Reputation Management for Job Seekers
Reputation Management for Job Hunters Lots of people claim to be “LinkedIn Experts”
Internet Strategy: to pick (and ride) the right “horse”
YEARS of Experience in Tech, Computers, and Online
What is ESG Disclosure and why should I care?
As the planet see ever-more-significant impacts from Climate Change, the concerns are rapidly shifting from we'll deal with it "next century" to we need to start mitigating and redirecting resource and efforts NOW. Because of the impacts on weather, wildlife,…
Reputation Management: Fixing negative or missing online info
Reputation Management Fixing negative or missing online info
Time for your ANNUAL LinkedIn review
By Mark Ruthenberg, Advantage Tech Inc. and TransCanada FoundLocally Inc. Many folks misunderstand LinkedIn and assume its only for job hunting (and may have even used it for just that!) but it’s developed into much more… It’s now a great…
Recent Updates to WordPress
WordPress is a flexible environment for website building, once used just for blogs. Its nice becuase there are many drag & drop features, editing and updating is easy and user-friendly, and there are a GAZILLLION templates ("themes" ) and lots…
We have new business cards! What do you think?
Since we have chosen to focus our efforts on TWO THINGS: our TransCanadaHighway.com website, and our web design/web marketing services under the FoundLocally brand, we have updated our business cards! And they are folding and double-sided. What do you think?
FoundLocally.com website is moving to TransCanada Highway.com
After the past 20 years serving fellow Canadians, we are retiring the FoundLocally.com website. Our passion is now focused on our TransCanadaHighway.com website, which we have re-imagined and keeps growing in popularity. We thank all businesses and the individuals behind…
Mark Ruthenberg Recognized for Judging the IIAC competition
Our President, Mark Ruthenberg, has been judging competitions of online content since 2001, and the IIAC (International Internet Advertising Competition) since 2007. Congrats to all the winners ! See IIAC 2020 Competition Winners
Small Business and COVID-19 Ideas, options, and actions…
COVID-19 has thrown Canadian small businesses for a loop. Some are really busy, some are less busy, and some are shut down. If you are one of the latter, are you in "stasis" or cocooning for a metamorphosis? Consider…
KEY Coronavirus Links featured on local FoundLocally.com pages
Recognizing people's need for better coronavirus/COVID19 information, we have added links on our various local FOUNDLOCALLY.COM home pages, linking to the most appropriate federal, provincial, municipal websites, local health authorities, to ensure everyone has quick access to AUTHORITATIVE NEWS &…
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Best Wishes for the Season and a Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Best Wishes for the Season and a Happy New Year! #merrychristmas #happynewyear
Top Canadian Directories you NEED TO BE included in
We recently conducted a review of directories and their impact of your web marketing & SEO. We noticed that several metrics that Google includes in its ranking factors are the number of back-links or “citations”. We took a look at…
SEO, R.I.P.
No, SEO and directory, and search engine submission is NOT DEAD! And neither is Canada's beloved (but anachronistic) paper phone directory. In our review of top directory sites out there, as recommended by several top SEO and "Citation building" companies,…
New Years TIPS for web professionals!
Our New Year's newsletter sent to regular businesses: Let’s look back at 2018 & What EVERY BUSINESS should do in 2019 While it may seem to some that we are competing with local web design, web marketing, and SEO firms, we…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! A look back, and a look ahead
Let’s look back: BIG changes over 2018 on FoundLocally.com and what EVERY BUSINESS should be doing for SEO and web marketing success in 2019 Let’s LOOK BACK at 2018 FoundLocally.com did a major redesign for a more “responsive” design, which…
Menus and Movies updates to FoundLocally.com
We have made a couple of small changes to the FoundLocally sites: We continue to speed up the site finding small ways to make it faster We have updated the LOCAL megamenu for each community, particularly the Recreation and Business…
Mark Ruthenberg selected as a judge for the International Advertising Competition
TransCanada FoundLocally's president, Mark Ruthenberg, has been a judge of the Internet Advertising Competition annually since 2007. Enter your website, ad campaign, or project... see how you stack up against the world-wide competition!
We’ve updated FoundLocally.com!
Yes, we've updated all of the FoundLocally.com websites, a process which took over a month to programming, testing, debugging (it's MUCH trickier than anyone thinks, with all the "moving parts"), and optimization (page speed load times have been tripled over…
We’ve Updated Trans-Canada Highway.com
Yes, we’ve updated our TransCanadaHighway.com travel information website, used by travellers in, around, and across Canada to plan their vacation, get updates on weather, traffic, and construction while on the road, as well as discover things to see and do, attractions, and…