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Ri Ruv Roo!

It’s not nice to tease you, talking about the Lost Roo before she’s solidly open.  But I just couldn’t wait to show you the fun things Roo Keepers Mark and Helen Johnson have been working on.  Helen put a lot of detail focus on getting her logo roos just right…

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Menus: An Interesting Puzzle

Menus usually pose the challenge of putting a lot of information into a comparatively small amount of space.  Menus should be easy to read by all ages in mood lighting and most restaurant owners want to include a fair number of graphics and images, as well as use an interesting…

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WordPress 3.0 – A Sneak Peak

As some of you may know, many of the websites created here at beachdog.com are built using WordPress. WordPress is a top-notch publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.  It is used for blogs about your dog and Fortune 500 companies alike.  We like it for…

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Take Aim at Northern Plains States Distributors

Recently Karl Plato from Pacific Bow Butts contacted us to become his new webmaster.  During the course of  Karl (Plato)’s discussion with Karl (techdog) Johnson, beachdog.com was introduced to Randy  Soleta from Lismore, MN.  Randy is a distributor for the Pacific Bow Butts line of archery targets in the Northern…

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A Brief Overview of Social Networking For Business

We’ve written before about the Small Business Development course Keith & Keleigh took through Clatsop College and with which they continue as alumni.  In December the 3 years of students and the alums gather for a joint class and this year’s topic is social networking.  Below is a preview of…

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Intro to WordPress Video

Sabrina turned on our Flip video cam when giving Blaine of the 42nd Street Café an introduction to WordPress, the software that runs his web site and blog, so he would have something to take with him and remember what he’d learned.  He said we could share it with our…

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It's true! We're ready for YOUR project!

I’ve been hearing tales of late that people want to use our services but they’ve heard through the grapevine that we’re too busy. Oy.  I know where that comes from.  Keith and I ran this business alone for longer than we should have.  We got overwhelmed.  Our turnaround times became…

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Ekone Oyster Company

Ekone Oyster Company of Bay Center, Washington recently updated their website.  The Jambor family was happy with the design of the site but wanted to upgrade from a table-driven, html-based site into WordPress, which allows them to easily keep their site updated themselves.   We were able to keep the…

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He turned my frown upside down!

So what’s gotten me into this amazingly grateful mood, on the heels of grousing about things like medical insurance, taxes, and how much these super-cool beach dogs cost us in payroll and benefits each month?  I received this unsolicited email from one of our clients earlier this week: Subject:  A…

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Oh, Fudge! I need labels!

We’re delighted to see Scrapaccino is selling a LOT of Anna Lena’s fudge.  And yes, Roger, you can still get your favorite Cranberry-Walnut!  We did a new label for the fudge boxes and rushed it over to the shop just before the Independence Day weekend when we learned they had…