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Hailing from La Porte City, IA with his wife, Liz, and 3 sons, Darrell brings plenty of energy with him to Forbin. He also brings an app he can’t live without: his weather app. “I am kind of a weather geek. It comes in handy when chasing storms.” So how did storm chaser Darrell pick a career in the financial industry, you might ask? He began his career in the financial industry with a small community bank in the south suburbs of Chicago in 2004. Then, he moved to Des Moines, Read More

Its award season, and that doesn’t just apply to movie stars. The Cedar Valley division of the American Advertising Federation just recently hosted their 2018 awards. Award categories range from Sales and Marketing to Ambient Media. This year, VGM Forbin was lucky enough to take home not one, but two awards!    via GIPHY Our first award was a silver ADDY for a business to consumer website we built for Home State Bank in Jefferson, Iowa. Read More

She's a loving dachshund dog mom, devoted vegetarian, & one of our rock star interns! She's JADE MANNING! Jade has been with our team for over 6 months now, and she has become a go-to member of our programming team, working on anything from BankWeb™ programming updates, WCAG compliance, Google Analytics setups and more! We sat down with Jade and asked a few questions about her internship with VGM Forbin, experiences and influences, plus a few quirky questions, just Read More

By Nick Cleveland, Internal Product Owner The only thing constant in our industry today is change, but how do you change the process within your organization without killing culture?  In my first process article, we covered operational efficiencies and how to start solving the problem.  After receiving several questions from readers on how to gain employee buy-in when implementing changes to operations, we covered the four questions to ask when preparing your employees for change.  Read More

You could say he’s a jack of all trades. When we see his work we ooh and ahh. He solves a Rubik’s Cube faster than you can say his last name. He’s one of our rock star interns. He’s Brett Schwickerath. Brett is a soon-to-be-graduate of Wartburg College, has proven an outstanding asset when it comes to social graphics and custom Google display ads, wireframes, and site design mockups. We’re excited to give him opportunities for growth in unchartered territory with Read More

By Nick Cleveland, Internal Product Owner How do you get the people in your organization to buy into company change? That’s the million-dollar question asked in every major initiative I’ve been a part of. Some of these initiatives went spectacularly well, saving thousands of dollars, while some have been spectacular failures. The difference between these particular initiatives was buy in. This concept of a bought-in, engaged workforce is one of the most talked about in business Read More

By Nick Cleveland, Internal Product Owner The Heartland Conference is an incredible experience. I’ve had the pleasure of attending this event twice since I started working at VGM Forbin. In these two years, the best part of Heartland is meeting the people we work so hard to serve at VGM, be part of their business discussions, and provide them with the resources that can help them improve their business. The most frequent discussion I heard this year was the topic of growth through Read More

This spring, the VGM Forbin Web Marketing team is lucky enough to have a highly skilled and creative intern eager to learn the ropes of digital marketing and take her education to the next level, Bailey Lubben! In typical VGM Forbin fashion, we’ve got a vast set of projects and learning opportunities lined up for Bailey including social campaigns, digital marketing training series event planning, and website copywriting. VGM Forbin Web Marketer & Designer, Haylee Westendorf, sat down with Read More

As we turn the calendar to 2017, our New Year’s Resolution at VGM Forbin is to celebrate our customers more often. Each month, we’re going to celebrate our “Customer of the Month” so you can get to know the businesses that we’ve helped by providing our web development services. Get to know our first Customer of the Month: Allied Purchasing Allied Purchasing has been serving its members since 1937. Located in Mason City, Iowa, Allied Purchasing serves a buying group Read More

This Thanksgiving, the VGM Forbin team has so much to be thankful for – family, friends, co-workers, clients and special moments spent together. However, VGM Forbin’s Manager of Design Services, Mark Wubbena and UX Designer Nathan Hauser, have one more item to add to the list: the Adobe MAX Conference. From creative tips and tricks shared between 10,000+ creatives, to new Adobe product releases and workflow efficiency, Adobe MAX Conference is the conference Read More