Your marketing team, without the payroll.
Small businesses need a website, search visibility, print, and a brand that holds together — but not a full-time marketing department. I’m Ryan Martin, one experienced partner based in Richmond, IL, who handles all of it for businesses across Gurnee and Northern Illinois.
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RYAN MARTIN
Freelance Design & Print
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Everything a marketing department does, without building one.
Most small businesses don’t need a full-time marketing hire — they need the work done well, by someone who already knows their brand.
Hiring a team or agency
Working with me
A salary and benefits, or a monthly agency retainer
Pay per project, or one flat monthly rate
A designer, a developer, a search specialist, and a print shop
One person who handles all of it
Your brand looks a little different everywhere it shows up
The same look on your site, cards, signs, and shirts
Account managers between you and the work
You talk directly to the person doing it
One partner, everything your brand needs to show up.
From the site your customers find you on to the card that thanks them afterward — designed, built, and delivered by the same person.
Get found
Be easy to find, whether customers search Google or ask AI.
Look professional
Materials that make a strong first impression, in person and on paper.
- Business CardsClean, memorable layouts on the stock and finish that fit your brand.
- Brochures & CollateralTri-folds, one-pagers, menus, and flyers built to be read.
- Pitch Decks & DocumentsSales, proposal, and business plan decks that make the point on slide one.
- Yard Signs & PostersSignage for events, open houses, and storefronts.
Stay in touch
Keep customers, clients, and your team thinking of you all year.
Looking for something personal? Family holiday cards, invitations, and photo restoration live on the Cards & Photos page.
A marketing team on call, for one flat monthly rate.
Instead of hiring for every project, keep one partner on hand who already knows your brand. Each month is scoped around what your business needs most — month-to-month, no long-term contract.
- Website updates, hosting, and upkeep
- Ongoing search + AI discovery work
- Design time each month for print, cards, signs, and more
- A monthly check-in and plain-English report
- Priority turnaround on new requests
Everything that carries your name into the room.
Cards for the handshake, collateral for the counter, and documents for the boardroom — designed to look like one consistent brand.
Business Cards
Clean, memorable layouts that hold up in a stack of a hundred.
- Foil, matte or textured stock
- Double-sided layouts
- QR & digital contact options
Brochures & Collateral
Tri-folds, one-pagers, menus and flyers built to be read, not skimmed.
- Tri-fold & bi-fold layouts
- One-pagers & flyers
- Print-ready, sized correctly
Business Documents
Decks and documents structured to make the point on slide one.
- Pitch decks
- Business plan presentations
- Sales & proposal decks
- Internal update / QBR decks
Mix and match — a matching card, brochure, and deck for one launch is common.
Get a business quoteWebsites that load fast and look sharp everywhere.
Same design eye that goes into your cards and print work, built into sites of every size — from a focused landing page to a full online store — designed and developed end-to-end, from first sketch to a live site your customers can actually find.
- Custom-designed, not a drag-and-drop template
- Mobile-friendly & fast-loading on any device
- Built for search — real metadata, not an afterthought
- Online stores on Shopify, BigCommerce, or Wix
- WordPress and headless CMS builds your team can edit
- Easy to hand off, update, or grow later
Get found on Google, and in the answers AI gives.
More customers now ask ChatGPT or Google’s AI for a recommendation instead of scrolling results. Both reward the same fundamentals, and I make sure your business has them.
- Free health check: a plain-English look at what's holding your site back
- Titles, structured data, and content that search engines and AI understand
- Google Business Profile and local listings kept accurate
- Old links and rankings protected through every redesign
Custom apparel, designed and printed under my own brand: FeedTheFlames.
One-off tees, small runs, or bulk orders for a team or event — I design the artwork and get it printed on real shirts, not just a mockup. Browse ready-to-order designs on the FeedTheFlames Etsy shop, or start from scratch with a custom order.
- Custom apparel design from scratch or your concept
- Screen printing & DTG, sized S through 3XL
- Bulk pricing for teams, events & small businesses
- Ready-to-order designs on the FeedTheFlames Etsy shop
FeedTheFlames
Original tee design
Team Order
24 shirts · S–3XL
Etsy Shop
Ready-made designs
From first project to long-term partner.
Get to know your business
A quick conversation about who your customers are, what's working, and what isn't — whether you need one project or ongoing help.
Plan what matters most
Together we decide where to start — the website, search visibility, print, or all three — so budget goes where it will make the biggest difference.
Design, build & print
You get proofs to review at every step, and nothing launches, prints, or ships until you've signed off.
Keep it consistent
The same eye on every piece, month after month, so your site, cards, signs, and shirts always look like one brand.
A taste of the range.
A few examples of the styles I work in — every project gets its own custom look. Samples provided upon request.
SampleChristmas Card
SampleBusiness Card Set
SamplePitch Deck
SampleBrochure
SampleBirthday Card
SamplePhoto Restoration
Based in Richmond, IL — serving from Lake Geneva, WI to Carpentersville, IL.
Local drop-offs, pickups, and in-person proofing across Northern Illinois and into southern Wisconsin — as far west as Woodstock, IL and as far east as Gurnee, IL. Everything else works just as well by mail and email, wherever you are.
How far does your service area reach?
My service area runs north to Lake Geneva, WI, south to Carpentersville, IL, west to Woodstock, IL, and east to Gurnee, IL — with Richmond, IL as home base.
What towns do you cover?
Towns across that area include Richmond, IL, Spring Grove, IL, Fox Lake, IL, Round Lake, IL, Wauconda, IL, Antioch, IL, Lake Villa, IL, Wadsworth, IL, Gurnee, IL, McHenry, IL, Crystal Lake, IL, Woodstock, IL, Algonquin, IL, Carpentersville, IL, Genoa City, WI, Lake Geneva, WI, and everywhere in between.
Do you serve Lake Geneva, Wisconsin?
Yes — Lake Geneva is the northern edge of my service area. I regularly work with clients just across the Illinois–Wisconsin border for cards, business printing, and photo restoration.
How far will you travel for a print job?
Within the service area, I can arrange in-person meetings, drop-offs, and pickups. Outside that range, everything — from design proofs to final files — works just as well over email and mail.
How far in advance should I book for Christmas cards?
As early as possible in the fall. Christmas cards are my busiest season, and clients across the service area who book early get first pick of finishes and guaranteed delivery before the holidays.
Do I need to mail in photos for digitizing, or can we meet locally?
Both work. If you're within the service area, we can arrange a local drop-off and pickup. If you're farther out, prints, slides, and negatives can be mailed in and returned with your digital files.
From boutique shops to industry giants.
Whether it’s a family-run storefront or a national brand, every client gets the same thing — clear communication, careful proofs, and deadlines met.
20+
Years of website design & programming
100+
Web projects delivered
1,000+
Print designs & presentations
7
Service categories, one point of contact
I picked up the photo cards. They were gorgeous. You were an extraordinary help. An angel showed up just in time.
I really appreciate your generosity and for saving me $200. Thank you for all your help.
Need a marketing team? You just found one.
Whether it’s a new website, a stack of business cards, or someone to keep it all running month to month — tell me what you need and I’ll reply with a quote and timeline.
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