Nina Hale Inc.

Business: Search marketing agency specializes in search-engine optimization, designing company websites to help them get top rankings on search engines, and pay-per-click and other paid-placement advertising. Also offers Google Analytics and reporting services to measure search marketing performance.

Founded: 2005

Headquarters: Minneapolis

Website: www.ninahale.com

Employees: 20 full-time, two part-time

Executives: Nina Hale, founder and CEO; Paul Sanders, managing director; Lee Ann Villella: director of business development; Peter Quale, vice president of search-engine optimization

2011: revenue: $3.1 million