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  • Five in Five with Caleb Pollard from Ord Sunshine Pumpers

    Name: Caleb Pollard | Full-time job: Executive Director of Valley County Economic Development & the Ord Area Chamber of Commerce | City you’re blogging from: City? I’m located in the sweet spot of the Nebraska Sandhills: Ord, Neb. …

  • Five in Five with Jacob Chadwick from Wolf Theory

    Name: Jacob Chadwick Full-time job: Student, Wolf Theory City you’re blogging from: Omaha 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Wolf Theory, Building Student-Based Businesses, wolftheory.com 2. Why do you blog? I started blogging because I knew I wanted to start a business, but didn’t know what I was going to do,…

  • Five in Five with Troy Rutter from TroyRutter.com

    Name: Troy Rutter Full-time job: Senior Developer at Captain Jack Communications City you’re blogging from: Des Moines Name, subject and URL of your blog: TroyRutter.com; blogging, social media tools, Google Adsense, and marketing; troyrutter.com Link to your video: 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? TroyRutter.com; blogging, social media tools, Google…

  • SPN In-Depth: The fate of Midwest game development

    Video games have come a long way in the past three decades. They’ve gone from austere collections of pixels and 8-bit sound effects to a widely recognized artistic medium proudly standing toe-to-toe (and sometimes beating out) the film and music industries. Around the United States, local governments have taken notice of video games’ profit potential,…

  • Five in Five with Deb Averett from Fresh Nest Design

    Name: Deb Averett Full-time job: Social Media Consultant at Toolulu and Interior Consultant at Fresh Nest Design City you’re blogging from: Waverly, Neb. 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Fresh Nest Design, Interior Design, freshnestdesign.com 2. Why do you blog? I blog at Fresh Nest Design for a creative outlet.…

  • Five in Five with Mike Templeton from Catchfire Media

    Name(s): Katie Miller-Smith, Jarad Bernstein, Mike Templeton, Abby Harvey Full-time job(s): Working at Catchfire Media, a social media strategy and consulting firm City you’re blogging from: Des Moines 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Our blog doesn’t have a catchy name (yet), so for now it’s just the Catchfire Media…

  • Five in Five with Andrew Marinkovich from Malone & Co

    Name(s): Andrew Marinkovich, Geoff Johnson, Kate Heller, and Mike Malone Full-time job(s): Content Creators City you’re blogging from: Omaha Name, subject and URL of your blog: Malone & Co Blog. Documenting our careers. maloneandcoblog.com Link to your video:

  • Five in Five with Claire Celsi from Public Relations Princess

    Name: Claire Celsi Full-time job: Owner, The Public Relations Project, LLC City you’re blogging from: Des Moines 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Public Relations Princess, Public Relations, marketing, and social media, publicrelationsprincess.com 2. Why do you blog? Blogging is a creative outlet for me. Painters paint, photographers take pictures, writers…

  • Five in Five with Brent Pohlman from Midwest Labs

    Name: Brent Pohlman Full-time job: Marketing Director, Midwest Laboratories City you’re blogging from: Omaha 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Midwest Labs Blog | blogmidwestlabs.com 2. Why do you blog? Blogging has become an important part of our business. It provides a way to insure fresh content on subjects affecting…

  • Five in Five with Nathan T. Wright from Lava Row

    Name: Nathan T. Wright Full-time job: Founder, Lava Row City you’re blogging from: Des Moines 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Lava Row, lavarow.com We use it as a platform to discuss emerging trends in social technology and new media, as well as showcase the day-to-day happenings at our company.…