500 Facebook Likes and Setting the Next Goal

Custom Fit Online just got to 500 Likes on our Facebook Page.

Not a HUGE number to be sure but those who Like us are our target market. No fat. No fake followers. We explain how we got there and why in our latest blog post written by Creative Director Ben Groulx.

Read all about it here: 500 Facebook Likes and Setting the Next Goal

Facebook Updates Its Terms for Promotions

Creative Director Ben Groulx explores what the recent changes to Facebook's Terms for Promotions mean for small business. As Ben notes "Recently, Facebook has quietly updated their Terms of Use for Pages, allowing contests and promotions to now use Facebook itself as a direct means of contestant entry. What does this mean for us, really, though?"

Read Ben's post at Facebook Updates Its Terms for Promotions

The Never-ending Learning Process

Webmaster Robert Valcourt share his thoughts no what it takes to stay up-to-date with new technologies. "New technologies, programming languages and web standards are evolving at a rapid pace. As a Web developer, I must stay on top of these technological evolutions. The learning process is never-ending."

Read Robert's post at The Never-ending Learning Process

12 Online Conversion Tips

I recently had the pleasure of attending a Conversion Rate Optimization workshop lead by Rand Fishkin of Moz presented by Unbounce, the landing page app experts.

Here are 12 excellent online conversion tips that will boost your online revenues... taken from the workshop session.

Read 'em at 12 Online Conversion Tips

Tips and best practices for upgrading Wordpress

Our webmaster, Robert Valcourt, knows a few things about WordPress. He share some of his experiences offering some excellent tips about what you need to do before updating and adding plug-ins to your WordPress CMS platform.

Tips and best practices for upgrading Wordpress

Getting Results with Your Hotel Online Booking Engine

If you have a hotel or a property management company a top priority for your website is most likely booking "heads in beds. So if you are booking lodging you need to choose your online booking system (OBE) carefully.

We have built and integrated several online booking engines for tourism and travel clients. And here is what we've learned as a result.

Read all about it at Getting Results with Your Hotel Online Booking Engine

Why I Love Evernote and How I Use It

Our Creative Director, Ben Groulx, explains why he is such a raving fan of Evernote.

And he offers some power tips of using this app that asks you to "Remember Everything".

Why I Love Evernote and How I Use It

Changing Education Paradigms - Ideas from Sir Ken Robinson

Our Creative Director, Ben Groulx, discusses the ideas and theories of noted education expert Sir Ken Robinson.

Does the traditional education paradigm work in today's ever changing world? Read what Ben has to say and watch an excellent video to learn more. Then you decide!

Read the post and watch the video by clicking here »» Changing Education Paradigms

Vanity Metric vs. Data That REALLY Matters

Web page visits? Average time on site? Page views? Oooh. Ahhhh!

These are marketing metrics that used to matter to me. Now? Not so much.

Read more about why I think fewer analytics really, really matter to determining whether your online channels are making a difference to your business!

Read it by clicking here »» Vanity Metrics vs. Data That REALLY Matters

Why Online Citations and NAPs are so important to SEO

A new blog post from Roy  McClean from Custom Fit Online

Discover why online citations and NAPS (an acronym for Name, Address, Phone) are critical to search engine rankings and search engine optimization.

Read this SEO blog post at Why Online Citations and NAPs are so important to SEO

Use Website Call-to-Actions Right for the Best Results

Getting calls-to-action right on your website makes a HUGE difference on whether your website keep you in business or drives you out of business.

Learn how syncing your calls-to-action with your website visitor profiles and content can skyrocket your website results!

Read our new blog post here: Use Website Call-to-Actions Right for the Best Results

Likes and Leads: Improving Your Facebook Page Performance

Facebook has become the defacto online marketing medium. It is a platform that is fairly easy to maintain and update, requires little to no technical knowledge (unless you are looking to develop some custom features), and provides a soap box to an incredibly vast amount of people. And even if certain studies suggest many are losing interest in the social network, it still remains -- and will continue -- one of the best platforms to create leads with your clients.

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Likes and Leads: Improving Your Facebook Page Performance

How to Display Twitter Feeds in Umbraco

NEW Custom Fit Online BLOG POST:

"How to Display Twitter Feeds in Umbraco content management system"

Dealing with Twitter's recent updates!

How to Display Twitter Feeds in Umbraco

3 Ways to Save on Website Development Costs

Developing a website or other online product has a lot in common with home renovation or construction. There are similar elements that will make both jobs more expensive and time consuming.

Roy McClean, Head Honcho of Custom Fit Online, provides tip on how to keep your website development (and home renovations costs) lower.

Read Roy's new post at 3 Ways to Save on Website Development Costs

What You Need to Know About Technical vs. Content SEO

What you don't know about SEO can "kill ya'".

So learn about it. Certified SEO Roy McClean discussed that difference between Content SEO and Technical SEO.

Read ... What You Need to Know About Technical vs. Content SEO