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Making use of free online photo editors

The past couple of year’s leaps’n bounds made in web application platform development have brought some amazing browser-delivered web applications.  Some that you may be familiar with are online document editors like google docs and Zoho docs.  Some lesser known emerging apps are really worth noting including business management applications, business communication applications, and media [...]

Standard Website Design vs. Mobile Web Design

Web Design for Mobile devices isn’t a new concept.. and likewise, the existence of mobile web browsing should be no secret either. Over 4 million Canadians are already using their mobile devices to access the internet.. for more than directions. Whether or not your business needs a mobile friendly version of your website design, should [...]

Air Canda’s Lesson in Social Media Marketing

Do you recall the boy who’s wheelchair was damaged by Air Canada’s baggage handlers while traveling to New York in August?  If so, you may also recall the fact that, following a tweet from the boy’s family regarding the state of his broken wheelchair and the fact that the family was now stuck as a [...]

RawkMedia – Social Media Profiles vs. Business Website Design

With the wide availability of free resources, social media profiles, and social media platforms available to create an online presence, an old question becomes once again relevant… Do you need to engage a web design company to create your business website? It’s no secret that Facebook has surpassed 500 million users. Twitter has surpassed 200 [...]

Make your own promo video in 5 minutes with Google, YouTube, and “Search Stories”

In early spring, Google and Youtube released a cool little app called “Search Stories“.  What it does is quickly let you turn a Google search, or Google searches, into a “video story”. By entering in one or several searches in various platforms, google will simulate those searches and youtube will turn those searches into a [...]

Website Design With Colour Palettes

One core  component to effective website design is the use of an aesthetically complimenting “website design color scheme” or “website design palette”.  A web design palette is used to determine a consistent website background, website images and font colour of the content found in the website.   Any Web Designer will tell you that choosing an [...]
Kaid Ashton

Kaid Ashton

Kaid Ashton was looking for a website that would represent his extensive travel around the world working as a freelance photographer. His vision was to represent his photo galleries from various locations visually against a map of the world.

The Cornerstone of Website Marketing

If you’re familiar with our website and our blog, you’ll notice that recently we’ve put a lot of focus in articles regarding Social Media Marketing.  We’re comfortable in the assertion that Social Media is the next great platform for your online marketing strategy and presents the greatest potential for growth in online marketing efforts.  That [...]

Marketing With FourSquare

Location based marketing is as old as commerce itself.. and marketing with incentive to be in a particular location has traditionally been a costly venture but not without success.  The solution to such a heavy cost to a successful marketing stream… geo-location based automation via smartphones.. and social media – Enter FourSquare.   FourSquare’s beauty lay [...]

Keep Potash Corp of Saskatchewan – “Of Saskatchewan”!

We realize that a Web Design & Consulting firm has very little place commenting on the largest foreign takeover of a Canadian company (Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan), however we’d like to put in our two cents on how we feel it may impact the Saskatoon and Saskatchewan Business community. In a recent report examining the [...]