Small-business marketing · Southeast Alaska
Marketing muscle for Alaska’s harbor towns.
Swell brings 25 years of big-tech marketing leadership to the pubs, brokers, charters, and service crews of Southeast Alaska — powered by AI, grounded in the dock.
- Pubs & Taprooms
- Boat Brokers
- Charter & Tour Operators
- Marine Service Providers
- Real Estate
- Lodges and Cabins
- Restaurants
- Cabin Rentals
- Guides and Adventure Companies
One partner, many arms
The marketing help you need, without the stuff you don’t.
Like a good octopus, we’re pretty good at juggling a lot of things at once. Need a better website, help with social media, or a complete marketing strategy? We can take on a little or a lot. You get decades of experience, modern tools, and practical solutions tailored to your business, without the cost or complexity of a big agency.
Brand & Identity
Logos, look, and a voice that sounds like you — not a template.
Websites & Booking
Fast, mobile-first sites that turn lookers into bookings and pints.
Content & Social
Photos, posts, and stories that fill your feed and your slow season.
Email & Newsletters
Keep regulars coming back and reach the whole harbor in one send.
Local SEO & Listings
Show up first when a visitor searches "things to do" from the ferry.
Advertising
Smart, small-budget ad campaigns that actually pay for themselves.
Reviews & Reputation
More five-star reviews, handled — the currency of a tourist town.
AI Tools & Automation
Custom AI helpers that do the busywork so you can run your business.
Monthly packages from $495 — website hosting included. See pricing →
Our own product
WalkTheDock
Our home-grown guide to Southeast Alaska’s harbors — built for the boaters and travelers exploring the coast, and the local businesses that welcome them ashore.
We don’t sell ads. Instead, Southeast Alaska businesses become sponsors — offering discounts and coupons that travelers actually use when they tie up and come into town. Useful for visitors, real customers for the dock.
We built it for our own community first — so every client gets a partner who ships real products, not just marketing decks.
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Find the dock
Harbors, docks & moorage across Southeast Alaska
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Sponsor, don’t advertise
Local businesses offer traveler discounts & coupons
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For the community
Made for the boaters and towns of the coast
Enterprise chops, dockside heart
Big-league marketing. Small-town rates.
Most agencies serving small business are junior teams learning on your dime. Swell is the opposite: a Fortune-league marketing leader, working directly with you, creatively using AI to keep it affordable.
25 yrs
At the top of the field
Marketing leadership and CMO roles at major public tech companies — the same playbook, pointed at your harbor.
1:1
You work with the lead
No account-manager telephone game. You get the me, every time.
AI+
Do more with less
AI-enhanced services mean enterprise output at a price a corner pub can actually swing.
Who we are
“I spent 25 years helping technology companies, from startups to global brands, grow their businesses. These days, I’m putting that experience to work a little closer to home, helping the independent businesses that give Alaska’s harbor towns their character. It’s good work, with good people, in a place I love.”
Steven Webster · Founder, Swell Solutions LLC
FOUNDER · 25 YRS ENTERPRISE MARKETING
catch the swell
Your best season starts with a conversation.
Tell us about your business and your slow season. We’ll tell you exactly where marketing can move the needle — no jargon, no pressure.