Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Carnage Culture: why do we watch?

March 14th, 2011 No Comments

Thanks for coming back! If you haven’t subscribed to my RSS feed , please do. Last night I sat down to flip through some channels and try and get my brain to calm down from the annual spring-forward time change where I live. I stumbled across CNNs almost 24 hour live coverage of the earthquake [...]

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Top 10 Plugins for WordPress Sites for 2010

December 28th, 2010 No Comments

If you’re bewildered by the thousands of plugins for WordPress, you’re not alone.  The official WordPress site for the self-hosted variety, WordPress.org, lists over 12,000 in their directory alone. So what’s a site owner to do? Well, here’s my top 10 for 2010, based on actual usage. REMEMBER: Always back up your site before adding [...]

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Highlighter Plugin for WordPress a nifty way to snip & share

December 1st, 2010 No Comments

There’s a couple of companies I follow on a regular basis because they regularly innovate, either in WordPress theming, or in developing unique plugins that enhance the user experience for visitors to WordPress-based sites. Unique Blog Designs started out as a wordpress theming company, and that’s where Bigpacific.com went for the design of our first [...]

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Are you wasting money on SEO? Time for a Remix.

November 10th, 2010 No Comments

If the majority of your online marketing dollars (or sweat equity)  is going to SEO, you’re likely fighting a losing battle due to increased competition as the last of the small businesses finally migrate online. It’s time to make a change and consider social media for your business. The field is getting crowded, knowledge of [...]

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Medalling in Olympic mobile power management

February 18th, 2010 No Comments

Vancouver, February 2010 – I have learned a lot over the past 7 days of taking part in cultural and sporting events at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Some of it I learned the hard way, and now you don’t have to. It is possible to be well-prepared for long days away from opportunities to [...]

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SM and the weird small business bondage

February 1st, 2010 No Comments

by Laurie McConnell, BigpacificMedia.com Social Media: Is It For You? Social media/social networking (SM) has moved from being a fun way to keep up with friends that most could ignore to a business tool that seems as ubiquitous as the proverbial blade of grass. I can’t look at a publication, business directory or advertisements without seeing numerous [...]

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Canadian Businesses Slow to Move Online

December 22nd, 2009 No Comments

If you are already online as a small business in Canada, congratulations. You are in the minority! According to Statistics Canada, only 41% of businesses had a web site by 2007 (the latest available data). This accounts for only a 5% jump in Internet adoption for businesses since 2003. Thus, despite Canada’s strong statistical showing [...]

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