Membership
Member to Member Offerings
OCRI Members have access to a variety of special promotional offerings
and discounts on services and products offered by member companies.
New and different special offers and promotions are being added
all the time, so check back on a regular basis and take advantage
of your OCRI membership benefits.
Members are also encouraged to offer discounts to fellow members.
Take this opportunity to promote your company and save time and
money.
Member Offers are provided by third parties. OCRI has no control
over and accepts no responsibility for any Member Offers.
Here are the current offerings:
Akran Marketing – 20% discount on all our products and services
Akran Marketing is offering OCRI members a 20% discount on all our products and services from the published price list available at www.akranmarketing.com. Call 739-4000 today to take advantage of this offer.
Amika Mobile - 15% discount off annual plan for mobile messaging
Amika Mobile (http://www.amikamobile.com/ ) with its partner Firehot Solutions, is offering OCRI members 15% off the regular price for receiving email on your cell phone. Mobile Message is an innovative service that allows you to monitor any of your email accounts and receive critical email alerts as text messages on any mobile phone anywhere. Stay in touch with your office, colleagues, family or friends for the special price of $6.75/ month. Sign up at http://www.firehotsolutions.net/. Certain carrier text messaging plan rates may apply.
Anna Tulchinsky Consultancy - Book your first 30-minute information session free of charge (613) 231-6308
Professional Web Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) consulting and training services to small and medium-size businesses. We help you learn, plan, implement, and manage the search engine optimization of your website quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. We offer a full range of services to help you accomplish these goals. Book your first 30-minute consultation free of charge: (613) 231-6308.
Bando Promotions - 25% off on your first order and 15% off thereafter
Bando Promotions is offering OCRI members a 25% discount on your first order of all
promotional product orders such as t-shirts, golf shirts, corporate
gifts, etc and 15% discount on each subsequent order. Call Jimmy Kelland at 596-5800 or email jimmy@bandopromotions.com
to obtain a quote and take advantage of this special offer. Check
out Bando's latest products at www.bandopromotions.com.
Sprott School of Business - Carleton University
(15% discount)
All seminars of the Professional Programs Division at the Sprott
School of Business are available to OCRI members at a 15% discount
from the regular rate. For information call 520-3488, email profdev@sprott.carleton.ca
or follow this link to the Professional Programs Division website
at www.carleton.ca/ppd.
Les Suites Hotel
OCRI members are entitled to a 10% discount from the regular corporate
rate when making use of any of the accommodations at Les Suites.
For further information please contact Garnet Williamson at 232-2000
or follow this link to the Les Suites Hotel website at www.les-suites.com.
Microworks
- Introductory 15% discount on the MicroWorks Network Audit.
- 10% discount on the MicroWorks Security Assessment.
Contact:
Kendall Lougheed, President MicroWorks
Phone 1-613-232-3859 x224 Fax 1-613-563-3448
klougheed@microworks.ca
www.microworks.ca
National Capital SCAN - 10% discount
on advertising rates
OCRI members are entitled to a 10% discount on advertising in National
Capital SCAN, Ottawa's newest monthly publication focused on the
local technology community. Contact Samantha Biron, Associate Publisher
and Director of Advertising and Distribution at 613-722-7177 or
e-mail samantha@nationalcapitalscan.ca
for full details and information. Also visit our website at www.nationalcapitalscan.ca.
NeatWorx Web Solutions Inc. - OCRI Members Offer
NeatWorx Web Solutions Inc., through its NeatWorx.COM branded offering, provides website creation and hosted, on-line services to enable any small business to build, migrate and easily self-manage their own professional, full featured and personally branded internet presence... at a cost that is typically less than most small businesses spend on their monthly phone and internet connection. NeatWorx.Com is pleased to offer the following special offer to OCRI members:
- Website creation and/or migration - $400.00 CDN
Subject to a mutually acceptable Statement of Work
- Initial 60 days of hosted NeatWorx.COM service - No Charge
For more information on NeatWorx.COM, please go to www.neatworx.com.
OLIVUS Incorporated - OCRI Members Offer
At OLIVUS Incorporated, we specialize in creating customized learning interventions to support your business objectives and improve the knowledge, skills and performance of learners. We use a blended training approach consisting of a combination of web-based training, performance support tools, instructor-led training, case studies and job aids as appropriate for your unique requirements....to ensure the maximum return on your training dollars. We also deliver public and custom-tailored instructor-led workshops in the areas of management and leadership, professional development and employee engagement.
OLIVUS.ca is pleased to offer the following special offer to OCRI members:
For more information contact Keith Shaw kshaw@olivus-solutions.com and be sure to visit our web site www.olivus.ca.
Online-Learning.com
Online-Learning.com is a web company that provides interactive
online courses for the professional development of technical writers.
We specialize in courses dealing with technical writing and XML
authoring.
All our courses are instructor-led and delivered via a combination
of CD, email assignments, chat rooms, bulletin boards and live discussion.
All members of OCRI will receive a 20% discount upon registration
in any course offered at Online-Learning.com
For further information, please visit http://www.online-learning.com
or contact info@online-learning.com.
Protus IP Solutions is offering OCRI
members a free one month trial of MyFax
MyFax enables users to send and receive faxes directly from within
email, converging two essential business tools into one, simple-to-use
and inexpensive solution.
MyFax integrates with the user's existing email system and requires
no new software or hardware. Fax from work, home and on the road.
More...
SearchingWorks - 20% discount for your
next Search Engine Marketing Campaign (SEO, PPC, SEO-PR)
Search engine marketing can yield dramatic results for your website.
SearchingWorks (www.searchingworks.com)
optimizes your site so that it achieves high rankings in the search
engines for the terms that are important to your audience. We also
design and implement pay-per-click campaigns that can deliver stunning
ROI (how does 250,000% sound?) and optimize your press releases
for superior online results.
OCRI members are eligible for a discount of 20%.
Contact Chris Biber via email at chris@searchingworks.com
or call (613) 769-5598 for all the details.
SurveyStats - 25% discount on all services
SurveyStats design and conduct business-to-business, customer and
opinion surveys and provide survey results in tables and charts.
OCRI members will receive a 25% discount on all services listed
on our website at www.surveystats.com.
TechEdge – Access critical research and survey data on compensation for local tech firms
Access the latest critical research and survey data from Ottawa’s technology companies to help plan your compensation budgets.
TechEdge offers OCRI corporate members the following benefits. For further inquiries, please contact Helen Robert at (613) 592-3048 or email her at helen@tech-edge.ca.
Telnet Networks Inc. - Free Consultation on VoIP Pre-Assessment and Network audits
You can benefit from many new features that VoIP can offer, but is your network ready for VoIP and how do you manage this new technology after it is implemented. An IP telephony/VoIP audit should be performed for every proposed LAN/WAN segment before the addition of IP telephony.
Through OCRI you can access up to 2 hours of free consultation to understand what you need to do ensure you are going to have a successful VoIP implementation.
Contact Brian Handrigan at bhandrigan@telnetnetworks.ca or visit our website at www.telnetnetworks.ca and select VoIP on our menu selection.
TopOttawaHomes.com – Special Member Discount Program
OCRI is delighted to have partnered with TopOttawaHomes.com to offer OCRI members a special discount program for selling or buying a home. TopOttawaHomes.com sells their listings more than twice as fast as the average for Ottawa. In fact, 60% of listings sell in less than 1 week!
Sell or buy your home through TopOttawaHomes.com and receive:
- $500 CASH-BACK for Sellers
- $250 Donation to the OCRI School Breakfast Program*
- $400 towards a Building Inspection for Buyers
This special offer is available to all OCRI members. For more information on this special offer contact a sales representative at TopOttawaHomes.com or call 613-236-5959.
Trillium Teams Inc - Special OCRI Members Offer
Trillium Teams facilitates workshops and offers DISC assessments to help organizations create high performing teams. We specialize in facilitating team building, strategic planning, and communication workshops. To ensure maximum return on your investment, all of our workshops are customized to suit your unique needs. Contact us at info@trilliumteams.com today for more information.
Trillium Teams’ special offer to OCRI members:
For more information contact Ruth Gmehlin or Jill Geddes at info@trilliumteams.com
Vocantas – 15% discount on SpeechInnovations (Telephony Solutions)
Vocantas is pleased to announce the launch of a new division designed to address the need for affordable telephony solutions. Specializing in wide range of affordable telephony solutions, SpeechInnovations e-commerce website is designed to deliver innovative communications options for SMEs. Regardless of how small or large your business is you can now achieve greater efficiencies and offer enhanced options for your customers without increasing your staff or paying for costly training.
OCRI Members qualify for up to 15% discount at www.SpeechInnovations.com by entering "OCRI_2007" in the comments box at checkout.
There are a number of businesses that would like to offer their customers options that are usually available only in larger organizations such as a speech-enabled auto attendant, automated call routing or 24/7 access to information. Previously, they would seek out parts of these solutions via their telephone carrier or resort to costly tools designed for large firms. Now they can truly extend the reach of their services and optimize their resources with plug-and-play tools available online.
SpeechInnovations offers IP telephones and headsets, softphones, fax broadcast solutions, predictive dialers and media gateways as well as other telephony solutions. Customers can self-serve to suit their needs and avoid paying the overhead associated with technology stores.
For further information on the product offering, please contact info@speechinnovations.com.
Workshift.com
Marketing and Promotional Offers - free consultations to allow you
to make informed decisions in the following technical areas:
If you are preparing to make any IT strategy or purchasing decisions,
be sure to capitalize on this wonderful offer. The experts at Workshift.com
will offer consultation on how to maximize your IT investment in
an effective, affordable way. Let Workshift.com show you how an
effective IT strategy can be a strong competitive advantage for
any company.
Workshift.com provides end-to-end IT solutions and services for
businesses in a wide variety of industries. Our focus in on enabling
you to increase your competitiveness and reduce costs by providing
the best in IT, whether it involves upgrading current infrastructure
or outsourcing IT. Workshift.com delivers affordable, reliable solutions
using the latest technology and experienced professionals. We offer
expertise in design (consulting), procurement (sales), installation,
ongoing support (Scheduled Maintenance) and emergency service (24/7
On Call) to businesses both large and small.
WSI – We Simplify Internet Marketing -
Free webscan for OCRI Members - Test your web sites’ competitiveness ($349 value)
How healthy is your web site?
To find out, why not try a free WSI WebScanTM (market value $349). Originally commissioned by the top four UK banks and now exclusively available from WSI, 3200 comprehensive tests are carried out to measure the effectiveness and competitiveness of your website and the results presented in a simple report in a scorecard format. What you will learn:
- How does your website compare with your competitors?
- What products/services are being promoted the most
- What traffic analytics tools are being used
- How easy it is for your customers to find you (search ranking)?
- How easy is it for Google’s “spiders” to monitor your site
- When did they last visit
- How easy is it for customers to navigate your site?
- Where to focus attention to achieve the biggest improvements
- Is your site compliant with W3C regulations? Why is this important?
To schedule a WebScanTM internet audit, please call or email Roger on 613-836-5641, rharley@wsimarketing.com or for more information on WSI please feel free to visit http://www.wsimarketing.com/rharley. |
