So last week, Coree (@girlone) posted a LIV Editorial about keeping content fresh and that  is why we are asking YOU to help.

We all know that the more outbound links you have to a site the higher rank you will get. Take advantage of this on LIV, link back to your blog and if you could also so kindly link back to us. Lori Dyck (@loridyck) did this with her post recently, You Do Click on Facebook Ads! http://www.wildfireonline.ca/blog/you-do-click-on-facebook-ads/.Instead of writing in doubles, re purpose for another audience who will end up being your audience in the end.

How can you start posting on LIV?

Any way possible, sign up on the website ‘Become a Contributor’, email us at interactive@girlone.com, or hit us up on Twitter, @livinteractive and we can set you up. Read the rest of this entry »

Last month you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing about Old Spice ads.

The company managed to put itself back on the map with a number of humorous commercials featuring Isaiah Mustafa and Terry Crews. What, if anything, can entrepreneurs and professionals of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) learn from them? Read the rest of this entry »

BlinkWorks as one of the most creative film production studios in Winnipeg, Manitoba has shared yet another great project they were part of producing for Warehouse One Jean Store this past summer.

Creating a historic video for the long standing retailer starting in 1977, what BlinkWorks brings to us is the value of a brand we can all appreciate and learn from. With a re-brand both in design of their logo, store layout and feel to showcase a new attitude one thing that remains to be the same is the quality management and business driven professionals.

The videos showcase a walk in history with Warehouse One while connecting with the new brand in the making with photographer extraordinaire Ian McClusland.

Review BlinkWorks videos on this project and other great work @ BlinkWorks – http://www.blink-works.com/

Even though this is quite simplistic to do, I often see websites still that are not built to last long past the first visit. I hear ‘FLASH SUCKS’ and that it is the end of Flash, but really Blog websites are not all that exciting either so really how do we stay within a medium we can all agree with. Read the rest of this entry »

Over the years we have found that the expectations in a professional role always have some degree of writing. Proposals, specification documents and of course communication of emails to co-workers and clients. More and more companies today, and for the past several years, expect most employees in any type of  management role Read the rest of this entry »

The GDC Manitoba Chapter is hosting Volume 3 of the PechaKucha Night in the Park Theater in Winnipeg. The cost is free and the list of people is awesome.

If you are not sure of what this is, well in short the rules are so:

• Each pecha-kucha participant delivers a PowerPoint presentation.
• Each presentation must comprise of 20 slides, no more, no less. Read the rest of this entry »