Five Technology has been inspired by the government attempt to improve our environment and stimulate the economy with the Cash For Clunkers program to get outdated, inefficient cars off the road.

We’ve noticed the same problem with clunker websites.  They are inefficient, hog bandwidth, slow the Internet, have designs that hurt your eyes and rattle a user’s mental health.  We want to put an end to it.

Trade In Your Clunker Website
We’re offering $500 to anyone wanting to trade in their clunker website for a brand new, efficient, scalable, CMS powered, search engine optimized Five Technology web design.

• Get started with a new website now!

If your site resembles the clunker website below or falls short of your needs, we can help.

So do the right thing, improve the Internet, make your customers and prospects happier and trade in your clunker website.  We’ll give you $500 off of your web design proposal for being so smart.

• Start the Cash For Clunker Websites process now

Five Technology is proud to release the new web design for Wild Marsh Golf Course.  Wild Marsh is a fantastic golf course located just west of the Minneapolis metro area in Buffalo, MN.

Our web redesign aimed to capture the beauty of Wild Marsh and it’s surrounding nature, while making it easy for interested golfers to get all the golf course information they needed to make a tee time.

This web design project involved:

• Custom web design
• Built on the SMC for full content management
• Online gift card purchase
• Events calendar
• Course photo gallery
• Integrated weather feed for current & 5 day forecast
• Printable golf web specials
• Search engine optimization
• Email marketing

We incorporated drop-down navigation for the website that displays both 2nd and 3rd level navigation to maximize the website’s usability.  The drop down menu is also customized with a background image involving elements of the Wild Marsh logo (bottom).

The printable golf coupons & specials page:

We have celebrated the release of the new Wild Marsh web design with a respectful golf clap in the Five Technology offices.  Twin Cities golfers looking for a great course at a great value will have to put this golf course on their list to play.

Website:  http://www.wildmarsh.com

Five Technology is excited to announce the release of the new website for the Mental Health Association of Minnesota (MHAM).  This non-profit was the state’s first mental health advocacy and education organization founded in 1939.

MHAM works to meet the needs of the mental health community, respond to those needs, and work to make positive changes in the lives of individuals and in public policy.  The organization had utilized a web presence for the past 10 years, but the old website lacked many features and usability.

This Non-profit Web Design Project Included:

• Custom web design based on their new logo & colors
• SMC platform for full website content management
• Blog component for news & updates from MHAM
• Improved content structure & usability
• Search engine friendly design & search engine optimization
• User account management for interactive & communication features
• Discussion board integration
• 3rd Party donation solution

One of MHAM’s biggest desires was to create an easy to use interface/account for their community to interact with each other and become aware of the organization’s offerings.  Five created myMHAM and gave users the ability to easily create an account that allows them to interact on the message board, comment on mental health blog posts, select email list inclusions and receive the MHAM newsletter (mailed).

We’re excited about the new web design, the platform and the website features we put together in working with the MHAM staff.  We have no doubt that this new marketing and communication tool will contribute to their continued success and work within the mental health community.

• http://www.mentalhealthmn.org

While our main focus at Five Technology is usually web related, we won’t turn away the opportunity for great creative work in other forms when asked.  Easiway Systems of Minnesota wanted us to design their new logo as they sought to align their brand with their trusted reputation, outstanding product line and then launch a new e-commerce website.

Over the last 20 years, EasiWay has grown to be a leader in the screen printing industry, making the most efficient and environmentally friendly screen cleaning and reclaiming products and solutions.  They desired a new look that was crisp, clean, had a water element and a touch of green.

Here are are initial logo design concepts:

EasiWay was impressed and excited with their design choices and it made narrowing down a few to explore difficult.  Through further discussion and ideas, one logo design concept was chosen to work from.  We then presented  a few versions and ultimately came up with a winner.

EasiWay’s new logo design:

The team at Easiway Systems was great to work with and we are now creating their new product labels as well as their e-commerce enabled website.  Stay tuned for the launch of the new website in the near future.

Five is pleased to announce the release of GW Transportation’s new web design.  GW Transportation is a national logistics and trucking company located here in Minnesota.  GW provides a complete logistics and freight service including truckload freight (TL), less than truckload freight (LTL) and specialty trucking.

GW Transportation sought out Five’s web design services to upgrade their website’s design, content and usability.  A strong focus was placed on building a search engine friendly website that would allow GW to earn more trust and traffic from the search engines.  In addition to the website redesign, Five will also be conducting ongoing search engine optimization (SEO) for GWtransporation.com.

The website also features an online quoting form to get potential customers up and running fast with GW.

Five is excited to get GW Transportation to a new level and we’re looking forward to helping develop more business for this outstanding trucking company.