New Design Launch!

Well here we are, a brand new design for a brand new journey. Since taking over Small Business Branding, I truly feel like I’ve had a hand in developing the future for this site.

I’d like to give Ben Bleikamp a big Thank You for bringing my ideas for the new site to light. He’s an excellent designer and is a true professional to work with. He got things done on time and all within 1 month!

Also a nice thanks to my friend Nola who designed the new logo for us and for rushing my new business cards in time for the seminar I’m attending here in Vancouver next week.

Funny enough, the toughest decision I had was the new RSS button. I couldn’t settle for one that I liked and Ben had to change it a few times so I’d be happy with it. Finally I settled on the one here and I’m really liking it.

I was running around yesterday with my kids picking up and dropping off at friends houses and youth night so it was a very busy day. I picked up some Subway and literally ran to the computer to let Ben know I’d quickly eat and then go over the new design with him that was already launched! I was thrilled to see it up and live and I’m really looking forward to bringing new and great things to the Small Business Community.

Our Sponsors – We are also up over 2500+ RSS Subscribers, that healthy number means that we are meeting a need in the business marketplace and news of our reputation is continuing to grow.

While we are pleased with this news, these statistics are just as important to our sponsors. Each month over 35,000 new visitors are seeing sponsors’ products and services on the banner ads and links that are on every one our 800 pages. Visitors are also seeing these ads several times in one visit as they view our professionally designed and laid out pages.

I consider our sponsors as respected partners in our goal to serve the Small Business Branding website community. Sponsor investments help to support our efforts to bring to our audience the timeliest and most relevant insights, industry news and practical tips that managers and marketers can use to advance their business.

Our Authors – When I first decided to launch a new design I didn’t think I’d do this right away, but I felt strongly that I wanted to highlight the authors more on this site as they write on a weekly basis here at Small Business Branding.

They are a BIG part of this site and helping to develop it further. So a BIG thank you also goes out to our Weekly Authors Ed Roach, Drew McLellan, Krishna De, Kelly McCausey, and Sean Kelly.

We will also see wonderful articles coming on a Monthly basis from Kevin Levi, Robert Kingston
and Lynette Chandler. And guest posts from Danielle Rodgers, Steve Woodruff, Nick Rice
and Alice Seba.

New Authors – I have also personally invited Alice Seba, Kelly McCausey and Lynette Chandler to join us as authors, welcome ladies! They are truly experts in their field and will bring online business experience and will not let technology hold us back, I can’t wait to see what they bring for us. Also, there are new authors signing on with us coming up! And an open call for new writers may be in the works, I just need to settle into this new design and make sure everything is running smoothly.

The one thing that I’ve ALWAYS done is celebrate all business decisions. We literally go out to dinner for the grand opening of any of our stores and even when we sold them off. Every big decision deserves a nice night out. So I’ll be planning that soon too! 🙂

One last BIG thanks goes out to Rob Kingston, Ed Roach, and Drew McLellan for giving me some great ideas for the new design and making my transition to SBB a wonderful experience.

I hope you enjoy the new design, I look to build this community over the long term and position Small Business Branding to be THE place for Small Business Owners to gain what they need to build their business further.