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: An Earthlink Holdover
When Thompson’s first came to me, they were still running on an old Earthlink account. Website, email, and email marketing — all bundled, all slow, all outdated. They were paying around $90 a month for the privilege.
We brought it all in-house — website, hosting, and email marketing — for just under $50 a month. Same services. Local support. No hold music.
“If you or someone you know has been a victim of a corporate hosting takeover, call Bondbyte, Inc today. You may be entitled to a faster website, a lower bill, and someone local who actually picks up the phone.”
-Not Chuck McDowell
Bringing the Logo into the Modern Era
Thompson’s has a registered trademark — an apple. Makes sense for a farm in the Yakima Valley, apple country by any measure. The problem was the only copy they had was on paper.
We scanned it, cleaned it up, and built a proper digital logo from that original. No redesign for redesign’s sake. The brand they built is their brand — we just made sure it could actually live on a screen, a sign, or a shirt without falling apart.
The Dual Location Challenge: Farm and Market
Thompson’s operates two distinct locations — the Farm and the Market. That’s two addresses, two phone numbers, two sets of hours. In SEO and local search, that’s called a dual NAP situation (Name, Address, Phone), and if it’s handled wrong it can confuse Google and cost you rankings.
The fix is deliberate: two separate Google Business Profiles, each with accurate and consistent information, each tied to the right location pages on the website. No blending, no guessing. Google needs clean signals to surface the right location to the right searcher — and that’s exactly what we built.
MailPoet: One System for the Whole Thing
One of the underrated wins here is MailPoet. Instead of managing a separate email marketing platform on top of the website, MailPoet lives right inside WordPress. Thompson’s can send newsletters, seasonal promotions, and updates directly from the same dashboard they use to manage the site.
For a business that runs two locations and has a loyal local customer base, being able to reach those customers with one tool — without a separate login, a separate bill, or a separate learning curve — is genuinely useful.
How We Work
Every project at BondByte follows the same flow: we meet, we build, we revise, we launch.
No surprises, no scope creep surprises, no disappearing after the deposit. Thompson’s Farm came in with a paper logo and an Earthlink bill. They left with a full web presence, a live newsletter platform, and a Google footprint that reflects both sides of their operation.
If your business is still paying for services that haven’t been updated since broadband was a selling point, it’s worth a conversation.