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January 5, 2009
Back in December, some of you might remember receiving a Christmas e-card from us calling for you to send in your best snowmen. Well after hundreds of entries, here are some of the best! [full article]


December 31, 2008
Feature Project > GGroup.ca: Communicating Core Business Values Through Creative Website Design. GGroup of Companies has been doing business in the Okanagan for decades. The  growth of the company and the marketing requirements for the business made it necessary for GGroup to build its corporate presence online with a new website. [full article]


December 29, 2008
Website Design > 5 Ways To Find Out If Your Website Is Hurting Your Business. Can your website hurt your business? Believe it or not, the answer to that question is yes – absolutely! Like anything you own (house, car, computer, television, etc.), over time websites may need some freshening up, they may need an overhaul, or they may need to be replaced altogether. The reasons for this may be as follows:
  • The design is out-dated and hindering the delivery of the message.
  • The website may be inefficient and too costly to maintain and update.

There comes a point when a website could actually be hurting your business, not helping it. [full article]


December 18, 2008
DotCom Media would like to wish you and your loved ones a beautiful Christmas filled with peace and happiness. To celebrate the Christmas season, we offer our super-deluxe, luxury, snowman-builder! [full article]


December 17, 2008
New Web Design > 1039thejuice.com launched! We would like to congratulate Vista Radio and 103.9 The Juice for their new website launch.  Kelowna’s newest radio station came to DotCom Media looking for a fresh look to match the personality of their company. The site design incorporated the refreshing colors of their brand, along with the functionality that a successful radio station would need – all powered by DotCom’s .cms solution. To view the Juice’s newly designed website, click here.


December 9, 2008
Congratulations to GGroup of Companies and the launch of their new website GGroup.ca. The new website was designed and developed to be a green branding experience for the kelowna real estate development company and help promote the company's real estate development projects and its three fold philosophy - environmental, social and economic stewardship.
The GGroup.ca website features some subtle yet impressive Flash work by DotCom's lead designer, Spiro Vouladakis. Programming features include an easily updateable and manageable development projects database, where projects can be updated and moved by the client from future, to present, and to past projects as they progress to completion. The web site also includes an easy-to-use news database as well as DotCom's custom website content management system. Using DotCom's CMS, GGroup has already grown their web presence in a clean and organized manner to over 36 pages!


December 4, 2008
Feature Project > OkanaganShuswap.com: Redesigned, Redeveloped, Relaunched! The main reasons for the redesign of the RE/MAX North Okanagan Shuswap web site was to improve the visual impact of the communications piece, add new features to assist in recruiting new Realtors, improve Search Engine ranking results, upgrade the web site's management system, and make it easy for potential clients to access information when it comes time to find their ideal home or put their home on the market. Let's just say that after 6 years, it was time for a change. [full article]


November 26, 2008
Design > 5 ways to make your brand memorable. In 1924 two brothers founded a shoe factory in Bavaria and gained international recognition in the developing athletic shoe market when their sponsored athlete, Jesse Owens, won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games. Shortly after the Second World War, family disputes led to a break-up of the company. One brother kept the company and renamed it. The other started a new shoe company to compete with his brother. These companies? Adidas and Puma. Puma quickly rose to be world renown for soccer and tennis shoes, reaching a peak of popularity in the 80’s. Then something went wrong...

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November 19, 2008
Ecommerce > Good News for Canadian Businesses With Ecommerce Websites. CBC.ca issued a brief summary of a recently released Statistics Canada report on Canadian online spending. [full article]


November 12, 2008
We are very excited to announce a new partnership with WorldSpec Testing Services.

DotCom Media will be helping WorldSpec redevelop all aspects of their online training website; including logo design, website redesign and development, a new custom content management system, a comprehensive student management and testing system, and much more. The website redevelopment will allow WorldSpec to easily expand the courses available to their students, as well as give their students more access to a live person to answer any questions they may have throughout their training.

WorldSpec Testing Services is the only correspondence school qualified by the Canadian Government's National NDT Certifying Agency to teach/train to their high ISO standards. They offer Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) courses like Visual Weld Inspection, Ultrasonic Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing and more.


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