Therapy practice · San Diego
Healing Home Counseling (live site, opens in a new tab)
A hand-coded website for a perinatal and trauma therapist and published author, with her therapy, books, and writing in one place.
Web design · SEO · Wordmark
Hello.
Custom websites, built in San Diego.
Your website is your first hello to the world, and we make sure it's a good one. BURDS NERDS designs and builds custom websites for small businesses and service providers: fast pages, clean structure, fewer moving parts, and real support after launch.
Trusted by
Selected work
Real websites, live and working.
A few recent sites we designed and built. Each one is live, so you can see how it feels on your own phone.
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Wedding and event planning · San Diego County
Bliss Events (live site, opens in a new tab)
A custom-designed, custom-coded website for an established wedding and event planning company.
Web design · SEO
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Therapy practice
Erin Hickman, LMFT (live site, opens in a new tab)
"Within days of the launch, I received multiple inquiries on the site."
Web design · Identity
Who we help
Built for people who run their own practice.
Most of our clients are owners and practitioners in San Diego and Southern California. These are the kinds of businesses we know best.
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Therapists and counselors
Private practices that need to feel calm and trustworthy, and make the first step easy for a nervous new client.
Clients include Healing Home Counseling; Erin Hickman, LMFT; Hilary Matthews, LMFT; and Burd Psychotherapy.
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Health and wellness clinics
Clinics where clear service pages and photos of the real space do the explaining before anyone calls.
Clients include Dynamic Health Center and Juan Ramirez, L.Ac..
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Small service businesses
Owners who need a polished site that explains the work, shows it off, and makes contact easy.
Clients include Bliss Events, Ultimate Bookkeeping Solutions, and Load Bearing Studios.
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Nonprofits and recovery organizations
Organizations that need to explain a mission plainly and earn trust quickly, often with sensitive subject matter.
Clients include Urban Equity Community Foundation, The Trauma Recovery Collaborative, and the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center.
What We Do
One team. Every skill. No handoffs between vendors.
Web Design
Custom websites built for speed, clarity, and search visibility, sized for small business budgets. WordPress and Squarespace support is available when those platforms are the better fit. SSL, Google Analytics, and a technical SEO foundation come standard.
San Diego web design ›Website Maintenance
Monitoring, updates, security, and small fixes for custom, WordPress, and Squarespace sites. Plans start at $49/month.
Website maintenance ›SEO
Every site we build includes a technical SEO foundation. Already have a site? A one-time SEO Foundation Review starts at $350.
SEO Foundation Review ›AI Solutions
Custom AI assistants trained on your brand's voice and business data. AI-powered content, search research, and workflow support.
AI solutions ›Photography & Retouching
Studio, lifestyle, headshot, and product photography in Southern California, plus color grading, compositing, and professional image finishing. Full production, start to finish.
Photography & retouching ›Not sure which platform is right for you?
How it works
Four steps, no surprises.
You always know what happens next, what it costs, and when your site goes live.
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Talk it through.
Tell us about your business and what the site needs to do. We reply within one business day. No pressure, no pitch deck.
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Plan and design.
You get a clear quote before work begins. A simple agreement and a 50% deposit start the project, then you see the design before anything is built.
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Build and refine.
We build fast, clean pages that work on any screen. Three full rounds of revisions are included.
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Launch and look after it.
We handle the launch, and three months of site care come included. After that, care plans start at $49/month.
Most websites go from first conversation to launch in 4 to 8 weeks. The biggest variable is content: when copy, photos, and feedback arrive on time, timelines hold.
Meet the founder
You work with me, start to finish.
I'm Matt Burd. I started BURDS NERDS in 2014, after two decades in commercial photography production, where details matter and deadlines are real.
When you hire us, you talk to the person designing and building your site. No account managers, no handoffs. If something won't help your business, I'll tell you before you pay for it.
"A designer's job isn't just to execute your vision. It's to improve your vision."
Matt Burd Founder, designer, and developer
More about Matt and the team ›Why BURDS NERDS
One team.
Every skill.
Design, SEO, photography, retouching, AI, and maintenance under one roof, so nothing gets lost between vendors.
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- Web Design
- Website Maintenance
- SEO
- AI Solutions
- Photography
- Retouching
All under one roof. All working together.
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"Every project starts from a real conversation about your brand, and ends with something that actually looks like you."
No templates. No guesswork. No surprises.
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from
$49
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Managed care plans: monitoring, security, updates, and file recovery, handled for you.
2014
Est. Southern California
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Services, One Studio
24/7
Uptime monitoring
$49
Site care / month
Clients
What our clients say.
Real words from real clients.
"I have nothing but praise for Matt's work. I am beyond happy with how he designed my beautiful website. Within days of the launch, I received multiple inquiries on the site; I don't know how he did it."
Erin Hickman, LMFT
Web Design · Identity
"Working with Matt was a game-changer for my practice. He crafted a captivating website that perfectly captures what I do, and his photography skills truly brought my clinic to life online."
Dynamic Health Center
Web Design · Photography · Print
"Our new website is a testament to Matt's talent and the kindness of who he is, making the whole process delightful. I am so impressed I have asked him to create another website for another business of mine."
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Center
Web Design · Identity · Photography
"Matt completely nailed the vision for my business. His design expertise, clear communication, and patient guidance made the whole process feel easy and collaborative. The final site is a true reflection of my business."
Load Bearing Studios
Web Design
"I have been working with Matt since 2017. He made my website functional, easy to use, and aesthetically appealing. His work speaks for itself."
India Kern
Web Design
Let's work together
Ready to start your project?
Join the clients above. No pressure, no pitch deck, just an honest conversation about what you need.
Get in touch ›Blog
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Let's talk.
Your next project starts with a conversation. No pressure, no pitch deck.