Alberta’s Technology Economic Diversification #joke #ABVote #notPC
In the early wee hours of Albertans going to vote for the 2015 provincial election, I find myself giving political voice publicly for … like … the first time ever. Why? This is an important election...
View ArticleInternet Trends 2015: The Bible From The Mouth Of Mary
I love Mary Meeker. We’ve never met, but I know her intimately. From Mary Meeker’s beautiful brain comes the annual report that is so bristling with statistical grandeur and specificity about global...
View ArticleHackety Hack, You CAN Fight Back
File this blog post under “I’m sorry the internet is complicated.” High profile hacks have been all over the news lately. From “Chinese breach data of 4 million U.S. federal workers (Forbes)” to “What...
View ArticleThe 2015 Global Petroleum Show Ushers in New Era of Oil and Gas Pie
We are all aware of what is going on in the oil and gas industry and how it is has the ability to affect almost every aspect of our day-to-day lives. Through every struggle we find opportunity. As the...
View ArticleHashtag #GPS15: The Social Media Anatomy of a B2B Trade Show [Infographic]
From June 9 to June 11, Calgary was host to the Global Petroleum Show, one of the world’s largest with over 2,000 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees representing 100 countries. Thanks to the organizers...
View ArticleThe Amazing Mobile Advantage for your Small Business
Why do anything about the most recent mobile update? Google updates their Algorithm way too often…or at least it seems that way. Last year saw 15 updates and in 2012 there was a whopping 37 of them, so...
View ArticleMicrosoft heats up O/S platform wars with release of Windows 10
As digital marketers, we LOVE it when new technology and platforms are launched. It creates change. Change creates opportunity. From product innovation and development to product positioning, brand...
View ArticlePagespeeds Insights is a Bunch of #Horseshit
First of all, let’s get this out of the way. We’re Google fan-boys and girls here at Stephdokin. Google does amazing things with data. But when data stinks, you have to call it what it is. According to...
View Article18 Things You Don’t Want To Hear About B2B Marketing
Most of our clients are B2B (Business-to-Business) companies. We find there are lots of online marketing truths and half-truths that make executives scratch their head and say “Hmmmm … ” The business...
View ArticleWhy do hackers hack? Five ways they’re gonna attack your business website
Arghhhhhhh. After the 3rd customer website infected this year with a virus / hack, I’m seriously thinking of making our security service (http://security.stephdokin.com) mandatory as part of our...
View Article[Infographic] Online Anatomy of the 2016 #accelerateAB Conference
Last week’s #accelerateAB conference in Edmonton was exceptional. The feeling of excitement and optimism in our tech community was palpable (albeit subdued by the overarching difficult economic times...
View ArticleThe Art of Listening by President Donald Trump
Much has been and will be written about Donald Trump’s rise to power. I will leave it to others to discuss the issues. Right or wrong, whatever you may think, love him or hate him, you gotta hand it to...
View ArticleCommercialization Challenges of Mobile Software Development in an...
Part 3 of the “Fragmented Mobile Ecosystem” series Over the last 7 years, the pace of change has been exponentially increasing, and we’ve shifted from early mobile platform wars to mobile dominance by...
View ArticleSo You Wanna Be An Entrepreneur? (An Alberta Perspective)
Budding entrepreneurs in Alberta can take heart. It is an amazing time in our province as diversification gets some wind in its sales (er, um, sails). Wow … who’s that guy in the picture? Stephen King...
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