No Wordpress install is complete without Akismet, the spam busting plugin. It’s awesome at stopping spam comments – we’ve gone from 4-5 spam comments a day per blog to zero using Akismet.

Recently, while working on a blog for one of our non-profit clients (check out OH! Cares, where we give back to the local community), we discovered that Akismet had apparently gone to a paid model, as we had to select a payment option on the API key signup page.

As the image below shows, we were confused for a while until we realized that the right column actually contained a slider – it wasn’t a static indicator of the plan you had chosen.

If it was just one of us in the office we would have written it off as someone having a case of the Mondays, but multiple people in the office were fooled.

We love you, Akismet!  You provide an awesome service to the web community.  But next time, please just ask for a donation.

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed that seems to concern all new clients, it’s the question: is this design firm working for us and looking out for our best interests, or are they out to sell us features we don’t need to make a quick buck?  I think you know our answer to that question!

We pledge to never sell you the shiniest new gadget for your site for the sake of it.  We promise to take the time to learn about your organization, to develop a plan that best suits your needs, to design an attractive website that is easy to use by all your customers, that’s easily updateble using our content management system, searchable by Google, and fully supported by our professional and friendly staff.

We take client relations very seriously at OH! Media.  In a recent industry tour by local SIAST students, one gentleman spoke to my boss after the presentation about how he really appreciated the fact that we spoke about building relationships with our clients, something the other companies on the tour failed to mention.  To us, building relationships is the most important part of doing business, it’s what we strive to do everyday.

One thing our clients never have to worry about is our dependability.  We’re always here.  So if you call us, we answer our phones.  If you have a question or need help about your website, we’re more than happy to take the time to help you.  We’re established within the community, sponsoring events like the Queen City Marathon and the Regina Family Expo.  We sit on the boards for both Saskatchewan Interactive and the Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association.  We have 7 full time employees which means we are big enough to serve you well and small enough to care. We’re a team of professionals that each have an area of expertise, be it online strategy, design, development, or project management.  Roll all these experts together and you have one helluva team!

If you want to learn more about how we do things differently here at OH!, give us a call or contact us through our contact page.  We’d love to hear from you.

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