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Small business deserves a real website.

Most local businesses are stuck overpaying for slow, dated WordPress sites from agencies that should've moved on a decade ago — or fighting a Wix template that looks the part but doesn't bring in work. There's a better way.

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The problem

Most small businesses get one of two bad options.

Option 1

The "local agency"

Often a newspaper or directory company that sells websites on the side. You pay every month for a 2007-style WordPress build that's slow, bloated, and looks like every other site they've ever shipped.

— Templated, dated visuals
— 6+ second load times
— Endless monthly fees
— You don't own the site
Option 2

The DIY drag-and-drop

You spent a weekend in Wix or Squarespace. It mostly works. But it looks generic, the copy is whatever you had time to write at 11pm, and it doesn't actually convert the visitors you're getting.

— Looks like a template (because it is)
— No strategy behind the pages
— Hours of your time, every week
— Visitors leave without contacting you
The third option

Work with Lobby

An independent studio that builds you a real, modern site — fast, custom, and designed around the way your customers actually find and hire you. No templates. No bloat. No lock-in.

+ Custom design, built for you
+ Fast, modern, mobile-first
+ One studio, one point of contact
+ You own everything
Our approach

A short, honest process.

You'll work with one person, the founder, from kickoff to launch. No handoffs. No project managers between you and the work. No surprises in week three about timeline or scope.
01 / 04
Listen
We learn your business — who buys, what they ask, what closes the deal.
02 / 04
Plan
A short doc: structure, message, the one job each page must do.
03 / 04
Build
Designed and built in the open. You watch it grow, no big reveal.
04 / 04
Launch
We migrate, set up analytics, hand over the keys. You own everything.
Services

Three ways we work together.

Every project is quoted to fit. Tell us what you have and what you need — we'll come back with a clear price and timeline.

Most requested

New website

A modern, custom-designed site built around the way your customers actually find and hire you. Strategy, copy, design, and build — all under one roof.

+ Strategy + copy + design + build
+ Booking & lead capture wired up
+ Fast, mobile-first, accessible
+ Analytics that show what's working

Site rescue

Stuck on a slow, dated WordPress site you didn't choose? We'll get you off it cleanly — keep what works, rebuild what doesn't, no downtime.

+ Audit of your current site
+ Clean migration, no broken links
+ Modern stack, no monthly lock-in
+ SEO preserved through the move

Care & growth

We host it, watch it, and keep improving it month over month. One studio on call instead of three vendors who blame each other.

+ Hosting, uptime, backups
+ Monthly content & page edits
+ Quarterly conversion review
+ Direct line to the founder
Stephen Flannery, founder of Lobby Studio
Why Lobby exists

Hi, I'm Stephen.

I started Lobby because I kept seeing the same thing around the St. Louis Metro East / Riverbend area (Edwardsville, Alton, Wood River, Granite City). Small businesses paying way too much for crappy, outdated WordPress sites that were slow, bloated, and clearly built off a 2010 template.

The only "alternative" was a self-made Wix site that looked exactly like every other self-made Wix site. Two bad options for people who deserve better.

Lobby is the third option: a small, independent studio that gives local businesses a quality, modern website — without locking them into some newspaper company's awful 2007-looking platform.

Independent
not an agency arm
One team
start to finish
Modern stack
no WordPress bloat
FAQ

What people ask first.

Every project is quoted. We'd rather give you a real, accurate number than a misleading 'starting from' price. Tell us what you have and what you need — most quotes come back within 48 hours, and there's no charge for the call.

Let's build you a real website.

Tell us a little about your business and what you need. We'll come back with a clear quote and a realistic timeline within 48 hours.