Want to learn how to leverage the Internet to grow your business? Student Connects @ Wilfred Laurier University and The Brantford BRC is running a 4 day e-biz bootcamp to help educate business owners on how the Internet can help their business.

There are a total of 4 workshops, and the price is $50 per workshop or $150 for all four.

Day 1 (March 3rd, 2009)
Building a Plan: Web Essentials for Success

Day 2 (March 10th, 2009)
Practical Steps to Establishing an Effective Web Presence

Day 3 (March 24th, 2009) - I am guest speaking at this workshop
Profiting from the Web and Successful Selling Online

Day 4 (March 31, 2009)
Driving Traffic and Marketing on the Internet

You can find additional information and a sign-up form by clicking here

See you there!

Our own David Saraiva’s opinion was sought in Wednesday, October 14th’s National Post for an article discussing the impact of the web on politicians:

“David Saraiva, a Brantford, Ontario based Web site designer, has studied each party’s official site and is surprised by their lack of sophistication.

Citing a 2007 study that considered how people used the Internet, Mr. Saraiva said the parties are likely to lose voters voters each time they must click to a separate page for the information they seek.

‘Statistically, every time you add a click between a process that you want a Web user to go through you’re going to lose a percentage of the people who you’re trying to get to do it,” he said.

‘On the NDP site, you have to click through four different items to get through to a page deep on their site where you can finally request a sign.’”

As far fetched as it may sound, this issue potentially cost the NDP votes this election. Since users had to click through 4 different pages to request a sign for their yard, some visitors who would have requested a sign, had it been on the homepage of their site like the Liberal and Conservative homepages, likely did not.  This directly resulted in fewer signs on yards and less exposure. Less exposure can result in fewer votes.

Click on the picture above or here to view the whole article.

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Reality Hosting has been invited to speak at Design Camp Waterloo, at their next meeting on March 27th. We’re taking the stage around 4:45PM and would love to see you there!

Thursday March 27th, 4:30PM - 7:30PM
University of Waterloo, Tatham Center Room 2218

Design Camp Waterloo is an initiative at U of W for an open forum for professionals involved in digital design and anyone who has an interest in digital design. You can find more information on their website.

See you there!

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