JuliannaCIRA announced today that its CEO and President Bernard Turcotte will be leaving later this year. Bernard has played an important role in forging CIRA’s status as one of the world’s best-run country code top-level domains and has served Canada’s Internet community through CIRA since 2001. CIRA will soon be launching a nation-wide search to find the…
If you have ever given a conference talk, led a seminar group, or even hosted a meeting with accompanying PowerPoint presentation on WebEx, you have probably heard the request “can we get a copy of your slides?” Sending a large PowerPoint file via email and ensuring you have locked editing rights can be a bit…
JuliannaCIRA is asking that all dot-ca domain name holders complete the membership enrolment process to become or remain a CIRA Member. July 30, 2007 is the date all current CIRA memberships will expire, and you will need to complete the new authentication process to renew your membership. Benefits As a CIRA Member, you will…
JuliannaCircle ID published an article this week about the state of .eu, the European Union’s Top-Level Domain (TLD). A full year has passed since the sunrise and landrush periods, and the first wave of renewals has come and gone. So what does the .eu look like a year later? In one word – underwhelming. A…
JuliannaLast month we asked the question “Is Business.com worth $400 million dollars?” Today I can tell you the answer – almost! The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that a deal has been made to sell the web-based business directory, and domain, for between $340 and $360 million dollars. The Web’s original high-price domain…
JuliannaLately you can’t go online without seeing another social network, so why not do your part and create your own! Seriously though, while it’s hard to keep track of every new social network on the block, if you already belong to a community or market, a social network may be the communications tool you’re looking…
JuliannaFrom the name you might guess that HorsePigCow is a blog about livestock, but it’s actually the blog of community marketing specialist Tara Hunt. A Canadian transplant in San Francisco, Hunt is one half of Citizen Agency a consultancy that specializes in developing community-centric strategies around product research, design, development and marketing.” Community is definitely…
JuliannaIs the focus of your business your customers? Long time customer advocate Becky Carrol thinks it should be – enough to start a business and a blog around it. Carrol’s Customers Rock blog is a great resource for anyone looking to take a more strategic role in their marketing by putting customers first. She recently…
JuliannaPay-per-click (PPC) advertising, particularly Google Adwords, is a bit of a black art. If you know what you are doing it works well, if you don’t it can feel like you’re throwing your money away. Luckily Canada’s own Internet Marketing insider One Degree has a great post on how to increase your pay-per-click quality score.…
JuliannaAnswering your questions about Webnames.ca Products and Services How to Register an Expiring .CA Domain Name Building out your domain name portfolio? Looking for a great domain name, but finding your top picks already registered? Did you know you can preview and preregister expiring .CA domain names? When a .CA domain name is not renewed…
JuliannaDigital Certificates – also known as SSL Certificates – are increasingly becoming ‘de rigueur’ for all manners of websites, especially business websites where financial transactions transpire. Essentially, a ‘Digital Cert’ is an ID document or ‘signature’ that is attached to electronic messages and/or files to provide enhanced security. This signature contains information about the certificate…
JuliannaThe World Wide Web is leveling the playing field for many small businesses. There are many free online resources that allow your small business to test the kinds of e-business concepts and strategies that Big Business has been using for years. Check out the following tools to convert your documents into PDFs, fine-tune your customer…
JuliannaWebsites devoted to business matters are seemingly endless on the Net. Most are mediocre and many are downright disappointing once you poke around a little bit. No stringent criteria was applied while compiling this resource list, rather these are websites that we use ourselves, have been recommended to us by colleagues and customers, and where…
JuliannaThere are so many excellent low-cost and free tools kicking around on the Internet that I almost don’t know where to begin … Collectively these resources have enormous potential to facilitate your planning, cut costs and increase the efficiency your business especially when you’re getting started. As more utilities become web based, integrating multiple services…
JuliannaSo you’ve launched a website and now you want to know how it’s performing. It goes without saying that getting a handle on your web stats is important. The earlier the better. Accurate measurement and meaningful analysis are pre-requisite to increasing your online success. Really, the act of measuring is important in and of itself.…
