It’s always nice to hear about more Minnesota businesses learning about how to better use the Internet to boost business and/or make their lives better. It sounds like a new cohort of businesses are learning to build websites themselves from a University of Minnesota Extension class. According to the Marshall Independent…

A diverse group of more than 20 people gathered at the Marshall MERIT training center Monday for a seminar on “Websites, from Simple to Complex.” The seminar was part of a series sponsored by the Marshall Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota Extension, and the Southwest Initiative Foundation.

The article spoke about how a few folks in the class would be using their newly developed skills…

Lori Skaar and her husband raise show pigs and farm near Marshall.

“We’re looking to sell our pigs to 4H-ers, and FFA kids,” Skaar said. “We have a website and we’re looking for things we can change. We have a pig sale in spring when most kids are looking for pigs to show in August, so we want to get out name out there.”
Skaar is one of a growing number of entrepreneurs who market exclusively over the Internet.