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		<title>10th Anniversary: Top Ten Things Learned, Part IV</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B2B Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Rapport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Never Stop Learning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business-to-business marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing toronto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know from our own experience that nothing beats people talking about you and telling people who trust them they should consider hiring you. However, the referred prospects need to see for themselves that you live up to the positive words of your referral source. They need to see a website and perhaps other marketing tools that confirm your legitimacy, professionalism and provide a bit
more information – understand what you can do for them.]]></description>
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		<title>More on Proprietary Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/05/more-on-proprietary-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Growth and Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content management systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web design and development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written about what proprietary websites are in a previous post because I’ve had several clients, or prospective clients who have built sites on proprietary systems and run into trouble later on. They weren’t happy with the service or the fees and wanted us to take over management, refresh or expand it. Unfortunately, they were unable to move the site because it was built on a framework that belongs to someone else. ]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Scope-creep on Web Projects</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/avoiding-scope-creep-on-web-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/avoiding-scope-creep-on-web-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building Rapport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[managing web projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing firm toronto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scope-creep is when requests for changes or additions grow outside the requirements and price of the original project agreement. Website projects are the most susceptible to this. It can be simple as extra pages or complicated like adding a login area. The resulting problem isn’t just financial, but often delays. Why? And what can we do about it? ]]></description>
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		<title>10th Anniversary Part III: Always Make Time for Proofing and Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/10th-anniversary-top-ten-things-learned-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/10th-anniversary-top-ten-things-learned-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding and Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Rapport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Agency Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Never Stop Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graphic design toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proofing and testing websites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always Make Time for Proofing and Testing. When a client needs something in a rush from us we always manage to make it work. It’s not a regular habit, but things get forgotten or come up last minute. It can be a little stressful as both sides drop other things and rush to get it done. But, no matter how rushed, you must make time for proofing and testing.]]></description>
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		<title>10th Anniversary Part II: Big, Complex Projects</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/10th-anniversary-top-ten-things-learned-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/10th-anniversary-top-ten-things-learned-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising in Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Rapport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Full Service Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Agency Toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Never Stop Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graphic design firm toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing for business-to-business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We Can Do Big, Complex Projects Really Well

Every time Lisa here hands me a back-up DVD of completed projects for my home collection, I’m amazed at the variety, volume and quality of work we’ve done. Over the past two-three years we’ve had the honour of doing some much more complex projects, with multiple pieces and deadlines. ]]></description>
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		<title>When’s a Good Time to Redo Your Website? Part V</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/whens-a-good-time-to-redo-your-website-part-v/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/04/whens-a-good-time-to-redo-your-website-part-v/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B2B Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding and Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Full Service Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design for mobile devices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing agency toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/?p=1006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People are looking at your website on a mobile device. Your site should at least work properly. I’ve seen many that are just mini versions of the full site, but I’ve seen some that don’t work at all, look completely broken. The best mobile websites are not just scaled down versions of their big brothers, but redesigned for the medium. The images are often minimized or deleted, the navigation may take up the whole screen as a list, or made to look like navigating an app looks. It’s simplified.]]></description>
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		<title>10th Anniversary Part I: Clients want design that builds business!</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/10th-anniversary-top-ten-things-learned-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/10th-anniversary-top-ten-things-learned-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All-inclusive Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B2B Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Rapport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B2B marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing toronto]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marketing metrics and objectives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing plan and execution]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/?p=1089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You hire a creative firm for one main reason – to improve your business. Whether it’s a design firm, a full service marketing company, ad agency or web development firm, you are looking to increase business, your market share. That being said, the prettiest, coolest, wittiest most clever creative work does you no good if it’s not aligned with business objectives and lead prospects to take action.]]></description>
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		<title>When’s a Good Time to Redo Your Website? Part IV</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/whens-a-good-time-to-redo-your-website-part-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/whens-a-good-time-to-redo-your-website-part-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B2B Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Full-service Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building an online presence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content management made easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service firm toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/?p=1004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the dawn of websites people have complained about the monthly contracts, cost and time lag of needing to get their web developers to make the smallest change to their sites. Until just a few years ago creating an environment where non-coders could easily update their website content required custom building of wysiwyg editors. That was expensive, especially if you had to integrate it with some special functionality. Now there are many great platforms to build on that make it much easier...]]></description>
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		<title>Website Videos: A New Way to be Found Online</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/website-videos-a-new-way-to-be-found-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/website-videos-a-new-way-to-be-found-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Never Stop Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate video online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dynamic websites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/?p=1101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ignore DAO marketing at your peril! When properly set up, search engines pick up your web content in all forms that isn’t text-file based: videos, animation, podcasts, message boards, maps, images. Putting a video on your website, for example, can seriously increase your search visibility and ranking position.]]></description>
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		<title>When’s a Good Time to Redo Your Website? Part III</title>
		<link>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/whens-a-good-time-to-redo-your-website-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rapportinc.ca/blog/2012/03/whens-a-good-time-to-redo-your-website-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Faith Seekings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B2B Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Full-service Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building online presence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full service marketing firm toronto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization for B2B]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone can be an author now, no one wants to be broadcast to anymore, everyone wants to share theirs’ and read others’ opinions these days. Simple brochure sites that people just read through to see how great you are just don’t cut it anymore. Visitors expect more from their experience now and that can be done quite simply.]]></description>
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