Grant Money for Business and Organizations in Norfolk County
The South West Community Adjustment Fund was recently announced. They offer GRANTS for up to 100% of cost of: Skills Development -- Training Employees, Hiring Interns, Business Development, Local Initiatives Projects and Community Capacity Projects. Act fast before the "free" money is gone!
Learn more at the website we built for them: ndbdc.com.
Increase Your Christmas Sales
With the holidays approaching what better way to get your message across to shoppers than with mall advertising. Right now we are running our Christmas Mallnet special, with a mall ad rental we will provide free design services for your ad.
With space currently available in the Simcoe Town Centre mall and spaces opening up in the Simcoe Mall this is the perfect tool to help increase your holiday revenue. These ad spaces get noticed! The large back lit 36x60 inch spaces stand out and get attention.
Contact Steve Thomson for more information about this great opportunity. thomsons@picassofish.com (519)426-8981 x806. He would be happy to meet you down at the mall to take a closer look.
Farming in the green economy: How pricing carbon changes everything
Cap and trade systems will ultimately place value on carbon, creating market incentives for those that can sequester, mitigate or create renewable forms of this basic element. The pricing of carbon will redefine farms and what is considered farm production, providing rural Canada access to new income streams in the green economy.
Picasso Fish got in on the ground floor and was the first to acquired credits from a local initiative.
Learn more by:
1. Visiting the website we built for them norfolkalus.com.
2. Watching the live webinar that will be presented by Bryan Gilvesy on November 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM EST.
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Improve Your Joomla! Skills. Learn How to Market Your Site On-line
Picasso Fish is offering training classes on a number of different subjects. Unlike the one-on-one training we have traditionally provided, these seminars will include up to eight people per class, reducing the cost to an introductory price of $50 per person.
One of our first classes will be an introduction to Joomla! Learn to create, edit and delete pages containing properly formatted writing and images. Learn how to update your navigation menu and do some other essential things. A great choice for someone with rusty Joomla skills and first timers.
Another introductory class is Internet Marketing and how to use search engine optimization to get more people to your website. Learn simple safe practical techniques that you can do yourself.
If you are interested in signing up, please contact John Matecsa. (519)526-8981 x800 matecsaj@picassofish.com.
If you live in Norfolk County, note that government sponsored Internet training classes will be offered. Our courses will complement theirs and provide a different point of view. The Broadband for Norfolk group is currently conducting a needs assessment. Let them know what you want by filling out their survey on or before November 20th (tomorrow).
broadbandfornorfolk.com
Learn How to Succeed With E-Commerce at JUGSWO!
The next JUGSWO! (Joomla! User Group Southwestern Ontario) meeting will be held on Thursday November 26, 2009 at 7pm at the Brantford Personal Computer Museum (directions). Experts from Picasso Fish will be presenting a general talk on what is involved with e-commerce including some tips to help your e-commerce store succeed. We will also be doing a VirtueMart installation and discussing the various parts that make up shopping cart software. VirtueMart is a leading free e-commerce system that works with the Joomla! content management system.
This is a free event. Bring a friend. No reservations are necessary. Contact Corrie Sloot if you have questions (519)526-8981 x803 slootc@picassofish.com.
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