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Meta 13 Joins Vye in Recent Acquisition

ST. CLOUD, MINN.Vye (formerly Leighton Interactive), an inbound marketing agency in St. Cloud, Minn. and Green Bay, Wis. announced its acquisition of Meta 13, a website design and development firm in St. Cloud. Effective immediately, the two companies will join their teams and operate under the Vye brand.

Meta 13 owners Justin and Josh Gauerke and Nathan Batdorf, along with their employees, will join the Vye team and combine their expertise in strategy, web and ecommerce development, graphic design, content, videography, and photography. With the acquisition of Meta 13, Vye has 30 employees.

“We’ve had a great run with Meta 13, and our business has grown beyond our imagination,” says Justin Gauerke, owner and founder of Meta 13, technology solutions director at Vye. “Vye was one of our agency partners, and the time was right for us to join forces and become stronger and better together.”

Marrying Vye’s inbound marketing strength and mission to redefine marketing as a measurable growth investment with Meta 13’s rich web design and development expertise, Vye will serve clients as a multi-disciplined agency.

“Our clients experience the greatest successes when we offer solutions that align data, technology, and creativity,” explains Dan Soldner, president of Vye.

Learn more about Vye and the recent acquisition at vye.agency.

Media Contact: Julia Brolin, julia@vye.agency

Meta 13 Featured in Business Central Magazine

November 7th, 2017

Brothers and Owners of Meta 13 Interactive, Justin and Josh Gauerke, have been featured as the cover story in the November/December 2017 issue of Business Central Magazine. The article details the story of Meta 13, a web development, design, and custom programming firm, from its beginning nearly 13 years ago to its current standing as one of Central Minnesota’s premier web development firms.

The brothers are quoted in the article, “Since starting Meta 13, we keep the same basic principle. We are still making website, but the techniques and technologies have changed. Today we tend to work on a lot larger and more complicated projects.”

Read the article from Business Central Magazine

About Business Central:
Business Central Magazine is a publication of the the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce. The goal of the magazine is to provide reliable local business information to companies in Central Minnesota.

Meta 13 adds Lead Programmer, Nathan Batdorf as Co-Owner

St. Cloud, Minn., July 1, 2016: Meta 13 Interactive, Central Minnesota’s leading web development agency, recently announced the introduction of long time employee, Nathan Batdorf, as a co-owner of Meta 13, Inc as of July 1, 2016.

Nathan has been with Meta 13 since the company’s beginnings eleven years ago. As their first employee, along with founding partners Josh Gauerke and Justin Gauerke, Batdorf was instrumental in the growth and success of the business.

“I think we got pretty lucky when we hired Nate, who just had just a few years of web development experience at the time,” Josh Gauerke said. “His get-things-done attitude and willingness to take on new technologies was critical for us from our very first accounts, just as it is with our growing client base. We are excited to have him as a partner and to share in the continuing success of Meta 13.”

“I’m thankful for the opportunity to join Meta 13 as a partner,” Nathan said. “Their dedication to the clients as well as employees makes for a great work environment. I look forward to continue passing along those values while sharing in the future success of Meta 13.”

Meta 13 Interactive is a web design and development agency that provides custom-designed, branded digital solutions and online marketing services. Based in St. Cloud, Minn., Meta 13 was founded in 2005 by two brothers with a vision for websites done right – designing exceptional online solutions with their clients, not just for their clients. For 10 years, that vision has proven to be successful and award-winning. Meta 13 has established themselves as Central Minnesota’s premiere web development agency and works with hundreds of clients locally and nationally. For more information on Meta 13, please call 320-230-1223 or visit www.meta13.com.

Meta 13 Adds Account Manager Sarah Forystek to Growing Team

St. Cloud, Minn., March 30, 2016: Meta 13 Interactive, Central Minnesota’s leading web development agency, recently announced the addition of account manager Sarah Forystek, to its St. Cloud staff. Forystek will work hand-in- hand with Meta 13’s growing list of clients while enriching and expanding the agency’s service offerings.

Forystek worked most recently at Thelen Advertising and brings to Meta 13 a background in client relations, project management, agency operations experience, marketing, public relations, and advertising. Her tenure includes work on a wide variety of project types from a broad range of industries.

An engaged member of our local community, Forystek serves on the board of Ad Fed Central Minnesota as a member of the programming committee where she works to provide local marketers with enriching professional development opportunities.

Meta 13 Interactive is a web design and development agency that provides custom-designed, branded digital solutions and online marketing services. Based in St. Cloud, Minn., Meta 13 was founded in 2005 by two brothers with a vision for websites done right – designing exceptional online solutions with their clients, not just for their clients. For 10 years, that vision has proven to be successful and award-winning. Meta 13 has established themselves as Central Minnesota’s premiere web development agency and works with hundreds of clients locally and nationally. For more information on Meta 13, please call 320-230-1223 or visit www.meta13.com.

Meta 13 Adds Account Manager Corinne Skoog to Growing Team

St. Cloud, Minn., March 9, 2015: Meta 13 Interactive, Central Minnesota’s leading web development agency, recently announced the addition of account manager Corinne Skoog, to its St. Cloud staff. Skoog will work hand-in-hand with Meta 13’s growing list of clients while enriching and expanding the agency’s service offerings.

Skoog worked most recently at Creative Memories and brings to Meta 13 an extensive background in design, project management, product development, marketing, and brand stewardship, as well as creative direction. In her career of 20+ years, she has earned regional, national and international awards in several different arenas.

Always improving and adding to her base of knowledge and experience, Skoog – an alumna of St. Cloud Technical & Community College – will earn a bachelor’s degree in marketing this spring from the College of Saint Scholastica and continue on into the Master of Business Administration program in the fall.

Meta 13 Interactive is a web design and development agency that provides custom-designed, branded digital solutions and online marketing services. Based in St. Cloud, Minn., Meta 13 was founded in 2005 by two brothers with a vision for websites done right – designing exceptional online solutions with their clients, not just for their clients. For 10 years, that vision has proven to be successful and award-winning. Meta 13 has established themselves as Central Minnesota’s premiere web development agency and works with hundreds of clients locally and nationally. For more information on Meta 13, please call 320-230-1223 or visit www.meta13.com.

Meta 13 Interactive Adds Nick Murphy as Technical Director

December 13, 2012 – St. Cloud, MN – Meta 13 Interactive, St. Cloud’s leading web development firm, recently added Nick Murphy to its growing staff. Murphy will serve as Meta 13’s Technical Director and brings extensive experience to perfectly augment Meta 13’s team of nine programmers and designers.

Murphy is a St. Cloud native and 2004 graduate of St. Cloud State University. He returns to the area after eight years working in various parts of the country – first as a Scientific Programmer and Senior Scientific Developer for the University of Arizona in Tucson, then as Senior Scientific Programmer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and most recently as Senior Software Engineer at Saturn Systems, Inc. in Duluth, MN.

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