20th Anniversary Excitement!
We are approaching the official 20th anniversary of our business! Wow, have we ever seen some changes. It’s been a long road since that first Provincial business registration of June 11th, 1998. I’m looking at it now, and thinking of all the ups and downs over the two decades, and how we’ve managed to outlive […]
No More Bambora
Back in August of 2017, we were quite surprised to hear from Bambora, our “merchant account provider,” that they were suddenly going to start adding monthly fees. We wrote about that here and to give Bambora some credit, their CCO – Ryan Stewart – gave us a personal phone call to try to discuss the […]
Busy New Year! Site & Business Launches
It’s been an incredibly busy here so far, at The Ian Scott Group! We’re so thankful to our existing clients and the trust that new clients have put in us. In addition to new website launches, there has also been a lot of international travel – to Athens, Greece, and the new launch of our […]
Merry Christmas And Thank You To All Our Clients!
Christmas is getting closer and we at The Ian Scott Group would like to extend our best wishes and a big hearty Merry Christmas to all our clients, associates, friends and family. We hope your Christmas Season is wonderful and that the new year brings you much joy and happiness. It’s been a great year […]
SkyScan USA – New E-Commerce Site Launched
Here at The Ian Scott Group, we’re very proud to be enjoying a long term (10+ years) with SkyScan USA, a distributor and retailer of awesome lightning detection devices. SkyScan has been a pleasure to work with over the years, and this week, we launched their new responsive e-commmerce website. Based in Florida, SkyScan USA […]
Bambora (Beanstream), Do The Right Thing
We’ve been using Bambora, formerly known as Beanstream, for quite some time now for our credit card sales processing. Admittedly, probably because we are mostly in the business to business (B2B) sector, we don’t get a ton of credit card sales – many of our clients prefer to pay the old fashioned way by cheque, […]
Welcome To Headwaters Elevators!
The vast majority of businesses that we come across that are looking for a new website or a redesign/upgrade of an old one are owned by dedicated people who really have strong values and a commitment to customer service. That’s just the way most serious business people are! They know that in order to earn […]
Time To Get That SSL Certificate And Move To HTTPS
If you’re serious about your business, you’re probably serious about your website (or you should be). And that means you really need to be thinking about migrating your website to the SSL protocol instead of the “regular” http. Google has been hinting for some time now that in their opinion, SSL is extremely important for […]
Kristen Dobson Reflects On Her Dad
We have some great clients and many have their own great stories to tell. One long time client that we enjoy working with is Kristen Dobson, owner of BodyWorks Massage Therapy in Orangeville, Ontario. It seems that not only is Kristen an amazing massage therapy practitioner, but a great writer as well. Approaching Father’s Day […]
Google Chrome & SSL Security
About a year ago, we told you about we told you about Google’s addition to their Web Master Guidelines, recommending that all websites move to the SSL (https) protocol for the sake of security and privacy of internet users. One of the questions back then was whether this would affect search engine rankings negatively or […]