Blade Runner Landscaping
Brighton, Livingston County. Landscaping.
Our work: Google Ads.
134 tracked conversions from Google Ads
Web design, SEO and Google Ads in Brighton, MIBrighton web design and SEO for service businesses that work across three townships.
Brighton web design and SEO works best when it reaches past the city line. The city of Brighton had 7,933 residents in 2024, while Brighton Township had 19,519 and neighboring Genoa Township 20,636, and your customers live in all three.
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Our work in and around Brighton
Browse all client resultsNelligan's Lawn & Landscape
Howell, Livingston County. Lawn and landscape.
Our work: website.
Figures come from each client's published record, which states its reporting period and how results were measured. Past results belong to that client and are not a forecast.
Marketing a business in Brighton
Brighton is one of only two incorporated cities in Livingston County, and it was formed from land in Brighton, Green Oak and Genoa townships. Most of the county lives in townships. Hamburg Township had 20,953 residents in 2024, Genoa 20,636, Green Oak 19,904 and Brighton Township 19,519, each more than the city itself. A Brighton business whose site names only the city leaves most of that market unaddressed.
Livingston County is a construction market. It had 4,495 business establishments in 2023, and 696 of them were in construction, including 468 specialty trade contractors and 162 residential builders. The county's median household income was $103,737 in 2023, the highest of Michigan's 83 counties, and its population grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2024. Homeowners here invest in their homes and yards, and they have plenty of contractors to choose from, which makes reviews, real project photos and a clear service list decisive.
Our clearest example is in town. Blade Runner Landscaping in Brighton has a published record of 134 tracked conversions from its Google Ads with us, and in Howell, the county seat, we built the website for Nelligan's Lawn & Landscape. Landscaping shows how seasonal this market is, so a good site and ad plan here changes with the calendar: spring cleanups and installs, summer maintenance, fall cleanups, and snow work where you offer it.
The site has to be quick on a phone, because that is where a homeowner standing in the yard will look you up. Drag-and-drop builders were designed for the convenience of the person building the site, and the six Michigan page-builder sites we tested in October 2026 still weighed 3.6 to 5.6 MB a page. We hand code instead, so each page carries only what it needs, and you own the site and the domain outright.
What we do for Brighton businesses
Websites, SEO and Google Ads, planned together so each one feeds the others.
Google Ads management
Target Brighton plus the townships you serve, run seasonal services as separate campaigns with their own budgets, and track calls to booked jobs, not clicks.
Google Ads management in Livingston CountyWeb design
A hand-coded site with seasonal service pages, real project photos from Livingston County and a tap-to-call button on every screen.
Web design in Livingston CountySEO
Pages for Brighton, Genoa, Green Oak, Hamburg and Hartland where you work, plus a Business Profile and reviews that reflect each season's services.
SEO in Livingston CountyPage-builder templates versus a hand-coded site for Brighton
Many local websites are built with drag-and-drop page builders. They are quick to set up, but they ship far more code than a page needs, and phones feel it first.
| Measure | Page-builder template | Hand coded by Modern Apex |
|---|---|---|
| Google phone speed score | 48 to 62Six Michigan business websites built with a popular drag-and-drop page builder, tested October 30, 2026. | 91 to 97One Stop Customs in Warren, hand coded by Modern Apex, in two tests on November 2, 2026. |
| Page size on a phone | 3.6 to 5.6 MBBuilder frameworks, widgets and plugins load on every page. | 0.6 MBOnly the code each page needs. |
| What you own | Your content, plus a theme, a builder and plugins that need licenses and updates. | The site files and the domain, outright. No builder subscription and no lock-in. |
| Editing | A drag-and-drop editor you can change yourself. | Changes go through us, or a simple editing setup we agree on before launch. |
Brighton and Livingston County by the numbers
The local market your marketing has to work in, from U.S. Census Bureau data. The city of Brighton had 7,933 residents in 2024; Brighton Township had 19,519 and neighboring Genoa Township 20,636.
- Residents, 2024
- 196,976
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- Median household income, 2023
- $103,737
- Business establishments, 2023
- 4,495
Largest communities, 2024 residents
- Hamburg Township20,953
- Genoa Township20,636
- Green Oak Township19,904
- Brighton Township19,519
- Hartland Township16,003
- Oceola Township14,796
Local service businesses by type, 2023
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates 2023, and County Business Patterns 2023 (establishments with paid employees). Categories overlap with the business total and some small counts are withheld by the Census Bureau.
Serving Brighton and nearby
Where we can help, and where to go next.
Nearby communities
- Howell
- Hartland
- South Lyon
- Fenton
More in Livingston County
Across Michigan
What working with us looks like
Clear terms before any work starts. Google Ads management has a six-month initial commitment, then runs month to month with 30 days written notice.
- A free 30-minute call with NickTalk through your business with the founder, not a salesperson.
- An itemized quote within 24 hoursYou see the scope and the price before you commit to anything.
- No setup fee for Google AdsA flat monthly management fee, never a percentage of ad spend.
- You own your accountsYour website, your domain and your Google Ads account stay in your name.
Talk through your Brighton business with Nick.
Bring your website and the services you want to grow. You will leave with three clear priorities.
Should a Brighton contractor build pages for each township?
Yes, wherever you do steady work. Each of those townships is a bigger market than the city of Brighton, which had 7,933 residents in 2024, so a page built on your local projects and reviews there has real demand behind it.
How should a seasonal business plan its website?
Keep one page per service live all year, and change what the home page and ads feature as the season turns. A spring cleanup page published in winter has time to be found before the rush starts.
Do you run Google Ads for landscapers?
Yes. We have managed Google Ads for Blade Runner Landscaping, here in Brighton. You pay a flat monthly fee for management, there is no setup fee, and the ad account belongs to you.
What is wrong with a template website?
Nothing, if speed and ownership do not matter to you. For most service businesses they do. Template and builder sites load extra code on every page and tie your design to the builder, and a hand-coded site avoids both.
Do we have to sign a long contract?
For Google Ads management, the first 6 months are a commitment. After that it is month to month, ended with 30 days written notice. Website projects are quoted separately after a free strategy call, and the finished site is yours.
No strings attached. Choose a time, bring your questions and leave with a clearer next move.