A web-based, centralized project management system can help boost your productivity and make your operations more efficient. Managing time effectively within your company will help deliver projects on time, on budget and increase profits.

Many companies are looking for an alternative to spreadsheets and commercial software; especially when it comes to managing projects or jobs. The ability to keep a the pulse of each project is faster and easier with a web application. Converting your existing project management processes onto an online platform isn’t hard; in fact it’s quite easy. Once it’s up and running, all of your team members can access the necessary features of the application, such as entering expense line items, with any web-enabled device such as PC’s, Laptops, iPhones and iPads.

Web Applications have fostered the ability to centralize data so that your customers, suppliers, vendors, employees, and stakeholders can easily access and share important information, instantly, from anywhere in the world. Furthermore, centralized Web Applications have eliminated the hassle of painful software installations, upgrades, and expensive licensing costs associated with traditional software.

Not only is your data centralized with a web-based project management system, but it is accessible by anyone from anywhere with an internet connection and the correct log-in credentials.

In Summary, web-based project management can:

• Increase productivity and accessibility
• Manage projects/jobs easier
• Centralize your data (tasks, expenses, resources, financials, etc)
• Provide enhanced security through user roles
• Instantly generate valuable reports
• Allow your team to communicate with customers
• And more!

In our opinion, a website should be doing one of two things (if not both): make you money by generating leads, or save you money by making your operations more efficient. When looking at your website with these two components in mind, is your website working? Our philosophy is to make your website an investment; not an expense.

Making you money: Lead generation is the name of the game. Whether you are using Organic SEO to move your website to the first page of search results or whether you are implementing a Pay-Per-Click advertising campaign, the key objective is to attract qualified leads. Once you have the lead, your website needs to be structured in such a way that will help convert the lead into a sale or, at the very least, qualify them further into a hot lead.

In addition, if you have considered implementing a “drip marketing” campaign, it’s important to have a strategy that will build-up your “prospects” database that will enable you to provide education-based marketing techniques such as frequent newsletters, whitepapers, and auto-responders.

Saving you money: If you were able to save time by becoming more efficient in your operations, resulting in higher profits and greater savings, would you do it? Many people would, some wouldn’t, but a lot of them don’t know how. If you manage the operations of your business using spreadsheets or off-the-shelf commercial software, we can help you become more efficient by create a web application that is tailor-made for your business. Imagine how nice life would be if you could manage your entire operations online, in a centralized location, and have the ability to instantly track and report on various projects/jobs/tasks.

If you would like to learn more about any of the topics discussed, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We want to make sure that you are well-informed of all of the capabilities a website can bring to your business. Most importantly, we want to make sure that you have a website that works.

If your website cannot be found by search engines, potential customers won’t be able to find you, and you will end up missing out on the incredible opportunities available to you through search engines. So where to begin? Much like building a house, it takes careful planning and a strong foundation. The same holds true for web design and search engine optimization. The foundation in this case: keywords.

Researching the right keywords for your website is critical to the success of your online strategy. Through best practice optimization techniques, searchers will be able to find your website when they enter the keywords that your website is optimized for; ideally on the first page but that depends on the competitiveness of your industry (among other things). On the flip side, if your website does not employ any SEO, the searchers will find your competitors.

If you are an Oil & Gas service company that is looking for an alternative to spreadsheets or commercial software, we want to speak with you. Our custom-built web applications can help your business become more productive and efficient while saving money in the process. Furthermore, as your business changes, your web application can scale to those changes, and can provide a framework that can be accessed by advanced technologies such as a Blackberry or iPhone Apps that can be leveraged by employees/contractors in the field.

Here is a quick list of benefits that a custom web application can bring to your business:

• Custom-built to suit your unique business processes and systems
• Effectively manage any aspect of your business
• Manage invoices and automatically submit to 3rd party solutions such as OpenInvoice
• Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection
• Secure
• Scalable
• Provide easy database backups
• Instant reports without human error
• Excel spreadsheet import
• Export analytical reports in Excel or PDF format

Each web application is unique; your web app may have different features but it will be built to suit your unique processes. This flexibility is a clear advantage over spreadsheets and commercial software. Web applications are specifically built for your business.

Contact us today and let’s discuss how a custom web application will benefit your business, improve your operations, and save you money in the process.

• Recent events or hot topics. For recent events or hot topics that begin trending on the web, you want to find the latest information immediately. Now when you search for current events like [occupy oakland protest], or for the latest news about the [nba lockout], you’ll see more high-quality pages that might only be minutes old.

• Regularly recurring events. Some events take place on a regularly recurring basis, such as annual conferences like [ICALP] or an event like the [presidential election]. Without specifying with your keywords, it’s implied that you expect to see the most recent event, and not one from 50 years ago. There are also things that recur more frequently, so now when you’re searching for the latest [NFL scores], [dancing with the stars] results or [exxon earnings], you’ll see the latest information.

• Frequent updates. There are also searches for information that changes often, but isn’t really a hot topic or a recurring event. For example, if you’re researching the [best slr cameras], or you’re in the market for a new car and want [subaru impreza reviews], you probably want the most up to date information.

Tell me, what is the purpose of your website? Is it purely informational or do you want people to find you on search engines? What keywords are you targeting? Is your website optimized around those keywords? Is your website designed with “calls to action” to convert leads into customers? The list goes on.

The point here is that having a website just isn’t enough. If you want to be on the first page of Google and outsell your competitors, having an online strategy is critical to the success of your overall business plan and marketing efforts.

Give us a call or send us an email to schedule a phone call or face-to-face meeting and we can discuss some strategies that will take your website to the next level.

Of course, we aren’t disclosing the actual ranking signals used in our algorithms because we don’t want folks to game our search results; but if you want to step into Google’s mindset, the questions below provide some guidance on how we’ve been looking at the issue:

• Would you trust the information presented in this article?
• Is this article written by an expert or enthusiast who knows the topic well, or is it more shallow in nature?
• Does the site have duplicate, overlapping, or redundant articles on the same or similar topics with slightly different keyword variations?
• Would you be comfortable giving your credit card information to this site?
• Does this article have spelling, stylistic, or factual errors?
• Are the topics driven by genuine interests of readers of the site, or does the site generate content by attempting to guess what might rank well in search engines?
• Does the article provide original content or information, original reporting, original research or original analysis?

And the list goes on. Another important quote from the same article talks about how low-quality content on your website can impact the whole website’s ranking.

One other specific piece of guidance we’ve offered is that low-quality content on some parts of a website can impact the whole site’s rankings, and thus removing low quality pages, merging or improving the content of individual shallow pages into more useful pages, or moving low quality pages to a different domain could eventually help the rankings of your higher-quality content.

Search Engine Optimization is a major component of your website strategy and should be taken seriously. Competing for top ranking positions in your industry is similar to a horse race; you and your competitors are jockeying for position. Are you winning the race? Having a high-quality web design will greatly help your ability to become one of the top ranked companies in your industry.

Progressive Engineering & Construction Inc. (PEC) is an Alberta based company.

Progressive Engineering & Construction Inc. is an independent contractor that specializes in high voltage electrical construction and maintenance. The executive team at PEC has more than 35 years experience and is dedicated to providing our clients with professional and cost effective solutions.  We offer a complete package of Project Management, Engineering Design, Field Construction and Maintenance Services.

We pride ourselves on consistently delivering quality service on time and on budget.  Our exceptional team allows us to retain an extensive and satisfied client base.

The professional staff at PEC offer all aspects of consulting, project management, design engineering, construction and maintenance of electrical power systems and utility facilities.

Progressive Engineering & Construction Inc. Services

• Project Management
  • PEC offers experienced personnel who are competent in all segments of power systems operation, installation and maintenance.
• Costing and Procurement
  • PEC offers purchasing, handling and storage of material
• Design and Engineering
  • Our engineering staff are experienced in the specification, engineering, and construction of substation, transmission and distribution facilities.
• Construction Control
  • Field supervision as well as on-site training of other Contractors can be provided.
• Substation Maintenance
  • Our field personnel are comprised of Power System Electricians, Technologists, and Engineers who specialize in the High Voltage electrical industry.

“Safety is our number one priority we are committed to ensuring the health and safety of the environment, the public, its employees, its associates and all property by establishing and maintaining a safe and healthful work for our staff and clients”