Built for Durham.
Custom websites and local SEO for Durham and Triangle-area trade businesses. We work with the contractors, roofers, plumbers, electricians, and landscapers serving one of the fastest-growing metros in the country — and the local SEO competition that comes with it.
A market that's exploding.
Durham is one of the fastest-growing cities in North Carolina. New residential, commercial, and tech-sector construction has been climbing every year, and trade demand follows it. The opportunity is real — but so is the competition. Every Triangle agency is chasing the same generic keywords with the same generic Webflow templates.
We don't compete on the head terms. We win on niche, high-intent queries — "Durham contractor website," "Chapel Hill roofing SEO," "Research Triangle commercial GC." That's where the qualified leads are, and that's what we rank you for.
Monthly Google Analytics and SEO reports kept on file. Data drives decisions. We reverse-engineer what's converting and what's ranking, then keep making your site the best one in your category.
Triangle coverage.
Durham trade businesses often serve customers across Durham County, Orange County, and into Wake County. We build sites that rank across your full Triangle service area.
Common questions.
How long does it take to rank in Durham on Google?
Niche queries ("Durham contractor website," "Chapel Hill roofing SEO") are reachable in 6–9 months. Head terms ("Durham website design") take 12–18 months because the market is competitive. We focus on niche-first because that's where the actual qualified leads come from.
Are you actually based in Durham or remote?
Bravado HQ is based in Raleigh, NC — about 25 minutes from Durham. We can take in-person meetings across the Triangle. Most client work is done remotely, but if Durham coffee meetings are your style, we can do that.
Why hire you over a bigger Triangle agency?
Most Triangle agencies are generalists working with restaurants, dentists, e-comm, and contractors all at once. We work exclusively with trade businesses. That focus matters — the playbook for ranking a contractor on Google is different from ranking a coffee shop, and we run that playbook every day.
What's the first step?
Free audit. Send us your current site and we'll measure it with Lighthouse 12, check your Google Business Profile, schema, citations, and conversion path. Plain-English findings. No pitch attached.
Free Durham site audit.
Send us your site. We'll tell you exactly what's costing you leads — performance, SEO, conversion, all of it. No pitch attached.