Field Notes
Notes from running a small web development business.
Honest documentation of building a business from scratch: web development, AI search optimization, federal contracting, and the realities of running a one-person operation from Huntsville, Texas.
How to Make Your Small Business Visible to AI Search Engines
A practical guide to SEO and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) for small businesses. How to structure your website so Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity can find, understand, and recommend your business. Includes schema markup examples you can copy and use today.
Part 2 Of My Journey on Getting Started as a Federal Contractor
What actually happens when you sit down at SAM.gov and start filling in fields. UEI validation, NAICS code strategy, banking details that matter more than you think, and what the approval timeline really looks like.
How to Get Started as a Federal Contractor: My Journey and What I Learned About It
A few weeks ago, I became a SAM-registered federal contractor. CAGE Code 18MC2, cleared to work as a subcontractor supporting NASA Johnson Space Center. Getting here taught me more about federal procurement in three weeks than I learned in three years of casually thinking about it.