Cevan LongWeb Design + CRO

Websites that launch strong and keep climbing.

I'm Cevan Long, a web designer and Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) specialist in Southeastern Connecticut. I design, launch and keep improving websites for small businesses and Shopify brands.

I'm Cevan Long, a web designer and Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) specialist in Southeastern Connecticut.

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Meet your Flight Director. About Cevan Long

I tell clients to show the real people behind their business. So here's mine, laid out the way Google reads trust.

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Cevan Long

Flight Director

Organization
Movy Media LLC
Base
Lisbon, CT
Websites built
120+
EExperience
Making videos since 2006, when I was 11. Building websites since 2012, with more than 120 built and maintained.
EExpertise
MBA in Strategic Innovation, plus business and film degrees from the University of Rhode Island. Web design, CRO, WordPress and Shopify, with Uxcel certificates in UX design, user psychology, accessibility and UX writing.
AAuthority
Rated 5.0 on Google, and trusted with websites for clinics, contractors, restaurants and Shopify brands.
TTrust
A real person in Lisbon, Connecticut, my own face on the site, and the whole process shown in the open.

Client reviews

  • “He took my ideas and weaved in his technical genius to create an absolutely beautiful website that in only a couple weeks is already ranking with Google.”

    Ryan Hartman, luxury watch company
  • “Cevan definitely is attentive to detail, very communicative, and amazing at staying on brand while adding his own creativity and flair.”

    Brittany Molkenthin, pediatric primary care office
  • “Tech support has been nothing less than stellar, questions and changes made very promptly when we needed them.”

    Lily

All 11 Google reviews, in full

  • “As someone who has started two small businesses from scratch, I will tell you that online presence is one of the most important steppingstones to getting established as a legitimate business. A solid website with proper search engine optimization is key. I hired Cevan at Movy Media to take over and revitalize my website for my original home inspection business. He not only took the time to learn about both me and my business, he also checked in and let me give input every step of the process. Cevan went so far above and beyond what I was used to that when I started my new luxury watch company the decision to hire him to create my website from scratch was simple. He took my ideas and weaved in his technical genius to create an absolutely beautiful website that in only a couple weeks is already ranking with Google. I would highly recommend Cevan and Movy Media for absolutely anything website related!!”

    Ryan Hartman
  • “I can't say enough positive feedback about Cevan and his team during our website building process. Our website is more involved and comprehensive than we could ever have expected for a pediatric primary care office. Cevan definitely is attentive to detail, very communicative, and amazing at staying on brand while adding his own creativity and flair. We highly recommend Movy Media for any of your website design needs in the future!”

    Brittany Molkenthin
  • “Cevan created a website that perfectly reflects my brand and vision. His design not only looks great but also functions seamlessly. I’ve already received positive feedback from customers and I couldn’t be happier with the results. I highly recommend working with him for all your website needs.”

    Paul LoCicero
  • “I've had the pleasure of working with Cevan at Movy Media, and I can't speak highly enough of his professionalism and dedication. He is not only incredibly hardworking, but also one of the kindest and most thoughtful people I've ever collaborated with. Cevan consistently goes above and beyond to ensure that every detail is perfect, bringing a level of care and commitment that truly sets him apart. His work is outstanding, and his positive attitude makes every interaction a pleasure. If you're looking for a web developer who is both talented and genuinely wonderful to work with, Cevan is your guy!”

    Peter Howard
  • “I choose Cevan because is very professional and detail oriented, explaining everything about what he will do to help your company grow. He will provide detailed information on the your website and marketing on how it’s working together.”

    Michael Fokianos
  • “I needed a professional website built for my growing Auto Detailing company. Although I am in Tennessee, I had heard about Movy Media through some people in my industry. I am so impressed with Cevan's streamlined process. He made what I thought was going to be a frustrating process ( I'm not good with anything tech related) into the easiest, seamless and smoothest process one could imagine. The quality of his work speaks for itself. Most Importantly, my website has helped drive traffic to my storefront and has given my company exposure in cities beyond my own. His ongoing support makes me feel at ease. If I ever have questions he is just an email or phone call away. I highly recommend this Cevan and Movy Media!”

    Dr Detail’s Carsmetology
  • “Cevan provided specific detailed and actionable feedback on both strengths and weaknesses of my website. He provided detailed tips to improve functionality in ways I never even considered. He not only provided what I can improve upon but explained why as well. His instructional feedback even allowed me to make immediate changes. The walk through recordings were valuable because you can replay them and not miss anything for note taking purposes.

    He communicated the feedback in manner that was easy to follow and understand and I HIGHLY recommend his services for any business owner!”

    Danielle Jones, MAT
  • “We recently used the services of Cevan Long at Movy Media and were very impressed with his knowledge of the intricacies of websites and the pitfalls of connecting payment processors. He was patient and thorough.

    And he followed up to be sure his work was functioning. I would recommend him to anyone.”

    Corinne Kelly
  • “Cevan from Movy Media audited our website and provided a detailed report on design and technical issues. He also provided several hours of consulting to explain and answer all of our questions. It was extremely helpful. Cevan was professional, reliable, and great to work with.”

    Tim Hathaway
  • “We found Movy Media by researching other businesses websites. We constantly found we loved the look of websites produced by Movy.

    We made the initial contact I think by email and was promptly contacted by owner Cevan. We spoke on the telephone about our business, our ideas and needs for a professional website. He sent us a a questionnaire of questions to complete.

    From the time of initial contact to a complete, amazing functioning website I think was leas than 100 days, give or take. With some minor tweaks and changes to product info after seeing our ideas in print, our site was rocking and rolling for us just in time for a busy summer season.

    Tech support has been nothing less than stellar, questions and changes made very promptly when we needed them.

    We have highly recommended Cevan and Movy Media many many times over the past year of doing husiness with them.”

    Lily
  • “Cevan at Movy Media is an incredibly talented individual and his professional attention to the needs of my company has been an exemplary.

    Professional brilliance with empathy to our needs makes Movy Media a Shinning Star.

    Movy Media has been an awesome discovery for DiFiore’s Auto Detailing.

    Forever You will Shine! 🌞😎”

    DiFiore's Auto Detailing

Training certificates

Six courses, each one verifiable on Uxcel.

Every website is a mission. Web design process

A landing page is built like a rocket. The hero gets it off the ground, social proof builds trust, services carry the weight, and the call to action is the payload. Scroll through how a mission comes together, from T-minus 12 weeks to orbit.

  1. T-12 weeks

    Step 1 Discovery kickoff

    We start with your business, not your homepage: who you serve, what a good lead looks like, and what the site has to do. Then I map the pages and the path a visitor takes to call, book or buy.

  2. T-10 weeks

    Step 2 Design

    Layouts, type and color in your brand, with real copy written for your customers. You see actual pages, and we refine them together.

  3. T-7 weeks

    Step 3 Build

    Custom WordPress or Shopify, built from the approved design. Fast, mobile first, easy for you to update, with a strong focus on accessibility.

  4. T-3 weeks

    Step 4 Feedback and testing

    You review everything on a private staging site while I test forms, speed, devices and tracking, so nothing surprises us on launch day.

  5. T-0

    Step 5 Launch

    We go live on your domain, redirect the old pages so your search rankings carry over, and confirm every form lands where it should.

  6. T+ every month

    Step 6 Maintenance and support

    After launch I stay on: updates, monitoring, monthly reports, and steady improvements based on what visitors actually do.

“He not only took the time to learn about both me and my business, he also checked in and let me give input every step of the process.”

Ryan Hartman, Anchor Luxury Watch Co. Google review

Ready for step one? Start a conversation

Missions flown. Website portfolio

Selected missions, each with its own patch in the client's brand colors. Pick one to explore the design and see why it earns trust, signal by signal.

Every mission

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Proactive, not reactive. Conversion rate optimization

Launch is where the real flying starts. I watch what visitors actually do, and when something drops, we find out why before it costs you a season. Try it: the feed below just raised an alarm.

Live feedDemo business: a local HVAC companySimulation. Illustrative numbers, real playbook.
Calls from the website each weekday over the last six weeks, with a sudden drop two weeks agoCalls from the website
Website calls
56 a week
iPhone tap-to-call
Normal
Ad spend
$60 a day

Your move. What would you do?

Read the playbook behind the drills

Demo business: a local HVAC company

Call drop detected. Calls from the website are down 30% this month.

  • Rebuild the websiteA rebuild drops the plugin and fixes it by accident, ten weeks from now. Until then, every iPhone visitor who taps Call gets nothing, and nobody learns why.
  • Test the call buttonsthe right callTap Call on an iPhone and nothing happens: a plugin update broke the header link. Fix it, add call tracking so you see every call, and calls recover the same day.
  • Double the ad budgetMore people find the site, and the iPhone half still can't call. Spend doubles, and calls barely move.

Demo store: a small Shopify brand

Conversion drop detected. Mobile checkouts are down 38% since Tuesday.

  • Redesign the whole siteBig swing, slow to land. Months of work before you learn anything, and no way to tell which change mattered.
  • Diagnose the mobile checkoutthe right callThe heatmap shows thumbs hunting for a Continue button hidden under the keyboard. Move it up, cut the form from 9 fields to 5, and checkouts recover within days.
  • Buy more adsMore visitors pour into the same leak. Spend goes up, and the conversion rate stays down.

Demo business: a landscaping company

Lead drop detected. Quote requests stopped on Tuesday.

  • Rebuild the quote formTwo weeks of rebuilding while requests vanish. The new form gets wired up fresh and leads come back, but nobody learns what broke, so it can happen again.
  • Send a test lead and trace itthe right callThe test lead never reached the inbox, because the email service's sending key expired Tuesday. Reconnect it, add a daily test lead, and nothing goes missing again.
  • Boost social postsMore people see the posts and fill out the form, and every request still goes nowhere. Spend goes up, and the inbox stays empty.

“My website has helped drive traffic to my storefront and has given my company exposure in cities beyond my own.”

Dr Detail's Carsmetology, auto detailing, Tennessee Google review

Flight record. Experience and background

The long version: how I got here.

Mission logs

  1. 2006

    First footage

    A Kodak point-and-shoot for Christmas, duct-taped to a dirt bike helmet. I was 11. That camera taught me the rule I still build by: you have about three seconds to earn someone's attention.

  2. 2012

    Gamers Vault

    My first website: a video game guide and forum.

  3. 2013

    The prom proposal

    I asked my prom date with a website I built, countdown and all. Conversion rate: 100 percent. We're married now, with two kids.

    The 2013 site: "Prom With Me? – Cevan" in a script font on lavender, above a countdown to prom
    Rebuilt from the original 2013 files
  4. 2017

    University of Rhode Island

    Business and film degrees, then an MBA in Strategic Innovation, with live projects for real companies.

  5. 2019

    Movy Media liftoff

    Websites for small businesses, designed, launched and managed from day one: hosting, updates and monthly improvements in one plan, never handed off and forgotten.

  6. 2020

    Going remote

    When the world moved online, so did every small business that had been putting off its website. Video calls replaced coffee meetings, and my client list stopped ending at the Connecticut line.

  7. 2022

    Coast to coast

    Clients from California to the Carolinas, from fastener suppliers to auto detailers.

  8. 2023

    Conversion first

    Every build now starts with one question: what should a visitor do next, and what's stopping them?

  9. 2025

    Mission control gets a crew

    A dedicated designer joined, so more builds could launch without losing the attention to detail.

  10. 2026

    Shopify, unlocked

    Client requests turned into a new specialty: Shopify storefronts with the same design and conversion approach as everything else I build.

  11. Today

    120+ websites

    More than 120 websites built and maintained over the years, for businesses all across the country.

Rockets don't launch without a cleared crew. Neither do websites. Website trust check

Google looks for real, credible people behind a website: Experience, Expertise, Authority and, most of all, Trust. Send me your site and I'll run the same pre-flight check I run before every launch, by hand.

I go through every item on the checklist myself, by hand, and email you what I find within 48 hours.

“Cevan from Movy Media audited our website and provided a detailed report on design and technical issues.”

Tim Hathaway, website audit Google review

“He not only provided what I can improve upon but explained why as well.”

Danielle Jones, MAT, website review Google review

Questions I get asked. Common questions

How long does a new website take?

About 12 weeks from the kickoff call to launch day. That covers discovery, design, the build, and a round of review and testing on a private staging site. After launch the work keeps going, with updates, monitoring and monthly improvements.

Do you build on WordPress or Shopify?

Whichever fits your business best, and we work that out together in discovery. If you're already on Shopify and it's working for you, I won't move you off it. WordPress and Shopify are the only two platforms I build on, so you get someone who knows them deeply.

Do you only work with businesses in Connecticut?

No. I'm based in Lisbon, CT and work with businesses across New London County, and since 2020 I've also worked remotely with businesses all over the country.

Can we meet in person?

Yes, on occasion. Most of the work happens over video calls and email, which keeps things moving, but I'm glad to meet up with local clients around New London County when it helps.

What happens after launch?

Launch is the start, not the finish line. You'll have a dedicated, long-term website partner: send me content updates and changes whenever you need them, and I take care of them. I also keep the site updated and monitored, send monthly reports, and make improvements based on what visitors actually do.

Who owns the website and the domain?

You always own your domain. It's registered in your name, not mine, because you should have full control of it. The website itself becomes fully yours once the balance is paid at the end of your one-year term.

What is conversion rate optimization?

Conversion rate optimization (CRO) is getting more of the visitors you already have to call, book or buy. I find the step where people drop off, test why, and fix that first, instead of redesigning everything or buying more traffic.

Will a new website hurt my Google rankings?

It shouldn't, when the move is planned. Before launch I map every old page to its new address and redirect it, so visitors and search engines land in the right place and the rankings you've earned carry over.

Is the website accessible?

Every site I build has a strong focus on accessibility, from readable contrast and clear form labels to navigation that works with a keyboard, so more people can use it, including visitors with disabilities.

Request a launch window. Contact

Four quick steps, then I'll reply personally. No pressure and no pitch deck, just a conversation about what your website should do.

5.0 stars from 11 Google reviews

Cevan LongWeb designer and CRO specialist in Lisbon, CT

What happens next

  1. I read your answers myself, and your current site if you have one.
  2. I reply personally within 24 hours, with a few questions or a time to talk.
  3. We set up a call to plan your launch.

Step 1 of 4

What are we launching?
What should it do for you?
When would you like to launch?
How can I reach you?