In our new Boxcar Marketing website it was important for James and me to implement as many best practices as possible. We wanted to start with a solid design based on usability. Here are 3 mistakes we often point out to clients and how we avoided them in our design....
ChangeEverything.ca, the online community developed by our good friends at Social Signal and built for Vancity, has been nominated for a Webby Award. Huge congratulations for Social Signal, Change Everything and Vancity! The competition in the social networking...
Late last week I received an email from Google AdWords at an email address that looked like reactivation@google.com. Except the email wasn’t from Google AdWords and the originating email address wasn’t really reactivation@google.com. It was a phishing...
Join me Thursday for the Vancouver League of Drupalers April meeting on Email Newsletters. I’m providing this month’s feature presentation: Email Newsletters: What the F**K? with Monique Trottier from Boxcar Marketing (formerly Work Industries). Learn how...
Spring is traditionally associated with change and renewal. A time to clean things up. A time for new seeds to be planted. Spring also happens to be an excellent time to announce the evolution in our business. As of April 2008, Work Industries will be Boxcar...
Boxcar Marketing would like to welcome Rachael Ashe to the team. Rachael is a talented office manager who is willing to jump in and help us on any project that needs extra hands and brainpower. If Rachael is actively working on your project, you’ll receive a...
Even the best of us can be taken by our technology. Enjoy!
Did you meet me at CHRA Annual Congress: Breaking New Ground, April 2-5? I was recently asked to share my social media expertise as a speaker at the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association’s Breaking New Ground Conference in Vancouver. The conference focus was...
QuickLearn: Master Online Marketing is a series for business professionals who are looking for quick ways to get up to speed on best practices, tips, tools and techniques for successful internet marketing campaigns. Use the Contact Us to tell us what event you’d...
On March 29th I attended a community-sponsored, free event called Bridging Media, held at the Centre for Digital Media on the Great Northern Way Campus here in Vancouver. I was asked to lend my assistance to organizers Megan Cole and Erica Hargreave. It was a...