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Barnabas · For supply houses, bookkeepers & trade advisors · Mpls – St. Paul – Hudson

Your customers ask. Now you have an answer.

Contractors trust your counter, your books, your advice. When they gripe about their website — and they do — you can send them somewhere that won't make you regret saying a name.

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Contractor websites · Flat $600 build · Care plans from $300/mo

Who this page is for

You hear more honest business talk in a day than most marketers hear in a year.

This page is for the roofing, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical supply houses where contractors think out loud while the order gets pulled. For the bookkeepers and accountants who see exactly what a slow season does to a trades business. For the coaches who get asked about everything, including things nobody hired them for — like websites.

When that question lands on you, the honest answer has usually been "I don't know, Google it." This page exists so the answer can be a name instead: Barnabas, a two-person Twin Cities shop that builds websites for contractors — from the counter in St. Paul to the branch in Hudson — and nothing else.

Heard at the counter

Four gripes you've fielded this month.

Heard before · 01

"Business is slow — the phone's not ringing."

You hear it in February and you hear it in July. Nine times out of ten, their company is invisible where homeowners actually look: the Google Map Pack and the first page of search. No pages for the services they sell or the suburbs they drive to, a Google Business Profile nobody has touched since setup.

That's the exact problem our local SEO plans work on — Google Business Profile management, review strategy, and service-plus-city pages, with a monthly report that shows what happened.

Worth asking them: "When's the last time you Googled your own company?"

Heard before · 02

"I'm still getting all my work from word of mouth."

Great — until the two builders feeding them work retire, or the neighborhood turns over, or a competitor starts showing up first. Word of mouth is the best lead source in the trades; it's just not a plan.

A site that ranks is word of mouth that compounds: the recommendation is still there at midnight when a stranger with a burst pipe is searching, not just when a friend happens to be in the room.

Heard before · 03

"Some agency charges me $500 a month and I don't know what for."

The invoice arrives, the site doesn't change, the report — if there is one — reads like it was written to not be read. They can't tell if they're paying for work or for a subscription to a logo.

Our care plans come with a monthly report in plain English: calls, rankings, what got done, what's next. And the rate card is public on the pricing page — priced like an honest bid, because that's the crowd we work for.

Worth asking them: "What did you get for it last month?" If the answer takes more than a minute, send them here.

Heard before · 04

"My nephew made my website in 2019."

No shame in it — it counted then. But phones, search, and their competitors have all moved since, and a site that can't be found or tapped on a phone is quietly costing them the jobs that used to come easy.

A rebuild is not a big production here: flat $600, typically two to four weeks from kickoff, built for the trades from the first line. Old pages get redirected as part of the build so what they had doesn't just vanish from Google.

The math for you

A contractor whose phone rings buys more shingles.

There's no finder's fee here, because the return for you is plainer than that: a plumber who grows needs more bookkeeping, not less. A busy roofer runs more material across your counter. A coaching client who wins keeps paying for coaching. And the person who pointed them at the fix — that was you.

What your contractor gets

The offer, counter-sized.

This is the part to pull up on your phone while the order prints. One flat price to build, one monthly rate to keep it running, and the full breakdown public on the pricing page.

  • Strategy call, copywriting, design, and launch included
  • Service and city pages scoped to where they actually work
  • Click-to-call on every screen
  • Monthly plain-English report on the care plan
ProjectA contractor website
ScheduleTypically 2–4 weeks from kickoff
Build$600
Care planfrom $300/mo
Also availableLocal SEO & Google Business Profile plans
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How it goes

Say the name, and we take it from there.

Step 01

Say the name

Tell them "call Barnabas," or send us their name and number — either direction works.

Step 02

Free 20-minute consult

We look at what they have, tell them what a build covers, and give them a straight number. No pressure either way.

Step 03

The build

Typically two to four weeks from kickoff to a live site taking calls, with tracking wired in from day one.

Step 04

You get the credit

When the site goes live, everyone remembers whose idea it was. That's the whole arrangement.

Where the lines are

We do websites. We don't sell materials, keep books, or coach — your lane is yours. If your customers ask us about supplies, accounting, or business advice, we know whose name to say.

Live builds

Click through the work itself.

Three Barnabas builds, live right now. Open one on your phone — load speed is the first thing a homeowner notices, so it's the first thing worth checking.

Build 01 · Electrical

Your Electrician

A licensed electrician serving homes and businesses across the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro — wiring, lighting, EV chargers.

yourelectrician.co ↗
Build 02 · Exterior cleaning

S&S Exterior Services

Gutter cleaning, window washing, and pressure washing in Wausau, Wisconsin — a seasonal business with a site that sells the season.

exteriorservices715.com ↗
Build 03 · Design-build

North Haven Design Build

A Twin Cities custom home builder and luxury remodeler serving Edina, Minnetonka, and the southwest metro.

northhavendb.com ↗

Straight answers

Asked across the counter.

Do I get anything for referring contractors?

There's no fee or cut — nothing to enroll in. What you get is a customer whose business is healthier and a name you can hand out that doesn't come back on you. And when our clients ask who to see about supplies, books, or coaching, we pass names along the same way.

What if their current website is a mess?

That's the usual starting point. We generally build fresh rather than patch what's there, and redirects from the old pages are part of the build. The free consult is where we look at what exists and say which parts are worth keeping.

Do you work with Wisconsin businesses?

Yes — we work both sides of the river. Hudson, River Falls, and the St. Croix Valley are home turf, alongside Minneapolis and St. Paul.

What does it cost them?

A flat $600 build and a care plan from $300 a month, with local SEO and Google Business Profile plans above that. The full sheet is on the pricing page — same terms for everyone.

Where to look next

What you'd actually be recommending

The service, the terms, and the trade pages — so you know what's behind the name before you say it.

The other desk

For creative & marketing pros

Behind a camera or an ad account instead of a counter? The creative version of this page.

Read the creative page
The service

Contractor website design

What a build includes, how the process works, and what happens after launch.

See the website service
The trade

HVAC website design

Seasonal demand, emergency calls, and the pages that catch both.

See the HVAC page
The city

Website design in Hudson, WI

How we build for contractors on the Wisconsin side of the river.

Open the Hudson page

Next time it comes up

Somebody at your counter needs this.

Send us their name, or just tell them to call. Twenty minutes, a straight answer, and you're the one who knew somebody.

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