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New Media Manitoba Meetings
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Written by Kevin Hnatiuk
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Tuesday, 15 April 2008 |
On Tuesday, April 15, 2008, New Media Manitoba presents, "Search Starts Here," at the Psych Health Centre on Bannatyne. The meeting begins at 7 pm sharp and you must register in advance to attend.
We've just returned from the most significant Search Engine Optimization conference in the world, "Search Engine Strategies New York," and our eyes are wide open. Over the course of several days we had the opportunity to interview companies like Yahoo, Bruce Clay, and Compete, as well as industry stars like Matt Bailey from SiteLogic, Jason Calacanis from Mahalo, and Jeffrey Eisenberg from Future Now
to discover the best ways to improve Search Engine Rankings through
organic, and paid search strategies. We received some great advice for
getting your site optimized the way the search Gods (Google, Yahoo, and
MSN) want from you, as well as some interesting ways to pay your way to
the top with some "unique" business models.
Tuesday night's meeting will give you answers to the questions:
- What is search-friendly design?
- How do I convert web traffic into sales?
- What are web analytics and how can they help me?
- Does Flash affect search engine optimization?
- How important are blogs or links to my site?
- Does good graphic design improve my rankings?
- What do search bots see on my website?
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 April 2008 )
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Written by Kevin Hnatiuk
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
Click here to register.
On Monday, March 31,
2008, New Media Manitoba presents the first of its kind Business course
for new and existing businesses entitled, "New Media Business Plans for
Procrastinators." This course will be delivered one evening per week
for six weeks and will force you to create a business plan for your
company or product.
Some of the excuses we hear for why people
never develop a business plan is, "not enough time," or, "it's too much
work," and, "what's the point
?" Even after spending hundreds of
thousands of dollars on equipment, staff and overhead expenses, many
new media professionals will never create a business plan because they
feel it's too involved or they don't see the benefit. Well on March 31,
you won't have a choice. You will develop your new media business plan
or else.
WHY DO I NEED A BUSINESS PLAN?
Well, aside from
a Cranfield University study that found 95% of businesses that create a
business plan were still in business 5-years later, it's also a great
way to manage your company, find money, launch a product, grow your
organization, or take steps toward becoming the millionaire you always
said you'd be.
 OR, you can just keep doing what you're doing now. How's that working out for you by the way? :)
When the dot-com bubble burst it in the 90's it
was because web businesses did not take the time to create business
plans and were funded by overzealous investors that didn't care. A good
new media business plan ensures that you have a strategy to succeed and
a backup plan if you don't. It tracks your organization's movements,
has checkpoints for evaluating your progress, it is deliberate and
evolves as you do. The business plan becomes your guardian angel and
yet very few new media businesses ever take the first step toward
developing one.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 April 2008 )
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Written by Kevin Hnatiuk
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
 On Tuesday, March 18, 2008, New Media Manitoba presents, "Puttting the 'pal' in Drupal," at the Psych Health Centre on Bannatyne. The meeting begins at 7 pm and you must register in advance to secure your seat. There is no charge for admission and the event is open to the entire new media community.
So what is Drupal? Quite possibly the fastest growing and easiest to use Open Source Content Management System (CMS) and Web Development Framework around. Darren Mak of DigitalWeb is our resident expert on all things Drupal and has been working with it since its early inception. He just returned from Drupalcon in Boston where developers around the world converged for super-secret tips on how to optimize your Drupal CMS with some new and exciting results.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 March 2008 )
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Written by Kevin Hnatiuk
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
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 The Sassy Sue Biely
Sue is going to take us through all sorts of useful content like:
• how to green light your video for online distribution
• creating content for the appropriate platform (iPhone, Cell Phone, Sony PSP, iPod, etc.)
• some examples of how Machinema, "Advertainment," and Citizen Journalism are being used
• how to create content that goes viral!
Back in her days working as Acquisitions Editor for CBC Television's ZeD, Sue led the teams responsible for screening and licensing digital short films all around the world. Today Sue is Director of Business Development & Social Responsibility at The Nimble Company, a multi-platform media group creating and managing media brands for the post-tv generation.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 March 2008 )
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Written by Kevin Hnatiuk
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Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
 Steve Jobs presents the MacBook Air
On January 29, 2008, NMM presents, "Manitoba does MacWorld," at the Psych Health Centre on Bannatyne. The presentation runs from 7 pm - 9 pm. There is no charge but you must pre-register if you plan to attend. All are welcome.
If you're a subscriber to newmediamanitoba.tv then you've seen some of the highlights we brought you following Steve Jobs' MacWorld keynote. On January 29, 2008 we'll show you the things you didn't see as we interview new media vendors from around the Expo floor.
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