Clarkston
Clarkston is a small, affluent city in northern Oakland County with a historic, walkable downtown along Main Street, near Pine Knob and the area's lakes, with a base of boutiques, restaurants, and service businesses. Media & Technology Group builds bespoke business platforms — custom software, AI automation, managed IT, and marketing — for the Clarkston area's boutiques, restaurants, and service businesses, and we serve them remote-first from York County, Pennsylvania — nationwide, with on-site time when a project warrants the trip.
Do you work with businesses in Clarkston, Michigan?
Yes — remote-first from our York County, Pennsylvania base, with on-site visits when a project warrants it. A Clarkston client gets a named contact, a regular maintenance window, and direct access for urgent issues.
What would you build for a Clarkston boutique, restaurant, or service business?
Usually an e-commerce, reservation, ordering, customer, or scheduling platform built around how your operation runs — so a Clarkston business works from one system instead of a paper calendar and disconnected apps.
Where does AI help a Clarkston operator?
In intake, customer email, reservation, scheduling, and follow-up — so a Clarkston business gets real leverage without adding headcount.
What's the cybersecurity baseline for a Clarkston business taking payments?
Managed EDR, MFA, immutable backups, phishing filtering, and secure payment handling, all set up and managed for you so a Clarkston business isn't carrying that risk alone.
What does a custom platform cost a Clarkston business?
A single focused workflow runs from the high four figures into the mid five figures; we scope it to what your Clarkston operation actually needs and phase it so value lands early.
How long until it's running?
Usually eight to ten weeks to the first live workflow, then iterative improvements from there.
Who owns the code and data?
You do, outright — no lock-in. The platform and data belong to your Clarkston business.
How fast do you respond when something breaks?
Typically 15–60 minutes during business hours and under an hour after-hours for critical issues, handled remotely with direct access for urgent problems instead of a ticket queue.
Can you do marketing in more than one language for Clarkston?
Yes — local SEO and content in English and Spanish where it fits your customers, so people searching in their own language find you first.
Can you help a Clarkston business stand out online?
Yes — local SEO and content tuned for Clarkston, its historic downtown and the visitors it draws, so the customers searching nearby find your door first.
What we do for Clarkston businesses
Every engagement is built around how your Clarkston operation actually runs — a boutique, a restaurant, or a service business — not an off-the-shelf template. Here's where we help:
Custom Software Platforms
E-commerce, reservation, ordering, customer, and scheduling platforms built around how a Clarkston boutique, restaurant, or service business runs, so the work lives in one system instead of disconnected apps.
Intelligent Automation
AI and workflow automation that takes intake, customer email, reservation, and scheduling off a Clarkston team's plate, so your people focus on the work.
Marketing & SEO
Local SEO and content tuned for Clarkston, its historic downtown and the visitors it draws, so the customers searching nearby find your door first.
Managed IT & Cybersecurity
Managed EDR, MFA, immutable backups, secure payment handling, and phishing filtering for a Clarkston business, handled remotely with on-site help when needed.
Consulting
Practical advice for Clarkston owners on where technology and AI fit a retail, restaurant, or service business.
