Over the years, we’ve heard a plethora of reasons why people have chosen our Kelowna web design and marketing team. Some of these reasons are what you would expect: a business owner comes to us looking for guidance on their brand identity, or they just need help figuring out the whole social media thing everyone’s…
by James Shaw, Creative Director George Clooney EOnline.com, Sept. 13, 2009 “I’d rather have a rectal examination on live TV by a fellow with cold hands than have a Facebook page.” Having just read a book (Robopocalypse) about computers and machines ganging up on humanity and wreaking havoc, I have to say I can relate…
Here are some quick facts about Blogging. More stats on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube by clicking the links. 77% of Internet users read blogs. There are currently 133 million blogs listed on leading blog directory Technorati. 60% of bloggers are between the age of 18-44. One in five bloggers update their blogs daily. Two…
Here are some more quick facts, this time on YouTube. You can find the previous posts on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn by clicking on the links. The very first video uploaded was called “Me at the Zoo”, on 23rd April 2005. By June 2006, more than 5,000 videos were being uploaded every day. YouTube receives…
Here are some of the latest social media and social networking stats for 2011. Read similar posts on Twitter and Facebook. LinkedIn is older than both Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, being created on 5 May, 2003. There are more than 70 million users worldwide. Members of LinkedIn come from more than 200 countries from every…
by James Shaw If you are dappling into email marketing for the first time, let us save you from making any mistakes. Here’s your chance to learn from some common mistakes before experiencing them yourself! It can be so easy to hit that big “Send” button only to realize seconds later that you it was…
Here are some of the latest social networking and social media stats for 2011, this time for Twitter. Click here if you missed our Facebook stats post. Twitter’s web platform only accounts for a quarter of its users – 75% use third-party apps. Twitter gets more than 300,000 new users every day. There are currently…
The Okanagan’s Quickest Mobile Phone Survey is active… CAST YOUR VOTE! The Twin Creek Media team were curious to find out (A) the most popular smart phone and (B) the favourite service provider in the Okanagan and area. We thought others might be interested too, so the results are public. So place your votes and…
by James Shaw, Creative Director Are your customers ENGAGED with your message (or bored out of their minds)? When it comes to engaging your target audience, not all marketing channels are created equal…. You are competing with 1000′s of messages everyday. Your “target audience” is being bullseyed with so many random, off-topic, and boring attempts…
Wikipedia, the world’s largest online encyclopedia, has a great primer on Integrated Marketing. See the original article here. Below is the main section of their entry: Integrated Marketing Communications is a term used to describe a holistic approach to marketing communication. It aims to ensure consistency of message and the complementary use of media. The…