Justin Jackson » Websites

Financial services web site

Justin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:46:49 +0000

Chris Fox at Fox Financial was looking for a clean, easy to navigate web site for his clients. He also wanted to streamline his publishing stream: I’ve set up a system where he blogs regularly, and then uses Advisor Mailout to import those articles and send out his email newsletter.

Local news web site

Justin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:47:45 +0000

Tri Area News is a news blog covering the “tri-area” of Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, and Parkland County. While the area already has excellent newspapers, the Stony Plain Reporter and the Spruce Grove Examiner, they are only printed once a week. Tri Area News was designed to give quick, timely news updates to local citizens using Twitter and Facebook updates, RSS subscriptions, and email notifications.

The really neat thing about this blog, is how I’ve set it up: everything is automatic. When a blogger on the site publishes a story, a link to that story is automatically sent to Twitter and Facebook. And at midnight, all of the day’s stories are automatically compiled into an email and sent to the mailing list. No button pushing necessary.

For this project I also did a lot of work optimizing the site for search engines (like Google), and customizing the theme itself.

Web site and promotion for Duchess Bake Shop

Justin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:09:32 +0000

Garner and Giselle at Duchess Bake Shop wanted a simple, functional web site. I also helped them with online promotion: linking to local blogs, improving Google search results, and creating an identity for them on Facebook and Twitter.

The online campaign went very well, and created tremendous buzz for their opening week:

“I first heard of them when they signed up on Twitter (@duchessbakeshop), and immediately wanted to check the shop out.” – Britney Leblanc, iNews880
“Word about Duchess spread like wildfire on the Internet – kudos to their marketing folks for harnessing the power of social media.” – Sue Robins
“Everyone’s raving about Edmonton’s newest culinary offering: Duchess Bake Shop” – Twyla Campbell

Web site set-up for Own Revelstoke

Justin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:23:27 +0000

Marybeth Marketing asked me to help them with the WordPress installation for Own Revelstoke. Services included setting up the database, manually installing WordPress, installing and customizing the theme.

Cruiser Graphics

Justin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:20:37 +0000

Web site for a local business. Included creation of photo gallery.

Charity web site

Justin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:19:18 +0000

Web site for the PAYES Foundation, a local non-profit. Completed in one day.

Event web site

Justin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:17:41 +0000

Web site for charity golf tournament; completed in one day. Included the production of a promotional video for YouTube.

Real Deal

Justin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:10:32 +0000

Web site for a local skateboard shop. Included design, and inserting initial content.