Alberta Website > Alberta Music Industry Association at www.amia.ca
While researching a project for a client so I could design a Facebook campaign for an upcoming event, I was rewarded for my efforts when I came across the website for the Alberta Music Industry Association. Not only is it fresh, clean and inviting, it includes an very well presented online directory of musicians, recording studios, venues, sound and publicity services and related businesses in Alberta. The directory is fully searchable by artist, by specific industry e.g. recording studio, CD manufacturing, publicity, etc. , by venue and by festival. If you select the venue category you are directed to a short informational listing on each of the major music venues in Alberta such as location, venue size, sound system details and contact information. If you select the festival category, you are directed to a page that includes listings on the major music festivals in Alberta. Read more 
Alberta Website Spotlight: Edmontonstories.ca — More Questions Than Answers
Edmontonians are asking a lot of questions about the viability of Edmontonstories.ca, a joint venture between the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC). The site built by Edmonton-based Parcom Marketing cost $1.3 million to launch in 2009, $778,000 to run in 20120 and $600,000 in 2011. Edmonton Economic Development pitched in $500,000 for the startup. In 2010, the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation nominated the site for a Teddy Award for wasteful spending citing the millions poured into the website is too much to spend on a website. “The cost of this thing is extraordinary,” says the federation spokesperson Scott Hennig. Many others, including myself, agree. Read more
Edmonton’s YegNews.com Launches a New Editor
YegNews.com is a purely online news website focused on news of, by and about Edmonton and Edmontonians. Their goal is to “produce informative, interesting and entertaining original reporting in a variety of areas including, but not limited to — Breaking news, Politics – local, provincial & federal, Sports & games, Entertainment, Food, Music, Night life, Business & technology, Opinions & Editorial, Health, Education, Letters to the editor, Profiles of Edmontonians. ” Launched this last May 2011 with Scott McKeen, former columnist of the Edmonton Journal, Scott has since departed and Dave Clark, MacEwan journalism graduate and former news reporter for the Sherwood Park News, is now their new editor. Read more
Edmonton’s Social Networking Site Nexopia an Internet Success Story
A true internet success story, Nexopia was born in the dark of a cold Edmonton winter only to rise to become Canada’s largest social networking site for youth. With over 1.5 million members, and hundreds of new accounts created every day, Nexopia is quickly solidifying its reputation as the online place for teens to connect and express themselves. Today the site is registering 35,265,275,383 hits by 1,515,433 users and there were 7, 497 users online at the time I was researching this article. Read more
Alberta Website of Interest: GigCity.ca, Edmonton’s Daily Entertainment Source
Edited by Mike Ross, entertainment writer for the Edmonton Sun and with contributors the likes of Jennifer Cassidy (food), Rob Drinkwater (literature), Craig Elliott (weekend), Fish Griwkowsky (visual arts), Tom Murray (music/metro), Adrian Lackey (theatre), Ann Smart (general), and Damon Sparks (music), GigCity.ca promises to be a welcome addition to the event promotion scene in Edmonton. Read more
Marilyn
Jones is a corporate and social media advocate for individuals, small businesses
and nonprofit organizations in Alberta. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada and is the proprietor of RiverCity Productions. You can contact her
by phone at 780-695-5675 or by email at marilyn@mediamag.ca.