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Who us? Online marketing wizards?

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

A cute video we made about October 17 Media… Vancouver’s online marketing wizards! We <3 LOVE it and wanted to share. Thank you YouTube & Google for making it happen for us. Check it:

Video Killed the Blogging Star: Getting Started with Video Marketing

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

Internet Marketing Health CheckVideo Killed the Blogging Star: Getting Started with Video Marketing

It’s no secret that videos are an essential part of any online marketing campaign. Online videos are relatively inexpensive to produce and even easier to propagate through sites like YouTube, Vimeo and Veoh. Videos can also promote heavy traffic as well as organic search results – Google loves videos and more often than not, videos are some of the first results that pop up on top. Besides, multimedia presentations are much more engaging than plain text and pictures. In fact, in a study by research group BIA Kelsey, it was concluded that 55% of participants visited a website after viewing a video, and more importantly, 24% of them actually bought something from the website.

So anyone with a camera and an Internet connection can make a video – but that doesn’t mean you should just shoot a video without rhyme or reason. A bad video can backfire – many badly written and produced videos achieve Internet infamy and end up as laughing stocks. If you’re thinking of creating your own online video to promote your business, the following are some tips to get you started:
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Recent Website Development Work in a Video!

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

Hey there October 17 Media blog fans!

Co-founder Tamara Brooks has whipped together a quick web site development video to highlight a few of our favourite recent web site designs. We highlight clients such as Future Shop, Homeworks Services Inc, Sutton Group Realty, Lovera Capital (Canada) Corp, Leahy Music, Broadway at Burrard Chiropractic, Full Throttle Reinforcing, Pistol and Burnes Coffee and the Canadian Gene Cure Foundation.

Enjoy! And, if you’re interested in our custom web site design and customized template web design packages, give us a shout!

October 17 Media specializes in website development, paid search advertising, social media and viral marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and email marketing.