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Blogging Should be a Part of Your Business Strategy

by Anson LeClair  ·  Dec 05, 2011  ·  0 comments
Let's think about how blogging could help your business.

Odds are good that you've read a blog today without even realizing it. Learn what blogs are and how they could benefit your business and employee development.

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Brand & Website Design for Cabochon

by Eyelight Inc.  ·  Nov 30, 2011  ·  0 comments
Cabochon Logo

Eyelight developed the brand and website for Cabochon, a company that teaches people important life skills.

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Bring Christmas to Homeless Teens

by Debbie Repke  ·  Nov 09, 2011  ·  0 comments
Help us provide warmth for homeless youth in Kitchener-Waterloo.

Did you know that an average of 50 homeless teens are sleeping on the streets every night in Kitchener-Waterloo? When we learned about the 50 Teens 4 Christmas project, we decided we had to get involved, stat!

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Random Act of Kindness Day

by Lise Anne Janis  ·  Nov 04, 2011  ·  1 comment
Team Eyelight handing out papers in Waterloo on Random Act of Kindness Day.

It all started when Anne Herbert scrawled the words, "practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty," on a place-mat in 1982. Since then, we’ve seen bumper stickers, a book of stories (Random Acts of Kindness) and of course the movie, ‘Pay It Forward’.

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Using Twitter to Improve Customer Retention

by Lise Anne Janis  ·  Oct 25, 2011  ·  0 comments
Retaining customers is all about listening.

Social media is changing how customers interact with and talk about the companies they do business with. To be successful you need to be where customers are talking about you, ready to listen and respond.

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The Touch Screen Display

by Jesse Karn  ·  Oct 04, 2011  ·  0 comments
Hand interacting with a touch screen device.

Beautifully designed and responsive devices such as the iPhone have popularized touchscreen technology and placed it in our hands. But touchscreens have been around for nearly a half-century and reaching into our lives in a myriad of ways.

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The Cost of Outdated Web Content

by Anson LeClair  ·  Sep 27, 2011  ·  0 comments
Bad user experience with a website frustrating a customer.

Too many businesses take a “launch it and forget it” approach to their website which leads to out of date content, inaccessible pages and files. Not only can this create a bad experience for customers, it’s also bad for business. We outline a plan for improving and maintaining website quality that will help ensure your website works for visitors.

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Turn Six Degrees of Separation into Three

by Lise Anne Janis  ·  Sep 20, 2011  ·  6 comments
Social connections visalized. | Turning 6 degrees of seperation into 3 degrees with LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is new territory for me. I dipped my toes in the waters a couple of years ago, adding connections but not mining them because, from my Canadian perspective, it's rude to poke into other people's business. Checking out my connections' connections felt like digging into their personal stuff.

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25 Years of Eyelight Marketing in Waterloo Region

by Debbie Repke  ·  Sep 13, 2011  ·  5 comments
Early days at Eyelight on Queen Street in Kitchener.

When Eyelight opened its doors in 1986, I never imagined we’d someday celebrate 25 years of service in the marketing world of Waterloo Region. We began as a group of talented, eager freelancers, coming together to be stronger as a united force.

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Is Printed Advertising Obsolete?

by Michele Brenneman  ·  Sep 05, 2011  ·  0 comments
Photo of a marketing materials on a printing press.

Do we still need ink on paper? Are the various forms of electronic technology honestly and truly making print obsolete?

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Social Media Impact

by Courtney Teeple  ·  Aug 29, 2011  ·  0 comments
Social Media Connections

Social media is quickly becoming a must have tool for business and life in general. Much like the telephone, email and web, social media is destined to become a ubiquitous communication tool.

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