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Posts Tagged ‘Web Site Accessibility’

The iPad Arrives!

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

ipad-accessories The iPad arrives in Canada and around the world today – is your website designed to work on it? Not only should you be considering how your website looks on standard internet browsers and smart phones, you now also need to think about how good it looks on the iPad.

If your website has been designed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 and is on the 960 grid system then you should be good to go! (Ask your webmaster if you don’t know the answer.) iPads will show your website in landscape and portrait modes so having a fluid layout (fluid means a layout that shrinks or grows according to the browser size but with a minimum width size) could be a really good function to have. (more…)

Our Last Workshop Before the Summer Break!

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

Our last workshop on “3 Free Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Online Marketing” is coming up on May 31st! This is limited to 10 attendees only and we only have a couple spots remaining.

Want to turn more prospects into clients? Learn how to better track what is and isn’t working on your website…and how to improve it.

Want to invest your internet advertising budget wisely? Find out which of your current online advertising activities are proving most effective, and which activities are wasting your money.

Want more traffic to your website? Learn some free approaches you can use to help drive quality visitors to your site.

Want to get an intro to social media? Get your Facebook and Twitter 101’s.

Our little spin is that we will be requesting a $5 donation from all session attendees – 100% of the money will go to the Canary Derby in support of early cancer detection.

Handouts will be provided and topics will include overviews of Google Analytics, Google Local Business Center, and a little bit about Twitter and Facebook. We’ll talk about why they’re important, provide instructions on how to set them up, and some guidelines on how to use them effectively.

Looking forward to see you there! Don’t forget that RSVPs are a must! Deadline is May 27, 6:30pm!

May’s Online Marketing Workshop Dates!

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

It’s back:
Our twice a month workshop series, “3 free things to do to improve your online marketing” has been a tremendous success, with the past 4 sessions all fully booked! So we’re continuing to offer this 1 hour introductory workshop in May, once again limited to only 10 attendees per session! Handouts will be provided and topics will include overviews of Google Analytics, Google Local Business Center, Twitter and Facebook Pages. We’ll talk about why they’re important, provide instructions on how to set them up, and how to use them effectively.

But we’re adding a little spin for May! For May 10th and 31st, we will be requesting a $10 donation from all session attendees, with 100% of that money going to the Canary Derby in support of early cancer detection research.

Note that we’ve changed the second workshop of the month from May 24th to May 31st as the 24th is a holiday.(more…)

The new redeemable smartphone coupons! Interview with Clip Mobile’s David Offierski.

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

Internet Marketing Health CheckAt October 17 Media we’ve been harping on making your web site mobile accessible for a while now. This company has taken it one step further and allows you to really capitalize on advertising to customers with iphones. They’ve developed a really neat application called ‘Clip Mobile’ for the iphone that allows you to post coupons and deals available to those who download the free application. We’ve asked the developers a few interview questions we think advertisers would like to know about getting their coupons onto the clip mobile network.
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The Inside Scoop: Getting the Most Out of Yelp for Your Business

Posted on by Tamara Brooks

yelp-canada-logo[an interview with Yelp Canada’s Community Manager, Crystal Henrickson]

Perhaps before 2004, to be “Yelped” was nothing to be happy about. But ever since the review company was launched, many small and medium sized businesses have received a boost because of the social networking/review site Yelp. Founded by former PayPal employees Jeremy Stoppelman and Russel Simmons, Yelp encourages users to rate and write reviews about anything and everything under the sun (though mostly they stick with local businesses like restaurants, salons, florists, etc.)

Businesses are also encouraged to maintain their own page, where they can upload photos and information, and even respond to member’s comments. Though they initially began with San Francisco, they quickly expanded into 40 other cities (including cities in Canada and the UK), and they have over 26 million page views per month.

We had a chance to chat with Crystal Henrickson at Yelp’s local Vancouver office. We wanted to get the real scoop on how any business can take advantage of Yelp’s features and give your business that “Yelp” edge.
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October 17 Media specializes in website development, paid search advertising, social media and viral marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) and email marketing.