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This year has definitely been an exciting year at Awecomm Web Strategies. Not only have we moved, twice, but we’ve really expanded as a division, both financially and within our staff.

“The company has grown because of the AWS division. It’s exciting because AWS delivers web marketing services that are in high demand and the new division is able to doing a fantastic job at servicing their customers,” said President Brent Yax, who manages Awecomm’s Hosting Division.

The new office provides a friendly working environment. Although the office isn’t 100% completed, we’re almost there (fingers crossed). The move took a lot of time and effort, but overall, it was definitely well worth it.

The year was also big in terms of the number of projects our division worked on. One of the most exciting aspects of this company is watching the projects come together. Because of the diverse types of services that we provide (web application development, web design, SEO, PPC) we always have people with a wide variety of skills working on every project. “At the end of the day, we’re delivering one complete web site marketing strategy, each person just views it from a different angle,” said Vice President, Chris Spiek.

From discussing ideas on implementing plans, to designing the site, all the way to going live, it’s an amazing process to be a part of. “It has really been full of change and growth, new people, and new projects,” Senior Designer, Brennan Barney explains. This has really been a positive year for the employees here at Awecomm. “This past year has really been a learning experience for me,” Account Assistant, Ellen Plunkett told me when asked what her experience here has been like. Almost everyone followed suit in saying that working here has really allowed them to learn which essentially helped the division grow.

With the growth of our company, we decided to redesign our Awecomm Web Hosting site. The new site launched in January. I have to say my favorite part is the festive snowman at the bottom of the Awecomm.com page. I’m hoping for something a bit more floral come spring time, but I guess I’ll just have to wait. There have been some really great opportunities this year for Awecomm. A large project we worked on was the Extreme Home Makeover. Our collaboration with Lombardo Homes, all of the sponsors, and everyone at ABC really made the event a success. We were able to go down to the construction site and see the home really come together. I still brag to my friends that I met Ty Pennington (little do they know, I didn’t.)

I would have to say that 2006 brought on a lot of challenges however. Between getting through a week without someone in the company getting into a car accident, or someone related to them, and keeping campaigns live, it has been a challenging year. You may recall a blog that was posted not even a month ago about the treacherous driving of our employees and loved ones. I was disappointed that I didn’t have a story to share, but about a week and a half ago my brother’s car rolled backwards down the driveway and hit a tree in our neighbor’s front yard. It sounds worse than it was. Had his car gone 2 feet to the left of that tree it would have picked up momentum from that hill in their yard and HELLO RAVINE! He’s lucky if you ask me. Did I mention he’s only had the car for a little less than two months? Maybe it’s too soon to joke.

Aside from trying to make it to and from work without car troubles, Web Marketing Account Manager, Grace Tsai mentioned that “working with clients and trying to balance client’s wants and what we are trying to accomplish,” can be difficult. Customer satisfaction is an important concept, but can be difficult to maintain. There is a constant change within the technology and ideas of our industry, “you have to continue to evolve in order to keep up,” as Software Developer Mark Warren said. We’ve been able to do some pretty neat projects this year. “With Jervis and Total Door, we were able to create projects that are both fun and challenging. We are doing things for them that we have never done and that no one else really has.” It’s exciting to see this company take another step forward and add another product to the list.

There are a lot of things we are hoping to accomplish in 2007. While Bobby Franske, our Web Marketing Account Manager is hoping to “run 10 miles and put an end to global warming,” many of the employees here hope to continue to grow within the company, although those are some really great goals Bobby! “I’d really like hands on experience and I’d like to learn more about marketing and PPC campaigns and with that gain more responsibility,” Account Assistant, Jacque Phaneuf told me when discussing her 2007 goals. My goal is to write more blogs. With the continued success in the last year we can really only hope to go up from here, which seems promising.

See you in the spring,
-The Sarcastic Intern