Case Study

Tee's Flooring
Redesign.

Years of five-star reviews. A site that didn't show any of them. We rebuilt it from the ground up — and put his reputation front and center.

Websites That Work Brand foundation Get Found on Google We stay with you That Call You Missed
Tees Flooring redesign
Tony TiptonClient
Tees FlooringBusiness
Columbus, OhioLocation
Since 2005In Business
5★ a wall of five-star reviews — none
of them visible above the fold.

The Challenge

A reputation that outran
the website.

Tony's biggest asset was invisible.

Years of five-star Google reviews and zero of them on the website. Competitors displayed reviews prominently. Every visitor left without seeing what set Tony apart — the one thing that made him impossible to choose against.

Reviews are now front and center on the homepage, every service page, and contact — impossible to miss before a visitor calls.

A 20-year reputation Google couldn't read.

Tony had the reviews, the track record, and the service area — but the site had no schema, a blog untouched since mid-2024, and no location structure. Domain Authority of 20 while competitors sat at 35–50. Not because the business was weaker, but because the site wasn't letting search engines give Tony credit for what he'd already earned.

Built on Tony's existing foundation — schema markup, 13 location pages with unique content, GBP optimization, and a content strategy engineered to rank in both traditional search and AI-powered results.

The first impression said nothing about Tony.

20+ years in business since 2005, a BBB A+ rating, factory-direct pricing — none of it visible above the fold. A generic GoDaddy template that could have belonged to any flooring company in any city.

Inspector Reno as the brand mascot. Tony's story, credentials, and pricing advantage live on the hero — the first thing every visitor sees.

No proof of the work, no reason to stay.

No project gallery. 20 years of real Columbus installs lived only in Tony's camera roll. Visitors had nothing to browse, nothing to imagine themselves in — nothing to close the gap between interest and a call.

Before-and-after gallery organized by flooring type and room. Homeowners browse real installs before they ever pick up the phone.

High-intent leads were bouncing on the form.

Quote request buried three clicks deep with 12 fields. People ready to hire were dropping off before they ever submitted. The funnel was leaking at the bottom — the hardest place to lose a customer.

A 3-field form above the fold on every page. No friction, no drop-off — a lead is captured before the visitor has to think about it.

Before

A GoDaddy template that buried Tony's five-star reviews and sent high-intent leads to competitors.

Old Tees Flooring homepage Homepage
After

A site built around Tony's real differentiators — Inspector Reno front and center, quote requests one click away.

New Tees Flooring homepage Homepage
New Tees Flooring services Services
New Tees Flooring reviews Reviews

The Scope

Everything we shipped.

01

Logo & Brand Identity

Inspector Reno — Tony's German Shepherd — as the brand mascot. Logo, wordmark, brand guidelines, and a personality system woven into every touchpoint.

Brand
02

Full Site Redesign

Every page built from zero. Homepage, services, gallery, showroom, areas served, reviews, contact — structured around how Columbus homeowners actually search and decide.

Web Design
03

Before & After Gallery

A full project gallery organized by flooring type. Homeowners see real installs in real Columbus homes before they ever pick up the phone.

Web Design
04

Local SEO Architecture

13 location-targeted service pages built to rank for high-intent Columbus flooring searches — and surfaced by AI search tools.

Local SEO
05

Google Business Profile

Full Google Business Profile rebuild — photos, services, Q&A, review response strategy, and a posting cadence that drives Tony into the Columbus map pack.

Local SEO
06

Quote Request Flow

Simplified to three fields, above the fold on every relevant page — the lowest-friction path from visitor to quote request.

CRM
07

"Inspector Reno" Video Series

Short-form video content starring Reno inspecting flooring installs. Built trust, drove shares, and gave Tony a social presence that matched his reputation.

Content
08

"Ask Tony" Blog Series

Long-form SEO content answering the questions Columbus homeowners actually type — positioning Tony as the local flooring expert and driving organic traffic to every service page.

Content

The Build

Built to sell
before the call.

The gallery and Tony's five-star reviews now do the selling before he picks up the phone — every lead arrives already familiar with Tees' work, pricing model, and reputation.

Custom Hand-coded rebuild, no template
Gallery Before/after work, front and center
5★ Reviews now above the fold

What the work is built to do.

What the rebuilt site is built to do in a market with steady flooring demand.

Before — The GoDaddy Template

4,000+ Columbus flooring searches every month. No quote form. Reviews buried. Tony's 20 years of reputation invisible to anyone who didn't already know him.

$0
trackable revenue from organic leads
After Aspire — The Rebuild

Before/after galleries, five-star reviews above the fold, local SEO in the foundation, and a 3-field quote form that converts before Tony picks up the phone.

Tracked
every lead measured — not guessed at
Before/after galleries, five-star reviews above the fold, and a 3-field quote form. The GoDaddy template had none of them.
Custom
hand-coded rebuild, no template
3-field
quote form on every page
5★
reviews now front and center

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