What makes our website and enewsletter publishing services unique?
  • I bring 35+ years of marketing, publishing and communication experience to publishing projects gained while working with entrepreneurs, artists, independent businesses and community organizations in Alberta
  • I get pleasure in showing my students and clients how to engage with and fully exploit new media technologies. 
  • I prefer you pay me to show you how to design, build and maintain your own website or write, design and publish your own enewsletter rather than have you pay me to do it for you (although I will if you ask).
  • I offer a lifetime of publishing experience along with an Honor’s degree in English (University of Alberta, 1995) and a Master’s degree in Publishing (Simon Fraser University, 1997).
  • I was among the first graduate students in Canada to publish my thesis online in 1998.
  • I am equally capable of success with writing, marketing, corporate and social media projects
  • I published one of the first (if not the first) online magazines in Alberta in 2003.
  • I was the first person in Alberta to offer training on Joomla! & Wordpress content management systems
  • I have formed strategic alliances with other Joomla! and Wordpress (CMS) developers to strengthen my ability to provide full services to my clients
  • I am the first person in Alberta to offer training on both Joomla! and Wordpress website publishing systems. 
  • I employ Skype and other online technologies to work collaboratively with my clients and partners from the comfort and conveniences of their own offices
  • I make office calls too. We work on your computer.
  • I am fully committed to the philosophy of free and open source software that enables individuals, small businesses and community organizations to build websites and actively engage their audiences online with minimal technical support.
  • I come to your office to work with you so that you learn from the comfort, convenience and familarity of your own computer
 

Feedback from others...

"I have taken numerous workshops with Marilyn over the past three years and have contracted her media release distribution services for the same length of time to great success. This year we also contracted her to rebuild our current website into a content management system so that I, as the Executive Director and only staff member, could update it myself..."

Read more about what Cathy from the Alberta Underwater Council had to say about this experience...

“Thank you Marilyn for helping us with the AAWA website. Starting a new website is a daunting task and can lead to some confusion on where to start and what to do. Thanks to your help we have hit the ground running with the new website. By showing us how to maintain our own website and edit content ourselves, we are able to maintain our site better, faster and for a far lower cost..."Read more about what Mike from the Alberta Amateur Wrestling Association had to say about this experience...

"I would definitely recommend this tutorial to anyone who wants to learn how to publish professional looking electronic newsletters. I really enjoyed the opportunity to work one-on-one with Marilyn. I learned so much about how to design and distribute an enewsletter! Marilyn was able to answer every question I had and walk me through the publishing to distribution process and beyond, step-by-step to make sure I understood." ~ Shannon Werbicki, Central Alberta Manager, Kidsport Alberta

"Whitemud Equine contracted with Marilyn earlier this year to help us rebuild our website and help us create an enewsletter program. The response to our enewsletter has been fantastic and it has grown from 100 subscribers to over 600 in just six months! Writing and publishing the enewsletter has been incredibly easy since Marilyn provided the template and great advice as to regular content and continuity. The website development is also getting great reviews and Marilyn is excellent at providing trouble-shooting and advice. She is also very aware of the latest applications and technologies which have really helped to make our website serve our membership. As a non-profit organization where time and money is always in short supply, I am happy that I can finally maintain the website and the enewsletter in-house. Any changes, news items, etc take just a few minutes and Marilyn is always on the other end of the phone if I need help." ~ Diane David, Administrative Director, Whitemud Equine Learning Centre

"I attended two workshops led by Marilyn Jones: Optimizing Media Releases and Social Media Relations. Marilyn is a dynamic facilitator and instructor who not only knows her subject thoroughly but can communicate it well and understandably no matter what the background and experience of the participant. In addition, Marilyn delivers more than promised and one such gem was hearing about Joomla at the workshop, which inspired me to create my own website using Joomla after hearing Marilyn's story's about its strength, ease of use and suitability. Anyone considering learning more about all of the potential within the world of internet media, social networking and marketing and how to make it work for them should not hesitate to sign up for her workshops." ~ Brian Scott Marketing, Technology & Research Director, Communitas, Edmonton

What makes our website or newsletter publishing services unique?

It's not hard to find someone who can help build your website or design your enewsletter for you. It's harder to find someone who wants to build your website or design your newsletter and then show you how to maintain it or publish it yourself thereafter. There isn't anyone else in Alberta who offers such specialized training. Read more...

Upcoming Workshops

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Considering blogging about your book or business?

If words are your pleasure, check out the Blog Your Book Workshop in the Writing Works program at MacEwan to run over two Saturdays, October 29 and November 5, 2011. If business is more your pleasure, check out our "Blogging for Business With Pleasure Workshop" on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. If neither of these dates suit your schedule, call and arrange for a three hour private session online or at your office or mine.

Interested in publishing an electronic newsletter?

If you've decided that now's the time to get your enewsletter program off the ground check out our upcoming workshop Electrifying Electronic Newsletters. If you prefer private hands-on training or another option to produce your enewsletters, check out the enewsletter publishing options we offer ...

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