Digital Natives. Small Business Focused. Minnesota-Based.
Blue Ox Websites & Marketing is based in Minnesota, with remote employees across Central Minnesota and the Twin Cities. We love helping small businesses, startups, and nonprofits get found online so they can spend less time worrying about their website or marketing and more time serving customers.
We’re dedicated to strengthening our local economies and communities, which calls for resilient businesses. Most of our team members stay with us for 8 years or more, not just because we build great websites, but also because we value learning, teamwork, remote work, and family.
What Drives Blue Ox
Mission
We build innovative websites and honest marketing strategies to help small businesses and nonprofits grow—and make a bigger impact in communities.
Vision
We’re here to grow alongside local small businesses and nonprofits, building lasting partnerships that help communities thrive.
Guiding Values
Creativity: Custom solutions, not cookie-cutter.
Reliability: We show up and follow through.
Approachability: No jargon, no gatekeeping.
Community: We grow with the businesses and nonprofits we support.
Remote First
At Blue Ox, we prioritize flexibility and choice while focusing on making meaningful connections with our coworkers and clients. While we’re primarily virtual and WFH, our teams meet in person a few times per year to celebrate accomplishments and brainstorm big, new ideas.
Benefits & Perks
Flexible PTO & Company Holidays
Prioritized work-life balance, with flexible PTO and 23-25 observed days off.
Family Planning
Paid family and medical leave, including for adoption.
Employer-Matching 401K
50-100% retirement matching.
Perks & Stipends
Monthly internet and equipment allowances to support remote work.
Learning & Development
Mentorship from senior team members, conferences, certifications, and online learning opportunities.
And More!
Meet the Blue Ox Team
Meet the team! We’re a small, local crew of real people who care about helping businesses succeed online.
Employees
Logan Gruber
ReFounder / Marketing Director
Base: Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Tenure: 2016
Katie Carlson
Designer / Developer
Base: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Tenure: 2015
Kelsey Meyer
Designer / Developer
Base: St. Joseph, Minnesota
Tenure: 2017
Jonathan Gamble
Writer / SEO
Base: Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Tenure: 2024
Zeineb Kadhkadhi
Social Media / Designer
Base: St. Cloud State University
Tenure: 2018
Jen Gruber
Social Media / Designer
Base: Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Tenure: 2024
Careers At Blue Ox
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We’ve Rebranded! Meet Blue Ox!
Cohlab Digital Marketing is now Blue Ox Websites & Marketing! 🎉 Same awesome team, same phone number, bold new look. Don’t worry—old emails still work!
Make Positive Reviews Online Work For You And Your Business
/in Reviews, SEOMake Positive Reviews Online Work For You And Your Business
/in Reviews, SEOPositive reviews online are a great driver of sales
Research has shown that positive reviews on your website, Facebook, Google or other review site makes a vast majority of users more likely to purchase from you.
So how can you take advantage of this immense power positive reviews have over users buying decisions? Cohlab Digital Marketing has an online review tool which encourages your current customers to leave positive reviews and allows you intercept negative reviews and leverage them into positive reviews.
If you watch the video above, you’ll learn that there is more to getting your customers to leave positive reviews than just hoping and praying. Cohlab’s online review tool makes it easy to ask for positive reviews!
Make Online Reviews Work For Your Business
Happy customers don’t often write reviews, usually because they forget or never thought to. And dissatisfied customers often simply want their problem solved, and hope that someone will respond to them.
Our online review tool automates the process of asking, reminding and guiding your customers through leaving reviews on the websites which matter to you.
Our tool also gives dissatisfied customers an option of contacting you directly (which is what they want), and gives you a second chance to fix their problem before a negative review even exists online.
The result is more and better reviews from your customers, giving you business the online reputation it deserves!
We can also stream the latest and greatest reviews from across the internet straight to your website or social media profile so prospective customers see you at your best.
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How Does Your Business Compare?
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“Cohlaboration” With Cohlab
At Cohlab, we have worked closely with many businesses to help them achieve great success in their online review management efforts. We are happy to answer any questions you may have and provide Cohlaborative digital marketing solutions to meet your company’s needs.
A Responsive Web Design Company Gets You Results
/in Web DesignYou’ve probably seen it before. You’ll search for something online on your mobile phone, click on the result and be taken to a website which is hard to navigate. You can’t find what you want, or you have to pinch-zoom in to read anything, or it’s one of those mobile-specific websites and it doesn’t have the content you were actually looking for.
A company which designs responsive websites will help you build the website your customers are looking for, including consistent and usable website appearance across multiple platforms as well as higher ranking in search engines.
What Is Responsive Web Design, Really?
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Mobile First
Responsive web design starts with considering the mobile display as the primary way people view your website. More people now use mobile phones to browse the internet than desktops so it makes sense to design for mobile first.
The site should be functional but uncluttered so when it responds to a mobile device the branding is not lost in the process. This allows mobile users to load your website faster and find what they need quicker.
Fluidity
So you know you should build your website as optimized for mobile, but which mobile device should it be designed for? The answer is: none of them.
Your website should be fluid. As we said earlier, decluttering your web design while maintaining functionality is key, which means your website should have a focused and concise message. This helps mobile devices load the website faster and it makes your website leaner and meaner on a desktop as well. The end result is an experience focused on the key tasks a user wants to accomplish, which is good for the user and good for your business.
A Responsive Web Design Company Gets You Results
You now have a website which flows like water into any device which views it, responds quickly and is focused on your core message. How does this get results for your company?
“Cohlaboration” With Cohlab
At Cohlab, we have worked closely with many businesses to help them achieve great success in their responsive web design efforts. Our team can help you with your blog topics as well as provide you with comprehensive SEO and responsive web design services. We are happy to answer any questions you may have and provide Cohlaborative digital marketing solutions to meet your company’s needs.