Custom web design · Lake County, Illinois… visits
Halo Web Agency builds fast, conversion-focused websites for businesses across Libertyville, Mundelein, Wauconda, Gurnee, and the Chicago north suburbs — with local SEO built in from day one.
“I’m like wowed about how much you put into it. I’m thinking to myself like damn this guy is a fucking genius.”
Every site below was scoped, built, and shipped from Volo. Drag to scroll through the roster.
Full Next.js rebuild with a custom admin so the client manages SEO copy, blog posts, and Google Reviews on their own.
Terminal-aesthetic publication for offensive security practitioners. Built for serious readers.
Dark green and gold homepage rebuild with full JSON-LD schemas, sitemap, and GA4 SPA tracking.
Realtor site with mortgage calculators and D3 + TopoJSON coverage maps for Western KY.
Enrollment-focused site for Waukegan barber school. Cohort messaging and clear application flow.
Editorial-aesthetic site for a Grayslake studio under the Barber Elevate brand.
The site you're on right now — Lake County positioning, scope-call funnel, admin-managed showcase.
Process
Four steps, fixed scope, no surprises. Most projects ship in 3–6 weeks from the first call.
30-minute call. I audit your current site, check how local competitors rank, and tell you within two business days if this is a fit.
Written proposal with real pages, real timeline, real number. No “starting at” pricing. No scope creep — if requirements change, we re-scope first.
Next.js and Vercel from my office in Volo. Staging link from day one, weekly Loom walkthroughs, so you’re never wondering what’s happening.
Uptime tracking, monthly performance reports, content updates, security patches. Real human on the other end. No long-term contracts.
Send a few details and I’ll tell you within two business days — free, no pitch. Or just drop your URL for a free teardown and judge for yourself first.
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What we won’t compromise on
Halo is small on purpose. These are the commitments that keep it that way — and keep your project from turning into someone else’s roadmap.
You work directly with the person doing the work. No accounts team, no handoffs, no PM bloat. The hands writing the code are the hands answering the email.
Design and code from the same head. Decisions don’t get lost in translation between two contractors, and the final site reflects one coherent point of view.
You own everything. No proprietary CMS, no vendor lock-in, no hostage situations at renewal. Cancel any time and the keys are still yours.
Lake County address, Lake County clients, Lake County support. Not a remote agency renting a stock photo and writing copy about a place they’ve never been.
About
Founder, designer, builder, and the guy answering your email. Halo is a one-person operation by design — and this is how it stays small enough to actually care.
I started Halo to keep design and implementation under one roof — no scope drips clean, launches stay on track, and you always know who is on the other end of email. Day-to-day I lead the architecture, write the design, and write the production code. The build pipeline (Next.js, Supabase, Vercel) is the same one I’d use for myself.
Before Halo I spent 9 years across IT, support, and infrastructure — which means I’ve fixed enough broken things to recognize the broken ones early. The agencies most Lake County businesses end up working with are usually one of two flavors: too big to care about a 5-page site, or too small to deliver one that lasts. Halo is built for the businesses that fall in between.
Outside Halo I live in Volo with my kids, run a security commentary publication called Redteam Relay, and spend more time than I should at the local hobby store.
If you email Halo, I’m the one who reads it. If you hire Halo, I’m the one who builds it.
Pricing
Every project gets a fixed-price quote within two business days of the scope call. These ranges help Lake County small businesses self-filter before we talk — no "starting at" games, no surprise invoices.
Single-page or small landing site. Best for service businesses needing a clean digital storefront.
Multi-page marketing site with CMS-backed content. Best for small businesses with services, locations, or evolving content.
Custom Next.js + Supabase build with admin panel, APIs, or multi-tenant architecture. For businesses needing real software, not a brochure.
A free 30-minute scope call clears it up. I’ll tell you within two business days if this is a fit — even if it isn’t. Or skip the call and just get a free teardown of your current site first — same 2-day turnaround, no pitch.
Halo is registered in Volo, IL and onsite-capable across the Chicago north suburbs. Outside that radius, the workflow is fully remote — same delivery, same care, same human on email.
In-person kickoffs, regional check-ins, hardware help, and the occasional coffee meeting. Same workflow as remote — plus the option to actually meet.
Full async workflow — staging links, weekly Loom walkthroughs, Slack or email. Patrick Manning Realty (Western KY) was built this way and it worked. The work doesn’t change with your zip code.
Halo Web Agency is a registered Lake County business, a Wauconda Area Chamber member, and listed in the directories you’d expect a real local business to be in.
Free scope call for businesses in Libertyville, Mundelein, Wauconda, Gurnee, and the Chicago north suburbs. I’ll audit your current site, look at how local competitors rank, and send a fixed-scope proposal within two business days.
No pressure. If you are not a fit, we will tell you fast.
Short writeups on what actually works for Lake County small business websites. No 4,000-word listicles, no AI fluff — just what I’ve learned shipping the last 8 sites.
Three things that consistently lift local rankings — and three industry-standard tactics that are mostly noise. From 8 production sites.
PerformanceCore Web Vitals are no longer the dominant ranking signal, but slow sites still bleed conversions. Here’s what to fix first and what to ignore.
SEO · LocalA no-bullshit, 12-step GBP audit you can finish in an afternoon. Cuts the listicle padding most agencies pad these guides with.
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