Web Design + SEO
Design and SEO built together from day one for Minneapolis businesses. No bolt-on optimization after launch, structure, speed, and content strategy are part of the build.
Web Design & SEO - Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Web Design That Ranks - Not Just Looks Good in a Pitch Deck.
FlintHorn builds websites for Minneapolis businesses where design and SEO are part of the same brief. Faster than local agencies, more technically capable than national ones. Senior-level work, no handoffs.
100
Lighthouse Score on Every Build
0
SEO Ranking Drops on Our Migrations
1 Hour
From St. Croix Falls to Minneapolis
5
Service Areas Across WI & MN
Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Minneapolis & St. Paul
Minneapolis Web Design
Minneapolis businesses deserve a website that actually works.
Minneapolis is home to six Fortune 500 headquarters, a deep bench of mid-market companies, and one of the most competitive digital markets in the Midwest. Target, UnitedHealth, US Bancorp, and dozens of growth-stage companies are all fighting for the same search real estate, and the bar for web performance keeps rising.
If you're a Minneapolis business competing for attention online, your website needs to do more than look polished, it needs to perform. That means fast load times, clean code, proper schema markup, and content that's built around how people actually search for your services in the Twin Cities.
FlintHorn is based in St. Croix Falls, one hour from downtown Minneapolis. We work with Minneapolis businesses that want design and SEO handled as one engagement, not three separate contracts. We build on a modern, performance-first stack and every site ships with a 100 Lighthouse score and architecture built to rank.
Whether you're in the North Loop, Uptown, the Mill District, or anywhere in the Twin Cities metro, we build sites that rank locally and load fast for every visitor.
Local Organizations & Partners
- Minneapolis Regional Chamber — Supporting Minneapolis's business community
- Greater MSP — Regional economic development for the Twin Cities
Every service your Minneapolis website needs.
Available as a full engagement or standalone - whatever fits your situation.
Website Migration
Moving Minneapolis businesses from WordPress, Wix, or Squarespace without losing rankings. We handle redirects, content mapping, and post-launch monitoring.
Website Redesign
A full rebuild of your Minneapolis site with modern architecture, faster performance, and SEO baked into every template.
Technical SEO
Site speed, crawlability, indexation, Core Web Vitals, structured data, the infrastructure Minneapolis businesses need to rank.
LLM & AI SEO
Optimizing your Minneapolis site for AI-powered search. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google SGE. Structured data and content strategies for the next generation of search.
CMS Support
Ongoing support for your Minneapolis content management system, updates, troubleshooting, training, and optimization.
What makes FlintHorn different for Minneapolis businesses.
The technical gap most Minneapolis agencies can't close.
Minneapolis has no shortage of web design agencies, but most of them are still shipping bloated WordPress builds that score 40 on Lighthouse and take five seconds to load. Your competitors are using the same playbook. We build on Astro, Sanity, and Vercel, a stack that produces 100-score sites loading in under a second. That's not a marginal improvement. It's a different category.
An hour away - not a time zone away.
We're based in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, one hour from downtown Minneapolis. Close enough for in-person meetings when they matter, without the overhead of a Hennepin Avenue office. You get senior-level work at a better rate, with the kind of responsiveness that remote-only coastal agencies can't match.
Built for the next generation of search.
Google is changing. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews are reshaping how people find businesses. Most agencies haven't adapted. We structure every site for both traditional SEO and LLM-powered search, so your Minneapolis business shows up wherever your customers are looking.
Web Design Services Across the Twin Cities Metro
We work with businesses in Minneapolis and throughout the Twin Cities, in person or fully remote.
Primary Service Area Minneapolis Minnesota
Also Serving
The work we bring to Minneapolis businesses
We're a Wisconsin-based team. Here's the kind of work we deliver — for clients here and beyond.
ADA Remediation + Technical SEO
ADA remediation for a state court system
Brought a government court platform into full WCAG 2.1 AA compliance — a 9.8/10 WAVE score, zero accessibility errors, and zero downtime during remediation.
9.8/10 WAVE Score
0 WAVE Errors
0 Downtime
Client name available on request
CMS Migration + Rebuild
A platform migration with zero ranking drops
Replatformed a corporate housing company without losing a single search ranking — and shipped the new build at a 100 Lighthouse score.
0 Ranking Drops
100 Lighthouse Score
React Router v7 Modern Stack
Client name available on request
Multi-tenant MLS Dashboard
A multi-tenant dashboard for a regional B2B platform
Built a multi-tenant MLS dashboard with optimized LCP for a data-heavy real-estate tool.
LCP Optimized
Multi-tenant Architecture
R2 Edge Image Storage
Client name available on request
Serving Minneapolis and the Twin Cities Metro
FlintHorn
St. Croix Falls, WI (remote-first, serving Minneapolis and the Twin Cities)
Minneapolis web design questions, answered.
How much does web design cost in Minneapolis?
Most Minneapolis web design projects with FlintHorn range from $5,000 to $25,000 depending on scope, number of pages, and whether SEO and content strategy are included. We provide a detailed proposal after an initial consultation, no ballpark guesses or surprise invoices.
How long does it take to build a website for a Minneapolis business?
Typical timelines are 4 to 8 weeks for a standard business website. Larger projects with custom functionality, content migration, or extensive SEO work may take 8 to 12 weeks. We'll give you a realistic timeline before starting, and we stick to it.
What is LLM SEO and why does it matter for Minneapolis businesses?
LLM SEO is the practice of optimizing your website to appear in AI-powered search results. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews. As more people use AI tools to find businesses, your site needs structured data and content patterns that these systems can parse. We build this into every site by default. Learn more about our LLM SEO services.
Do you work with Minneapolis businesses in person?
Yes. We're based in St. Croix Falls, about an hour from downtown Minneapolis. We work with Twin Cities businesses both in person and remotely. Most of our clients prefer a mix, an initial meeting in person, then remote collaboration for the build. We're flexible either way.
Can you migrate my existing Minneapolis website without losing rankings?
Absolutely. We handle full migrations, including content mapping, redirect strategy, and post-launch monitoring. Whether you're on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, or a custom platform, we'll move you to a faster, better-ranking site without losing what you've already built. See our website migration process.
