# Creative State

> Creative State is a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based web development and creative agency founded in 1999. We build websites, AI-powered tools, SEO strategies, videos, and brands for service businesses and ecommerce companies across the United States. Founder: Brent Lollis.

## About

- [About Brent Lollis & Creative State](https://creativestate.com/about): Founder Brent Lollis started Creative State in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1999. Forbes Agency Council member, author of Digital Dominance, 25+ years building websites for 1,000+ clients including Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, and Pipeline Equipment, Inc.
- [Contact](https://creativestate.com/contact): 8403 S. 89th West Avenue, Building 7, Tulsa, OK 74131. By appointment only, Monday–Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central. Most replies same day, always within one business day. Email info@creativestate.com or call (918) 585-9311.

## Services

- [All services](https://creativestate.com/services): Eight in-house service lines: web development (hand-coded, no templates, 100/100 PageSpeed), branding and design, content strategy, social media management, video production, photography, SEO and AI search optimization, and AI strategy.
- [Tulsa web design](https://creativestate.com/services/web-design): Hand-coded custom websites for Tulsa-area and nationwide businesses. No WordPress, no Squarespace, no Wix. Three pillars: partner not vendor (multiple clients kept for well over a decade), strategy from the business side (founder is a business person, not a designer or programmer), custom not template. No minimum budget. Projects on the list have ranged from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month, less than the cost of a single full-time employee. First conversation is free.
- [Tulsa branding and design](https://creativestate.com/services/branding-and-design): Custom brand identities (logo, color, type, written guidelines) built around what the business actually needs. Custom design from the business side, not template marks dressed up with a different logo. Brand identity for service businesses, manufacturers, non-profits, ecommerce. Files in every format you'll need (print, web, embroidery, signage, vehicle wraps). Projects range from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month. First conversation is free.
- [Tulsa AI strategy](https://creativestate.com/services/ai-strategy): AI that earns its keep, not a slide deck about AI. Workflow automation, personalized customer experiences, and custom internal tools, scoped to where AI actually pays off for the business. Hand-built around your operation, your customer language, your data, your internal rules. No off-the-shelf chatbot dropped in. Strategy from the business side, build from our developers. Projects range from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month. First conversation is free.
- [Tulsa SEO and AI search](https://creativestate.com/services/seo-and-ai-search): Get found in Google and named by ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI Overview. Clean code, fast pages, content written as direct answers to the questions your buyers type, and the hidden tags that help search engines and AI tools recognize your business. Two layers of work: traditional SEO and AI-search visibility. Strategy from the business side. Projects range from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month. First conversation is free.
- [Tulsa content strategy](https://creativestate.com/services/content-strategy): Brand messaging, website copy, content calendars, and a 90-day publishing plan that actually gets followed. Strategy from the business side. Content written for buyers, not for an SEO score. Projects range from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month. First conversation is free.
- [Tulsa social media management](https://creativestate.com/services/social-media): Strategy, content, community management, and paid ads on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Consistent presence that builds an audience that becomes customers. Strategy from the business side, content from photographers, video editors, and writers in-house. Projects range from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month. First conversation is free.
- [Tulsa video production](https://creativestate.com/services/video): Brand films, product videos, customer testimonials, event coverage, and motion graphics. Shot in our in-house studio with a 9-screen LED wall (real lighting, virtual backgrounds), cut for web, social, ads, and broadcast. Multi-format delivery (16:9, 9:16, 1:1) from a single shoot day. Strategy from the business side. Projects range from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month. First conversation is free.
- [Tulsa photography](https://creativestate.com/services/photography): Product shots, headshots, industrial facility work, events, and editorial. Custom-shot for the business, not stock images dressed up with a logo. Pictures that make everything else look better and that AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overview) can recognize as the canonical brand image. Projects range from a few hundred dollars to well over $1,000,000. Monthly partnership: $500–$5,000/month. First conversation is free.

## Work

- [Portfolio](https://creativestate.com/work): Selected projects across industrial, legal, entertainment, e-commerce, construction, non-profit, and home services. Featured: Pipeline Equipment, Inc. (14+ years), Secrest Hill & Secrest, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift's Fearless mosaic (10,000 fans, 7M+ albums), Bellara Brass, Caton Asphalt, Trent Austin Music, Tulsa Girls Art School, Flash Painting.
- [Caton Asphalt case study](https://creativestate.com/work/caton-asphalt): How we built the first website and brand system for a Tulsa-based asphalt paving company moving into commercial work.

## Articles

- [Seven Signs It's Time to Rebuild Your Website in 2026](https://creativestate.com/articles/seven-signs-rebuild): A refresh hides problems. A rebuild fixes them. Seven observable signs your site needs to be torn down and rebuilt for the web as it actually works in 2026.
- [AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Web Development](https://creativestate.com/articles/ai-rewriting-web-development): AI agents scaffold whole page layouts. Conversational interfaces replace the contact form. Search runs through AI Overviews on nearly half of Google queries. The way a site gets built in 2026 is not the way it got built in 2023.
- [The Web Stats Every Business Leader Should Know in 2026](https://creativestate.com/articles/web-stats-business-leaders): Mobile traffic, page speed, Core Web Vitals, AI search, conversion benchmarks. The numbers behind your digital strategy this year, sourced to real publishers with links you can verify yourself.
- [Why Your Slow Website Is Costing You More Than You Think](https://creativestate.com/articles/slow-website-costing-you): Your site's speed drives your revenue, search rankings, and customer trust. The dollar cost of poor performance, with real source data and a plain-language action plan you can start today.

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