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We always recommend an effective Social Networking Strategy

First and foremost, recognize that the various social media outlets available today represent the most cost effective outlet for you to reach your customers. And the potential market for business networking, both inside and outside of the Saskatoon business community, is enormous. Over 20 million businesses worldwide are members of local chambers of commerce organizations [...]

Saskatoon strikes gold at world juniors

With A reported profit of slightly more than $15 million (highest on record for a Canadian-based world junior tournament revenue), Saskatoon has truly won gold where the Canandian junior team fell short. The preliminary-round and medal-round games were played in Saskatoon and Regina from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. Congrats to Saskatoon, let’s see that [...]

Sasktel is a friend of mine… Oh and I think the Earth's too

Recently SaskTel was named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for the second consecutive year by Mediacorp Canada Inc. Mediacop releases a yearly report on Canada’s Greenest Employers competition recognizing 50 Canadian employers who make efforts to create a culture of environmental awareness and make efforts to attract employees based on such. SaskTel’s environmental strategy involves [...]

RawkMedia Loves Watch'n the Junos!

Though it seems like yesterday when the Junos were held in our own backyard, Saskatoon, we’re watch’n the 2010 Junos in St. John’s with love and adoration tonight.  This year marks the 39th anniversary of the JUNO Awards.  The JUNO Awards has evolved from an industry awards event to a week long festival, showcasing our [...]

The Neil Young Trunk Show Opens in Saskatoon!

We know this is somewhat off-topic, given the general theme of our website and blog, but we wanted to push out our adoration for Neil Young and even more so for Saskatoon’s Broadway Theatre for boldly going where no other Saskatoon theatre generally goes.  In this case, for showing an epic documentary about Neil Young’s [...]

Why SCN Matters to Saskatchewan!

As a longtime fan of Saskatchewan based programming and the cultivation of homegrown talent, Local Programming in general, and obviously Saskatchewan based media in the Saskatoon Web Design community, we’re sad to hear that SCN Saskatchewan has lost funding that has been allocated to the station in the Saskatchewan provincial budget for over 20 years. [...]

RawkMedia Web Design is committed to helping the Saskatoon community by offering your non-profit or community based organization with a website

Are you a Saskatoon based non-profit organization or an organization committed to serving your community… on a tight budget but looking to get a website designed and developed? Your organization likely needs a local Saskatoon audience to raise awareness and funding for your cause, let’s discuss some strategies to connect you with a website and an [...]

Effective website Search Engine Optimization… What does that mean?

The Internet has become a very busy place. It’s also become a sort of global marketplace where people all over the world come to buy and sell goods. Not much new to anyone in that statement, but it does beg the question, what’s the best way for you to find customers both locally to Saskatoon and globally… and let them know you’re online?

Why is a website so important to your company's success?

These days, few consumers turn to Yellow Pages for business information. Instead, they turn to search engines like google, yahoo, or microsoft. If your company does not have an online strategy (most important of which is a website), you don’t really exist. Your website is a virtual business card: it not only supplies consumers with [...]

Props to Saskatchewan native Graham DeLaet on the PGA Tour!

Graham DeLaet, a 28-year-old native of Weyburn (Would’ve been much cooler if he was a Saskatoon native but we’ll let it slide ), is doing his part to expose an exceptional golf talent pool in Saskatchewan. The 2009 Canadian Tour player of the year has gone a long way to retaining his PGA Tour card [...]