Blog Entries

University of Acadia Students Association gets a Facelift!

roch@xyfex.com — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We've been hard at work this time with the Students Association at Acadia University. They were looking for a website that would allow them to post blog articles, add available rental units, sell items in an online store and a forum where it's users can interact. Once again Xyfex Media provided them with [...]

Casa Mia Italian Restaurant gets a new website

roch@xyfex.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Located in Sandy Hill this restaurant offers authentic Italian cuisine in a warm cozy atmosphere. Great for business meetings, romantic dates or family dinners.

Our great friend at Casa Mia wanted a website that would deliver great information about the restaurant to potential customers online. The website features restaurant specials, the m [...]

New Bilingual Cleaning Website

roch@xyfex.com — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Having a company offering services in both French and English is essential if you are in Ottawa. But an important aspect companies tend to forget is that their websites should also be offered in both official languages.

Mr. Efficient came to us wanting a bilingual website to showcase their work. Another essential feature of their site is a contact form whe [...]

Bg I.T. Solutions now up and running!

roch@xyfex.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Our team has just completed developing the website for Bg I.T Solutions an Ottawa based company delivering professional services as well as IT support services to it's clients. The purpose of the website is to inform clients about the services offered as well as announce the current specials.

Websites for Real Estate Agents

roch@xyfex.com — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We at Xyfex Media understand how important internet is as a marketing tool. That's why we came up with a new tool for real estate agents.

For a low cost we can build a website dedicated to a single listing. This means your listing at "123 Grey Rd." will have it's own website easily accessible by potential buyers at "www.123grey.com".

The website can be displayed with the for sale sign on the lawn so that passer-bys see the website then look it up [...]

If your website was a person who would it be?

roch@xyfex.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Are you thinking of getting a website for you or your business? There are many important things that you need to think of before creating this website as this will be your marketing tool online.

Think of your website as a person. It is up to you to determine "Who" that person will be. Think about how you would like your visitors to react when they visit your website.

Will your website be a celebrity and stand out from the crowd, if so how are you going to achieve this? W [...]

Promotional Inflatables - Sky Dancers

roch@xyfex.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

They have one main objective: Grab the attention of passer-bys. Once you see one of these in action you quickly understand why they work. Note that these promotional inflatables tend to work better in areas with high traffic.

Inflatables come in various sizes and colors. They [...]

Xyfex puts finishing touches to the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations' website

alex@xyfex.com — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Xyfex Media has finished designing and developing the website of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations today. It was a big undertaking, and we are very pleased about the finished product.

CASA is a non-profit lobby group representing student associations across Canada. The goal of the project was to create an eas [...]

Advertise your services online for free in Ottawa

alex@xyfex.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The internet can be used as a tool to reach potential customers, and best of all it can be done for free! Advertising in the classified section of your local newspaper, can cost you around $50 a week. On the internet, there are ways to reach potentially limitless customers, for free!

You may think that the internet is too "global" for you. The truth of the matter is that is it possible to target customs in your region or locality. Check these sites out:

h [...]

Importance of Promotional Products

roch@xyfex.com — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Now more than ever businesses everywhere are getting more and more aggressive when pomoting their business and products. If you want to remain competitive you have to use the best tools, products and strategies to market yourself.

You need to be asking yourself questions such as "How will I attract new customers?" and "How can I keep my existing clients?"

Your answer "Promotional Products!"

Promotional products are becoming [...]

A few words on CMS

alex@xyfex.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Content management systems are tools designed to make the creation, administration, and maintenance of websites simpler. Using a CMS, a non-technical user can make dramatic changes to a website and its functionality without touching a bit of code.

With a CMS such as Drupal or Joomla, users can configure their website in almost any fashion they desire. Configurable features include the theme of the website and the layout of the different content blocks. Themes are installed as simple plugins [...]

What in the name of god is Search Engine Optimization?

info@xyfex.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is the art of taking a website and pushing it up the ranks of the major search engines. SEO first emerged in the late 90s as powerful search engines such as Google were coming to the forefront. Web masters soon realized that in order to succeed online they needed to work to have their websites in the top ranks of search results.

Promoting or "optimizing" a website was at first a simple and direct matter, involving only a few well known factors. [...]

Web design no-noes top 7 list

alex@xyfex.com — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

In our opinion, a lot of sites on the web are poorly designed. The fact that you are a small or medium business should not make up for your site's awfulness. Why are people still using these things? We don't know, we like to refer to them as the 7 wonders of the web. Here is our top 7 list of out-dated, annoying stuff you can find on some web sites. These might have been cool in 1997, but today these are big "no-noes".

Poor website navigation
Some [...]

How to choose your domain name

info@xyfex.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

There are a number of issues to consider when creating a domain name for your website. It's important to pay attention to these issues, and to consider them carefully, because your choice of domain name will affect your rank on search engines.

If you are naming a domain for a business that you are starting, you might want to strongly consider using your brand name as the domain's title. A great deal of stress is sometimes placed on obtaining a generic domain name, but in reality it's more [...]

Welcome to the Xyfex Media Blog!

alex@xyfex.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Hi All,

First of all thank you for visiting xyfex.com, and thank you for visiting our blog! We will be adding useful web design tips, and well as interesting projects we are working on. Be sure to check back often, or even better, subscribe to our rss feeds!

Regards,

Alex,

Web Developer
Xyfex Media Inc.