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Well it was a wild January for us at Nina Hale Inc. Moving into our fourth space in two years (due to growth), having to rip out the caulk from the walls that was smelly and for outdoor use only, adding new staff and everyone getting bigger desks. And the exciting addition of Peter’s hydrualic press capable of applying 20 tons of pressure (video forthcoming). People have been heads-down working like demons and to relax, we’re having our first "it’s smashing!" party this Friday. For office staff only, we’re spending Friday afternoon watching a movie (leaning towards Zombieland) and smashing things. We’ll have a regular office party soon for friends and clients, inviting all comers to bring items they’d like to smash flat. 

Here’s Annie, resplendent in her Gopher’s snuggie, building links and optimizing PPC accounts. 

Say it ain’t so! It seems like only a few months since we moved into lovely new digs in our office space in Uptown Minneapolis. That’s because it was only this spring. But we didn’t get a big enough space and now we’re outgrowing this one. So we’re hauling out of here to the far reaches of the warehouse district in Downtown Minneapolis. The new space is going to be FOUR TIMES bigger than this one, so we can’t imagine outgrowing that. We’re talking about having individual kingdoms for everyone, and Peter is promising to bring his 30-ton press so we can have fun squashing things. What else? I may finally fulfill my very real desire to have a life-size horse-shaped lamp. 

But it also means that we need to find someone else to rent our minneapolis office. It’s a beautiful, sleek, 1,186 sf space, perfect for 3-6 people (not the 12 we sometimes have in here). There are four indivudual offices, a conference room for eight, and an open area for desks (we have five desks there now, but it’s probably better with two). There are amazing views of Lake Calhoun, heated parking (which I’m especially sad to give up because it’s better for my fancy shoes), secured entry, nightly janitorial services, and access to a small gym included in the rent. Tons of glass open the space up and provide light and views. The monthly rent is $3,250. To see more photos, go to the site we threw up – Minneapolis office space – or call us at 612-392-2427

I’ve been thinking lately that people may not be able to find some of the pages on the site that we’re the most interested in having you see. These are the main navigation categories above. So let me tell you a little more about ourselves. We’re currently six people strong, with two – four contractors. Most of us have been doing search marketing as a primary or even exclusive offering for ten years or more. A lot of us have worked together at previous agencies, where we teamed on strategy, design, email and merchandizing before settling down to the funnest part of eMarketing – search. I work hard to network with the great search marketing people in Minneapolis and I like to think that most of them are either our employees or our clients (our clients are a sharp lot, lucky we have a no-hiring-clients rule). And if they aren’t yet, hopefully someday they will also work with us.