Website design for small businesses, built with intention

Custom Squarespace website design for small businesses everywhere — proudly based in Minneapolis, MN

Here's a small, honest moment a lot of business owners know: someone asks for your website, and there's a half-second pause before you send the link. Maybe a "fair warning, it's due for an update." Maybe you just don't send it at all and hope they find you some other way.

That pause is information. It means the site you have isn't the site your business has earned — and you know it, even if no one else has said it out loud.

You didn't get here because you don't care. You got here because rebuilding a website takes time and headspace you don't have to spare right now, on top of everything else you're already running.

So let's build a site you're proud to send, and one that actually brings in business.

What if your website was something you were proud to share?

Instead of secretly hoping nobody asks to see it?

WEB DESIGN SERVICES

Three website packages, built around what you and your customers need

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RIPPLE

Single Splash page

A single, focused page — built for a pre-launch coming-soon page, a single offer or event, or testing an idea before a bigger investment.

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RISE

Signature 6-Page Website

Where most clients land.

Six pages with strategy, copy, and design all from one UX expert. Built to earn trust, get found on Google, and turn visitors into customers.

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CURRENT

Custom Website Build

For businesses with more moving parts.

Multiple service lines, booking systems, custom code, or niche industry requirements.

Recent projects, built to convert

FEATURED WORK

CUSTOM WEBSITE BUILD

A Northeast Minneapolis gym, rebuilt to convert

Bodies by Burgoon had the results but not the site to match. A ground-up rebuild turned a flat web presence and complicated booking process into one built to turn visitors into members.

Result: Booking cut from 4 clicks and 2 platforms to a single click, with no sign-up required.


SPLASH PAGE & ONGOING PARTNERSHIP

A Landscape brand, built to outgrow its platform

A high-end landscape architecture firm needed a site that spoke to the clients it actually wanted. We started by defining Kevin's ideal client, then designed every section around what that person needs to see before reaching out. Launched on time, with an ongoing partnership that grew from there.

Result: a website link Kevin is now proud to share.

Client Kudos

  • "Annamarie was outstanding to work with. I highly recommend her. Very creative and solution oriented at the same time."

    —Sandy, 3LABS Realty

  • "Very happy...Everything looks great with the website! It has already had a positive impact with clients."

    -Kevin, NELO

  • "Annamarie turned my vision into a website that truly represents the ethos of my practice. Her intelligence, kindness, and skillset shine through in everything she does — it would be a mistake to pass on working with her."

    —Maria, Trendwell Therapy

Your website should work as hard as you do

ETHOS

Annamarie, founder of Ripple & Rise Studio, a small business website design studio based in Minneapolis.

Here's the truth: you shouldn't need to spend 10,000 hours on ChatGPT stumbling through a DIY build or have a big-agency budget to have a website you're proud of.

You've put everything into your business. Your website should show it.

Hi, I'm Annamarie. I'm a UX and content designer with 10+ years optimizing big brands like Target and Epicor. Now I bring that same research-driven approach to small businesses. Just one designer from first sketch to launch, so your vision doesn't get lost along the way.

Every page has one job. I design it to do exactly that (very well, might I add).

Let’s build something worth finding

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Let’s build something worth finding ~

Let's talk through where you are and where you want to be. Book your free discovery call today!