Back40 Design - About Us

About Us

Back40 Design is a full-service marketing and design firm that creates award-winning websites for companies throughout Oklahoma.

Established in 2000 as a home-based business, we’ve grown over the past 8 years through solid business relationships and excellent customer service. Building our reputation on honesty, dependability, and affordability – we have become one of Oklahoma City’s leading web design and development firms.

Our clients appreciate the full range of services Back40 provides. We save our clients time and money by offering a one-stop marketing solution for both their print and web needs.

Back40 Design services include: website design & development, custom web programming, hosting, content writing, photography & video services, as well as graphic design and print production.

Clients tell us they like the fact that we are accessible. They enjoy working directly with the creative team and seeing their project, from conception through execution. They appreciate the personal customer service we provide and the professionalism we display.

Are you ready to make your company shine? Discover why hundreds of other companies just like yours come to Back40 for their everyday marketing needs. If you guide us toward your goals, we will service you with exceptional results.

 

Back40 History & Timeline

1999

  • Dave and Sandy Miller started a home-based website design business in Prague, Oklahoma

  • Dave met with the clients. Sandy kept the books and populated the websites

  • They started with one client, an iMac, a co-located server and a spare bedroom overlooking their "back forty" (hence the company name “Back40 Design, Inc.”)

2002

  • Client list had grown over the first 4 years

  • Hired first employee - a web designer

2003

  • Opened first office in Shawnee, Oklahoma

  • Hired more web, print, and magazine staff for Shawnee Shopper

  • Web design services expanded to include print design as well

  • Published first issue of the Shawnee Shopper magazine

2005

  • Opened a second office in Edmond, Oklahoma

  • Hired more web, print, and magazine staff for Edmond Outlook

  • Published first issue of the new Edmond Outlook magazine

2006

  • With over 6 years experience, our client portfolio continued to grow

  • Increased staff for web, print, and 2 magazines (Shawnee Shopper & Edmond Outlook)

2008

  • Merged two offices into one in Edmond, Oklahoma

  • Sold Shawnee Shopper but remain a supporting role in it’s continued successful production

  • Launched Back40 Design, Inc. Javelin® content management system

 

Back40 Website Awards

Redbud Award for Best Website
Oklahoma City National Memorial

Redbud Award for Best Website
Shawnee Expo Center

Merit Award for Best Website
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art

Redbud Award for Best Website
Shawnee Convention & Visitors Bureau

Merit Award for Best Website
Oklahoma City Zoo

Redbud Award for Best Website
Edmond Historical Society

Redbud Award for Best Website
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Children's Website

Redbud Award for Best Website
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Frontier Country Website of the Year
Red Earth


Meet the Team

Chad-Dahlgren Chad Dahlgren
Web Project Manager