Colophon New Media

The Company

The Keynote Curators provide high-level coordination for events by finding and managing world-class speakers. They serve as a bridge between event planners and some of the most influential personalities and storytellers globally. Their work is built on professionalism, industry expertise, and a deep understanding of how the right speaker can transform an event.

 The Challenge

After several years with their previous design, the website needed a refresh to better reflect the agency’s modern and professional status. The goal was to update the frontend look without disrupting their existing operations or workflows. We had to ensure the transition to the new design was seamless while maintaining the functionality required to manage their impressive roster of speakers.

 The Process

Our team followed our signature 3-phase website development process to ensure quality and performance. First, we optimized the new design and each web element. We then programmed the theme on a cloned version of the site so we didn’t miss a beat during development. This allowed us to test and refine the sleek new look without affecting the live user experience. We also took the opportunity to update the performance of the website – a lot can change in web best practices in only a handful of years!

 The Solution

The result is a modern, sleek, and professional website that perfectly showcases the caliber of talent TKC coordinates. The improved navigation makes it easy for event planners to browse speakers and explore the amazing stories they tell. This project serves as a reminder that a dedicated website development partner is essential for agencies looking to stay ahead in competitive industries.

Colophon is proud to support our agency partners across all sectors, providing the technical expertise and ongoing support needed to maintain world-class websites and digital presences.

The Company

Catalyst By Beemok is Beemok Capital’s newly established venture to invest in the amazing founders and businesses throughout Charleston.

 The Challenge

The goal was to set up a sleek website with cutting-edge design, crisp animation, and an overall tech-forward vibe.

With a hand from truematter, Colophon produced just that.

It was also crucial that the site laid all the information that Beemok needed to spread the word about this tremendous opportunity for South Carolina businesses.

 The Process

The emphasis throughout the project was on making this an easy-to-navigate, mobile-friendly website with a sharp look.

One key to this was smoothly integrating multiple dynamic forms, which give the site a seamless UX that facilitates the application process. Thanks to an automated MailChimp workflow, we were able to make the submission forms feel like a natural part of this site.

The Solution

Did we mention that we love how this site turned out?

As always, checking it out for yourself is the best way to appreciate a great web design project. We love the simplicity of the homepage and how easy it is to not only find all the information you need, but also take action via the smoothly integrated dynamic forms.

Working on high-impact projects like this is always a pleasure and a point of pride for Colophon, and we can’t overstate what a great opportunity this is for startups in the Charleston area.

The November 8, 2025 event was incredible, showcasing the amazing finalists and the inaugural Catalyst cohort was selected “Shark Tank” style in front of a live audience at the Terminal Building at Union Pier. While the 2025 cohort has passed, get ready for next year’s (and hopefully, many year after that!).

The Company

J. Haskins Law is a virtual law firm focused on defamation and reputation-related legal matters. With clients spanning multiple states, the firm relies heavily on its digital presence to communicate expertise, trust, and authority to prospective clients searching for reputable attorneys online.

 The Challenge

The primary challenge was improving the visual design of the website without sacrificing SEO performance. For a virtual firm, search visibility is essential to generating new leads, and the existing site needed a more modern design alongside a stronger technical SEO foundation.

The project required careful balance: Elevating the design while preserving and improving the site’s ability to perform in competitive search results for different practice areas.

 The Process

We designed a clean, professional aesthetic aligned with the firm’s credibility and color palette. In this design, we also prioritize the user experience and SEO by streamlining the sitemap to support both users and search engines.

After that, we built individual pages intentionally optimized for relevant legal search terms, focusing on proper structure and backend SEO metadata. And above all is performance – without a top performing server and full security, all the design and on-page work is worthless. Our team developed a lightweight, custom WordPress theme to reduce ongoing maintenance and maximize performance, all on Colophon’s low-tenant, lighting-fast servers.

 The Solution

The result is a modern, search-optimized website that clearly communicates J. Haskins Law’s expertise and supports ongoing lead generation. The streamlined structure, improved design, and SEO-focused page architecture position the firm to continue growing its online presence, and thus, it’s bottom line.

This project is a strong example of how Colophon blends design, technical SEO, and custom WordPress development to support law firms and virtual professional services firms.

Structures | Alair is one of Charleston’s premier custom home builders, building exceptional residential properties in the Lowcountry for decades. A longtime Colophon New Media partner, their team brought us a unique challenge: preserve the excellent custom WordPress design and theme while refreshing the website with a rebuilt sitemap, new key pages, and modernized content. The Structures team partnered with the talented team at at Hey Milk Truck for content strategy and support.

The Company

Structures | Alair is synonymous with luxury residential construction in Charleston, blending timeless design with modern living. Their portfolio showcases some of the area’s most impressive custom homes and have a reputation built on a foundation of elite craftsmanship and customer care.

The Challenge

Rather than a full redesign, the goal was to refresh without losing what already worked. The website needed sharper storytelling, updated photography, an SEO-focused sitemap (including new Locations pages), and refreshed core page designs — all while keeping the look and feel intact for their brand.

The Process

Colophon approached the initiative with targeted upgrades that respected the original design:

• Sitemap rebuild — We restructured navigation and content hierarchy to support stronger visibility and SEO / AEO using a new main menu and subpages, and brand new pages featuring Structures | Alair’s key Locations spotlighting the neighborhoods they specialize in.

• New page designs — We crafted fresh layouts and components for key sections, aligning with Colophon’s Website Design & Development services.

• Content integration — In collaboration with Hey Milk Truck, we tactically preserved select legacy content and swapped in new copy and photography to tell the right stories.

• Modernized global elements — We refined common templates and UI components to deliver a more contemporary feel without altering the core theme.

• Delivery discipline — We followed Colophon’s three‑phase development methodology and ensured performance, accessibility, and mobile readiness.

The Solution

The result is a gorgeous, refreshed digital experience that preserves Structures | Alair’s elegant design while modernizing the content and sitemap. Sharp new designs, updated imagery, and thoughtful navigation bring the portfolio to life and guide prospective clients through a clear journey from inspiration to inquiry.

Explore more Colophon work for builders:
• Scenic Custom Homes
• Sifly Homes
• H2 Builders

Related reading:
• 3 Keys to a Great Custom Homebuilder Website
• Our Recent Work

Seth Dechtman, Founder and CEO of The Keynote Curators, recently launched his new venture: KeynoteSpeakerLab.com. This incubator program gives keynote speakers direct access to Seth’s expertise, coaching, and expansive industry network to help them accelerate their careers and unlock exclusive speaking opportunities.

The Company

The Keynote Speaker Lab is a speaker-focused incubator designed to develop, refine, and elevate keynote speakers at all stages of their careers. Backed by Seth Dechtman’s decades of experience and deep industry relationships, the Lab offers structured coaching, strategy, and lead-generation support to help speakers scale their reach quickly and sustainably.

The Challenge

The initiative needed a highly focused and fully dynamic landing page—fast. The goal was to create a co-branded digital presence housed on a new domain (KeynoteSpeakerLab.com) with copy, visuals, and modules that could evolve over time. As the offering grows, the landing page must be dynamic enough to grow with it.

The Process

Colophon New Media designed and developed a streamlined, conversion-ready landing page. We focused on:

– Designing a clean, modern layout with room for future expansion based on the customer’s vision & requirements.
– Building fully editable modules for photos, bios, testimonials, and program details.
– Structuring the page for search performance and long-term marketing use.
– Telling a great story and providing clear pathways for prospects to contact Seth and apply to the Lab.

The Solution

The final product is a crisp, fast, and flexible landing page that positions The Keynote Speaker Lab as a premium offering from a trusted industry leader. As the program continues to build momentum, the page is ready to expand with more content, more success stories, and more opportunities.

Explore more Colophon work:
Peters Paint
Catalyst By Beemok
H2 Builders

The Robert Burns Society of Charleston is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating Scottish heritage and honoring the life and work of poet Robert Burns. The society brings together members of all ages through traditional music, cultural events, and shared meals rooted in Scottish history and community.

This project gave Colophon the opportunity to support a mission-driven organization while creating a website that is welcoming, informative, and easy to manage for a volunteer-led team.

The Company

The society serves as a cultural home for those who share an interest in Scottish history, poetry, music, and tradition. Members gather to play bagpipes in traditional dress, host dinners inspired by Scottish cuisine, and celebrate Burns’ literary legacy. The organization is built on connection, education, and cultural preservation.

The Challenge

Like many nonprofits, the Robert Burns Society operates with limited resources and a small team of volunteers wearing many hats. The website needed to be simple to manage and clearly communicate the society’s mission and events. The website also had to serve both long-time members and potential newcomers while being cost-effective. As with all Colophon websites, quality can never be sacrificed.

The Process

Colophon focused on clarity, usability, and sustainability. The website was structured so that updates to events, announcements, and content could be handled quickly without technical overhead or ongoing development costs.

Rather than over-engineering the experience, we created a calm, accessible platform that supports the society’s rhythm of gatherings, performances, and community events.

This project also connects naturally to Colophon’s ongoing work with nonprofit organizations, including our educational content on nonprofit SEO and digital strategy.

The Solution

The final website is a warm, informative home for the Robert Burns Society of Charleston—one that reflects the organization’s heritage while supporting its future growth. It gives the society a professional presence while staying true to the spirit of community that defines its mission. The website also embeds their donation and ticketing platforms to be as simple as possible for their members.

Colophon is proud to support nonprofits across the Lowcountry, providing cost-effective development and dependable ongoing support that allows teams to focus on the work that matters most.

Explore more Colophon nonprofit work:
– Garden Club of America
– Excellence in Teaching Awards
– Edisto Island Youth Recreation
– Portfolio

BEHKO Group came to Colophon New Media as part of its rebranding efforts. With a new leadership team in place, the organization was ready to open a new chapter following its acquisition. BEHKO — a styled portmanteau of the new partners’ names — honors the craftsmanship and legacy of the company’s prior brand while leading the organization into a new and exciting future.

Colophon was proud to support the rebrand as BEHKO’s website partner, creating a new website aligned with the refreshed logo, color palette, and branding guidelines.

The Company
BEHKO Group provides design-build, engineering, and construction management services throughout the Southeast. With a longstanding reputation for quality and craftsmanship, the company’s rebrand reflects a renewed vision of innovation, collaboration, and forward-thinking growth.

The Challenge
The BEHKO rebrand launch had a tight timeline, requiring the new website to go live in sync with the public unveiling of the brand. This engagement demanded an accelerated schedule without sacrificing design quality or technical precision. The goal was to reskin the existing WordPress framework while adding fresh content to tell the BEHKO story.

The Process
– Quickly audited and mapped legacy content for re-use and SEO value Search Engine Optimization.
– Applied BEHKO’s new visual identity — including the updated logo, typography, and color system — to a modernized layout.
– Integrated new content that tells the story of BEHKO’s leadership transition while preserving the heritage of decades of craftsmanship.
– Delivered and deployed the new website on time, ensuring a flawless launch aligned with the company’s rebrand announcement.

The Solution
The result is a sleek, visually cohesive website that celebrates BEHKO’s new brand identity while honoring its legacy. Customers and partners can now clearly understand the company’s vision for the future.

The Charlestonian is a luxury vacation rental property located on Cannon Street in Charleston, SC. Their team manages listings through Guesty, and the primary goal of this website was to support and grow their direct booking business to reduce reliance on third-party platforms while maintaining a seamless & attractive guest experience. This project required a high level of technical coordination to pair beautiful design with a fully integrated booking experience.

The Company
The Charlestonian offers high-end vacation rentals designed for guests seeking a premium Charleston experience. With a strong focus on location, quality, and hospitality, the property attracts travelers looking for alternatives to traditional hotels and short-term rental platforms.

The Challenge
The core challenge of this project was the Guesty API integration. Guesty utilizes two separate APIs for property data and the booking engine, making full integration complex and highly technical.

The website needed to:
Display live property information, photos, and availability
Support on-site bookings with integrated payments
Deliver a clean, intuitive user experience for prospective guests

All of this had to be accomplished while ensuring reliability and performance.

The Process
The Colophon team worked to integrate both Guestys property and booking APIs into a unified system using a plugin. We also built in Guesty Pay as the payment processor so the Charlestonian teams operations were seamless.

We built a streamlined booking flow that allows guests to easily find and reserve the right property while ensuring the system remains straightforward to manage long-term with minimal manual upkeep required.

The Solution
The final result is a gorgeous, high-performing website built specifically to generate direct bookings. Guests can explore the property, view availability, and complete reservations entirely on the Charlestonian website off platform and on brand.

Johnston Contracting engaged Colophon for a website upgrade. An existing customer for several years, the Johnston team wanted a fresh, more luxurious feel to their website to accompany their impeccable portfolio of high-end Charleston new builds & renovations.

The Company
Founded by Citadel graduate, Alex Johnston, Johnston Contracting is a leading provider of construction-focused, design, renovation, and building services in the Charleston, SC area for residential and commercial customers.

The Challenge
The Johnston Contracting team wanted a new website design, and the problem was in fact an ideal problem to have if youre a marketing agency: a plethora of exceptional, high-quality content to incorporate into the site. The entire gallery showcasing the companys luxury projects had to be gathered, organized, sorted & built into the site for the individual projects themselves, and for the category of project.

The Process
The Colophon team met with Johnston Contracting to understand the site vision and how to harness the legacy content to preserve the history of the company in the new design.

In Phase I, the team iterated the design & site layout with the customer.

In Phase II, the Colophon programmers brought the design to life in a custom WordPress theme specific to Johnston Contracting, and made the backend of the website dynamic so the Johnston Contracting team members could be in full control of their content.

In Phase III, leading practice optimization was implemented to the site for performance and search rank, including meta tags and alt text.

The Solution
Project showcase content came in waves with specific instructions for additions category, project, order in the gallery, etc. to ensure Johnstons customers received the ideal web viewing experience. Jeferson Uchak led the charge of content management and organization for the Colophon web dev team, and delivered exceptional response times back to the customers.

The new JohnstonContractingLLC.com is LIVE!

Colophon New Media is proud to have helped rebrand and overhaul the website for Live to Play Charleston (LTPCHS), a leading tennis academy with locations on Daniel Island and Mount Pleasant.

The new LTPCHS.com features a visually stunning design by Columbia-based UX experts, truematter, offering a fresh aesthetic for one of South Carolina's top tennis organizations.

The Company
LTP CHS (formerly LTP Tennis), the owner of CreditOne Stadium, is well-known in the Lowcountry. The Daniel Island venue hosts the Credit One Charleston Open (COCO), an annual WTA event that crowned Jessica Pegula as champion in 2025. Pegula trained at the Daniel Island facility under ATP pro Michael Joyce.

LTP CHS Daniel Island Highlights:

• 14 clay courts

• 6 hard courts

• 8 pickleball courts

• 1 padel court

LTP CHS Mt. Pleasant Highlights:

• 9 clay courts

• 7 hard courts

The Challenge
The main goal of the rebrand was to highlight that LTP CHS isn’t just about tennis. With the rapid rise of pickleball and padel, LTP CHS has become a hub for all racket sports. The Daniel Island location offers eight pickleball courts and one for padel, and the website needed to reflect this expanded focus.

The Process
Colophon followed its three-phase web development process to create the sprawling new website. Organizing and fine-tuning the site’s many templates resulted in a user-friendly, mobile-friendly destination for both casual players and parents of future tennis stars. Colophon also provided LTP CHS with online lead generation and digital marketing services, including Google ad management.

The Solution
The new LTP CHS website showcases tennis, pickleball, and padel courts with a video featuring players of all levels. It also allows easy booking for lessons or court time, and features bios of the leadership, coaching, and training staff.

Colophon New Media recently launched a new website for Peters Paint, one of Charleston’s leading commercial painting companies. With decades of experience and a portfolio that touches much of Charleston’s commercial real estate, Peters Paint is trusted by builders, property managers, and developers throughout the region. We were proud to help them create a digital presence that showcases their services and aligns with their reputation for excellence.

One of the fastest-growing companies in the Charleston area, Charles Towne Plumbing, recently came to Colophon New Media in need of a new website with top-notch SEO to promote all that it offers.

In tandem with local marketing agency Momentum Results, Colophon built an eye-catching, robust website that does an outstanding job putting CTP on the radar of the countless Charleston residents and businesses with plumbing needs.

The carefully crafted SEO strategy behind the new Charles Towne Plumbing website is already helping the company stand out from the crowd in this increasingly saturated industry.

Given the high search volume for all of the top lead-generating terms in plumbing, Colophon knew it had to go to great lengths to make sure it created a site that checks every SEO box, and it delivered just that.

The highlights of this project include an effective template we created for CTP’s Services pages, which threads the UX needle of provinding plenty of copy & information without becoming difficult to navigate.

Another standout feature of our SEO-friendly site design was the series of well-designed CTP Locations landing pages, which have already proven effective at capturing search volume.