Who Wants to Win an iPod Shuffle?
'LIKE' our Facebook page before October 12th and enter to win an iPod Shuffle 2GB! Never leave a favourite tune behind. Along with up to 15 hours of battery life, you have 2GB of storage capacity, good for hundreds of songs. And for multiple playlists, Genius Mixes, podcasts, and audiobooks, too. And that’s NOT your only opportunity to win. Read on...
Business Expo 2011
Wed, Oct. 12th, 2pm - 8pm
Campbell River Community Centre
Dive in and discover the depth of the talent pool right here in Campbell River! Admission FREE of charge.
Campbell River’s first Business Expo provides an opportunity for residents to discover the considerable talent, great local products, services and business support offered by Chamber members in their own community.
As our valued client, we invite you to attend this FREE event. Come by our booth and enter our draw! If the company you represent is the lucky one, we’ll provide you with 2 hours of free web design time (a value of $170!).
Facebook for Business
Facebook: It’s All About 'Word of Mouth'.
Most people say that word-of-mouth advertising is the best kind. Why? Because when someone you trust recommends a business whose services you need, that business gains credibility with you. The odds have been tipped in favour of the business your friend recommended based on their experience, and the likelihood of your purchase from them has been increased.
Let’s put the shoe on the other foot - your business is the one that’s been recommended, and a potential customer is researching your company on on the Internet. They read a bit about who you are, what you do, and see that you have a Facebook 'Like' icon on your website. They think, "Sure, I like what I see," and click the icon. What happens next?
By clicking that icon, this potential customer has just become "friend" (or Fan) with your business. This means that when you post an article or a choice bit of news, this viewer will see it on their Facebook News Feed page. You now have an opportunity to earn this person’s respect and trust by posting relevant and timely information that will be of use. By doing so, you begin to build a relationship. Because you are in the process of becoming an authoritative source to your viewers, it is critical to respect this relationship. Bombarding prospective customer with irrelevant or too much information can have them "unfriend" you in a heartbeat, so be selective about the news you post.
There are a number of good reasons for businesses to participate in and maintain a presence on Facebook. Here are a few:
- Get found by people who are searching for your products or services
- Connect and engage with current and potential customers
- Create a community around your business
- Promote other content you create, including webinars, blog articles, or other resources
- Generate leads for your business
Facebook, used wisely, can be a valuable part of your marketing strategy, creating exponential exposure that go far beyond what you might expect. We’d like to help you get started! Give us a call today: 250-287-7117.
Featured Websites:
Campbell River Garden Centre
www.crgardencentre.com
A bower of greenery on this fresh website design creates the perfect foil for the owner’s vivid flower images. A shopping cart is strategically located to attract a viewer’s attention to the array of bulbs for sale online. Garden Centre owners Shauna and Nigel can easily add, delete, edit and place items on special themselves.
This Drupal website also allows Shauna to add her editorials to the website herself and categorize them for viewer-friendly reference. Gardening tips are still a highlight and the new photo gallery promises to add a WOW factor as images are added to the website.
Allnorth Consultants Limited
www.allnorth.com
With strong client relationships built on trust, quality service, timely response, flexibility and commitment to availability, Allnorth has provided consulting services since 1978 to clients in the mining, pulp and paper, chemical, oil and gas, marine, transportation, power, and municipal sectors across Canada. This growing company needed a website that could keep pace with its expansion of offices and services.
A Drupal CMS and database allows All North Consulting personnel to add to every area of their website as needed. The user-friendly photo gallery enables our client to add their own galleries and images and link them to specific services as well as to change photos and text descriptions to the slideshow on the home page. The website features a Newsletter to which viewers may subscribe, a Recent News database and Jobs Postings.
