the website is where new customers decide whether to get in touch. We judge our work by how many of them do.
Grindstone Design works from Jacksonville, Florida, with clients in Florida, Texas, Georgia and the British Virgin Islands. The team that scopes your project designs, builds and supports it. You won’t deal with account managers, and you won’t have to explain your business twice.
Who does the work.
James Price founded Grindstone Design in 2020 and leads its design work. James has 8 years of experience in web design and conversion optimization.
James is CXL Institute certified in conversion optimization, Google Ads certified and Meta Ads certified. Specialist production work is brought in from named collaborators, by discipline.
About James PriceHow the work gets done
One team, start to finish
Strategy, design, development and marketing sit under one roof. The team you meet on the first call stays with your project after launch.
You own all of it
Domain, hosting, Google Analytics, Search Console, Google Ads and Meta ad accounts, source files. Everything is opened in your name and stays yours. If we part ways, you keep all of it.
We say no early
If a project is not a fit, or the budget would buy something that will not help, we say so in the first conversation.
Under one roof
One team for brand, website and marketing.
Most small businesses get a logo from one place, a website from another and ads from a third, and none of them match. We do all three, so the ad, the landing page and the sign on the truck come from the same people and the same brief.
Client results
Results from our clients.
These are the only performance figures Grindstone Design publishes. Each one links to the case study behind it.
- Patriot Water SystemBulverde, TX. Website visitors up more than 500% after seven months of SEO.
- Aircraft Parts StoreUnited States. Weekday Google clicks up from 10 to 200 a day, and $30,000 in sales in September 2026.
- Artistic ConstructionNorth Georgia. Organic search traffic up 100% month over month and 100% year over year on monthly SEO.
Working with us
What you can hold us to.
“James picks up his phone, returns calls and is quick to reply to texts and emails.”
- Replies
- Within one business day, usually sooner
- Pricing
- Fixed and written down before work begins
- Reporting
- Monthly and quarterly, for every service
- Your contact
- The person doing the work, on every service
- Ownership
- Every account, file and login in your name
Tell us what isn’t working.
A website that doesn’t bring in calls, a logo that looks wrong on the truck, ads that spend without results. Start with a free audit of your website. We’ll tell you what we find.