News & Education

Facebook Places is the talk of the social media scene, opening new doors for facetime and marketing opportunities.

The new Places application for Facebook is similar to Foursquares or Google Places, allowing users to check-in at their current location and notifies friends who may be nearby of your close proximity to one another. Read more

Each year JM provides a free service for two local events or causes, in an effort to the support community and give back to the citizens of Omaha and state of Nebraska for all it has given to us.

This year, JM is donating a logo design, website and Web hosting to the Nebraska Veterans Walk.
JM is appreciative of the sacrifice our veterans have made to defend our freedom and preserve our constitution and is excited to offer web services for this walk. Read more

So while businesses, in general, are experiencing an all-together difficult time in this economic downturn, I thought I’d highlight at least one positive thing I believe is coming out of the recession – excellent marketing!

This recession has prompted a survival of the fittest atmosphere with cut-throat competition in both small, local businesses and large, national businesses. The business with the greatest product partnered with brilliant marketing wins the customers, the profit and the publicity. Read more

JM is getting a makeover.

We will soon unleash a fresh, clean, simple site that will showcase our clients, our team and our dedication to producing quality, cutting-edge web sites. Read more

A company's best advertisement is its people.

Think about it – everywhere we go, people ask us what we do – normally they are referring to our line of work. I tell people, "I work at JM Web Designs; it's a web design company in downtown Omaha."

Normally, this statement is followed up by, "so how do you like working there?"

I, of course, follow it up with an enthusiastic "YES, because…" Read more

I recently returned from a trip to Long Island, NY, where I grew up. If you've ever been to New York you've experienced the mind-numbing frustration that is New York City traffic. Read more

JM Web Designs was honored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce with an excellence in business award at a luncheon Tuesday, May 11. The award was given to 12 local businesses which have an operating history of at least five years, are recognized for positive revenue and payroll growth over the last three years and demonstrates excellence in business practices.

JM's Founder and CEO, Jonathan Patton, started the company at 14-years-old as a small basement operation. The company now has 10 employees, has grown each year since its beginning in 1998 and services over 250 clients. Read more

One of my favorite sayings is, "vision without action is just a hallucination."

Many business owners lack a vision. They cannot conceptualize who they want to become personally and therefore do not have a vision for the company they lead. People who work hard every day but have no idea what they are working for lack vision.

Some business owners have a vision for themselves and their business and hope for their future, but the work and efforts they put forth are incongruent with the desired end result. Their vision has then become a hallucination. Read more

Years ago, MySpace was the premiere on-line social scene; and though it still holds its reputed status among high schoolers and college freshman, MySpace is not a popular social network to build rapport and marketing strategies on. Read more

At last week's MarkeTech Conference, hosted by GROW Nebraska, JM's VP of Marketing and Sales Phil Stalnaker spoke on Internet Profitability.  He was able to draw from his seven-plus years of marketing experience to teach small businesses how to maximize their presence on-line.

NET Radio took an interest in this conference, as well, and interviewed Stalnaker after his seminar. Check it out!