We get inquires from Web marketers who are not from Canada, but working with and on behalf of their Canadian clients (as much as we –on principle—prefer businesses support other local businesses), we wish everybody all the best with their marketing. Our goal is to encourage everyone to make EFFECTIVE use of FoundLocally.com For those who want to look at…
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 tool for building teams, assessing teams, and doing “due diligence” on business deals. If your LinkedIn profile has not been updated (or you…
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 of "plugins" to add additional features, tools, and capabilities. And many are free, all are affordable (many with a one-time…
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?
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 them for your support, interest, suggestions, and website visits over the past twenty years. THANKS! What’s Ahead Our great information…
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
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 the options, start to plan, and work that plan! (Episode #1) You can share this video from Facebook LinkedIn, and…
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 & UPDATES. We have provided localized information on each of our 30 FoundLocally.com websites. We've also included content links for activity…
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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 several SEO/citation companies and their listings of “top directories”, and organized them in a spreadsheet. Where they included ranks (position…
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, we have cataloged about 200 different directories, search engines, and social media tools, etcetera that accept listings from Canadian businesses.…