Born and raised in Billings, John saw too many great local businesses hidden behind tired websites. Boulder River Media is his answer: thoughtful design, hometown grit, and a brighter picture of what a small brand can be.
A rain-soaked pixel-art city at night. A Rock the World sign lights the building beside the Boulder River Media studio.
Independent website studio Billings, Montana
We build spectacular websites.
Our Builds
A pixel-art street at night with the businesses we build for: the Billings Covered Park N Ride garage with airport shuttles coming and going, the Vote Maxwell campaign blimp lit by spotlights from the ground, and a Baer Contracting crew working on a roof beside their white truck.
Billings Covered Park N Ride website (opens in a new tab)
Maxwell for House website (opens in a new tab)
Baer Contracting, website coming soon
Your website
is your
front door.
Give people a reason to come in. Then make them glad they did.
Great design catches the eye. A clear story, easy navigation, and a fast, accessible experience turn that first look into a real connection.
Let’s make a good impression.
Decorative pixel-art scene: a corner cafe at night lit in warm copper light, with customers coming and going through its door, a reader on the bench outside, cars waiting at the traffic signal and light rain falling.
The craft
Big ideas.
No mystery.
From the first conversation to the final click.
Here’s how a good idea becomes a great website.
- 01
Strategy
First, we listen. Who are you, who needs you, and what should your website do?
- 02
Structure
Put everything in its right place. Make the next step feel natural.
- 03
Design
Find your look. Make it unmistakably yours.
- 04
Build
Bring it to life with clean code, quick loading, and care for every screen.
- 05
Launch
Test the details. Turn the key. Give your new website a proper send-off.
Someone’s
keeping
watch.
Ghost AI is our security tool. It works around the clock, tracking threats to our builds and the code they rely on.
Rogue AIs are a new reality online, probing for weak spots faster than any person can. Staying vigilant is part of the job now. Guardian Plan clients have Ghost on patrol.
Decorative pixel-art scene: a tall gated Watchtower with spotlights sweeping its yard, where a dark grey caped figure named Ghost glides between rooftops, next to City Hall with an American flag waving out front and a limo with a police escort coming and going.
The Guardian Plan
Your digital storefront,
looked after.
A website is never finished. Ghost AI watches for threats, and we keep an eye on everything else, so your site stays fast, secure and easy to find while you run the business.
Security
Threats tracked around the clock.
Benchmarks
Speed and uptime measured and kept at their best.
Search
SEO health checked and tuned over time.
Upkeep
Updates, backups and fixes by the people who built it.
The standard
All the right stuff.
None of the excess.
Looks get you noticed.
The details make you worth remembering.
Fast.
Less waiting. More getting somewhere.
Accessible.
A warm welcome means everyone.
Responsive.
Big screen. Small screen. Same great impression.
Distinctive.
Your organization. Your story.
Boulder River Media
Make an
entrance.
You’ve got something good going.
Let’s give it the website it deserves.
Meet the founders
Friends since way back.
We’re lifelong friends who started Boulder River Media to give small brands the kind of website that makes people stop and look.
A Montanan long settled in Denver, Mike brings nearly a decade in high-level tech and close ties to small businesses. Now he’s joining forces with a lifelong friend to turn that experience into websites that do those brands justice.