Salt Blog

This time of year, I can't help but reflect on all the new people we met over the last 12 months, the exciting projects we were and are lucky enough to be a part of, and to wonder what's in store for 2016. We created Saltmedia to help businesses and other organizations achieve success online, through cutting-edge website development, graphic design and internet marketing, and one of the biggest perks of our job has been getting to know fellow business owners and to learn about what it is that they do. Taking the time to build lasting relationships with people who have come to us in need of a new website, graphics or many of the other elements of a successful online presence has been an enriching and highly enjoyable bonus to our job as web designers (because you're AWESOME!), but more importantly, it's also helped to cement our clients'...

We're thrilled to announce that Saltmedia received the Eagle Feather award at the Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce Awards of Distinction event, which took place October 21st during Small Business Week. Having our website design company recognized by other business owners and people in our community was such an honour, the fact that we were also finalists for the Marketing and Service Super Star awards was icing on an already pretty awesome cake! Small Business Week & the Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce To celebrate Small Business Week, the Chamber of Commerce asked members and non-members to nominate businesses that have been 'outstanding contributors' in our community. Over the last year and since the beginning, we've worked tirelessly to make Saltmedia a website design company and marketing firm that adds true value to clients' businesses. In our line of work, adding value to clients' businesses means giving them the online...

For the sake of saving money, business owners are sometimes tempted to choose a canned website, or rather websites that are built using free or purchased website templates. While most business owners are on the lookout for ways to save a buck, the upside of saving some money in the short-term can't compare to the many ways a business will benefit from a custom website created by a team of experienced web developers. In particular, when you work with a web development company that has a team of knowledgeable programmers, the sky is the limit in terms of what it is that your business' website can be made to do for you. The first in a two-part series, today's post will describe what it is that a programmer does, for anyone who doesn't eat, sleep and breathe this stuff, and how the skills that they possess have a crucial part...