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About us · Sylvan Lake, Alberta

Grizzly Agency.

A web design and SEO agency in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, run by the person who founded it. We build websites for businesses that need customers to find them and get in touch, and we put the price in writing before any work begins.

Book a free discovery callConsult with Dan (US$150/hr)

01Our story

Founder-led, from Sylvan Lake.

Grizzly Agency is Dan Shuttleworth's company. Dan has done SEO, web development and hosting for agency clients, and has spent much of the last few years building and growing web projects of his own. Grizzly is where both halves of that experience now work for other people's businesses.

The work covers websites, SEO, Google Ads, social media and AI automation. The website sits at the centre, because the ads, the search listings and the social posts all end up sending people to it.

Our clients are businesses that run on enquiries: a plumbing and heating company, a speech therapy practice, concrete contractors and industrial equipment suppliers. Some are here in Sylvan Lake. Others are in Red Deer, in Calgary and, in one case, in Australia.

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Daniel Shuttleworth, founder of Grizzly Agency
Daniel ShuttleworthFounder, Grizzly AgencyFrom England, based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta.@Niche_Lion · 17K+

02How we work

What you can count on.

  1. 01

    A fixed quote

    Every project is priced in full before work begins, so you know the cost before you commit to anything.

  2. 02

    Dan, not a go-between

    There is no account manager relaying messages. The person who scopes your project is the one answering your emails.

  3. 03

    Prices in public

    Our website ranges are published: fixed-price builds from $2,500 CAD, fully custom sites typically $3,000–$8,000, complex builds $10,000–$25,000, and e-commerce from around $20,000.

  4. 04

    Straight talk on fit

    If a new website isn't what your business needs right now, or we're not the right people to build it, we'll say so early.

03Proof

Things you can check.

Everything below links to something you can check for yourself: client sites and case studies, our published prices, Google reviews and Dan's public profile.

Businesses we've built for

Read client reviewsTaken from Google and quoted word for word on our homepage.

17K+people follow Dan on X for his writing on SEO and web growth

Source: X, @Niche_Lion (opens in a new tab)

$2,500 CADstarting price for a fixed-price build, listed on our homepage with the other ranges

Source: Grizzly Agency pricing

200Kmonthly pageviews on a content site Dan built himself, documented in a Cloudways case study

Source: Cloudways customer case study (opens in a new tab)

04Principles

How we make decisions.

  • Phone first

    People looking for a local business usually do it on a phone, so that is the screen we design for before anything else.

  • Claims we can back up

    We name real clients and quote real reviews. If we can't point to a source for a number, it stays off our site.

  • Built for speed

    A slow page loses the visitor before the pitch. Load time and a sound search structure are planned in from the first layout.

  • Plain language

    No jargon in quotes or emails. If we can't explain why something matters to your business, we shouldn't be selling it.

05The team

Who you'll work with.

Grizzly is a small team. Dan scopes and oversees every project himself, with design support on the build.
  • Daniel Shuttleworth, Founder & Strategist at Grizzly Agency

    Daniel Shuttleworth

    Founder & Strategist

    Digital marketing strategist helping Alberta small businesses grow through SEO, Google Ads, and data-driven strategy.

    More about Dan@Niche_Lion
  • Mkpoikana Otu, Lead Designer at Grizzly Agency

    Mkpoikana Otu

    Lead Designer

    Web design and UX specialist. Combines beautiful aesthetics with conversion-focused design principles.

06Where we work

Sylvan Lake first.

We're based in Sylvan Lake, and Central Alberta is home turf: Sylvan Lake, Red Deer, Lacombe, Blackfalds and the towns in between.

Calgary is our second market. Three of the businesses in our portfolio, FlameTech Plumbing & Heating, Concure Restoration and Western Concrete Lifters, are Calgary companies.

Location shapes search more than most owners expect. Google ranks its local results on relevance, distance and prominence, so knowing which towns your customers search from changes how the whole site is planned.

Tell us what you're working on.

Book a free discovery call and we'll go through the business, the site you have now and what a fixed quote would cover. If you want advice rather than a build, a paid hour with Dan may suit you better.
Book a free discovery callCall 587-830-1040
Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm · or Consult with Dan (US$150/hr)