Better Websites for the Financial Industry
Most web agencies treat compliance as a footnote. I treat it as the starting point, because I also serve as Director of Operations at a state-registered RIA. Modern stack, fast launch, and copy your CCO will approve on the first draft.
Services I offer
What you get when we work together
A site that already passed compliance review.
Built with the Marketing Rule, your Form ADV, and your CCO's review checklist in mind from the first wireframe. No surprise rewrites.
A modern stack that actually performs.
Next.js, deployed on Vercel, fast on every device, scored 95+ on Lighthouse, and easy to maintain without a developer on retainer.
AI search visibility.
Schema markup, semantic HTML, llms.txt, and the structure that lets ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity cite your firm when prospects ask about advisors in your area.
Three to six weeks, not three to six months.
Productized process, weekly check-ins, no agency drift, no chasing replies for a month at a time.
Who's behind Circle Hook
Nick Adams. I run Circle Hook from Tennessee. By day, I serve as Director of Operations at Quantum Capital (a DBA of Patriot Advisory Group LLC, a state-registered RIA). I handle compliance infrastructure, marketing systems, archiving, and the firm's digital presence.
After hours and on weekends, I build websites for the firms I wish my firm could hire. RIAs, insurance brokers, IMOs, CPAs, estate planning attorneys. The conservative, regulated, trust-driven businesses that have been stuck with template sites and agencies that don't understand them.
This is a one-person studio. You work with me directly. No account manager, no subcontracted designers, no hand-offs. When you message me, I'm the one responding.
Let's talk about your website
Tell me a little about your firm. I'll reply within one business day with a few questions and a time to talk.