Digital agency · North Holland

More clients. Less manual work. Work smarter.

A website that brings in leads. A platform that speeds up your process. AI that changes the way you work. We build it, and make sure it delivers measurable results for your business.

Value

Live fast with what matters now, ready to expand as you grow.

01 Brand & website

A brand that fits, translated into a website that convinces.

A good website doesn’t start with a template, but with your brand: who you are, who you work for and why clients choose you. We translate that into a design and a website that tell that story consistently, everywhere. No template, but a site that fits how your clients make their choice.

Positioning, visual identity and story as the foundation
A website that convinces and turns visitors into leads
One consistent look, from logo to last page
Brand identity
AaSpace Grotesk · Inter Tight
↓ translated into the website
yourcompany.com
One identity
website · social · quotes
Visitors → leads
4.8%
was 1.9% on the old site
New lead
via contact form · just now
02 Tools & platforms

One environment for work that’s now scattered everywhere.

We bring work that’s now spread across inboxes, spreadsheets and people’s heads together in one custom platform. A client portal, a dashboard for your team, a planning or inventory system: we build what your process needs. One place, no retyping and no searching.

Shorter turnaround for your entire process, from first step to completion
Less retyping, fewer errors, fewer calls about status
Exactly the features your business needs, nothing that gets in the way
Example: from request to invoice
Request
Intake
Planning
Execution
Invoice
Turnaround
2.1 days
was 5.4 days
Retyped
0 times
everything in one file
Status
24/7
visible to your client
03 AI & automation

AI that changes the way you work, not just your tools.

AI only works when it fits the way you already work. We connect your existing systems: email, calendar, accounting, CRM. Repetitive work disappears, knowledge stays in your company and your team gets time for work that really matters.

Hours back every week by automating repetitive work
Company knowledge that doesn’t leave when a colleague does
You don’t replace anything, you connect what you already have
What you already have
Email
Calendar
Accounting
CRM
Files
Chat
SINGLE SOURCE
Your company’s memory
All your systems in one source. AI reads along, thinks along and takes action automatically.
What your team does with it
Answers
from all your systems
Documents
quotes, reports
Insight
figures, always up to date
Actions
routine work, automated
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Reply within 1 working day
directly, no middlemen
Who you work with

One point of contact, from first conversation to delivery.

No account manager, no project lead passing things on. One dedicated point of contact who oversees the project and brings in specialists where needed.

It starts with a growth session at your location: in a few hours you’ll see where the biggest gains are and what starting there will deliver.

Michael Barends
Founder, Barends Media · Heerhugowaard
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Sound familiar?

Four situations we often come across.

And what changes once we get to work on them.

01

Your website isn’t delivering

It’s there, but the phone doesn’t ring any more often. Visitors come, look and leave. After a new site: a page that explains, convinces and converts into leads.

02

Everything lives in email and Excel

Requests in the inbox, planning in a sheet, hours on paper. Nobody knows exactly where anything is. With your own tool: one place for your entire process.

03

Everyone does AI their own way

Separate tools, personal prompts, nothing that sticks in the company. With one shared environment, your whole team works in the same place, with your own knowledge and data.

04

Deciding on gut feeling

The figures sit in five systems and reports are always behind. With a dashboard you see how things are going today, and decide today.

Approach

First understand what it needs to deliver. Then build.

One point of contact from first conversation to delivery and beyond. Short lines, clear agreements and simply doing what we promise.

01Week 1–2

Explore

We look at your business, your clients and your process. Where does time leak away, where do requests get stuck? That results in a clear plan, including what it needs to deliver.

02Week 3–8

Build

Design and development in short rounds, so you see something quickly and can steer. We choose the tools that fit: WordPress, Webflow, Laravel, React or Next.js.

03After launch

Measure and improve

Going live is just the beginning. We track what it delivers in leads, time and turnaround, and improve wherever it can be better.

Ongoing insight into results
Featured project

Latest work

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Akira Energy professional in workwear on an offshore platform
Brand & website

Akira Energy — Fueled by people.

Akira Energy connects energy companies worldwide with qualified onshore and offshore professionals. A new brand and a website that convey that trust to clients and professionals alike.

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Wordpress
CMS
One brand
Fresh and modern
100%
Custom-built

Ready for the next step?

An introduction is always free of obligation. Tell us your challenge, and together we’ll move your business forward.

Michael Barends
Michael Barends
Founder, Barends Media
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