lanark-county-tourismLanark County Tourism wanted a site that incorporated their new Corporate image as well as provide user-friendliness and functionality. (more...)lanark-county-tourismLanark County Tourism wanted a site that incorporated their new Corporate image as well as provide user-friendliness and functionality. This site was designed based on their most recent visitor guide parameters and allows visitors to post events to the calendar and to search tourism attractions by category, search word or map.perth-chamberThe Perth and District Chamber of Commerce needed a new website that could incorporate a professional look and feel with new social media technology and an advanced business management extranet. (more...)perth-chamberThe Perth and District Chamber of Commerce needed a new website that could incorporate a professional look and feel with new social media technology and an advanced business management extranet. They needed to be able to update and manage the site as much as possible themselves and they wanted their membership to benefit from the value add a Wordpress Multi-User site can offer a group like the Chamber.mmbikemonth-smAn exciting new local recreation and tourism event group  in the Ottawa Valley area has taken an excitingly direct approach to social networking... they simply do it all!  From Facebook pages and events, to fully blog-enabled web sites, to Google Calendars, Analytics and more, the organizers of the Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month program have done as much as they can to get word of mouth and conversation going about their event. (more...)mmbikemonth-smAn exciting new local recreation and tourism event group  in the Ottawa Valley area has taken an excitingly direct approach to social networking... they simply do it all!  From Facebook pages and events, to fully blog-enabled web sites, to Google Calendars, Analytics and more, the organizers of the Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month program have done as much as they can to get word of mouth and conversation going about their event. With a simple WordPress web site, they have ensured that their content is pertinent, timely and interesting.  From there they connected to a growing number of Friends via Facebook and the word of mouth process began.  Continual updates to the facebook page and the blogspot ensure that all who are subscribed to the feeds are being updated... along with their friends, and their friends... and so on.  Google provides the complex calendar they have for their month long events and Google Analytics oversees the statistical reporting on their marketing efforts as they convert to traffic.  In addition, the MM Bicycle Month folks are reaching out and involving their markets with online surveys (Survey Gizmo - a WordPress plug in) and are using a customizable forms system to track folks activities in their Community Challenge system. June 2010 is Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month... join us in the valley!throwdown-smWhen your in the game of growing a sport via community activity increase on a global scale, your challenges are many.  Imagine 160+ events across the US, Canada, Europe and Asia!  Imagine trying to manage them and market them all without burning out!  The Outdoor Ambassador network for World Kayak created by OncouRSS for the implementation of events globally did just that.  (more...)throwdown-smWhen your in the game of growing a sport via community activity increase on a global scale, your challenges are many.  Imagine 160+ events across the US, Canada, Europe and Asia!  Imagine trying to manage them and market them all without burning out!  The Outdoor Ambassador network for World Kayak created by OncouRSS for the implementation of events globally did just that.  The first step was to have a place on the web where 'ambassadors' could log in and download event kits.  These kits gave event planners and volunteers an entire event outline in a box.  It handed them sponsors, municipal event application forms, waivers, step-by-step instructions on how to host an event and, more importantly, it gave them the marketing plan.  The marketing plan included the following:
  • a web site where event managers could profile their event and list it among all others
  • a web screen participants could register online for any of the events
  • a system that allowed for scores to be entered for any competitive events
  • a tool that allows for immediate results posting
  • a blog that hosted event blogs showing the true colors of the event (text, photo, video)
  • a live streaming toolset to be used to stream any event live on the web
One such event series is the Hometown Throwdowns... a grassroots whitewater series spanning the globe.  Organizers have the above mentioned tools and more and garner a growing amount of traffic to each event due to the coverage and services they provide via the system OncouRSS has developed for organizers. Check it out: www.worldkayakblogs.com/throwdowngame-onHeliconia Press wanted a blog site they could use to promote their new kayak fishing video, Game On.game-onHeliconia Press wanted a blog site they could use to promote their new kayak fishing video, Game On.tell-mamaTell Mama band wanted a website that would extend the band identity online.  They also wanted a place that could be a home base for all of their online activity including facebook, twitter, myspace and Reverbnation.tell-mamaTell Mama band wanted a website that would extend the band identity online.  They also wanted a place that could be a home base for all of their online activity including facebook, twitter, myspace and Reverbnation.ballygiblinsBallygiblin's Restaurant wanted to take an existing, static design and turn it into a dynamic, social media powered site that they could maintain and update themselves.ballygiblinsBallygiblin's Restaurant wanted to take an existing, static design and turn it into a dynamic, social media powered site that they could maintain and update themselves.mmbikemonth-smAn exciting new local recreation and tourism event group  in the Ottawa Valley area has taken an excitingly direct approach to social networking... they simply do it all!  From Facebook pages and events, to fully blog-enabled web sites, to Google Calendars, Analytics and more, the organizers of the Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month program have done as much as they can to get word of mouth and conversation going about their event. (more...)mmbikemonth-smAn exciting new local recreation and tourism event group  in the Ottawa Valley area has taken an excitingly direct approach to social networking... they simply do it all!  From Facebook pages and events, to fully blog-enabled web sites, to Google Calendars, Analytics and more, the organizers of the Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month program have done as much as they can to get word of mouth and conversation going about their event. With a simple WordPress web site, they have ensured that their content is pertinent, timely and interesting.  From there they connected to a growing number of Friends via Facebook and the word of mouth process began.  Continual updates to the facebook page and the blogspot ensure that all who are subscribed to the feeds are being updated... along with their friends, and their friends... and so on.  Google provides the complex calendar they have for their month long events and Google Analytics oversees the statistical reporting on their marketing efforts as they convert to traffic.  In addition, the MM Bicycle Month folks are reaching out and involving their markets with online surveys (Survey Gizmo - a WordPress plug in) and are using a customizable forms system to track folks activities in their Community Challenge system. June 2010 is Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month... join us in the valley!libraLibra Seniors needed a website that was clean, professional and streamlined.  They wanted their visitors to be able to increase the type size.libraLibra Seniors needed a website that was clean, professional and streamlined.  They wanted their visitors to be able to increase the type size.
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Our clients are people just like yourself, business owners/entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, sports enthusiasts - people who can benefit from reaching out via the world wide web but just need a little help to do it. Social media offers opportunities for all of them but it is often overwhelming. OncouRSS has found that, with a proper step back, we can find the right path for your company in this new generation of web presence.

OncouRSS has begun focusing on a number of verticals, verticals we believe can truely benefit from the power and flexibility of this new generation of web tools and opportunities. As we build on these new markets our clients have naturally fallen into what we like to call… web cliques:

Small business

Small businesses we work with have three principal requests for us “… get to our market as quickly as possible, give us full control over our content, and don’t kill us with expensive web costs.” Our small business solutions do just that! Using WordPress’ publishing tool engine, OncouRSS is able to build a site very quickly, with cutting edge design and at a cost level that will surprise you.

Some clients who have taken advantage of these opportunities include:

Artists

The artist can take full advantage of this new social media platform we see today. Their art, of course, is aimed at the senses, and so are todays new media platforms. Artists, however, often find themselves lost in these public, shareware platforms, lost in mediocraty of ‘templated design’… as an artist, nothing is more irritating and counterproductive than blending in with the crowd. With our rich design and the powerful multimedia capabilities of our platforms, artists can solve both these issues…in a very cost friendly way.

Here are some of our artist friends sites…

Tourism

OncouRSS has been involved with tourism and municipal organizations for many  years.  Our efforts have allowed us to be unique in our industry-leading approach to the event managers, tourism operators and volunteer organizations from all over.  Our first project was the development of tools to manage regional tourism providers in a large database.  From there our prowess in that sector grew leaps and bounds… and so did our tourism clientele:

Here are some of our tourism sites…

Software Developers

No industry uses the latest technology like the software industry. Indeed, it is so highly used that some smaller IT companies face the challenge of providing their markets and clients with all the bells and whistles of the bigger IT companies. They need to provide the sales tools to compete on a global scale, they need to build full product whitepaper pages, ecommerce, customer testimonials and have a full support system as well as CRM etc. In the old days this was pretty close to insurmountable… now, it’s not. WordPress and other tools allow OncouRSS to build sites with full power … many thanks to the power of our full line of plug ins and applications that simply add functionality to our core web publishing environment.

Some of our IT clients looking big in this tough and competitive industry include:

Adventurers and Sporting Types

Enthusiast based sports tend to garner, well, enthusiasts. We enthusiasts like to walk, run, hike, climb, jump, ride and paddle vicariously through the experiences of others, namely the pros! These meandering heroes are perfect blog fodder as each day is an opportunity for content… text, photo, video. Our social media platform allows these individuals a tool to share, communicate and converse - their regular posts are opportunities for them to sell their books and DVDs, promote their sponsors and keep us all entertained.

Some of our lucky wanderers include:

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