Archive for December, 2009

Free Wordpress Theme – Organic

Posted on December 17, 2009 by The Forge
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As a parting gift for 2009, The Forge Web Creations is thrilled to announce the release of our very first free Wordpress theme, Organic.

We like to think of Organic as a free PREMIUM theme for Wordpress in that it offers some options normally only available in premium themes but is available to you as a 100% free download.

To find out more about Organic, please click here to access the page that outlines all its features, a demo and the download link (Don’t forget the plugins, you can find the download links here).

Enjoy!

Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 15, 2009 by The Forge
Filed under: General News
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It’s already December!! This year has really flown by!

2009 has been incredible for us here at The Forge Web Creations – a year of exciting growth, bringing with it new challenges, terrific opportunities and enormous personal reward for our whole team.

To all our valuable Clients: I’d would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of our business over he last 12 months.

After this eventful year, it’s time for us to take a much-needed break so that we can recharge our batteries and return refreshed and ready to tackle the challenges of 2010.

Our last day of business is today, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 and we shall re-open Tuesday, 12 January 2010.

On behalf of my entire team, I wish you and your loved ones all the very best over the Festive Season and we look forward to working with you again in the New Year.

Happy Holidays!

Sue Rutherford

Everyone is a-twitter about Twitter.

Posted on December 1, 2009 by The Forge
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Twitter is the easiest, quickest way to find out what is happening in the world and around the corner from you, right now. Even more importantly, to the business person, it’s an excellent, instant way to communicate with your clientele.

Best of all, Twitter gives you access to instant news to what’s of interest to you – be it current events, the latest trend, your favourite celebrity or news from your industry.

Twitter is a free social networking and microblogging service that enables you to send and read messages known as Tweets. Tweets are short, 140-character long update messages that display on your Twitter profile page and on the pages of your followers or subscribers.

Your Twitter profile enables you to upload a profile picture, or company logo, and include a short, informative biography and your website URL.

Tweeting, as it’s called, is almost like being able to simultaneously send multiple text messages to your clients, audience and interested or interesting people. And best of all, it’s right on your computer, for free!

Are you running a promotion or want to let people know about your latest specials?

Tweet it!

Twitter has exploded across the globe and in an incredibly short time, changed the face of news and message delivery. Now, you can instantly find out what’s happened in the world, the moment it happens, from someone who is right there when it happens!  So, the best way to keep up with your friends, trends, news and just about everything, is now via Twitter.

Twitter lets you keep an eagle eye on your competition and keeps you truly up to date with the world beyond your business.

Twitter fills a crucial marketing role for organizations and businesses. Twitter enables companies to truly interact, in an instant way, with their target market and clients.

South African companies have taken to Twitter in a very real way. Protea Hotels (http://twitter.com/ProteaHotels) uses their Twitter stream to promote their accommodation specials; pass on compliments they’ve received on their service and interact with their clientele.

Kalahari.net (http://twitter.com/kalaharinet) uses their Twitter stream to keep their followers and clients up to date with specials and even keeps their audience up to date when problems occur in relation to service delivery.

If this still doesn’t make sense, here’s a video to help you understand:

And, at The Forge, we keep our followers up to date on our new project releases, new websites and latest developments via our Twitter stream. Follow us here http://twitter.com/theforgeweb