Whether consciously or not, “WIIFM?”(or What’s In It For Me?) is the question we all ask all the time. Some of the Sprocket team attended DNNcon in Baltimore last week, but why should you care? Read on for three actionable take-aways from the con for business owners and not-for-profit managers like you.

Azar’s Sports Bar and Grill of Newbury Park, California is constantly entertaining its visitors with one event after the next. They wanted their website to showcase these daily events, bands, and performances so that their customers can easily see what’s coming up. The Azar’s Sports Bar and Grill website makes it simple for visitors to view upcoming events, learn a little more about the bands and specials going on, view their menu, and check out photos from past bands and scenes.

Like a lot of small businesses, Sprocket Websites sometimes suffers from the “Shoemaker’s kids have no shoes” syndrome. We spend a great deal of time working on our customer’s websites. From building new sites, to updating existing sites with new looks or functionality, to creating and posting new content and social media updates. It keeps us busy to say the least and sometimes we go a while working in the business before we can get back to working on the business a bit. Well a new module update spawned a whole bunch of work for me on our own website.

The Will County Democratic Party has prepared for this season’s political homestretch by unveiling a new website at WillCountyDemocrats.com.

Loaded with information for voters throughout Will County, visitors can easily look up details of their elected officials and townships. Local Democratic Party events, meetings and volunteer opportunities are also listed for reference. News items of particular interest are summarized on the home page with links to the full story and featured articles are highlighted in rotation at the top of the page.