Entries by Christy Beving

No Support from Tech Leaders Slows Workflow

COVID-19 has thrown almost every small business in an unpredictable whirlwind. Downtown Design, LLC is no exception. Our staff and myself has struggled with keeping up with the demand of clients needing emergency COVID-19 responses on websites, keeping some of restaurants and shopping center clients alive by adding online ordering, not to mention our own […]

Creating Opportunities During a Pandemic

“Is this real life? What is happening?!?” The global pandemic COVID-19 seemed to come out of nowhere and sent us for unbelievable whirlwind of very unexpected turns. High hopes for the new year of 2020 has quickly turned upside down to gloom and doom. People are dying. Stock markets are plummeting. Shoppers are hoarding. Individuals […]

Top 10 Website Designer of Minneapolis Award

We are so excited to announce that we have been chosen to receive the “Top 10 Website Designers Serving Minneapolis” from Expertise! They scored ux designers on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analysed the results to find the list of the best ux designers in Minneapolis, MN. They base their results using […]

Anoka office plans to move to Elk River, MN

The Anoka office is on the move again. Last month MNDOT announced the reconstruction of the Hwy 10 and Main offramp reconstruction. These plans would include taking down our current building to place a new, safer offramp from Hwy 10. No one knows for sure when the construction will actually take place, but we’ve decided […]

Clark Location Moved to New Location on Highway

We’ve been growing! Last month we have moved into our new office, a larger location with much more exposure right on Highway 212, next to the Clark Courier and local attorney in the old Moritz Publishing location. This has been an amazing transition, and it fits us perfectly down to the ink splatters on the […]

Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal

My brother in-law, David Huisenga is someone that I look up to. He’s smart, compassionate and doesn’t beat around the bush. He’s usually very quiet, so when he has something to say, I listen. He’s been a successful business man, now at the top of his career (so far) as the CEO of a communication […]

Top 10 Reasons to Avoid Angie’s List

Our company manages Google Ad campaigns for many different types of companies, but one of the most popular professions we help is the construction, builder and remodeler industries. These types of business rely on lead generation in some way, shape or form to get the business it needs to thrive. In the past 5-10 years, […]

WordPress Database Update Required

This first quarter of 2019 has been a busy one for WordPress developers. There has been 10 significant updates for WordPress 5, 5.1 and 5.2, not to mention some huge PHP updates this quarter as well, that has resulted in some required maintenance and updating needed on some of our websites. We have been running […]

Best Website Designer in the Business

One of the biggest things that makes Downtown Design the best in the business is our friendliness, honesty and integrity. Our account reps are not the pushy sales types, using scare tactics to demand loads of money from our clients – we simply listen to our clients needs, offer our suggestions and deliver what we […]

Stop Discounting Your Services

If you or someone you know is struggling with not making enough sales for their businesses – and they continue to offer discounts, discounts and more discounts … I would love to talk them! Discounting services is an injustice to any company that offers good, quality work. It hits your sales team and reputation right […]