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12. May 2009

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Video Commerce Consortium interview on Vacations Canada TV

Last week I was interviewed by Justin Foster, Founder of the Video Commerce Consortium. The Video Commerce Consortium is the world’s largest and fastest growing group of e-commerce professionals, online marketers, and technologists dedicated to advancing the use of video in e-commerce.

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12. May 2009

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How to Explain Social Media in a Sales Driven Organization

There is a conversation already taking place on the web about our products and brands, and experts warn businesses can “ignore this conversation at your own peril”. We will NEVER have the ability to ‘control’ consumer opinion or negative feedback (nor would we want to) – whether it happens on our site or other websites – we must respond to it and that means correcting problems and issues and then communicating publicly.

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9. April 2009

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Online Revealed 2009 - Canadian Online Travel Conference

The 4th Annual Online Revealed conference begins Tuesday April 13, 2009. I head out tomorrow for a quick visit home to the little Scottish town of Fergus, Ontario and then off to the mighty Niagara Falls.

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8. March 2009

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Remove the Word ‘Category’ from Wordpress URL

I've just updated Wordpress to version 2.7 (finally) and upgraded a few plugins including my All in One SEO pack. Unfortunately during this exercise, I overwrote some custom modifications I made when I originally set up my site in Wordpress a couple months ago.

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2. March 2009

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How to Embed Youtube Videos in HD

Since most of the videos we publish now are derived from HD video, we wanted the ability to link and embed these videos in true HD format. Applying the embed code provided by Youtube did not accomplish this and the quality is still very poor, but the solution is very simple. Simply remove the original video [...]

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11. February 2009

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Sign of the Times?

Is this a ’sign of the times’ or lack there of?  I stopped by the local pub last night for a couple pints with the boys and a little taste of home (Sleeman Cream Ale from Guelph Ontario).  When I hit the can, I was shocked to see that even the advertising above the toilets in the [...]

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