Your work speaks for itself. Except online.
More of the right people finding you, choosing you, and coming back. We build and run the systems that drive online growth.
These common issues might feel familiar.
Invisible
You're just not showing up. The content or service can be great, but it won't turn into anything if the public can't find you.
Mismatched
You're much better at what you do than your web presence suggests. A clunky site misrepresents you, telling people the wrong thing before you get a chance to prove otherwise.
Unclear
You get found, then lose them. In the seconds it takes to form an impression, they can't find what they're looking for and move on.
Stale
Are you still active? Abandoned? Who knows when the last update was a year ago and it won't show on mobile.
Different symptoms, same root cause: nobody ever diagnosed what was actually wrong. So that's where we start.
The System
Growth means the right people finding you when they need you, choosing you over the alternative, and coming back without being chased. More calls, more grants, more people through your door. That doesn't happen by accident. It's a system, and it's what we build and run.
EVALUATE
Site Diagnostic · Free
The free diagnostic looks at your visibility and credibility online, then pinpoints the three improvements that would make the biggest difference. Yours to keep.
Free site diagnosticEVALUATE
Site Diagnostic · Free
The free diagnostic looks at your visibility and credibility online, then pinpoints the three improvements that would make the biggest difference. Yours to keep.
Free site diagnosticBUILD
Scoped to the diagnosis
We prescribe the strategy and implement it, expanding your visibility, turning interest into action, and building the systems that keep both growing.
BUILD
Scoped to the diagnosis
We prescribe the strategy and implement it, expanding your visibility, turning interest into action, and building the systems that keep both growing.
COMPOUND
Monthly
Every month, we look at what's working and decide what's next. Most agencies stop at launch, but that's only our starting line.
COMPOUND
Monthly
Every month, we look at what's working and decide what's next. Most agencies stop at launch, but that's only our starting line.
Our goals
Sarah Ott
I've spent over a decade in media production and organizational leadership, working with clients like the Wakefield Mill, O'Brien House Hotel, 100 Mile Arts Network, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, William Amos MP, and Parks Canada, in addition to five years running the Arctic Youth Network. Across both, the pattern was the same: the mission-critical work is the fun part, but it's the website, the digital systems, behind-the-scenes processes that can make or break how that work actually happens. I learned to build and maintain those systems out of necessity, as a nonprofit Executive Director with no IT department and as a media producer watching business owners hit the same walls. Studio Signal exists to give you the systems and ongoing support to skip the hard part and get back to the work you care about.
Let's chatGet your free Site Diagnostic.
This is the first step in identifying what's gone wrong. We'll point out the three most important issues to address. Deal with them yourself or start a conversation about how we can help. Either your site is fine or you finally know why it's been costing you.
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Half an hour, no pitch deck. Tell us what isn't working and we'll tell you honestly whether further discussion is worth your time.
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Half an hour, no pitch deck. Tell us what isn't working and we'll tell you honestly whether further discussion is worth your time.
We'll get back to your as soon as we can.
Common Questions
A full-service digital agency built around diagnosis, quality service, and ongoing support. We discover what's actually costing you and build the pieces that fix it. It often starts with a website, but we don't disappear once it's delivered. Branding, SEO, automation, content updates, maintenance, and more compound over time to keep you visible and credible.
The free site diagnostic is a report we prepare based on your answers to a short questionnaire. It's meant as the first step in identifying what's gone wrong with your digital presence. It outlines our most pressing findings and presents a number of actionable steps you can take to start addressing them.
Projects are structured around a setup fee plus a monthly fee. Setup covers the build itself, while the monthly fee funds the stewardship that keeps a site sharp (hosting, backups, monitoring, security, and ongoing services like review requests or content edits). Exact numbers depend on scope and needs.
Initial commitment is 6 months. If you leave early, the remaining months are due. We don't do that to trap people. It's because the system is only worth what it does over time, and a month-to-month arrangement makes it too easy to bail before it's had a chance to show results.
Sometimes, sometimes not. Part of what our site diagnosis can tell you is whether your existing site is fixable or whether the underlying structure is the problem. A site that loads slowly and has no lead capture usually needs more than a coat of paint. One that's just poorly written might not need a rebuild at all.
Depends what's being built and what we're starting from. A straightforward site can come together in a few weeks. Anything with automation, a nonprofit's donor/volunteer split, or real content work takes longer. You'll get a full timeline once we've scoped it together.