Alberta Business Marketing

Thanks to my good friend Marcia Johnson for sharing this with me.

Microsoft Tag!

I have been sharing with a number of the small business clients that we work with at Ulistic about the day when tagging comes into play.  Now, it is here with Microsoft Tag.

What do I mean by tagging?  If you check out the Microsoft Tag website you will learn a tonne about what they have to offer.

In a nutshell a Microsoft Tag is something similar to a bar code that you see on any product we purchase at the supermarket.  Traditionally bar codes were used for internal inventory or other systems that a store would use.  Now this is all going to change!

Microsoft Tag now takes what was traditionally an internal mechanism and puts power into the hands of the consumer.  Many restaurant owners, small business managers and those who run hotels may be shaking in their boots or jumping up and down in celebration.

What Microsoft Tag offers now is something like this bar code that a web designer can use on a website, a restaurant owner can post on their menu or a hotel owner can share on the front door of the hotel.  Consumers, readers, information gatherers now with their smart phone or mobile phone can use a special Microsoft Tag Reader to scan the image (see near the bottom of my blog for a functional example) and they ar directed to a mobile website that offers additional information or where you can leave a review or share your feedback.

Where I see this playing a major role in business?  The opportunities are endless..really.  Need to solicit reviews from those who come to your restaurant..put a Microsoft Tag on your credit card bill.  Want to keep in touch with those who purchased products and services from you, get a Microsoft Tag and email the tag to your visitors.  Imagine the potential this can have for small business.

Microsoft Tags are where the fax machines were in the early days….remember what happened with fax machines…now everyone has one.

Over the next few weeks I will learn more about practical uses for Microsoft Tag.  This is so new the exact impact on business is still to be determined but I think it will be huge!  Almost as big as video.  Want to chat about Microsoft Tag, give me a shout at 403.775.2205.

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Thanks to the team at Varvid.com for a great video on our solutions being offered by Ulistic to the IT services and managed IT provider community.  Aaron Booker caught up with a number of the firms within the Heartland Tech Group (HTG) partner community who Ulistic is privileged to help with their social media, search engine optimization and web marketing strategies.

Do you need help with your social media marketing? Does you IT firm need help getting up on page one of Google? How about understanding the competitive landscape?

Ulistic has many services to help your technology support gain a competitive edge and help you get found on the search engines.

Interested in learning more, call Stuart at 403.775.2205

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This week Ulistic is hanging out with Stuart Selbst at his first ever Spring Training for Business event in Mesa, Arizona.  I have to say that I have been to a number of IT conferences in the past but Stu has a great event going on here.  A number of managed IT providers from across North America are investing time to build their business and learn from leaders in the small business community.

Ulistic will be sharing tomorrow at lunch on the importance of search engine optimization, social media in business and overall marketing

Thanks Stu for inviting Ulistic to participate in your awesome event.  Don’t miss this next time it is being held.

Tags: Business/Finance, Human Interest, North America, search engine, search engine optimization, small business technology, social media, Stuart Selbst
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Have you heard of Tungle? A few weeks ago I selected Tungle as a tool for me to keep my business life and sanity in check.  Tungle, an online services which allows me to share my calendar online and have my colleagues schedule time with me.  This keeps scheduling of meetings very smooth without the endless [...]

Tags: business scheduling, manage my day, online calendars, Online Solutions, small business technology, tungle
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Got this email from Google today.  Do we still have people using Internet Explorer 6 out there?  If so, why? Dear Google Apps admin, In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and [...]

Tags: California, Cloud applications, cloud computing, collaboration products, Computing, Cross-platform software, Gmail, google, google chrome, Google Docs, Google Inc., Google Sites editor, internet explorer, microsoft, Mountain View, Mozilla Firefox, Online Solutions, small business technology, Technology/Internet, web 2.0, Web applications, World Wide Web
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