KS2 is proud to be an active member in many of the best business groups in Calgary.

Look for us at the upcoming meetings listed below.

Calgary Chamber of Commerce

- October 19th – Small Business Week Expo Kick off Dinner

- Ocotber 20th & 21st – Small Business Week Expo

- October 28th – Presidents Cup Challenge Breakfast #2 – LuAn Mitchell-Halter

- November 18th – Presidents Cup Challenge Breakfast #3 – Sue Kenney

Airways Business Association
- November meeting

Better Business Bureau
- October 27, 2004 - THE FIVE CRITICAL WAYS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS

Calgary Executive Association
- October 20 & 27
- regular meetings

Business Builders Calgary
- October 20th, Regular Meeting
- November 3rd, Regular Meeting

$1000.00 to YellowPages.ca Clients at Small Business Expo

Small Business Week Expo starts tonight with the Opening Celebration Dinner at the Sun Centre. The friendly faces from KS2 will be there tonight and manning the YellowPages.ca booth and we’ve arranged a contest that will put $1000 into the pockets of our YellowPages.ca clients.

If you’re already a client of YellowPages.ca then you already have a chance to benefit, but you can also enter the contest for yourself. If you are not a YellowPages.ca client, you can enter to win a gift certificate from one of our valued advertisers.

Here’s how it works:

Two computers will be set up at the YellowPages.ca booth with access to the online directory. Surf YellowPages.ca™ to find your favourite restaurant, retailer or business supplier and make sure they have an enhanced listing (see details at the computer stations, or ask). On the Entry Form, fill in the business name, your name, and your email address and that’s it. Full details are at the booth.

There are 12 chances to win - $1000.00 in total Gift Certificates

• Two grand prize gift certificates of $250.00
• 5 $50 Gift Certificates drawn Wednesday
• 5 MORE $50 Gift certificates drawn Thursday

For our YellowPages.ca clients, if your business appears on a drawn entry form we will be in touch next week to purchase the gift certificate from you and get it to the winner.

KS2 is proud to be among 3 finalists for the Emerging Enterprise of the Year Award for Small Business Week 2004.

Click for more information on the award and the Small Business Week Expo.

Flash Sites and Search Engines

Flash still presents a big obstacle to having your site spidered by the search engines and an even greater obstacle to ranking well for keyword search results. Not only do Flash-designed sites typically lack much of the indexable content search engines require, they also often employ redirects from their splash pages, which are considered spam by the search engines.

Though the challenges are considerable, effectively optimizing Flash sites can be achieved under certain circumstances. Here are a few search engine marketing (SEM) strategies specifically for working with Flash

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Subservient Chicken: 320 million hits

Why would Burger King register a domain called Subservient Chicken then point a live cam at a guy in a bird suit and garters?The campaign has even been called the "future of advertising."

Maybe every business can learn from it. Find out for sure in this week's BIG Brand Creative.

Creative Ways to Grow Your Business

KS2 is always working hard to find cost-effective ways to market that turn into real ROI for our clients.

Today’s Tip: Guaranteed Inclusion Revisted

This package is designed to place a client on Canada's most used online commercial directory as well as Google Local Canada.

This package also includes a .html specific page on YellowPages.ca for a business which is queried and located within Google's natural search results. This helps build a relevant link to the clients web site.

Package includes:

• YellowPages.ca enhanced listing including a web site URL link and 3-lines of text, 50 characters per line
• Priority placement on 3 YellowPages.ca headings, moves their business ahead of all free listings within the directory
• YellowPages.ca .html generated page of their listing, 3 lines of text and map to their location - queried by Google
• Canada411.ca enhanced listing including a web site URL link and 3-lines of text
• Google Canada Local placement (must include address with their listing to appear on Google Local)
• Inclusion on specific quadrant site for Calgary to their .html page on YellowPages.ca

To discuss options, please call KS2 at 403.228.1800.

Current Contests

Looking to win some free stuff? We regularly run contests on CalgaryPlus.ca for our clients. It gives users a chance to win something for free and more importantly it gives our clients the opportunity to reach thousands of people every month for nothing more than the cost of the prize.

Here are our current contests:

Shopping Spree Contest (win a free shopping spree)

E-Meals Contest (win a Christmas Party for 10)

T-Fal Contest (win a t-fal cookware set)

Grave Gala Ticket Giveaway

FrightFest Ticket Giveaway

On The Move Contest(RCA Portable CD-Player)

Escape to dreamland (mattress and boxspring)

e-Coupons

Want to run your own contest?

Call Sean Ballard at KS2 Solutions Inc, 403 228 1800 to discuss running your own contest on CalgaryPlus.ca.