Tips and resources for a Canadian small business to succeed online, covering all industries such as professional services, food and hospitality, creative arts, home improvement, retail and grocery etc. Find out how you can build and use your domain name, website and business email to create a secure and professional web presence.
Webnames.ca is committed to helping small business owners across Canada to overcome challenges with technical know-how, digital marketing and growth online through a series of insightful articles, tips and resources on this blog. At Webnames, we have over 20 years of expertise in enabling individuals and businesses make the leap online. Our in-house experts as well as hand-picked guest contributors have curated these resources to ensure that you get the best possible advice.
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JuliannaWinning the War on Spam Spam, or unsolicited bulk e-mail, has risen in both quantity and sophistication over recent years. In 2006 spam made up 40% of all e-mail, a number expected to increase to an unnerving 63% in 2007. With the average person receiving over 2,200 unsolicited messages last year alone, spam has reached…
JuliannaWe did it again… for the third consecutive year Webnames.ca exhibited at the Massive Technology Show. This year the business-to-business technology tradeshow and networking event was held at the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (Canada Place) on March 28th. Located just up the street from our Gastown offices, we were set-up and ready to talk domain names…
JuliannaSimple websites between one and a dozen pages, commonly referred to as “brochure” websites, are widely used by small businesses and organizations to accomplish two things on the Internet: get found on search engines and provide information about products/services to potential customers 24/7. The term “brochure website” is actually something of a misnomer. One of…
JuliannaWebnames.ca will be exhibiting at the Massive Technology Show again this year and our resident dot.Mobi expert, Cybele Negris, has been chosen to speak at the conference. Cybele will be talking about the growing mobile market and how a mobile optimized web presence is becoming increasingly important to businesses large and small. Other speakers include Leonard…
JuliannaIf you’re keen on the Internet and want to get up-to-speed on what tools and sites are worthwhile for small business people, be sure to check out the March issue of PROFIT Magazine. In a 13 page section titled The Fabulous NEW Internet [Web 2.0], Editor Ian Portsmouth rallies his tech writers to handpick 21 Essential Web Tools.…
JuliannaWebnames.ca is proud to annouce that we’re sponsoring the Northern Voice Conference on February 23/24 in Vancouver. This will be their 3rd annual weblogging conference and it promises to build on the success of last year with an event that is inexpensive, informal, and accessible to techies and newbies alike. Although it is a weblog conference, the range…
