Aabstract Communications | Ottawa Marketing

Can Social Media make you money?

Alfred — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:40:49 +0000

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Welcome to the new age of the entrepreneur. Large corporations are stagnating on service, old and young entrepreneurs are growing out of the wood-work. [...]

5 Simple Steps to focus your Website *Updated

Alfred — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:37:56 +0000

I hear a lot of business owners and potential clients tell me they have a website, but as far as they are concerned it has yet to pay for itself. I have only one piece of advice for these people. Decide what you want your website to do and really focus on achieving that one [...]

It’s Business in Ottawa with the Entrepreneurship Centre and Invest Ottawa – YouTube roundup

Alfred — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:06:26 +0000

Invest Ottawa – Watch Video on YouTube

Shot-gun Millionaire – Watch Video on YouTube

Invest Ottawa, Launch Event Highlights – Watch Video on YouTube

Become your own Content KingMaker

Alfred — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:35 +0000

If content is king, how do you become a king maker? It’s a simple question that unfortunately comes with a whole lot of “it depends” attached.

While it is rare that there is ever any one simple answer to complex online marketing questions, there are thankfully a few handy guidelines that we use to focus [...]

Twitter Marketing for fun and profit

Alfred — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:52:16 +0000

Twitter, in a very short amount of time has become a serious force within the Media Landscape. With millions of users and hundreds of millions of tweets daily, twitter provides a quick, effective, personal outlet to entrepreneurs looking to develop and nurture their customer base. Twitter is actually one of the simplest social media tools [...]

What is Social Media Monitoring?

Alfred — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:59:04 +0000

More importantly, what can it do for you?

The world is a stage and everybody is talking. Social Media is a platform that allows individuals to talk and share their lives. And talking they are. Millions of conversations, tweets, chats and texts are bouncing about the internet daily. Online searches, comments and emails are [...]

Walter Francl Architects – Animations

Alfred — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:09:07 +0000

Back in 2004, I had the opportunity to create a website for Walter Francl Architects in Vancouver British Columbia. While collaborating on the design (flash sites were all the rage, especially amongst Architecture and Advertising firms) I built a demo site that I always quite liked the design of, (the client chose a different route) [...]

Alteriors Contemporary Furniture print ads

Alfred — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:52:24 +0000

Aabstract has done a lot of work for Alteriors Contemporary Furniture over the years. I was reviewing some of my old files and decided to post a few of the interesting pieces we have produced since way back in 2002.

Social media: what happens when the L-plates come off? | Econsultancy

Alfred — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:46:49 +0000

Steve Richards over at Econsultancy has a very important message to CEO’s

We’ve seen a real shift this year in the understanding of how social media can be integrated within consumer-facing organizations. The conversation has moved on from ‘how do we get involved in social media’ to ‘which areas of the [...]

Infographic: Let’s Get Down to Social Business

Alfred — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:49:18 +0000

I love infographics, and I love infographics that support my opinions even more!

Infographic: Let’s Get Down to Social Business.