Web design for the life we live and managements systems to organize it, help you run it, while keeping track of the bottom line so you can increase your profit..
A website can be your online canvas, a place to tell your story, showcase your ranch, brand, products and business. It can be a platform where you cut out the middle man and begin selling directly to the customer.
It can also be your online headquarters — a place to not only track and manage your cattle and horses, and all of the things you need to keep track of including grazing, hay, feed and supplements, general health, vet records and shoeing, to name just a few things, it also manages all of your finances, by keeping track of all income, expenses and keeping it organized for a smooth hand off the your accountant at tax time — so no more sifting through receipts on the living room floor or kitchen table. This program also manages vendors and clients, and multiple business entities — directly from your own website, wherever you happen to be, sitting at your desktop, looking at your tablet or carrying your phone.
Something to note, with this setup, all of your management data would exist on your own website — you own the space, the access and uptime so you wouldn’t be “renting” space on someone else’s platform. Basically, with a setup like this, your operating on your own “owned” space, vs renting on someone else’s.
There’s a huge benefit to this. Like owning a home vs renting.
Having said all of that — if you just want a storefront or a few pages to showcase your operation, that’s awesome, I’m happy to build whatever you need!!
Something to think about before you leave —
This question has come and gone over the years, but it’s coming up a lot more these days — Are websites still relevant in 2026??
Yes!!
And here’s why, a website is your very own, dedicated space on the internet. Unlike social media platforms, with your own website, you have complete ownership and control of the content, uptime and operations — your online pulse is not contingent upon algorithms or political views.
A big part of what makes this life so special is the history and heritage of what built it, working alongside the generations carrying it forward.
This is not a niche I discovered, or just a style or aesthetic “I like” — it’s where I grew up, where I live my own version of it every day, the life I’ve dedicated myself to.
I understand your life, where your livelihood sits. And what it takes to not just live it, but also to manage it.
If you want a website to reflect your livelihood, finding a web designer who understands it and who writes software to help you run it, is a huge benefit.
For most of us, life revolves around our animals, our land — however big or small your operations may be, it means something . In this day and time it’s more important — probably more than it ever has been — to preserve it, to fight for it, to tell its story. To make it known.
So — my name is Lauren. My brand, L for Lauren and M for my middle name, Marie.
I taught myself how to build websites and over the years, I’ve built all kinds — from simple introductions to complete social networks. I’m bringing all of that to you, specializing in building them for the people, ranches, brands, products and businesses that are actively living and preserving this life, and the generations carrying it forward with software designed and built to manage every aspect of it.
Web design for the western lifestyle — the people, ranches, brands, products and businesses. Built on a foundation of lived experience, industry knowledge and an abstract and peculiar point of view that tells your story the way it deserves to be told.
From a single page introduction a full eCommerce storefront, membership platform or Your Online HQ with the L Bar M™ Ranch Management Software Suite™ — your entire ranch management system operating within your own website.
No matter what kind of website you want or need, I can build it, and it you require added features within the software, I can build that too!!
If you don’t need the Full Ranch Edition, maybe just something for your hay business, or your farrier business — no problem, I’ve got you covered!! Or if you just need cattle, or just horses — same, I’ve got that too!!
Websites designed and built for the people, ranches, brands and businesses that are actively living and preserving the western lifestyle, by someone who lives my own version of it right along side of you.
A website isn't just a page on the internet — it's your story, your brand, your credibility and with the L Bar M™ Ranch Management Software, it could also be your online headquarters. The place where someone goes to decide if they trust you, if they want to work with you and if they're ready to buy. Social media is a powerful discovery and introduction tool — but it's rented land. Algorithms change, platforms shut down and your entire customer base can disappear overnight. Your website is yours. You own it, you control it and nobody can take it from you. Your content stays put. Your customers stay accessible. Your business keeps running — regardless of what any platform decides to do. Every website I build starts with your story and ends with a site that works as hard as you do.
Your story, your services and your contact information — clean, professional and easy to navigate. Perfect for the ranch, small business or brand that needs a strong online presence without the complexity of a full multi-page site. Simple doesn't mean basic — it means everything in the right place.
Skip the middle man and start selling online!! From ranch products and western lifestyle brands to apparel, accessories and handmade goods — a fully integrated online storefront that makes buying easy and keeps your operation running around the clock. Your store. Your terms. Open 24/7.
Turn your brand into a product line of apparel, accessories, home and living the possibilities are almost endless as to what you can create and produce on your own. No inventory. Produce on demand as you get orders. POD includes ecommerce + storefront setup plus POD setup.
For photographers, artists, craftsmen and women, breeders, sellers and creatives who need a beautiful space to show their work, their horses or their products. Clean, visual and built to make the right impression on the right people.
Do you have a story to tell? I can build you a place to tell it - a blog or online magazine built to publish your content, grow your audience and establish your voice in the western lifestyle space. Your platform. Your stories. Your way. Don't lose it on social media.
For the ranchy woman with a story to tell, something to teach, share or build a community around — a membership platform that gates your content, manages your members and collects payments automatically. Whether it's resources, coaching or community — your platform, your rules.
More than just a website — Your Online HQ is your back office, your client and vendor database, your accounting and finances system, herd records, including health, farrier, breeding to name just a few. There's also Ranch to Table and Ranch to Market — which I've become a big advocate for, cutting out the middle man and selling direct to the consumer. Sale records, invoicing, online payments and eCommerce — all of the tools your operation needs, not only to run smoothly but to expand. Because you need more than just an online presence, or you may not even need that — you could definitely benefit from your own online management system that was built for the life you live.
Your website needs a home — a fast, secure and reliable one. Fully dedicated and managed hosting so you don't have to think about uptime, security updates or backups. Your job is your ranch, brand, product and/or business. Your hosting is mine.
Although it may not look like it from the outside 🤣 I’m actually very organized, I like to keep detailed records, what started out with drawing out my own pages in a spiral notebook because I couldn’t find anything that included everything I wanted to keep track of has taken on a life of its own — and what it’s become is something I haven’t been able to find anywhere else.
The L Bar M™ Ranch Management Software Suite™ is a modular ranch management system built as a plugin for your website — meaning it installs directly into your website and lives there. No separate platform. No extra login. Just added functionality right where you already are.
If you’re not familiar with plugins, think of them as software packets that add a specific capability to your existing website — lor a turbo chip on a motor.
What makes this so different than other ranch management software? With the Ranch Manager, you don’t just get a finance manager, a client manager, or livestock manager …
You get an everything manager that works directly from your own website — cattle, horses and dogs, vet, health and farrier records, breeding/calving/foaling tracker, grazing, hay, feed and supplements, equipment, “Ranch to Table” (direct to consumer sales and marketing), sale barn, vendors and clients with full photo documentation capabilities, tagging with cross reference capability — and a lot more.
In the event you need to add a capability, I can add it.
Currently, the Ranch Manager includes everything, cattle, horses, goats, sheep, dogs equipment, hay sales, sale barn records, vendors, client or Ranch to Table (direct to consumer sales and marketing). If you don’t need to track all of the animals, we can turn off the ones you don’t need and leave on only the animals you need to keep track of and, —f you need a different animal, say you need llamas, I can add llamas.
There’s one version of Ranch Manager, with all of the features. animal and asset records, cross-referencing throughout, photo uploads tracked by milestone, health records, expense and income tracking, P&L reporting, vendor and client management, organized for tax season.
Next off the production line is the Rodeo Manager — designed and built specifically the rodeo industry.
Stock contractors, cowboys, cowgirls, clowns and bullfighters.
Whether you’re breeding, raising and managing rough stock or tracking entry fees and winnings across a full season — this edition is built to meet the needs and requirements for you life and livelihood.
You can also keep track of all of your sponsorships!!
I’m currently testing the Performance Horse Manager — cutting, reining, reined + working cow horse — which will be offered through the L Bar M™ Creative Agency, specifically for the riders, trainers and breeders within the Western Performance Horse Industry.
Although it may not look like it from the outside 🤣 I’m actually very organized, I like to keep detailed records, what started out with drawing out my own pages in a spiral notebook because I couldn’t find anything that included everything I wanted to keep track of has taken on a life of its own — and what it’s become is something I haven’t been able to find anywhere else.
The L Bar M™ Ranch Management Software Suite™ is a modular ranch management system built as a plugin for your website — meaning it installs directly into your website and lives there. No separate platform. No extra login. Just added functionality right where you already are.
If you’re not familiar with plugins, think of them as software packets that add a specific capability to your existing website — lor a turbo chip on a motor.
What makes this so different than other ranch management software? With the Ranch Manager, you don’t just get a finance manager, a client manager, or livestock manager …
You get an everything manager that works directly from your own website — cattle, horses and dogs, vet, health and farrier records, breeding/calving/foaling tracker, grazing, hay, feed and supplements, equipment, “Ranch to Table” (direct to consumer sales and marketing), sale barn, vendors and clients with full photo documentation capabilities, tagging with cross reference capability — and a lot more.
In the event you need to add a capability, I can add it.
Currently, the Ranch Manager includes everything, cattle, horses, goats, sheep, dogs equipment, hay sales, sale barn records, vendors, client or Ranch to Table (direct to consumer sales and marketing). If you don’t need to track all of the animals, we can turn off the ones you don’t need and leave on only the animals you need to keep track of and, —f you need a different animal, say you need llamas, I can add llamas.
There’s one version of Ranch Manager, with all of the features. animal and asset records, cross-referencing throughout, photo uploads tracked by milestone, health records, expense and income tracking, P&L reporting, vendor and client management, organized for tax season.
Next off the production line is the Rodeo Manager — designed and built specifically the rodeo industry.
Stock contractors, cowboys, cowgirls, clowns and bullfighters.
Whether you’re breeding, raising and managing rough stock or tracking entry fees and winnings across a full season — this edition is built to meet the needs and requirements for you life and livelihood.
You can also keep track of all of your sponsorships!!
I’m currently testing the Performance Horse Manager — cutting, reining, reined + working cow horse — which will be offered through the L Bar M™ Creative Agency, specifically for the riders, trainers and breeders within the Western Performance Horse Industry.
Word of mouth marketing is some of the best marketing you can ever hope for. If that’s where you’re at, that’s fantastic!!
If in fact that is where you’re at, you may not feel that you “need” a website at all, from a sales and marketing standpoint, especially if you work locally.
But what I build is beyond just a sales and marketing “website” is Your Online HQ, which is basically your online operations hub, back office, herd tracking, financial records, equipment, clients and vendors to name just a few — everything you need to keep track of to keep your operation running as smoothly as possible.
If you truly don’t want to fool with a website at all, I can build you a “management hub” that runs off your own domain, just like a website – it’s your own space for management purposes, but no website.
Q. Why should I fool with my own website when I can go to a platform like Ambrook, CattleMax or Cattle360 and do the same thing.
A. All of these are great products, but they aren’t the “same thing”. Each of them are limited to one aspect, whereas mine, are all encompassing for your entire operation. When you sign up for a subscription or membership to someone else’s website or platform, and spend the time to input all of your information their, it comes with a risk that you could lose it — all of it. It’s the same concept as social media, if at any point an outside platform turns off, breaks, or kicks you out – you’ll lose everything. It’s like renting vs owning. If you rent a house, you basically “lose” all of the work you may have done on the house or property when you move, but if you own the house, the land etc., you “keep” all of the work you do to maintain and upgrade.
💡An added tidbit, at tax time, just give the financial section to your accountant. No more saving and sifting through receipts on your living room floor or kitchen table.
And — the great thing about developing the software myself, is that I can I add anything else you might need to make it work just how you need it to work.
It takes a lot of different people, who do a lot of different things to support and keep the life we live running smoothly —
Maybe you’re a rancher who also does something else.
Or maybe you’re a team roper who keeps some roping steers but your main gig is building, or maybe shoeing horses.
Or maybe you ranch and sell hay.
Maybe you design and produce stirrups, spurs, bits, etc.
Maybe you train horses.
Maybe you sell tractors.
I can build a website or online hq for you too.
Something that reflects and manages your business.
The way that I’ve built the “bones” of this software, it wouldn’t take much finagling to adapt it to your specific business or need — so if you’re curious about a feature that would help your business, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
If you have questions on how I can help you and your business build your online presence or identity, please don’t hesitate to reach out and ask all of the questions you might have.
It takes a lot of different people, who do a lot of different things to keep this lifestyle running smoothly –
Maybe you’re a rancher who also does something else.
Or maybe you’re a team roper who keeps some roping steers but your main gig is building, or maybe shoeing horses.
Or maybe you ranch and sell hay.
I can build a website or online hq for you too.
Something that reflects and manages your business.
With the management software that I’ve, we can turn off the animals, or keep only the animals you want to keep track of and keep the core business and financial management features.
If you have questions on how I can help you and your business build your online presence or identity, please don’t hesitate to reach out and ask all of the questions you might have.
The western lifestyle wasn’t built overnight. It was built by the generations that came before us — the ranchers, the horsemen, the cattlemen, the craftspeople and the families who dedicated their lives to the animals, the land, the life, carried forward, by those of us living our own versions of it, to preserve it, unapologetically.
Today we’re up against the world, the “future”, things the generations before us never had to fight. Land being “traded” for data centers. Family operations shutting down. The next generation leaving for something easier.
Corporate agriculture swallowing what took lifetimes to build. A culture that’s losing touch with where its food comes from, where its heritage lives and what this life actually looks like.
A website won’t fix all of that. But it can tell your story to the people who need to hear it.
Your buyers, your community and your next generation of supporters.
It can keep your operation visible, your brand alive and your legacy moving forward — in a world focus on moving faster, forgetting the history of this life even faster.
A website storefront can also give you direct access to the consumer, whether it be selling your horses, your cows, your beef or your handmade goods and crafts.
This is who I design for.
The people unwilling to be bought out. Unwilling to sell out.
The people willing to take a stand and protect the way of life that took generations to build.
The people who have a story to tell, preserving this life, those who are building there own version of it – living it and making sure it doesn’t get lost.
Are you looking for something specific to the Western Performance Horse Industry? L Bar M™ Creative Agency offers Legacy Branding, graphic design, performance promotions, product campaigns, photography and online hq and storefront setup for the Western Performance Horse Industry, specifically cutting, reining and reined + working cow horse.
Are you looking for something specific to the Western Performance Horse Industry? L Bar M™ Creative Agency offers Legacy Branding, graphic design, performance promotions, product campaigns, photography and online hq and storefront setup for the Western Performance Horse Industry, specifically cutting, reining and reined + working cow horse.