Heelatch takes on role of sponsor/organizer for Social Media Breakfast – Montreal

Posted in General, Social Media Breakfast - Montreal - SMBMTL on December 29th, 2009 by Moe – 1 Comment

As of this writing, I have requested and been granted the right to act as the local organizer of the Social Media Breakfast (www.socialmediabreakfast.com) for the great City of Montreal. Our company, Heelatch, along with several other soon to be announced groups will act as sponsors for upcoming events in hopes we can offer these network events at zero to very little cost to interested parties.

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Don’t Beat Around the Bush

Posted in General on December 10th, 2009 by webmaster – 1 Comment

The importance of conveying clear and concise instruction when dealing with clients and partners.

I don’t know about you, but time is my most precious commodity. There isn’t enough of it, and once its gone you can’t get it back.

If you are at Tim Horton’s and you order a coffee and you want a large double-double – odds are you are going to have ask out loud for exactly what it is you want. Same goes when dealing with staff, vendors and clients.

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Family Means You

Posted in General on December 4th, 2009 by Moe – Be the first to comment

Our good friend Gary Vaynerchuk (www.garyvaynerchuk.com) talks about family a lot. How he wouldn’t do what it is he’s doing (consulting, speaking, CARING – check him out, this guy is off the hook) if his number one priority wasn’t his family and their well-being. I like to think what I do everyday takes this to heart.

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A Shout out to the Slow Cooker

Posted in Branding, Design, General on November 24th, 2009 by Moe – 1 Comment

Lessons in time management and good web design

Do you use one of these bad boys? A slow cooker I mean. What a fantastic invention!

In the past week I have had two of the most delicious, moist and mouth-watering meals prepared in one of these things and I’m not going back.

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Late to Bed and Early to Rise

Posted in General on November 18th, 2009 by Moe – Be the first to comment

Never has work been so much fun! It’s 2:10am and I’m compelled to tell you all this…crazy.

Dan and I have been putting the final touches on the new Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue Rugby Club site for the last few weeks (see www.sabrfc.com as of Nov.19th), and are thrilled to finally have a product that is just about ready of which we are proud AND, more importantly, should serve the Rugby Club as a well designed, functional, and interactive website for years to come. read more »

Keeping it Real

Posted in General on November 9th, 2009 by Moe – 3 Comments

There is no time better than right now for individuals and small businesses to make names for themselves.  Unlike some, who for whatever reason believe Social Media is the second coming of…. (insert something really big and important here), those that hustle, plug away, add value to their clients’ businesses, and KEEP IT REAL, are the companies you will see thriving in the next 3, 5 or 10 years down the road.

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Want to Make Changes to Your Web Site With Out Having to Call Your Web Guy?

Posted in General on October 26th, 2009 by Moe – Be the first to comment

Sick of always having to call up your web guy to make simple changes to your web site? Don’t you wish you could just log in somewhere, select the page you want to edit and go ahead and add text or images or even an entire new article or product? Well you can with our super ultra easy to use content management system. read more »

You don’t do any kind of Testing on your PPC landing pages? WHAT??

Posted in Design, General, SEM on October 22nd, 2009 by Moe – Be the first to comment

Say you are running PPC campaigns and the numbers are not good (because you are keeping track right??). You then decide to create another landing page design and replace the old one without knowing exactly why it wasn’t performing as expected. A/B TESTING PEOPLE!!! Wake up!

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Here are five ways to know that your company logo needs redesigning.

Posted in Branding, Design on October 17th, 2009 by Moe – Be the first to comment

Many people think when starting a new business that any old logo will do. They think that by just typing the name and having a fancy font with a nice color and a piece of clip art beside it is sufficient. There are so many other aspects of a business to think of that its understandable and even forgivable for overlooking the importance of your company’s brand identity.

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Building your brand from the Bottom Up

Posted in Branding on October 13th, 2009 by Moe – Be the first to comment

Thus far, Heelatch has worked primarily with small and medium sized businesses and helped them with marketing materials, website design and development, ecommerce and graphic design. A lot of these companies came to us after having spent years toiling with an existing brand (logo and all) and poorly designed and non-user friendly websites. read more »


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