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What is web accessibility and why does it matter?

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What is web accessibility and why does it matter?

Start incorporating accessibility into your web projects for a positive user experience.

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What If You Couldn’t Search the Internet in Your Own Language?

September 30th, 2021 is Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and we wanted to address one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action that deals with languages.

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400 Links to Celebrate our 400th Newsletter

What started as a joke idea for celebrating our 400th newsletter turned into this post — 400 links, themed randomly by each of us.

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Celebrate Your Wins and Partnerships

Trust builds marketing partnerships that last. Trust leads to projects that get rewarded because they achieve business goals.

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Team Building Activities for Small Teams

Team building can bring your team together! Learn about our favourite team building experiences in Edmonton.

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How to Add an SVG Logo to Your Squarespace Website

SVGs look crisp at any resolution which makes them a great option for logo files on your website. Squarespace doesn’t make adding them easy, but it is possible. This will help you do that.

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Edmonton Pizza Reviewed By Judgemental Digital Marketers

We ate and scored pizza from our favourite pizza places in Edmonton!

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The Readability Formula: Making Your Website Easy-to-Read

Customers and clients don’t like to struggle: give them a comfortable reading experience, and they’re more likely to give you more of their time.

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How to Change Title Tags and Meta Descriptions in Squarespace

Squarespace is an excellent platform — but you need to go beyond the default settings to make sure that your site is sound in terms of SEO.

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Why You Shouldn’t Use AdWords Express

Think you can trust Google to manage your online advertising for you? Think again.

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There is Magic in Storytelling (and in Speedy Websites)

How do you design and build a website that sees a 4000% spike in traffic over a single two-week period each year? 🤔

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How to Avoid a Bad https Migration

We've seen some gross examples of poorly executed https migrations. Read this and stay safe!

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So You Need a (New) Website

It's time to put on your thinking cap!

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The Link Building Olympics

Because gold doesn't happen overnight.

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Migrating Posts from Craft CMS to WordPress

Without ripping through your entire budget.

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Live Your Values

Stop making decisions that end up causing problems. Cultivate your brand values and they will be your guidepost for everything.

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How To Give Design Feedback

Go beyond "I don't like this" and provide effective feedback to make design projects successful.

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How Social Media is Ruining Your Business

Avoid embarrassment by creating a social media presence that represents your brand.

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12 Days of 2015’s Best Digital Marketing Content

Unsurprisingly, this was another fast-paced year in the industry. Enjoy some of the year's stand-out content right here.

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Meet Sarah!

But don't be intimidated by her, even though she knows Beyoncé and Angelina.

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Produce Annual Reports That Attract People, Instead of Alienating Them

A dynamic website full of data that people will actually read? Yes please.

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How to Take a Decent Head Shot Using Your Phone

Because sometimes, you gotta work with what you've got.

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How to Conquer Google My Business

Hint: it isn't always as easy as it should be.

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The Power of Video and Motion Graphics

Why you should be utilizing this visual medium.

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Introducing Brittany!

Meet the newest (and most on fleek) member of the KP team.

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#abvote — A Wrap Up of the “Hashtag Election”

We take a look at the use of hashtags in this election.

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Kick Point’s 100th Newsletter

A look back on the last 100 newsletters.

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Kick Point’s CFL Social Media Report Card — Grey Cup Edition

The Grey Cup happened! And it was sad if you weren’t a Stampeders fan.

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Kick Point’s CFL Social Media Score Card — Week 22

What Happened During Week 22 — Eastern & Western Finals!

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Kick Point’s CFL Social Media Score Card — Week 21

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another CFL social media score card!

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Kick Point’s CFL Social Media Score Card — Week 20

On the field there’s always a winning team, but is that true on the internet?

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Kick Point’s CFL Social Media Score Card — Week 19

On the field there’s always a winning team, but is that true on the internet?

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CASL Survey — The Results Are In

Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL) came into effect on July 1st 2014.

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CASL, One Month Later (Survey!)

Although we’re only a month in, we’ve already emailed our list 4 times.

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5 Reasons Why Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation is a Blessing for Marketers

We all need to take a big breath here. This is not an emergency, do not sound the alarm.

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Canada is on LinkedIn. Why aren’t you advertising there?

Marketing on LinkedIn is relatively inexpensive since there aren’t a lot of people doing it, and the targeting you can use is impressive.

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SearchFest 2014 — Beyond Citations

Review Dana's slides from SearchFest!

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MozCon 2013 — Next Level Local Tactics: Making Your SEO Stand Out

Here are the slides from Dana's talk at MozCon 2013 - Next Level Local Tactics: Making Your SEO Stand Out.

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Industry Canada Listings Affect Google Map Markers

Take a quick stop by your Industry Canada listing and make sure it’s correct!

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Site Performance Dashboard for Google Analytics

Freebie: a custom dashboard for Google Analytics that gives you an at-a-glance view of your site performance.

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Yellow Pages Has A Bad Case of FUD

We've all been victims of FUD - fear, uncertainty, and doubt. It's a shady tactic and one that we hope most people see through.

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