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Automated!

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After 20 years of design ideas, prototypes and trials, Travis Smith and Smith Industries, Inc. brings to market the Auto-Hatchet Pro - an automated kindling machine (they only one designed and manufactured in the USA). Affordable, compact, quite, reliable and easy to set up and operate, the Auto-Hatchet Pro is a great solution for anyone looking for part time income, a home business, or an additional revenue stream for an existing business.   

Smalltown Design partnered with Smith Industries to create business cards, rack cards and a website for this great product.   

 
Website - Home

Website - Home

 
 

Rack Card - Front

Rack Card - Back

 
 

Business Card

 
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Get Your Tickets Now!!

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It's banquet time! This month is the annual Boundary County Ducks Unlimited Banquet & Fundraiser.  Smalltown Design was privileged to produce a 10' x 3' exterior banner, with hemmed edges and grommets, for the event. Thank you, Susan! 

Friday, October 30: Memorial Hall, Boundary County Fairgrounds.  Doors open at 5:30 with Dinner at 7:00

Pick up your tickets at Mountain West Bank or purchase them online! 

 
10' x 3' Exterior Banner, Stitched with Grommets

10' x 3' Exterior Banner, Stitched with Grommets

 
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Best Seat In The House

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The Junior Class Parents (Bonners Ferry High School) wants you to have "The Best Seat in the House"! In an effort to raise funds for the Junior Class, parents will have a couch at the football games this season and raffle off tickets for "The Best Seat in the House". At each game a winner will be selected and gets to pick 2 other people to sit with them on the couch, in the middle of the stands, get a free dinner/drinks and 2 high school attendants to run and get them whatever they want.

For this fundraiser a brand new couch was donated by Becks Furniture and Smalltown Design created a banner for promotion.  

Get comfy and enjoy the game! 

Coming soon to BFHS volleyball and basketball games! 

 

8' x 2' Banner

 

The parents smartly ordered the banner minus the "Class of 2016" - this will allow future Junior Classes to use the same banner in the years to come. 

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Revive

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Aspire, the Women's Ministry @ Mountain Spring Church, has a monthly event "Revive". They are smartly using "business cards" as a cost efficient way to communicate the event details. 

 

3.5" x 2" Card Front

3.5" x 2" Card Back

 
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Buckin' Fire

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The Selkirk Saddle Club is putting on another great bull riding event this month! Come out and join them Saturday, 9/19 @ 4PM for this great family event (Team Roping, Boot Race, the return of the "Spouse Race"?) to benefit families that have been impacted but the recent wild fires in Idaho.  

Check out their Facebook page for more info!

  • Buckin' Fire Bulls - A Benefit For Those Impacted By The Idaho Fires
  • Boundary County Fairgrounds
  • Sanctioned by Elite Professional Bullriders, Inc. 

Facebook Cover Image

8.5" x 11" Promotional Poster

Promotional Business Cards

 

Product Research - Part 2

The second product Smalltown Design is currently evaluating is Freshdesk. Freshdesk is built as an Online Customer Service solution, focused primarily on IT support and General Customer Support. 

Product Research - Part 1 Social Media Management "Hootsuite"

Smalltown has taken advantage of custom options built into Freshdesk to provide larger volume customers the online ability to request new projects, monitor project progress, and produce productivity reports. 

Once a client request is placed, Smalltown connects directly with the requester through an ongoing online chat, providing convenience and a centralized project management point (no looking for random emails!).     

 
Online Client Project Request Portal

Online Client Project Request Portal

 

Product Research - Excuse Our Dust!

Product Research in Process at Smalltown! Testing out two new tools this month:

Tool #1 - Social Media Management tool Hootsuite

During a recent process review it became clear the time had come for a Social Media Management solution. Smalltown Designs, LLC. manages, or consults through administrator level permissions 15+ Social Media profiles, with many of these profiles consisting of 2-3 Social Media accounts (Twitter/Facebook/Google+/Etc.). So one "post" often needs to be scheduled to post on multiple channels, and mentions be monitored from each of those channels. 

Through input from professional partners, and doing the requisite Google "reviews" search, the list was narrowed to 3 potential Tools: Hootsuite, Buffer and Sprout. All three options present a wide variety of features and surprisingly different approaches to Social Media Management. Sprout was the most highly recommended by the professional and may end up as the long term solution, but it is a bit pricey for our initial introduction. So Smalltown decided on the most popular solution and has begun a trial with the Pro Version of Hootsuite.  

Will update on the trial process!

 
Update: Initial scheduled post through Hootsuite to 3 Smalltown Design social media accounts. 

Update: Initial scheduled post through Hootsuite to 3 Smalltown Design social media accounts. 

 

Coming soon: Tool #2 - Online Project Management  Tool - Creating a portal for high volume clients to submit project requests online and monitor project process online (submission-concept approval-production-shipping-in hand!).

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Parade Season

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Everyone knows summer is parade and car show season! Earlier this summer Wendy and the folks at Riverside Auto Center needed signs for their parade vehicles, so Smalltown got 'em set up right! 

 
 
18" x 24" Magnetic Signs - Truck Doors  

18" x 24" Magnetic Signs - Truck Doors  

 

Regional Landmark Reborn

The Hemlocks is a long standing establishment that began as a full service restaurant.  Over the years – through several owners – the motel and then the RV Park were added.  In 2013, Tammy and Will Hedrick purchased The Hemlocks and with great joy have been working to revive the rustic atmosphere of the much beloved restaurant and facilities...from hemlockslodging.com.

Smalltown Designs has been honored to partner with Will & Tammy Hedrick in resurrecting the Boundary County landmark establishment - The Hemlocks.

We have created for The Hemlocks: Website w/ an online Reservation plugin, Google+ account and Business Listing, Brochure, Business Cards, Magnetic Truck Door Signs, and merged multiple Facebook pages,. 

At last report Will & Tammy are booking RV, Cabin and Tent Camping clients at a record rate this season!

Opening Soon: Motel section of Hemlocks Lodging! 

Congratulations Will & Tammy on the growing business! 

 

8.5" x 11" Trifold Brochure - Inside

8.5" x 11" Trifold Brochure - Outside

 
 
Google Business Listing

Google Business Listing

Biz Card - Front

Biz Card - Front

18" x 24" Magnetic Signs For Truck Doors 

Biz Card - Back

 

  

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Explorer Post #190

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Border Patrol Explorers is for young adults ages 14-20 who are interested in exploring a career in law enforcement. The Bonners Ferry group is Post #190 and serves, among other duties, as Color Guard for local events. You can see more of how they serve the community and contact them through their Facebook page.

 

2' x 6' Vinyl Banner 

 
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Congrats Rep. Sage Dixon

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Friend, client, and Idaho State Representative Sage Dixon was recently voted part of the Bonner Bee's annual "Best Of" feature. Well deserved!

Bonner Bee Ad & Facebook Post

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Bonners Ferry Chamber of Commerce

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Along with assisting with the Kootenai River Days, I had the chance to make a few pieces for the Bonners Ferry Chamber of Commerce - Thank you to Wendy, Patti, and Jaycee for the opportunity! 

2' x 6' Full Color Vinyl Banner

Added Value - Facebook Cover Image

Added Value - Facebook Cover Image

Added Value - Facebook Profile Image

Added Value - Facebook Profile Image

 
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Celebrating 100 Years!

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The Kootenai River Days, presented by the Bonners Ferry Chamber of Commerce, is July 4th - 12th. This year's festivities celebrate Boundary County's 100th birthday! Thank you to Wendy, Patty and Jaycee of the Chamber of Commerce for giving Smalltown Design the opportunity to design event postcards, fliers and banners. 

The celebration week has a bunch of events so follow the Facebook Page for info!   

4' x 8' Banner

 

4" x 6" Postcard - Front

4" x 6" Postcard - Back

8.5" x 14" Flier

8.5" x 14" Flier

 
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Raging Bulls and Crashing Cars

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Raging Bulls and Crashing Cars...Must be summertime in Boundary County! Recently designed a couple of event posters (and fliers/banners) for two upcoming events here in Bonners Ferry. 

Thanks to the new client Selkirk Saddle Club, and old friend Woody's Gun & Pawn, for allowing me to create these promos.

 

Bull Bash June 12th - Follow the Facebook page for updates!

Smash & Bash August 29th - Follow the Facebook page for updates!

 

Both events will be at the Boundary County Fairgrounds in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Bring the whole family!

Seasoning For The Season...Or Anytime For That Matter

"It's only taken a couple dozen years"
- Scott.

One of Smalltown Design's greatest privileges and greatest joys is seeing someone's long held desire become a reality. Scott has been working on his All-Purpose Seasoning for decades, and now, with a little help from Smalltown, we are tickled to present Scott's All-Purpose Seasoning! 

(...and yes, we use this seasoning on EVERYTHING! Rumor has it some folks even sprinkle it on their breakfast cereal)

Smalltown clients: Spoiler Alert! That box that arrives from Smalltown soon? Yep! 

Everyone else? Hmmm...coming to an online market place in 2015? 

  

 
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I Can Personally Confirm...They Do Build It Right!

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Smalltown Design has launched Fulton Quality Construction's new website. Tim and Annette Fulton, their son Rob, and the entire Fulton crew are the people you want for new construction and remodel projects - the best parts of our home have been remodeled by Fulton Quality Construction!  

Mmmm...Those Were Gooood!!

As we prepare the 2014 Smalltown client Christmas gifts I could not help but ever so fondly recall last year's gifts - the chocolate and coconut "After's". Let me tell you, it was SUCH a burden to be the official quality controller/taste tester of those home made goodies!!!! Mmmmmmm...

This year's client gifts will be...

- Jason  

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