FLEX360-designed SBJ.net Wins AABP Gold Award
July 10, 2006
Little Rock-based Web development firm FLEX360 helped the Springfield Business Journal win best regional business journal Web site in the country at a recent competition held by the Alliance of Area Business Publications.
SBJ received a gold award for its Web site, SBJ.net, at the Los Angeles-based association's annual summer conference held June 1-3 in Little Rock.
In awarding SBJ.net the gold award, judges said, "This is the little newspaper that can. Sleek, sophisticated use of color in the navigation bars sets a pleasing frame for a well-organized site. Fast-loading pages highlight effective yet unobtrusive advertising, and its e-forms could be a model for others. And to top it off, this site has strong contact pages and easy-to-use RSS feeds."
Launched in September 2005, SBJ.net includes daily and weekly e-newsletters that cover a variety of business industries, including investments, real estate and technology. FLEX360 designed and implemented a dynamic, database-driven site that includes the latest weekly edition of the newspaper, continually updated daily news, calendars, photos, RSS and more.
SBJ is one of several business journal sites FLEX360's team of developers and editors have designed since 2005.
Others include:
Arkansasbusiness.com, for FLEX360 parent company Arkansas Business Publishing Group in Little Rock.
Sites for the California Business Journals, which publishes journals in Los Angeles (Labusinessjournal.com), San Diego (SDBJ.com), the San Fernando Valley (SFVBJ.com) and Orange County (OCBJ.com).
The Central Pennsylvania Business Journal,Centralpennbusiness.com.
A site for Journal Publications, NJBIZ.com in New Jersey.Brent Birch, director of FLEX360 and chief information officer for ABPG, and team are working on business journal Web sites in Colorado and Florida.
About FLEX360
FLEX360 builds a complete Internet presence that helps our clients communicate more effectively with their customers, vendors, partners and employees. The company was born out of a defined need for a business-minded, professional team of marketers, developers and designers focused on producing more than just a Web site. FLEX360 offers Web development, e-marketing and strategic consulting.
About ABPG
Arkansas Business Publishing Group specializes in niche magazine publishing, which connects targeted audiences and advertisers that want to reach them. The company has more than 60 employees in Little Rock who produce national award-winning publications in a family-friendly atmosphere. Among its publications are Arkansas Business, a weekly business journal launched in 1984; Littlerockfamily.com, a monthly parenting magazine; Little Rock Soiree, a monthly magazine devoted to society, philanthropy and culture; Arkansas Bride, a biannual directory of Arkansas wedding resources, fashions and gifts; and the Guest Guide to Greater Little Rock, an annual guide to dining, shopping and other attractions in metropolitan Little Rock.
