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Pay to Play: Social Media Platforms are Gearing Up To Sell | Apr 4, 2013
In what seems like a revenue drive disguised as a way to reduce data clutter, Twitter has begun to explicitly rank user content.
Relevant Design for E-mail Clients | Jan 21, 2013
If ever there were opportunity to mask lackluster content with glitzy design, it’s not in consumers’ email clients. It’s widely accepted...
Cause Marketing Online: Engage with Integrity | Nov 2, 2012
The Internet is an especially tricky medium for cause marketing. Its enticing links, ads and images encourage users to flip from one...
Sinister Social Media | Oct 12, 2012
Marketing is now a two-way street. Thanks to the Internet, it has gone from company vs. individual (via newspaper or TV ad, or direct-to-...
If It's for Sale, Then Sell It | Sep 20, 2012
It’s very easy to offer wine for sale online. It’s a whole other matter to sell wine online. Selling wine online is about...
The Information Highway. Make it Super. | Aug 15, 2012
Yes, we are there yet. A smart phone with internet access is the modern-day map and compass plus Swiss Army knife. On steroids....
Two Sides to the Loonie | Jul 17, 2012
Lame, eh? Online patriotism is a tricky thing for a company that operates internationally. A Canada-Day sale on your website might...
Welcome to the online jungle | May 22, 2012
Kids these days. They’ve seen it all. You should know by now that a website banner ad indiscriminately shouting “buy my product” from...
The Changing (Font) Face of Textbooks | Sep 6, 2011
Remember film strips in 6th grade science class? Or the teacher struggling to load a VHS tape into a BetaMax player? Rotary dial...
Status Update: On Vacation | Aug 8, 2011
So you’re on the road, and you have your phone with you for emergencies. You realize you didn’t pack enough beverages (...

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Welcome to the radio room. Tugboat's web team offers hand-crafted HTML or any number of modern content management systems to create an on-line presence that meets today's needs with the ability to seize upon tomorrow's opportunities. Tools, e-commerce solutions, CRM, social media and full back-end integration. One place.

Websites are great, but what truly sets Tugboat apart is the depth of ability and knowledge we bring to projects. When our Vancouver-based team delivers a website, we design and develop for all users of the site: primary visitors, and also the client, so they're empowered to use and control the site, not the other way around. We want your site to be easy to use, so that you'll look forward to using it. We also equip our clients with whatever training they need to make full use of their new on-line home.

We like things that are extensible, so we see a site as a growing, organic presence that delivers right now, six months from now and two years from now.