About Therese Grittner and TaG Makes
Therese Grittner is a Charleston web designer and AI search optimization specialist based on Johns Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry. She helps local businesses show up when potential clients search for their services, not just in Google, but in AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Comet and Perplexity.
Therese specializes in making technology actually work for businesses that don’t have time (or want) to become tech experts themselves.
About Therese
The moment everything changed.
In early 2024, due to zoning, Therese was forced to close her Equine Assisted Learning business. She had been working with horses and teaching for 20+ years, while doing websites and tech fixes on the side.
As she pivoted, first to physical goods, and then, to make web design and tech her main income, she started teaching herself again. Therese went back at the basics, first with design THEN moved into the tech. Every week she taught herself a new tool, to add to her “toolbox”, and slowly started to transform her new business, TaG Makes from a design and customization shop, to a tech consultant and now, specializing in AI Search Engine Optimization.
Almost all of the tools Therese taught herself came from “A client asked” and “I didn’t know”.
When one day, a client asked her why they weren’t showing up on Chat GPT, she didn’t know.
That question changed everything.
Therese discovered that most Charleston businesses, including her own, were completely invisible in AI search. While everyone was fighting over Google rankings and Facebook ads (Therese included), their potential clients were already using ChatGPT, Claude, Comet and Perplexity to find services.
And local businesses simply weren’t showing up.
Rather than just learn the theory, Therese rebuilt her own website first. She transformed tagmakessc.com from architecturally invisible (2/10 AI visibility score) to consistently recommended by AI tools, in two weeks. She documented every step, tested every strategy, and proved the system worked before offering it to a single client.
Now, Therese specializes in AI search optimization for Charleston businesses. When someone asks ChatGPT for a web designer, business consultant, or local service provider, her clients show up. Not because they’re paying for ads. Not because they’re gaming an algorithm. Because their websites are built to be understood, trusted, and recommended by AI.
The shift is happening whether businesses are ready or not. Therese at TaG Makes are getting Charleston companies get ahead of it.
Experience and Background
Over a decade of Digital Design and Marketing
Therese has spent the last 10+ years helping businesses navigate technology, build online presence, and actually use their digital tools effectively.
Ambrose Family Farms
Performance Reviews
Social media management and community building
Frostbite Farms
coming soon, so so excited for her!
Complete marketing and business development
Peter B-C
www.anchor2asset.com
In Progress!
Complete website management, AI SEO and Design
Alana Does Life
www.alanadoeslife.com
Consult and create business growth and social media marketing plans
And many more!
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We will work with you to create a personalized plan to help you achieve your goals.
How Therese Works
- No Cookie-Cutter Solutions Every business is different. Cookie-cutter templates don’t work. Therese builds systems that match how your brain works and how your business operates.
- Plain English, No Jargon Technology is confusing enough. Therese explains everything in normal human language. No acronyms, no assumptions, no making you feel stupid for asking questions.
- Fast Implementation Most projects complete in 2-3 weeks. Not because Therese cuts corners—because she has systems, templates, and processes that work efficiently.
- Honest About What Works (And What Doesn’t) If something isn’t the right fit, Therese will tell you. She’d rather recommend someone else than waste your time and money on work that won’t deliver results.
- Charleston Lowcountry Local, based on Johns Island, Therese understands the Charleston market, the Lowcountry business community, and what works (and doesn’t work) for local businesses.
- Real-World ResultsTherese doesn’t just teach what should work in theory. She tests everything on her own business first, documents the results, and only recommends strategies that have proven successful.