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Website Design & Development
The mothership.
Fast, conversion-built sites engineered to load instantly and turn visitors into contact. Custom design, clean code, no bloated page-builders.
Creative signal intelligence
Make your brand impossible to ignore.
Websites, SEO, ads, and custom software for brands ready to make contact.
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- Web · SEO/AEO · Ads · CRM
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- Open for missions
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- Remote-first, US-wide
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Most agencies make noise. We engineer signal: design, search, ads, and the software behind them, tuned so the right people find you and take action.
Capabilities
Four ways to make contact
Hire us for one or run the whole operation. Each service is built to feed the next: a site that converts, search that finds you, ads that scale it, and internal tools that handle what happens after the lead lands.
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SEO & AEO
Get found by people and machines.
Classic search optimization plus Answer Engine Optimization, so you show up in Google and inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and the rest.
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Digital Advertising
Targeted signals, real returns.
Paid campaigns across search and social that are built, measured, and tuned to acquire customers, not just impressions.
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CRM & Quoting Systems
Run the whole operation from one console.
Custom internal platforms that replace the CRM subscription, the proposal tool, and the spreadsheet nobody trusts. Pipeline, quoting, proposals, e-signature, and reporting that ties your ad spend to the deals it actually closed.
The launch sequence
A clear path from recon to orbit
No mystery, no bloated retainers. Every engagement runs the same disciplined sequence, so you always know exactly where the mission stands.
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Recon
We map your market, audience, and competitors, and find the signal everyone else is missing.
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Strategy
A clear plan tied to real outcomes: what we build, what we say, and how we measure contact.
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Build
Design and development in tight loops. You see the work early and often. No black boxes.
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Launch
We ship it clean and fast: site live, tracking wired, campaigns armed and ready.
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Orbit
We monitor, optimize, and iterate. Momentum compounds once you're in orbit.
Inside a mission
What we'd actually do
We're a young studio, so here's substance over swagger: the concrete work behind an engagement, and exactly what you walk away owning. Real case studies are being declassified as missions land.
A site engineered to convert
For brands with no website, or one that quietly loses them money.
- Brand and visual system that actually fits you
- Custom design, built fast and mobile-first
- SEO structure and schema wired in from line one
- Analytics and conversion tracking from day one
- A simple way for you to make edits
You keep A fast website you own outright, ready to rank and built to convert.
Visibility on Google and in AI
For businesses the right people can't find yet.
- Keyword and buyer-intent research
- Technical SEO: speed, crawl, indexing
- Content structured to answer real questions
- Schema markup and local SEO setup
- AEO tuning so AI answers cite you
You keep Growing organic reach across search and answer engines, tracked honestly.
Ads aimed at intent, not noise
For when you need the right customers now.
- Google and Meta campaigns, built and managed
- Audience targeting and retargeting
- Landing pages designed to convert
- Conversion tracking wired end to end
- Plain-English reporting, every month
You keep Measured campaigns and a clear cost per real result, refined weekly.
The system behind the sale
For teams running sales on spreadsheets and software they've outgrown.
- Sales pipeline built on your real stages
- Quote builder that prices your products and options
- Hosted proposals you can actually track
- E-signature and a sealed audit trail
- Reporting your team will trust
You keep An internal platform you own outright, with no per-seat bill and no vendor lock-in.
Every engagement runs the same launch sequence: transparent, measured, and yours. You own the site, the accounts, and the data. No black boxes, no hostage retainers.
Why Tin Hat Creative
A little out there. Seriously effective.
The name's a wink. The work isn't. We pair big, slightly weird creative ideas with disciplined, measurable execution, so being memorable actually pays off.
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One team, the whole signal
Site, search, ads, and the internal tools behind them, under one roof. No handoffs lost in translation, no four vendors blaming each other.
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Built for outcomes
We measure contact: leads, sales, rankings. Not vanity metrics. If it doesn't move the mission, we don't ship it.
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Ready for the AI era
AEO is baked in. We get you cited inside AI answers, not just buried on page two of old-school search.
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Distinct on purpose
Design with a point of view. We make brands people remember, in markets full of forgettable ones.
Frequently intercepted
Answers, declassified
The questions we hear most, answered straight, for you and for the AI engines now reading on your behalf.
What does Tin Hat Creative actually do?
Tin Hat Creative is a creative marketing agency. We design and build websites, run SEO and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), manage digital advertising on Google and social, and build custom internal software like CRM, quoting and proposal systems. Most clients hire us for two or more of these together.
What is AEO, and why does it matter?
AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimization. It's the practice of structuring your content so AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI overviews quote your business directly. As more people ask AI instead of scrolling search results, AEO makes sure you're the answer they get.
How much does a website cost?
Most of our website projects fall between a focused marketing site and a fully custom build with advanced functionality. Pricing depends on scope, page count, and integrations. Reach out with your goals and we'll send a clear, fixed proposal, no surprise meters running.
Can you build a custom CRM or quoting system?
Yes. We build internal platforms that replace a stack of subscriptions: a sales pipeline on your real stages, a quote builder that prices your actual products and options, hosted proposals you can track after you send them, and e-signature to close. We also bring the reporting into the same app, so Google Analytics, Google Ads and Meta Ads sit beside the pipeline and you can finally see what a won deal cost to buy. We built one for a steel bridge manufacturer that retired their Monday.com and ClientPoint accounts and now runs their sales operation end to end. There is a working demo on this site you can click through.
Can I see which ads and channels actually produce customers?
That is the point of putting the reporting in the same app as the pipeline. Google Analytics can tell you a lead arrived from a Google Ads click, and your ad account can tell you what that click cost, but neither one ever learns whether the lead signed a contract. A system that holds the traffic, the spend and the deals together can divide one by the other, so you get cost per won deal and not just cost per click. The demo on this site shows exactly that.
How long does a custom CRM take to build?
We build in phases, and every phase ends with something your team can actually log into rather than a prototype. A first usable slice, normally leads, customers and a pipeline, lands well before the full system does, so people are working in it while the rest gets built. We scope the phases and the order with you before any code is written.
Do you work with businesses outside your area?
Yes. Tin Hat Creative is remote-first and works with clients across the United States. Everything from kickoff to launch happens over calls, shared docs, and live previews, so location is never a blocker.
How long does a typical project take?
A focused website launches in about four to six weeks. SEO and advertising are ongoing engagements where results compound month over month. We'll give you a realistic timeline before anything starts.
Can you take over an existing website or campaign?
Absolutely. We regularly audit and improve existing sites, ad accounts, and SEO setups. We'll tell you honestly what's worth keeping and what's holding you back before recommending a rebuild.
Open a channel
Ready to make contact?
Tell us what you're building and where you want it to go. We'll reply within one business day with a clear, no-pressure next step.
- No retainers required to start
- Fixed, transparent proposals
- Reply within one business day
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