Questions and Answers

We've added a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section to this site. We'll add questions and answers we get regularly... or feel free to ask about anything related to web design and development, online marketing, or software development and we'll do our best to...

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Thank You, Chris & Darlene

Thank you, Chris and Darlene Hobbs, for being such great clients for more than 6 years. It's been great to work with you and see the evolution of Sotheby's Saltspring, and your site. It's always a pleasure to see your enthusiasm for what you do, for our wonderful...

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Marketing is No Longer Marketing

"In the age of transparency, marketing is not about crafting artificial or half-true brand stories for consumer audiences. Marketing is about uncovering, fostering, sharing, and engaging with employees and consumers around the true stories that make your brand...

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Spring Classes

Working with Saltspring Community Education, Charles is offering two courses for the late Spring session: Photo Editing for Photographers Websites for Community Groups Register for a course with a friend, and one of you gets 10% off! Photo Editing for Photographers...

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Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce

We're having a great time with the Salt Spring Island Chamber of Commerce. I was just interviewed by Chamber Manager, Donna Powell, on her Chamber of Commerce sponsored radio show on local community station CFSI-FM. It was good to be able to talk for a bit about the...

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Social Media Marketing in 61 Words

You can buy attention (advertising); you can beg for attention from the media (PR); you can bug people one at a time to get attention (sales); or you can earn attention by creating something interesting and valuable and then publishing it online for free: a YouTube...

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Looking Back at 2009

It was a busy, expansive year for CB&F! Thanks to all our friends, new and old! 2009 was great year for community service here at Charles Buchwald & Friends, with contributions to the SSI Farm and Barter Network, the Jazz and Blues Society, Griefwalker films,...

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CB&F: Now CEME Certified

Charles Buchwald & Friends are now certified by CEME as email marketing experts. Ask us what this means for your business, or leave a comment with your question or email marketing tip.

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Hampton Stone Coaching Live with CB&F!

Isabelle Hampton Stone's new Coaching for Success website has gone live with Charles Buchwald & Friends… or rather, it's been live for a bit now, and the client and we have finally tied it all together. Check out Isabelle's site for an inspiring look at her...

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Quick Guide to The Latest SEO

Search Engine Optimization is always changing. Thankfully, Rand Fishkin and SEOmoz perform a survey every two years. They poll up to 100 of the SEO industry's top minds. In 2009 they had 72 experts participate. They recently published the results as the Search Engine...

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Ronald Wright: Live with CB&F!

No. 1 best selling author Ronald Wright has a new web site, RonaldWright.com, and he's gone live with the help of Charles Buchwald & Friends. By converting and updating a static, iWeb based site into a modern, user-editable and user-maintainable CMS based site,...

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Dead Simple Site Building Tools

We are firm believers in open source CMSs (Content Management Systems). They make it easy to manage a web site... so easy that you don't have to rely on us to edit and expand your content. It's great for us, because it avoids those call like, "I've noticed an errant...

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