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One Bay Area shop for the whole picture — your website and app, the local search rankings that bring customers in, the photography that makes you look the part, and the brand to tie it together. Pick the piece you need, or hand me the whole thing.

What we do

Five crafts, one roof.

Most projects start with one of these and grow from there. Everything is designed, built, shot, and supported in-house — no handoffs, no offshore teams.

01

Web Design & Development

Strategic, on-brand design built into modern, fast websites on Next.js and Vercel. Real interactivity, real performance, real Lighthouse scores — and a site you can update yourself.

Best fit for

Moving companiesProperty servicesNonprofitsSolo operators
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What’s included

  • Discovery, sitemap, and content architecture
  • Full visual design system — mobile and desktop
  • Next.js 16 + TypeScript + Tailwind build
  • Vercel deployment and CI/CD
  • Form handling and analytics wiring
  • Performance budget and Core Web Vitals review
02

App Development

Booking, quoting, and customer-portal apps that connect to your website and work right in your customer's hand. Built on the same stack I run my own studio software on.

Best fit for

Service businessesNonprofitsSolo operators

What’s included

  • Booking, quoting, and intake flows
  • Customer and client portals
  • Connects to your existing website
  • Secure, hosted, and maintained
  • Built and supported in-house
03

Local SEO & AI Search

Technical and on-page SEO focused on local search visibility — and the AI answers (ChatGPT, AI Overviews) more buyers now start with. Pulls in the work I already do for SVM, JTD, and the Bay Area service businesses in the portfolio.

Best fit for

Moving companiesProperty servicesNonprofitsSolo operators
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What’s included

  • Keyword research and site audit
  • On-page optimization (titles, schema, internal links)
  • Local citations and Google Business Profile
  • Sitemap, robots, and indexing checks
  • Monthly tracking and recommendations
04

Photography & Aerial

Headshots, product, storefront, real estate, events, and drone coverage — shot and edited in-house, ready to drop straight into your website and listings.

Best fit for

Real estateEventsBrand & marketing
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What’s included

  • Headshots, team, and brand portraits
  • Product, storefront, and real estate
  • Event and on-location coverage
  • Licensed drone & aerial stills and cinematography
  • Edited in Lightroom and Photoshop, web-ready exports
05

Brand & Graphic Design

Logos, brand kits, flyers, and social graphics that make your business look established and worth choosing — a consistent visual language across everything you put out.

Best fit for

New businessesRebrandsNonprofits

What’s included

  • Logo and brand identity
  • Brand kit and style guide
  • Flyers and print collateral
  • Social graphics and templates
  • Consistent visual language across channels

How it works

Simple, start to finish.

01

Free consultation

Tell me about your business and goals. No pressure, no jargon — just a real conversation.

02

Plan & clear quote

A scope and a fair, fixed quote up front. You'll know exactly what you're getting and what it costs.

03

Build & shoot

I design, build, and photograph it myself — one partner, start to finish, no handoffs.

04

Launch & grow

Go live, then keep climbing — SEO, content, reviews, and care plans that compound over time.

FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

Do you really do both websites and photography?

Yes — that's the whole point of JC Media. Joey Childs builds the website, the app, and the local SEO, and shoots the photography and aerial work himself. One studio, one point of contact, so the photos are made for the site they'll live on instead of bolted together from separate vendors.

What areas do you serve?

JC Media is based in San Jose, CA and serves the entire San Francisco Bay Area — San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Francisco, and the East Bay. Web, app, and SEO work is also available remotely for businesses outside the Bay Area.

How much does a project cost?

Every project gets a fixed, written quote up front after a free consultation, so you know exactly what you're getting and what it costs before anything starts. Pricing depends on scope — a focused site, a multi-page build with local SEO, or a full web-plus-photography package — and most projects begin with one piece and grow from there.

How long does a project take?

Timelines depend on scope, but a focused marketing site typically takes a few weeks from kickoff to launch, with photography scheduled inside that window. You'll get a clear timeline with your quote, and Joey usually replies to new inquiries within a day.

Can you help my business get found by AI search and ChatGPT?

Yes. Alongside traditional local SEO for Google and the map pack, JC Media optimizes sites to be cited by AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity — clean structured data, an llms.txt summary, and answer-ready content so AI tools can find and recommend your business.

Ready to start?

Tell me what you need.

A few sentences about your business is enough to start. I’ll reply with questions, a rough scope, and a timeline — usually within a day. Free consultation, no pressure.

Start a projectjoey@joeychildsmedia.com