Winnipeg Web Design Company, the vine multimedia inc, recently launched a new blog. The new blog is located at: http://www.vinemultimedia.com/blog and will feature content such as:

• Web design tips
• Tutorials & videos on internet marketing
• Insights & Tips on how to get qualified leads to your business

Be sure to check in often as content is updated regularly!

I found this great tip on Problogger.com:

Rapidly Losing Hard-Disk Space in Vista?

We recently had a problem with Windows Vista... the hard-drive was rapidly filling up. 30 Gigs of free space on the disk disappeared within a week. The drive was full, and windows was giving the 'low disk space' error messages. I deleted 10 gigs, which filled up again after only 2 days...the same error messages returned.

Here's the solution to freeing up disk space in Vista

Vista uses a large amount of disc space for system restore and for shadow copies. To limit the amount of disc space allocated to system restore and shadow copies, open a command window by right clicking and selecting "Run As Administrator". Copy and paste this line:

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /For=C: /Maxsize=2GB

Press enter. This will limit the space used to 2 gb but you can set the maxsize value to any number although I wouldn't go any smaller than 2 gb. Doing this will not reclaim all of the additional used disc space as there other reasons for the disc space usage but in my case it freed up 37 Gigs of hard-drive space.

Manny Pacquiao
Knocks out Ricky Hatton
(Video Clip)

Here is the video clip of Manny Pacquiao knocking out Ricky Hatton.

With the amusing new option to select 'Pirate' English as a facebook language option, we created this tutorial to show you how to implement this in your own profile and what some of the highlights are.

1. Scroll to the bottom of page and click on the language link in the bottom left-hand corner.
   
2. You will see the language selection window pop up, choose English (Pirate). [yes, it's still in beta... i think they haven't finalized the proper pirate term for "throw a sheep" yet]
   
3. Click the 'Arrr!' button. (yea, 'Arrr' means 'okay' in pirate talk...)
4. Enjoy your new pirate language facebook layout!

Pretty simple, but the changes that have been made will keep you amused for hours & hours.... at least they have for us! :)

Google profiles are now live and available to the public. This is a powerful service that can help increase your personal visibility on the internet.

Sign up for your profile here: http://www.google.com/profiles

After signing-up, you can provide a variety of information about yourself, including:

• Your picture
• Your first and/or last name
• Nickname
• Where you grew up
• Where you live
• Where you work
• Schools you’ve attended
• A biography
• Links to web sites you wish to list
• Pictures from your Picasa, Flickr or other online photo albums
• Contact information, which can be shared selectively with people

Any of this information can be optionally displayed. Google profiles will be a powerful and useful means for finding people and/or allowing yourself (and your selected information) to be found by those looking for you, and distinguished from anyone else who may share your name.

Susan Boyle has made internet history... the irony is, she has never even heard of youtube!

The scottish singer appeared on "Britain's Got Talent" and amazed everyone with her hidden singing skills. In only one week since her audition was uploaded to youtube, she has gained 66.3 million views... far surpassing the election night speech from Barack Obama.

An article from the Washington Post describes the phenomenon beautifully:

One view at a time, Boyle's audience is proving that the social Web -- where users aren't just mere viewers but also distributers -- makes the digital world feel smaller and more connected. And her global popularity is a testament that the marriage between old media (her performance first aired on Britisn television) and new media (it then made its way to YouTube, Twitter and Facebook) is broadening the reach of all media, from one channel to the next, one person at a time.

Again, this story is a powerful testament to what one person can accomplish with a powerful dream, and the leverage of an effective social media campaign.

CHeck out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Since partnering with the Max Challenge Team, the Winnipeg Web Design company, the vine multimedia, has employed a number of powerful social marketing strategies to help increase brand awareness and drive traffic.
Some of these strategies include creating pages on well-known social media sites such as:

• Hubpages.com - (Max GXL & The 7 Day Max Challenge by Max Challenge Team & Max International)
• Squidoo - (Max GXL (MaxGXL) -- The 7 Day Max Challenge -- brought to you by Max Challenge Team and Max International)

These are the 2 most powerful sites for sharing content in the social networks. They can be used to drive traffic and gain relevant links to your home page.

For more information on Social Media & Internet Marketing, visit www.vinemultimedia.com

Joseph Ranseth, owner of the vine multimedia inc., the Winnipeg-based New Media Marketing Company, recently launched a personal blog.

http://josephranseth.com/blog/ is full of inspirational videos, articles and insights with the purpose of inspiring everyone to live a rich, full life of meaning and contribution.

Some great posts on Joseph's blog include:

• Free Hugs
• Here's to the Crazy Ones
• Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Joseph is also the author of From Retail To Riches, which was originally sold as an ebook to teach entrepreneurship to the up-and-coming generation. Because of the success of the From Retail To Riches message, Joseph is now in negotiations with a well-known publishing company to take the book into print and to be endorsed by some current success leaders.

Winnipeg's Premiere New Media Marketing Agency, the vine multimedia, just launched a new design of their website. Check it out at www.vinemultimedia.com and let us know what you think!