AI · SEO · Selling online · Illinois and Wisconsin state line

AI and SEO for the small towns and farms of the Illinois and Wisconsin state line.

Small towns like Lena, Pearl City, Freeport, Monroe, Orangeville, and Stockton often do not have the talent or resources nearby to help a small business, a farm, or a hobbyist seller add AI, get a website that ranks on Google, or start selling online on Etsy and eBay. The big agencies drive right past them. I do not. That is who Stateline Tech serves, and I am proud to do it.

A farm with a red barn and silo beside a small-town Main Street, the farms and small towns of the Illinois and Wisconsin state line
20+ yrs
In business for myself, right here in the area.
Since 2005
Selling online since eBay's early days and Etsy's first year.
92%
The Google traffic crash I pulled my own site back from.
6 platforms
I sell on Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, eBay, Walmart, and Temu daily.

Sound familiar?

  • You keep hearing you should be using AI, and nobody has told you what that actually means for a business like yours.
  • There is work in your week a computer should be handling, but you do not have time to figure out which part.
  • People cannot find you on Google, or your website is old and you have put it off for years.
  • You make something people would buy, or you have inventory sitting idle, and you have wondered whether you could sell it online.
  • You do not want to hand your business to a stranger three states away who puts you with a junior and disappears.

That gap is the whole reason this exists. You run the business. I handle the tech, in plain English, and I stand behind it.

No jargon. No hype. Straight answers.

What I do

How I help you save money with AI, get seen online with SEO, or start selling online.

Everything below is a fixed package with a starting price, so you know what you are buying before you spend a dollar. Big operations run higher, a one-person shop runs lower. We settle the exact number after I have looked at what you actually need.

01 · AI, done for you

I will help you add AI to your business

I come look at how you work, then hand you an extensive plain-English report on where AI saves you time and money. If it makes sense, I can build it. Or if you just want the report, it will be thorough enough to hand to any freelancer, any time you choose.

  • AI Opportunity Report (on-site visit and written report)$750
  • Build it for youfrom $3,500
  • Keep it running (monthly)from $350
Talk to me about AI

Most firms pay $10,000 or more for AI projects. I scope it to what actually pays off for you, and the report fee comes off the build.

02 · Get found

Local SEO and Google

When somebody nearby searches for what you sell, you should be the one they find. I set up and clean up your Google Business Profile, fix the local signals on your site, and keep you climbing. This is the same work I do every day for my own business.

  • Get Found Local (Google Business Profile and local SEO setup)$997
  • Ongoing local SEO (monthly)from $750
  • One-time local SEO tune-upfrom $450
Talk to me about SEO

Pro local SEO usually starts near $1,600 a month. I start lower because you are local and I keep it lean.

03 · Get online

I build ecommerce and service-based websites

A clean, fast website that loads right on a phone, says what you do, and turns visitors into calls and customers. I am proficient in Shopify as well as many other platforms, so we build on whatever fits you best. Since I am local, I can come to you if that is easier.

  • New website (up to five pages)from $2,900
  • Fix or refresh what you havefrom $900
  • Keep it updated and secure (monthly)from $95
Talk to me about a website

Freelance builds commonly run $2,000 to $8,000. Mine start lower, and I actually stick around to maintain them.

04 · Grow what you have

Content and links that grow your sales

Already have a website or an online store and want more out of it? I write content that ranks on Google and run link-building campaigns with tools I built myself. This work does not need you to be local, so I take it on from anywhere in the country.

  • Content that ranks (per article)$150
  • Link-building campaign (monthly)$750
  • Store cleanup and growthfrom $900
Talk to me about growth

Remote clients across the country are welcome here. Tell me what you need.

Just getting started?

Sitting on a gold mine? Let us get it selling.

Maybe you make something people would love, or you have a garage of good inventory, and you have wondered for years whether you could sell it online. I will get you live on Etsy, eBay, Amazon, or Walmart. Account set up, shop built, listings written, photos sorted, first products posted. I sell on all of these every day for my own business, so you get what actually works instead of guesswork.

Get your shop live
  • Get your shop live (Etsy or eBay, first 10 listings included)$400
  • Amazon or Walmart setupfrom $650
  • More listings, done for you (each)$18

Want to learn to run it yourself? A one-hour sit-down is $75.

Industries I know

I know small local business and agriculture.

I have spent my life around agriculture and industry in this region. I grew up on a farm outside McConnell, Illinois. I know farms, factories, shops, the people who run them, and the customers who walk in the door. I can put more than fifteen years of running my own business to work for yours.

Dairy and livestock farms

Automate the office paperwork, get found by buyers, and put AI on the routine questions so your people stay in the barn.

Crop and grain operations

A clean website, better records, and AI that handles the busywork between planting and harvest.

Manufacturing and machine shops

Show up when buyers search, quote faster, and automate the RFQs and follow-ups that eat your day.

Trades and contractors

Get found for the work near you, catch the calls you miss, and book jobs while you are up on the roof.

Shops and storefronts

Get the candy shop, hardware store, or t-shirt place on the map, sell online too, and let AI answer the same three questions all day for you.

Restaurants and food

Own your Google listing, take orders online, and stop losing customers to a stale menu page.

Professional offices

Look as sharp online as you are in the room, rank for your practice area, and automate intake and scheduling.

Makers and crafters

Turn a hobby into a shop on Etsy, eBay, or Amazon, with listings and photos that actually sell.

How it works

Honest pricing, and you always know what you are paying for.

Stateline Tech will never commit you to a big number before you know exactly what you are getting and how it will benefit you.

We talk, free

A fifteen-minute call or a coffee. You tell me what is slow, expensive, or frustrating. I tell you straight whether I can help and roughly what it takes. No cost, no pressure.

Free

I take a real look

I come out and study how you work, then hand you a written report in plain language: here is where AI or better web work pays off, here is what it costs, here is what it returns.

Paid, credited to the build

I build it and keep it running

You approve the plan. I build it, set it live, and if you want, I stay on to maintain it so it keeps working long after I leave. One person, accountable, reachable.

Built and maintained

Proof, not promises

Stateline Tech is built from real-world experience.

I am new to selling this as a service, but not new to the work. These are real, live websites and stores I built and run every day. Go look at them.

Screenshot of out-grow.com, the OutGrow mushroom supply store built and run by Mike Wiberg
Built and run since 2009

Out-Grow

A cultivation supply business I built and have run for over fifteen years. I handle the store, the SEO, the automation, and sell it across six online platforms myself.

Visit out-grow.com
Screenshot of mushroomsubstrate.com, an online store built and run by Mike Wiberg
A second store I run

Mushroom Substrate

Another store I built and operate. When it hit a fulfillment backlog, I fixed the systems behind it, not just the symptoms, and wired it into one clean order queue.

Visit mushroomsubstrate.com
Screenshot of imagecompressor.tools, a web app Mike Wiberg built end to end
Software I built end to end

Image Compressor Tools

A web app I designed and built from the code to the payments to the hosting. Proof I can ship real, working software, not just talk about it.

Visit imagecompressor.tools
20+ years
Running my own businesses in this area.
3 live sites
Built, hosted, and maintained by me.
6 marketplaces
Where I sell and manage listings every day.

What people say

Fifteen years of customers, and a name I have kept clean.

Straight talk: these reviews are from my cultivation supply company, Out-Grow, across Amazon, Etsy, eBay, and Walmart. They are not about consulting, because Stateline Tech is new. They are about the thing that does not change no matter what I am building for you: how I treat people, how fast I answer, and how I stand behind my work.

Fast response times, and Mike, the owner, is great at answering questions.
Grower review, Shroomery forum
Your purchase will be correct, or they will make it right without hesitation.
Russell, verified buyer on Walmart
I trust buying from here. I found a place to call my supplier.
Verified buyer on Etsy

Selling online since 2005 · A business I have run since 2009 · Reviewed across five marketplaces · Same person, same standard, on every job.

Questions people ask

The straight answers.

Do you really come to me in person?
Yes. Within about thirty miles of Lena and Freeport there is no travel charge, and I will go farther for the right project. A lot of the work I can also do remotely, so distance is rarely a dealbreaker.
I am not a computer person at all. Is that a problem?
No. That is the entire point of hiring me. I speak plain English, handle the technical side, and leave you with something simple to use. You never have to become the tech person.
Do you only work with big companies?
Not at all. I help one-person craft shops, family farms, machine shops, restaurants, and law offices. A dairy and an Etsy seller both get the same me.
How much is this going to cost?
Every package on this page has a starting price, so you are never guessing. Your exact number comes after I look at what you actually need. Agencies charge far more for the same work. I keep it honest for local businesses.
What areas do you serve?
In person: Lena, Pearl City, McConnell, Freeport, Orangeville, Winslow, Stockton, Warren, Pecatonica, and Durand, plus Monroe, Argyle, and Brodhead across the Wisconsin line, and the farms and towns in between. I will go out to Rockford or Beloit for the right job. Online work, I take from anywhere.
I already have a website or an online store. Can you still help?
Yes, and fixing what you already have is often the fastest win. I will tell you honestly whether it is worth cleaning up or worth rebuilding, and I will not sell you a rebuild you do not need.
Will AI replace my employees?
That is not what I sell. I put AI on the repetitive work nobody enjoys, so your people spend their time on the things that actually need a human. It gives you back hours, not layoffs.
How does paying work?
Simple, and you never pay before you know exactly what you are getting. Once we agree on the work, I send you a secure link or invoice you can pay by card or bank, or you can write a check if you would rather. Monthly plans bill automatically, so you never have to think about it.
How do we get started?
Fill out the form below or give me a call. We talk for fifteen minutes at no cost, and you will know right away whether I can help.

Service area

The businesses the big agencies drive right past. That is who I serve.

In person across Lena, Pearl City, McConnell, Freeport, Orangeville, Winslow, Cedarville, Dakota, Stockton, Warren, Pecatonica, and Durand, over the Wisconsin line to Monroe, Argyle, Browntown, and Brodhead, and out to Rockford and Beloit for the right job. That is the farms and towns of Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Winnebago, and Ogle counties in Illinois, plus Green and Lafayette in Wisconsin. Websites, SEO, and online-selling work, I take on from anywhere.

Come to the office, or I will come to you.

Fifteen minutes, no cost, no pressure. Tell me what is slowing you down and I will tell you straight whether I can help.

Get in touch

Let us talk.

Phone
(608) 214-5158
Email
hello@statelinetech.com
Service area
Roughly 30 miles around Lena and Freeport, in person. Online work anywhere.
Hours
By appointment. Evenings and weekends are fine.

What do you want help with?

I read every message myself and reply within one business day.