Category: Articles

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Sep2012
The last time I talked about Forward Multimedia's own Google rankings was roughly a year ago, October 9th, 2011 to be precise. We were also less than a year old in T&T and rankings were already dominated by a slew of local web designers. However we were able to appear ... Read More
September 5, 2012admin

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Aug2012
What do I mean by ‘real’? By real I mean bona fide e-commerce websites, you know, like Amazon and the thousands of other sites that if you were living ‘away’ you’d be shopping till you drop just like the Americans. I can write this article authoritatively because having lived ‘away’ ... Read More
August 22, 2012admin

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Jul2012
Many clients ask about a ‘local e-commerce solution’ which is somewhat of a misnomer. If by local solution you mean one where online purchases are paid for in TT Dollars then there is none. If by local solution you mean one where the payment is processed right here in T&T ... Read More
July 7, 2012admin

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Jun2012
Weird question right? A recent experience prompts me to write this though I’ve had more than a few similar experiences within the past few months. Without sounding too self serving I’ve had new clients whose websites I’ve had to take over from their current website designer. If the company already ... Read More
June 9, 2012admin

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Apr2012
In my last article An Un-Scientific Analysis of the Trinidad & Tobago Online Market I made a general estimate of the local online market and said that the best indicator was Facebook’s statistics which put the figure around 380,000 users out of our population of 1.2 million. I also listed ... Read More
April 11, 2012admin

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Apr2012
[alert] June 16, 2012 UPDATE: Please view the draft content page here. April 21, 2012 UPDATE: I’ve started a general outline which will make the entire book into 3 parts: The local e-commerce overview; The e-commerce website; Making it work in T&T. Within that framework are sub-headings with each further comprising their ... Read More
April 10, 2012admin

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Apr2012
When you put up a website it isn’t ‘just for so’, you want people to come to it right? Granted, there are many companies in T&T who actually do that, i.e. put up a website for the sake of having one but that’s them. You want visitors and it’s a ... Read More
April 4, 2012admin

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Mar2012
An article in the daily Newsday newspaper on March 29th, 2012 headlined ‘Postal code coming soon’ described a new postal code system to be introduced in Trinidad & Tobago by the end of the year. Trinis are all too familiar with the American system of ZIP Codes which has been ... Read More
March 29, 2012admin

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Mar2012
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times: the barren landscape of local online businesses is a goldmine for the visionary. Imagine that- in this day and age, in the year 2012 a Trini business owner who finally decides to put up a company website is a ... Read More
March 28, 2012admin

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Mar2012
Of course this will apply to you if you have a website in the first place. If you don’t have a website then you’re reading the wrong article, you should actually be reading ‘What Is A Website And Why You Need One”. (That’s a joke by the way). Portfolios are mainly ... Read More
March 21, 2012admin