I’m Justin Harter, and I build and look after websites for nonprofits and businesses
Web design and development, custom web apps, research, and writing, from one person you’ll actually talk to. I work with a small number of organizations month to month, so your website keeps getting better instead of slowly falling apart.
Up by 5:30 AM, most days
I keep it to 20 clients or fewer. Right now that includes an engineering firm, Indiana University (where I teach two courses), child advocacy centers and their statewide chapter, an adult literacy nonprofit, a youth mentoring program, a national training firm, a Missouri historical society and museum, a physical therapy clinic in Michigan, and an indie game app developer. There’s a spot for you.
An ongoing partner for your website.
Most of my clients work with me on a monthly retainer. I keep your site fast, secure, accessible, and current. The same retainer covers search, graphic and print design, custom apps and getting them online, and a second opinion before you spend money on something new.
$500a month to start, shaped around what you need
- Designed the gala program, poster, and social graphics
- Built and launched the volunteer sign-up app
- Local SEO: new pages for two towns you serve
- Published a new social media and email campaign
- Security updates, backups, and a WCAG 2.2 AA check
- Planning call for next month, Thursday
Websites and web apps
Fast, accessible websites your team can keep current, and custom tools like portals, intake and matching apps, and training systems built around how you work.
Research and writing
Website copy, stories, and reports people want to read, plus genealogical research, surveys, and case studies to back up your name, family, brand, or business.
A retainer can also include
- Search and local SEOGreat localized material, like that customer you helped in town or the team you sponsored.
- Copywriting and emailWebsite copy that brings in leads, and email lists that keep people interested.
- AccessibilityRegular checks against WCAG 2.2 AA, fixed as part of the work.
One person, from the first call through every change after launch
I’ve been designing, building, and writing for the web for 25 years, for more than three dozen clients like you. You work with me directly, not an account manager.
My background is in narrative nonfiction and brand journalism, so the words get as much care as the code.
Because business should be an act of friendship. Made by a real person.
Nothing I do or touch is made by some faceless corporation. Thank you for supporting someone who cares about lovingly crafting and growing real things for real people.
Recent work
Websites I build and look after, and the writing and research behind them. Open a folder to see more.
Child advocacy
Websites for Indiana’s child advocacy centers and the statewide chapter that supports them.
8 sites
History and genealogy
A historical society’s website and stories, magazine features, a book, and family history research.
7 projects
Businesses and industry
Engineers, a materials-education company, a training firm, a producer, and a copywriter.
6 sites
Nonprofits
Adult literacy and youth mentoring.
2 sites
Research and writing
Long-form stories about materials, forests, and the history behind them.
6 stories
Just for fun
A book about websites and two local search experiments that worked.
3 projects
Let’s make your website better.
Tell me what you’re working on, and I’ll write back myself.