"Everyone involved with the International Banking Summer School had a fantastic time, greatly enhanced by your being able to capture the spirit of the school in the daily newsletter."

-- Tess Joyce, PR Manager, CIOBS

News:

May 2008: Tincan is contracted to write the content for a Best Buy micro-site on their sponsorship of this year's Montreal Jazz Festival.

April 2008: Tincan is contracted by AFG Research to produce content and messaging for promotional material to promote their new suite of services to launch throughout 2008.

March 2008: Tincan is contracted to write new copy and content for a redesign of custom window and door company, Unison Windows. Launch in summer 2008.

February 2008: Tincan, in collaboration with writer Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit of www.yoyomama.ca, wins a competitive three-way pitch to produce content and messaging, including SEO writing, for a highly innovative new online project -- www.justaskbaby.com.

February 2008: Launch of new website for independent financial advice company, Fasttrax. New logo by www.nuovonero.com.

January 2008: Tincan consults with the University of Victoria entrepreneurship department on how they could rework their message and homepage copy for the second release of their online academic service, Utilium at www.utilium.com.

January 2008: Tincan rewrites a series of donor communications for BC Womens' Hospital, and is contracted to write the upcoming annual report for the hospital's foundation.

January 2008: Beta version of My Pypeline, a new social networking website for fitness enthusiasts, is launched. Tincan contributed copy for various parts of the site, including product and static pages, demo video scripts, etc.

December 2007: Tincan owner Rob Mathison is contracted as a Contributing Author of "Vancouver: The Complete Resident's Guide" (due to be published by Explorer Publishing in April, 2008.)

December 2007: Tincan wins contract to produce new copy and content for Kor Hockey's new website (www.korhockey.com), to launch in spring 2008, and print material to promote their new skate, the Shift 2. Working with design agency Roxy Design and web developer BBP in Vancouver.

December 2007: Tincan is asked by Ainsworth Lumber to produce copy concepts and themes for print ads and product information for a new product.

November 2007: Tincan Communications wins Silver for Cogneto's website in the copywriting category of the 2007 International Davey Awards. With over 4,000 entries from around the world, the Davey Awards honors the finest creative work from the best small firms, agencies and companies worldwide. The Davey Awards is judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.

November 2007: A busy month for launches! Nero's new website at www.nero.com has now launched. Tincan was contracted by Nero's agency, OnTrack Media, to contribute new copy for various sections of the new website.

November 2007: Beau Cote has now launched. Tincan edited existing content, grouped the content into an easy-to-navigate structure, consulted on the sitemap and wrote home page copy. Check it out at www.beaucote.ca.

November 2007: Serebra Connect -- a new online outsourcing website with built-in social responsibility components -- has launched. Tincan wrote marketing copy, promotional and transactional emails, and user content, including managing the upload of user content through a cms tool. Check it out at www.serebraconnect.com. Tincan is continuing to write content and copy for related websites, press releases and associated campaigns.

October 2007: Tincan is contracted to write copy for a new sports-related social networking site, to launch in November/December. Link.

October 2007: Tincan is contracted to write and design a learning resources micro-site for BC Government Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance.

September 2007: Tincan produces ad campaign concepts for cell phone/social networking start-up, www.styky.com. Link.

September 2007: Tincan writes new bios for Gold Hawk Resources mining company and works up brochure copy for Starcore International Ventures mining company.

August 2007: WellSprings BC contracts Tincan to edit a large amount of content, work on a new content site map, and write home page copy for the website for a new service to launch later this year. Link to follow. Link.

August 2007: OnTrack media contracts Tincan to write a whitepaper for SmarTire Systems.

July 2007: Tincan revamps travel company Contiki's autoresponder series to make it more effective.

July 2007: Cogneto, an industry-leading Internet identity and security company, asks Tincan to write new copy and content for their redesigned website, to launch in September. Link to new site.

June 2007: CMC Markets, Vancouver, asks Tincan to come up with some fresh and original ad concepts for upcoming magazine ad campaigns in BC and Alberta, including banner ads for the magazine's website. Link.

June 2007: Tincan is asked to write copy for a Flash demo presentation of a soon-to-launch website, working with the client's in-house Flash designer. Link.

May 2007: The Internet Marketing Center contracts Tincan to write an informational email newsletter. Link. Another example.

May 2007: A Vancouver agency contracts Tincan to write all copy and content for a major redesign of a leading international software company's website, due to launch later in the year. Link to follow.

May 2007: OnTrack Media contracts Tincan to write new copy for a major software company's product micro-site. Link.

April 2007: Vancouver marketing services and design agency, OnTrack media, contracts Tincan to write several datasheets detailing the products of a major software company. Link.

April 2007: Tincan Communications joins Vancouver Board of Trade. (Ask about a special VBoT members' offer.)

April 2007: Serebra Learning Corporation contracts Tincan to write copy and content for its brochures, websites and ad-hoc projects on an ongoing basis.

March 2007: Serebra Learning Corporation, a leading e-learning company, contracts Tincan to write copy for an exciting new online project. Launch in October.

February 2007: Tincan offers clients an optional secure, private area for collaborating on projects through Basecamp. Basecamp is especially useful when working with remote clients, allowing all copy drafts and other documents to be stored in one place for easy access.

January 2007: Tincan works with Big Bus Vancouver on their marketing materials.

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Websites

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Press releases

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Annual reports

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Blogs

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Customer magazines

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Emails

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Books and articles

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SEO copy

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Other stuff

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