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Website design that turns attention into action.

Custom website design in Tyler, TX, for businesses across East Texas. Fast, easy to update, and yours to keep.

A good fit if you can say yes to these:

  • Do you want a site that matches the quality of your work?
  • Would you like to own your site and update it yourself?
  • Do you want more of your visitors to pick up the phone?
Beyond Business website on laptop and phone

A website built to bring you work.

One team handles your whole website, start to finish.

Strategy and structure

We map every page around what your customers need to know and do. Visitors find their answer and their next step without hunting for it.

Copy that sells

We write the words for you, starting from a clear message about what you do and why it matters to your customer.

Design and build

A custom design that fits your brand, built mobile-first so it looks right and loads fast on phones and desktops.

Set up to be found

Page titles, descriptions, Google Analytics, and Search Console are in place before launch, so you can see who’s finding you and how.

Yours to keep

The design, the content, and the site itself belong to you. We build on WordPress, so you can change text and photos without waiting on us.

Care after launch

Our hosting plans keep your site backed up and up to date, with time each month for the changes you need.

What it looks like, and what it costs.

Book a free 30-minute consultation.

We’ll clarify what you need and identify the right path forward.

Receive a customized proposal.

Your proposal will outline a clear strategy and the support needed to execute it.

Execute the strategy with confidence.

We’ll help you implement the plan and measure your progress.

$6k to $12k

Most websites fall in this range. Every project is quoted after a free 30-minute consult, and the price is in your proposal before any work begins.

Every attempt to put marketing campaigns together had resulted in no leads and wasted money… Since partnering with [14Forty] and redesigning our website with their methodologies, our leads and subsequent sales have been parabolic.

Cody Smith, Arrowhead Technologies

Still not sure? Score your website.

Timeline and investment.

Goal: A clear, fast website that turns visitors into calls.

Messaging workshop
Write BrandScript
Wireframe content
Homepage copy and design
Subpage copy and design
Develop and launch
Week 1$3,750
Week 5$3,750
Week 8

Website scope

  • A custom seven-page site: Home, About, three service pages, Contact, and a landing page
  • Copy written from your BrandScript
  • Built mobile first, on WordPress with Elementor
  • Analytics and search setup before launch

Total investment$7,500

Payment schedule

Two payments of $3,750, at weeks 1 and 5.

Feedback windows are five business days each. Care plans start after launch.

14Forty MCSample proposal

Every website we build starts with your message.

A good-looking site still loses customers when it’s unclear what you do. So every project starts with a messaging workshop. We’re StoryBrand certified, and we use that framework to help you say what you do in words your customers understand right away.

Then we write your pages and design around them. You end up with a site that looks like your business and tells people why to choose you.

They led us through a messaging workshop and helped our company clarify our message… Just an incredible team of people who truly care about their clients.

Mark Zweigenthal, ClearPath

Recent website projects.

ArchitectureTyler, TX

A messaging workshop, a brand overhaul, a brand video, and a new website.

Real estateTyler, TX

Fresh messaging and branding, carried into a new website, signs, videos, and social media.

LawTyler, TX

A refined brand identity and a new website for a firm with more than a century of history.

HealthcareAustin, TX

A business name, brand guidelines, and a website for a brand-new consulting practice.

I still needed two things: help condensing my thoughts into a simple, clear message – and a website that tells that story. From start to finish, 14Forty had a strategy to make that happen… I can confidently share my website with prospective clients.

Kevin Johnson

Meet your team.

The people who build your website, from our office in downtown Tyler.

Kyle Carter, Owner & CEO

Kyle Carter

Owner & CEO

Mattie Thomas, Brand Strategy & Accounts Manager

Mattie Thomas

Brand Strategy & Accounts Manager

Parker Shinsky, Marketing Operations Manager

Parker Shinsky

Marketing Operations Manager

Amy Carter, Senior Editor

Amy Carter

Senior Editor

The carved 14Forty sign and neon in the studio lounge

A local team for your next website.

Your website is often the first conversation a customer has with your business. When it’s easy to use and easy to understand, people know what you do and how to reach you.

We’re a small web design team in downtown Tyler, and we build websites for businesses across East Texas, from architects and attorneys to real estate firms, healthcare practices, and nonprofits. You’ll work with the same people from the first workshop to launch day, and after.

If you’re not sure where to start, book a free 30-minute consult, and we’ll tell you what your site needs. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so and point you to who is.

Website questions.

It depends on how many pages you need and what the site has to do. After a free 30-minute consult, we send a proposal with the price before any work begins. Websites typically range from $6k to $12k.

Some websites launch in as little as 6-8 weeks, and large projects have custom timelines. The biggest factors are how quickly we can finish your messaging and gather your photos. We’ll talk through timing in your consult.

Yes. The design, the content, the images you provided, and the site itself are yours. If you ever leave, we’ll hand over everything.

Yes. We build on WordPress with Elementor, so you can change text and photos yourself. If you’d rather not, our hosting plans include time each month for us to make changes for you.

Yes. Copy is part of every website we build, and it starts with your messaging workshop.

Yes. We review your current site and recommend whether to refresh it or start over. Our free Website Scorecard is a good first step.

Yes. Our office is in downtown Tyler, and we work with businesses across East Texas and beyond.

Yes, on WP Engine. Essential is $150 a month, and Advanced is $300. The hosting FAQs cover everything that’s included.

Need more than a website?

Clarify what you say and how you say it, so the right people get it.

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A cohesive identity that looks the part everywhere you show up.

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Copy and design for your posts, pages, and print pieces.
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How healthy is your website?

Enter your URL and answer six questions. We’ll scan your site and send you a scored report on what’s working and what’s costing you leads.

No sales call required. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Your website works every hour you don’t.

Let’s build one that brings you work.

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