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New boss, new co-workers, new responsibilities

By Guest Blogger | May 19, 2011

Starting a new job can be, well… awkward. Everything is new. New boss, new co-workers, new responsibilities. Then, if youʼre a programmer, thereʼs a plethora of programs to learn and logins to memorize (I have at least three different passwords depending on what Iʼm logging into). Thatʼs not to mention the incredibly maze-ish file systems…

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Big Winner of Google Maps Contest

By Tim Priebe | March 16, 2011

Congrats to Andy Moore, the winner of our Google Maps Contest. Here was his winning entry: Thanks to everyone who entered. Google did call us last week, but sadly they have not yet moved our listing. If you like free stuff (and who doesn’t), be sure to check out our Facebook Page this week for…

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Be funny, win money* (money is actually an iTunes gift card)

By Tim Priebe | March 7, 2011

Picture a poor Google engineer, locked away in his Google dungeon, having to read problem report after problem report of bad locations on Google. Boring! Let’s brighten up his day with some funny (but accurate) problem reports! And we’ll give the funniest entry a free $15 iTunes gift card. Google Maps has our business in…

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Edmond, Oklahoma Small Business of the Year Finalist Video

By Tim Priebe | February 21, 2011

As you may already know, T&S Web Design was one of three finalists for the Edmond Small Business of the Year award recently. And that was out of a record-setting 75 nominees! Congrats to Edmond Life and Leisure, who actually won the award, and to Krista Jones, DDS, the other nominee. All three finalists had…

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Updated look for the new year

By Guest Blogger | January 24, 2011

So by now, everyone knows how T&S is a comfortable, laid back and overall awesome environment, but something was missing in the office. Even though we knew this, it was a mixture of not knowing the solution and also the lack of time to figure it out. Over Christmas break, our new Admin Assistant, Keri…

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All this talk about non-profits

By Guest Blogger | January 7, 2011

Yes, it’s true. This is the third blog post in a row that we’ve spilled our guts about non-profits. We might go as far as saying we love them more than oranges. Say what? That’s a big deal. Anyway, since we’ve done all this talk about them, we thought it would be a good idea…

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If you’re a nonprofit with no budget, you can still have a great website

By Tim Priebe | November 19, 2010

If you’re involved with a non-profit that could use a new website, I’ve got awesome, awesome news for you. But bear with me through a brief explanation… Confession time. We have been cutting deals with non-profits for years. It’s true. We’ve never really publicized it, until now. Emily came to me a couple weeks ago…

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Why Oranges?

By Tim Priebe | November 8, 2010

We have oranges on almost all our marketing materials. We have them on our website, fliers, business cards, etc. (Actually, everyone picks their fruit for their business cards, but I get to use oranges.) We even refer to T&S staff as Orangites. We get a lot of clients asking us about them, though. Why oranges?…

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We want you to work at T&S: 283-6459

By Tim Priebe | November 2, 2010

Alert! Alert! T&S is looking for someone to be a fantastic administrative assistant who may also have an interest in marketing. The position is 20-40 hours a week. That person should be awesome in the following areas: We’ll also accept people who would like to become awesome in those areas. (Laughing at Adam’s jokes takes…

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The secret to guaranteeing yourself a job at T&S

By Tim Priebe | October 1, 2010

What do you need to know to get a killer job at T&S Web Design? Read on to find out. We recently decided to take a new policy towards filling positions here at T&S: We’re not doing it any more. Other than internships we have in the summer and during the school year, we’re no…

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