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Archive for April, 2009

Apr 26 / You’re A Small Business, Why Be On Twitter? 100 Reasons.

by Jason Landa

You can’t interact with any form of media these days and not hear about Twitter.  TV, radio, print, web, mobile and face-to-face networking are all jumping in. Big traditional media, big business, big stars, big sports … all on Twitter. But you, you’re not big.   You’re a small business and while you’re interested in tools [...] Read More


63 Comments » -- Posted in Business Building, Small Business, Social Media, Twitter |

Apr 21 / Giddy Up, A Website Redesign For OutWest

by Jason Landa

We recently released a website redesign for OutWest, a family-friendly horse ranch, show and horse event organization in Minnesota. OutWest had been on the Site Management Console web platform for over 5 years, but the growth of their business and interest in new web features brought them to explore a web redesign.  In meeting with [...] Read More


No Comments » -- Posted in Blogging, Five Client, Five News, Web Design, Web Projects |

Apr 20 / What Is Holding Your Company Back From Internet Marketing?

by Jason Landa

Two things happened last week that had me thinking about Internet marketing and the opportunity for success a business has with it. It also made me think about why companies seem to be held back from exploiting the benefits of marketing online. Number One: Who’s The Crazy One? The first was reading a great Internet [...] Read More


5 Comments » -- Posted in Business Building, Email Marketing, Internet Marketing, Small Business |

Apr 16 / A Look At Our Minnesota Web Design Office

by Jason Landa

In our industry we often hide behind browsers, Internet connections, email and our web designs.  Just where are these web design experts working everyday?  So here is a look at our office space.  We moved into another section of our 100 year old building this winter as we found a renter for our old space.  [...] Read More


6 Comments » -- Posted in Five News, Minnesota, Small Business, Web Design |

Apr 09 / SEO Presentation At The Buffalo Chamber Of Commerce

by Jason Landa

I was very fortunate to get to speak at the Buffalo, MN Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Luncheon today.  I presented on some ideas to help a small business website succeed, search engine optimization (SEO) and web analytics. I think I only put one person to sleep and the group had a lot of great Internet [...] Read More


1 Comment » -- Posted in Business Building, Five News, Google, Internet Marketing, Local Search, SEO, Small Business, Web Design |

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