We are once again very proud to announce that Fusionfarm has received two Graphic Design USA Web Design Awards. We love bringing success to all of our clients and it’s even more special when we get recognized by our industry for the hard work and talent of our teams. This year it’s the Eastern Iowa Airport website and Fusionfarm.com (you’re on it!) that is recognized for design excellence. Raise the roof for the Fusionites responsible: Greg Apel – Web Application Developer Neil Brewster – Art Director, Photographer Brian Fahrner – Lighting Aaron Frerichs – Web Applications Manager Joseph Griffin –… (continue reading)

Fusionfarm is happy to announce that we partnered with Ascent, a non-profit organization that helps women-owned businesses grow. With the partnership, Fusionfarm will help women-owned businesses gain exposure by offering a special rate for our web development, SEO/SEM, social media, reputation marketing, email marketing and other digital marketing services. Iowa women-owned businesses rank last in the nation for cumulative growth in the number of firms, revenue and employment, according to a 2012 and 2013 report from The State of Women-Owned Business Report commissioned by American Express OPEN. Ascent was formed to inspire and connect women business owners to resources available… (continue reading)

As a full service Internet marketing company, Fusionfarm takes a holistic approach to online marketing for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB’s). Our team of dedicated professionals specializes in digital marketing services. We keep current on the latest trends and technology and use the most efficient online marketing tools to accomplish advertising and marketing goals for our clients. Combined with a team of award-winning designers and digital marketing professionals, Fusionfarm is able to plan and execute a marketing strategy that is customized for each business’ goals and budget. Simply put: Fusionfarm delivers results!   Online Marketing Plans For an online marketing… (continue reading)

I’d like to start out a new series of how the creative and integrated marketing agency services at Fusionfarm can help your small business. In this series we’ll present examples of how being an active participant in the digital space via a local design project can help your business be more successful. This may seem like I’m just pimping out the Fusionfarm services but my goal is to inform. My hope is that after you finish reading you’ll have a basic understanding of digital services and how each one can help reach your business goals. I’ll start off by saying… (continue reading)

The internet may seem like a complex organization, but it’s really a series of relatively simple elements you can use to grow your business online. When you aggregate the simple elements, the internet does become complex. The good news is small and medium size businesses don’t have to navigate it alone to have an online presence that grows the business. At Fusionfarm, we understand the importance of using tools on the web that can grow your presence and lead to more sales. Here are some of the basics you can use to grow your business online: Website domain A domain… (continue reading)

Take a look around you. What do you see? Is a book, newspaper or magazine lying around? Perhaps you see a package of food or a can of soda? It’s easy to forget that everything around you was created with design in mind and is the work of a creative designer. The items lying around your home or office were created by someone who took the time to think about every detail of form and function, readability and image. (Well…hopefully they did.) We are surrounded by design. As designers we are trained to look at the composition in everything around… (continue reading)

Here are three best practices that we deploy at Fusionfarm to help small businesses turn web and mobile sites into lead generating mechanisms: Make it functional, showcase your digital assets and leverage the right tools. If you have a small business website and want to make enhancements to grow your business, contact us for a free website review. Make it function The design and user experience of the website is vital. It must speak to the brand and the voice of the company. Fusionfarm has award winning web designers and creative directors to do just that. Equally important is transforming… (continue reading)

Greetings! My name is Luke and I’m a User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) Designer here at Fusionfarm. My job isn’t as scary as my title sounds: Simply put, a UI/UX Designer is a fancy term for developers who look at a website from the end-user’s perspective, ensuring that a site has a cohesive, predictable and user-friendly design. The ultimate goal of any website is to make the user’s interactions and experience as simple and painless as possible. (And believe me, that can be challenging! I have a lot of experience trying to hit moving targets…) Over the last ten years I… (continue reading)