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Thompson’s Farm Gets a New Website — And Ditches Earthlink and Saves
Thompson's Farm has been a Yakima Valley staple for years. Now they've got a website that actually does the work — a new logo, a unified marketing system, and a Google presence that accounts for both of their locations. Here's how it came together.The Starting Point:...
LinkedIn Ads Follow-Up: One Checkbox, $180, and a Real Customer
In January I wrote about spending $250 on LinkedIn Ads and getting almost nothing for it. Sixty thousand impressions. Three hundred clicks. A 92% bounce rate. One server bug discovered. If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here: I Spent $250 on LinkedIn Ads. Here's...
Free Website Grader
We've been doing website audits for local businesses for years. The same issues come up over and over — a slow homepage, a missing meta description, security headers that were never set, contact info buried where Google can't find it. Most business owners have no idea...
Central Washington Curbing Gets a New Website | Bondbyte, Inc
From Blank Slate to Live Site: Central Washington Curbing Some projects have a backstory. This one goes back to 2021, when Jason Phinney — owner of Central Washington Curbing LLC — first sat down with us to talk about building a web presence for his business....
Central Washington Curbing LLC | Brand Identity
From Napkin to Launch: Central Washington Curbing Gets Its Brand Some projects have a great story behind them. Central Washington Curbing is one of those. Back in 2021, Jason Phinny — owner of Central Washington Curbing LLC and a guy I've spent more than a few...
Elite Tire Center Yakima Marketing Case Study
Yesterday I sat down with Juan Rodriguez, owner of Elite Tire Center here in Yakima, WA. We had a very productive conversation about digital marketing and how to measure what's working. Juan knows his way around digital marketing and had a clear idea of where his...
Password Management for free
Let's talk about something that affects everyone - password management. Whether you're running a business or just trying to keep track of your online life, passwords are a pain. And most solutions either want you married to the cloud or charging monthly fees. I use...
Thompson’s Farm – Brand Identity
Here's the start of a new brand identity for Thompson's Farm in Naches. Once we get their brand identity nailed down, we will move on to designing websites and logos. This is usually step one in the process of helping customers improve their brand. A strong brand...
I Spent $250 on LinkedIn Ads. Here’s What I Actually Got.
The Setup LinkedIn sent me one of those offers—spend $250 on ads, get $250 matched. Free advertising money. I clicked the link, set up my campaign, and figured I'd document the whole thing. "How to Get a Customer with LinkedIn Ads" was going to be a nice little...
Introducing BasicBMS: Our Business Management Platform
After 15 years of helping businesses run better, we built the software to do it. BasicBMS is now available—a modular business management platform for growing companies that need more than spreadsheets but less than enterprise. What It Does CRM, quoting, job costing,...