There has been a lot of talk in the industry as of late about e-Marketing: How to do it? How to measure it’s success? Does it really work?
Well, let me answer a few of these questions for you. As many of you know webgarden works closely with Potters Nursery on the maintenece and development of [...]
Most business use PC to get their work done. Your windows based PC could be an HP, a Dell, Compaq, Acer… the list goes on, but you get the idea! Most of us in business also use the Microsoft office suite (that is Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc) which is incredibly important for creating and sharing [...]
As you may know Webgarden focuses primarily on web site design & web page creation for the BC horticultural industry. Most of our customers are landscapers, retail garden centers or greenhouse growers based in the Vancouver lower mainland. In today’s article I am going to list 10 ways for retail garden centers and local landscapers [...]
The majority of Webgarden’s customers want a website they can update and manage themselves. We call this a content management system (or CMS for short) Webgarden has now created a number of online tutorials to walk you through updating and maintaining your customized CMS. You can view our tutorials anytime online. If there is a [...]
The question has come up quite a bit lately is whether or not Canadian businesses should purchase .ca domain names instead of .com? Since deciding on your domain name is almost as important as your business name, I have come up with a few rules of thumb:
As a Canadian Company always buy both .ca AND [...]
Our most recent project completion is for Sumas Gro Media – a state of the art media and soil production facility located in Sumas, BC. Webgarden was hired to create a brand new corporate image, including logo, business card and website. Check out the screen shots below:
The colour (or color) green is grossly overused in the Horticulture Industry. You may be thinking:
“green is the color of plants – and that’s what we specialize in!”
You’re right – green is a great colour for our industry, however, does it always have to be the SAME green? Time and again, I run into greenhouse [...]
Many people consider October the first month of the holiday season. In Canada we celebrate Thanksgiving in October, as well as Halloween. November is American Thanksgiving and many people begin gearing up for Christmas. By December, the Christmas season is in full swing and most of us have our New Year’s Evening planned out. January [...]
Paying for a spot as an exhibitor at a trade show is only the first step. In order to be successful at a trade show your booth needs to make an impact. If you are a small business, you probably don’t have a big budget, but it is crucial that you come across as both [...]
Google is celebrating it’s 10th birthday this year, and to commemorate, it has put together Search 2001, a full scale version of Google as it was 7 years ago! (Apparently 7 years was as far back as they could easily go) Google’s Search 2001 includes the old google logo, and 1.3 billion URLS (instead of [...]