It was merely just a decade ago when Hamilton was known mostly as a steel town, even as the steel industry was slowing down and closing down factory after factory, which led to Hamiltonians without work or an identity. With a crumbling downtown core, inexpensive real estate combined with Hamilton's
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City of Hamilton's Website Design Concepts Revealed
So I just got back from the City of Hamilton's website design open house. I was able to view some visual concepts of what our city's future web presence may look like. I arrived to see about a dozen others browsing 3 different sets of concepts. All of which appeared to have
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PPG San Antonio - Cheat sheet
Thanks to everyone who came out to participate in "Simplifying Effective Website Strategies"! As promised, here is the cheat sheet from the presentation. All the best,Ryan
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Important Malware Alert: DNS Changer
Internet service providers and Internet security firms are warning all internet users about malware referred to as DNS Changer that could shut down Internet access for thousands of users beginning this Monday July 9th. In the past this malware has infected more than 570,000 computers worldwide. The
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3-Steps To Make Your Homepage Awesome
"...increase your page rank and traffic, while making your pockets heavier."A great homepage is clean, easy to navigate, has an effective call-to-action, and is integrated with social media. Working on improving these elements will not only please your visitors, but also increase your page rank and
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Romancing Google's Penguin in 3-Steps
Google’s latest update to their search engine, dubbed "the Penguin update” has shocked websites around the world. Almost as scary as the Penguin man himself, millions of sites have suffered a dramatic loss in traffic while others have gained significantly. The majority of smart business
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What is the Cloud?
The simplest way to think of the cloud is to think of it as a utility, like hydro. When you plug a device into a wall outlet, electricity flows. You didn't produce the electricity yourself. In fact, you probably don’t know, and don’t care where the electricity was generated. It's just al
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5 Ways LinkedIn Can Help You
LinkedIn, the world’s biggest “social network for professionals” is enormously beneficial for people in business. Here are 5 ways it can help you: 1. Increases Your Exposure Every time you or your company posts a blog, publishes an article, or makes a Tweet, those publications ca
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[VIDEO] 2011 Alumni of Distinction Award
Back in October, I wrote a blog post on Ryan's Alumni of Distinction Award in the Entrepreneur category. Here is the newly released video Mohawk filmed about Ryan and his award.
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Is Steve Jobs's Bio On Your Christmas List?
Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, has just released its bestseller list for ebook sales. Number one on the list is Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. The biography trumped every other book. It was published later than expected due Jobs’s dea
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Children of Christmas Past
The Children of Christmas Past, a local, grassroots organization, has passionately taken it upon themselves to be a strong voice with a loving, helping hand for seniors who are alone. The organization was started in 1999 by Jill Harrington. She requested that the guests of their Annual Christma
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Magazines Are iPads That Don't Work [Video]
Here is an interesting video I discovered showing a sign of the times.
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Social Media Increases Signups Over 600 Percent
LinxSmart increased signups to SOAP Vault over 600% using social media as the primary source of marketing in the first 6 months. Soap Vault is revolutionary software that allows massage therapists to create, store and retrieve clinical notes anywhere there is an internet connection. They are one of
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5 Tips to Optimize Your Website for Search
Here are five great ways to optimize you website for search engines. 1. Optimize On-Page ContentSearch engine spiders crawl your site more often then you believe. They read and index almost everything they find to intelligently display your site in search results for your targeted
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Manage Social Media in Less Than 30 Minutes
Social media can increase the revenue of any business. However, it does require effort. The biggest hurdles company’s face is lack of time. If your time is limited, try executing the most valuable efforts first. For many companies these high valued efforts include asking customers to “Ch
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Supporting Children of Christmas Past
Seasons Greetings from your friends at LinxSmart Every holiday season people open up their hearts and think of those in need. Many express their love and concern for those less fortunate through food banks, donations to local causes, and volunteering. Many causes purposefully focus on child
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Website basics and planning for your online campaign
Website basics and planning for your online campaign: How to have a successful digital presence. Are you a business owner who needs to breathe new life into your online campaign? Do the tools of the trade make your head spin? Perhaps you're considering a web site redesign, or you'd like to be able
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Is Your Website HST Ready yet?
Love it or hate it: HST is here to stay. On July 1, 2010, the retail sales tax will be replaced with 'a more modern, value-added tax that will be combined with the federal GST to create a harmonized sales tax for Ontario'.Is your e-commerce website HST ready? LinxSmart can help ease the pa
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LinxSmart sponsors the Sound of Music Festival
We at LinxSmart are proud to be a Diamond Sponsor of the 2009 Burlington Sound of Music Festival. This year was the 30th Anniversary of the festival, and we were excited to be part of it. LinxSmart was asked by the Burlington Sound of Music Festival to put them online with a new and impr
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Ryan Barichello Speaks to Mohawk College Students
On January 8th 2009, Ryan Barichello, Development Director at LinxSmart Toronto web design participated in an engaging and information packed orientation day at Mohawk College Applied Arts and Technology. While presenting to students in the Computer Science program Ryan had the opportunity to field
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Donated Website for Local Youth Tournament
Today LinxSmart Toronto web design launched a website for a local organization that is running their second annual basketball tournament this weekend, June 6 to June 8. The Hamilton Inner City 3 on 3's tournament is free to participate in and gives youth aged 10 to 16 the opportunity to compete in a
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