About Matthew McWilliam

I'm Matthew McWilliam. I run a web design and digital marketing business, and I've been building websites for most of my life.

The first one was as a teenager in Ohio: a music site called Xtreme Music Lists, with a banner-ad network I ran on the side to pay for the hosting. I didn't know it at the time, but that was the whole job, in miniature. Make something people want, find them, and figure out how it pays for itself.

I started MJM Design in Cleveland in November 2005 and moved it to Columbus in 2009. Most of the work is WordPress sites for small businesses, medical groups, universities and non-profits. The part I like is that they all want the same thing: a site that works, that they can afford, and someone who answers the phone.

What I actually care about is the person on the other end of it. That you understand what I am doing and why. That it keeps working after I am gone. That when you call, you get me, and if something is not worth your money, I will say so.

Somewhere along the way I started building things for myself. A job board for Columbus that a person still reviews by hand. A rent-collection platform. Seven apps on the App Store, the first in 2016 and three more this summer. A WordPress plugin. They're all on the shipped page with the dates, because dates are the honest kind of proof.

When I'm not working I'm usually on a trail with a camera, and those photos have their own site.

If you've searched my name and landed here, thanks for taking the time to look around. Say Hello and I'll reply myself, usually within a business day.

-Matt