A custom small business website
Up to five pages, designed, developed, and hosted for a year by Main Street Marketing to give your business a professional online presence that helps turn visitors into customers.
A free virtual event for small business owners, hosted in Maine and open to everyone
More customers. More profit. Less chaos.
Running a small business is hard enough. Growing one shouldn’t have to be.
Join five practical sessions led by business experts who will show you how to attract more customers, improve your marketing, increase profitability, and save hours every week. No fluff. No complicated strategies. Just practical ideas you can put to work in your business.
Free giveaway
Win a complete website makeover for your Maine small business.
What would it mean for your business to have a beautiful, professional website that clearly communicates what you do and makes it easy for customers to choose you?
We’re giving one Maine small business exactly that.
Register free + enter to winOne eligible business owner will win:
A brand voice session
With Julia Michelle Agency, to help your business communicate its value and stand out from the competition.
- Up to 5 pages
- Custom design
- Brand voice session
- Mobile-friendly
- Clear calls to action
- Basic search optimization
- 1 year of hosting
Total prize value$5,000
Compliments of Main Street Marketing and Julia Michelle Agency.
No purchase necessary. Open to eligible Maine small business owners. Eligible registrants get one entry, plus a bonus entry for each new person who registers with their share link, up to five. See the official giveaway rules for eligibility, entry details, and prize terms.
Sound familiar?
You started a business. Somehow, you ended up doing everything.
- The owner
- The marketer
- The salesperson
- Customer service
- The accidental web designer
You’re the owner, the marketer, the salesperson, the customer service department, and sometimes the accidental web designer.
You know there are things you could be doing to grow your business.
- Showing up more consistently in your marketing.
- Improving your website.
- Charging more.
- Building better systems.
- Figuring out how AI might actually help.
But between serving customers, managing employees, and keeping everything running, when are you supposed to find the time?
That’s why we created the Maine Street Summit.
One free online event designed to help small business owners figure out what’s actually worth their attention and what to do about it.
Because building a better business shouldn’t require becoming an expert at everything.
What you’ll get
Five sessions. One goal. A better business.
We’ve brought together experts in marketing, messaging, business systems, finance, and AI to share practical strategies you can start using immediately.
Turn more visitors into customers
Turn Your Website Into Your Best Salesperson
Discover what makes a website actually generate business and how to fix the things that are costing you sales.
Darrell VesterfeltFounder, Main Street Marketing · 15 years building websites
Stand out from your competition
Messaging Maps: Give Customers a Clear Reason to Choose You (or Not)
A hands-on, no-slides workshop on what to say and how to say it, so the right customers can confidently choose you.
Julia MichelleMessaging strategist, Julia Michelle Agency
Improve your cash flow
5 Tips for Improving Cash Flow
Five practical tips for improving your cash flow, so your business has the money it needs when it needs it.
Patrick DichterOwner, Appletree Business Services
Get more customers
Build a Lead Generation System That Works Even When You’re Busy
Turn scattered marketing into a simple system that captures leads and follows up automatically, without adding more work to your plate.
Erinn SwiftLead generation systems
Put AI to work
3 Ways to Use AI to Save 10 Hours Every Week
Three practical ways to put AI to work on repetitive tasks, so you can win back up to 10 hours every week.
Doc WilliamsAI & Automation Strategist
The sessions
Real strategies. Real businesses. Real results.
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Turn visitors into customers
Turn Your Website Into Your Best Salesperson
Your website should be doing more than telling people your hours and where you’re located.
Discover five things every small business website needs to turn visitors into customers, along with a simple audit you can use to identify what’s holding yours back.
What you’ll learn
- Why attractive websites don’t always generate business
- The biggest mistakes that cause visitors to leave
- How to make it easier for customers to take the next step
- What a modern, high-converting small business website actually needs
- A simple five-minute website audit
Presented byDarrell VesterfeltMain Street Marketing
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Stand out
Messaging Maps: Give Customers a Clear Reason to Choose You (or Not)
Talking about your own business is hard. Messaging is how you write and talk about what you do so the right people can confidently choose you, and the wrong ones can choose someone else.
Messaging strategist Julia Michelle leads a conversation, not a slideshow. You’ll map out what you want to say and how you want to say it, see how three very different brand voices handle the same message, and watch live reviews of real small business messaging.
What you’ll learn
- Why the point of messaging is to give people a clear reason to choose you (or not)
- The two parts of messaging: what you say (your content) and how you say it (your voice)
- How to measure your brand voice using words, cadence, and style, not just gut feel
- How to choose your content and voice on purpose instead of running on “shoulds”
- How knowing your voice lets you hand off writing without losing what makes your business sound like you
Bring a pen and paper. You’ll be writing as you go.
Presented byJulia MichelleMessaging strategist, Julia Michelle Agency
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Improve your cash flow
5 Tips for Improving Cash Flow
Profit on paper doesn’t pay the bills. Cash in the bank does.
Patrick Dichter shares five practical tips for improving your cash flow, so your business has the money it needs when it needs it.
Presented byPatrick DichterOwner, Appletree Business Services
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Build better systems
Build a Lead Generation System That Works Even When You’re Busy
Getting new customers shouldn’t depend on you remembering to follow up, sending another email, or manually keeping track of every potential lead.
In this practical session, you’ll learn how to build a simple, repeatable system for capturing leads, organizing potential customers, and following up automatically. You’ll discover how to turn scattered marketing efforts into a consistent process that helps your business grow without adding more work to your plate.
What you’ll learn
- How to turn your lead generation efforts into a repeatable system
- How to capture and organize potential customers so opportunities don’t fall through the cracks
- How to use simple automations to follow up with leads and save time
- How to identify the best place to start building systems in your own business
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how to build a lead generation process that supports your business today and can grow with you.
Presented byErinn SwiftLead generation systems
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Put AI to work
3 Ways to Use AI to Save 10 Hours Every Week
AI isn’t just for technology companies. It can help you write better emails, respond to customers, create marketing materials, and simplify everyday tasks.
AI & automation strategist Doc Williams walks through three practical ways to use it in your business, so you can save 10 hours every week.
What you’ll learn
- How to use AI for everyday marketing tasks
- How to speed up customer communication
- How to create repeatable processes with AI
- How to use AI without becoming a technology expert
Presented byDoc WilliamsAI & Automation Strategist
Who should attend?
Built for small business owners. Wherever you’re building.
Whether you’ve been in business for 20 years or you’re just getting started, the Maine Street Summit is designed for people who want to build stronger, more profitable businesses.
We’re celebrating the small business community in Maine, but you don’t have to live or work here to attend. This free virtual event is open to business owners everywhere.
Anyone can attend for free. The website makeover giveaway is reserved for eligible Maine small business owners.
You don’t need a big team, a massive marketing budget, or an MBA.
You just need a business you believe in and a willingness to make it better.
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We believe every small business deserves a great website without the complexity or enormous price tag of a traditional agency.
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Helping businesses find the words that make customers pay attention.
Julia Michelle Agency helps business owners clarify their messaging, communicate what makes them different, and build brands that connect with the right customers.
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Your business can get better.
You don’t have to figure everything out yourself.
- Five practical sessions
- Experienced business experts
- Strategies you can start using immediately
All completely free.
Plus, eligible Maine small business owners have the chance to win a complete website and messaging makeover.