Author: Brad Miller

Waste Oil Heaters & Furnaces – Parts

Brad Miller
Used Oil Heater Replacement Parts and Burners Used oil and other similar fuels can be used as an excellent source of fuel for heating furnaces , boilers, and other machines. Of all the projects we've done at BAMsites, this one was one of the most unique. It was unique because the core business is selling used oil furnace parts to waste oil heaters manufactured many years ago. Most of these old beasts still work, if replacement parts are available for repair and service.  Talk about an off beat way to make money! Rick and Ryan Rudbeck of Crosslake, MN know more about these waste oil heater...
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Hallett Center – New Skin

Brad Miller
The Hallett Center of Crosby is a community health, wellness, and fitness facility in north central Minnesota. The website has undergone several design changes through the years. The last design, seen on the left was relatively narrow at 850 pixels and served the purposes of the center well for many years. We felt it was time for a fresh new look. The Hallett Center of Crosby has many announcements and schedules that change frequently. Therefore we wanted a format that focuses on existing facilities and activities, but also provides visibility for frequent announcements and schedul...
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Malawi Orphan Care Project

Brad Miller
BAMsites was approached to design and construct a charitable website geared at raising money for the orphans of the Kenyenyeva region of Malawi, Africa. This was done au gratis as a favor to aid in this effort to help these people. Many of the children in this area are orphans due to the unbridled epidemic of HIV/AIDs which takes the life of many of the parents. This region of Africa is one of the poorest in the world, lacking basic necessities of normal living as well as education and other needs for the people who live there. Our hope is by building this attractive website, giving i...
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Brainerd MN Lakeshore for Sale – Classic Home Realty

Brad Miller
Realtor SEO Services Steve May of Custom Home Realty needed more traffic to his lovely Brainerd MN lakeshore real estate website. He focuses on selling all kinds of real property in the area offering custom one on one personal service with years of experience. He specializes in owner financing (contract for deeds) and other kinds of creative financing to help buyers and sellers become delighted customers. He represents properties in the Brainerd Lakes area including Whitefish, Pelican, Nisswa, Gull, Edward, Horeshoe, Mission and a myriad of great lakes in the area. He works primarily in...
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Franchises and SEO

Brad Miller
Franchises and Search Engine Optimization A major problem for most franchisees is lack of local and regional discovery via search engines for individual franchises and their websites. This is compounded with financial services franchises typically limited in the kinds of external advertising allowed by the franchiser. The Catch-22: The franchiser limits independent marketing initiatives and the franchisee suffers because of their difficulty in drawing localized traffic to their website. Often the financial services franchisee is shackled by legal restrictions, a specific eCommerce market...
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Apollo Equipment Products

Brad Miller
Apollo Equipment Products is a subsidiary of Ditch Witch of Minnesota. They provide tools and equipment for underground construction, such as piping, tunneling, cable, plumbing and a whole host of other services requiring underground placement. There sales people want a website they can point their prospects to and quickly acquaint them with the broad spectrum of equipment offered through AEP. Eventually they will want to incorporate e-commerce to allow for online transactions.
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Setting Up Email on Smart Phones and Pads

Brad Miller
  Setting up email on some phones can be a little tricky. Here are the following parameters you typically need to input during the installation process. Email type: POP or POP3 User Name is the SAME as your email address! Password is....your password. Incoming Mail Server: mail.runspot.net     (if using this system) Outgoing Mail Server: mail.runspot.net Incoming Mail Port (POP3): 110 Outgoing Mail Port (SMTP): 587 Check or Affirm: My outgoing mail server (SMTP) requires authentication. Input the above critera as you work your way through the set up wizard ...
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Mini-Labradoodle Puppies Seek National Exposure

Brad Miller
Out of the ashes... This site owner had issues with two previous web services. Neither service gave them what they needed to have - an effective web presence. In addition, a fire destroyed much of their facilities and they are now in the rebuilding mode. Enter BAMsites. I gave the customer a good deal on reconstructing her business on a website platform that will draw traffic and help with her most wanted response - phone calls to place these adorable little miniature labradoodle puppies she breeds. The website is set up to allow them to edit and add new information themselves...
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