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On May 14, 2013, the province of British Columbia will be holding a provincial election. With the increase of social media and mobile Internet usage it is exciting to see how candidates will embrace the Internet to, hopefully, increase voter turnout. There have always been many challenges with engaging the voting population, especially young people.

"If you build it they will come” is not a common mantra in the Website Design Industry. Increasing your brand awareness online requires a lot of work and marketing know-how. It's worth it though! Your online audience can quickly become your brand champions! While your social media posts, videos and content may or may not ever 'go viral', with a little work and perseverance it is possible to successfully build your online brand awareness organically to achieve success.  

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, online retailer Amazon.ca has found an innovative way to get press from its website measurements. Each February for the past few years, they have released data naming Canada’s Top 20 Romantic Cities. By combing their website statistics and combining sales of romantic cds from artists such as Michael Buble, romance novels, relationship books and romantic comedy DVDs they have uncovered data to reveal which cities in Canada place an emphasis on love.

The Kelowna Web Design and Internet Marketing team at GetOn.com is so excited to launch the redesign of Wilden.ca . The team at Wilden were extremely pleasant to deal with and the collaboration and end result is a website we are all proud of.

If your small business has a website, there are some essential tasks you should be doing on a monthly basis to maintain or boost your rankings, traffic and conversions. Failing to perform SEO correctly could cost your business website visitors and customers. 1. Identify Your Demand It is important to regularly identify your demand. In terms of SEO and Internet Marketing, this can be easily accomplished by performing regular keyword research using a keyword tool such as Google’s Free Adword’s Tool.

2012 saw major changes in the SEO world, with the Penguin update leading the way. One thing is for certain, whether it comes to links or to content, quality still leads over quantity.

The other day my family and I were eating dinner in a restaurant. I looked around and saw multiple families on their mobile devices while mindlessly forking food into their mouths. Oh my, how the world has changed! Here's what took place online in 2012 ...  

Social Media Marketing – It's Not All About SEO It's easy to get carried away in the battle for that #1 spot in the Organic search engine rankings. And while search engine ranking and organic search engine results is still a top facet of your Internet marketing plan, when it comes to social marketing and content, it cannot be all about SEO all of the time. Write Content For Your Visitor

When it comes to website design and Internet marketing, there are many easy mistakes being made all the time. Fixing them will improve the experience for your website visitor and can increase your success online.   Seven Common Web Design and Internet Marketing Mistakes That Are Easy to Fix

With all the review websites online (Yelp, Google+ to list a few), plus social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, it is very important to become a watchdog of what is being said about your business brand online. By and large, reviews offer word-of-mouth advertising and many consumers do look to reviews before deciding on a purchase/business/service. But, what happens when your business receives a negative review online? What can you do to limit the impact the review(s) will have on your business?