Medium, Well Done


Don’t Burn Brigdes, Build Bridges!

Monday, July 12th, 2010

WHY YOU NEED TO START USING SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY

Let’s face it – Nothing is equal in business.  People tend to do more business with people they like.  Wanna “break in to” a business?  Let your potential customers get to know you & like you a long time before you’re asking for their business.  The longer a potential customer has known you and the more positive interactions they’ve had over time will result in them being some of the highest-value customers to your business. Read More

The Company You Keep: The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

RELY ON YOUR CONTACTS AND COMMUNITY TO STAY MOTIVATED & FOCUSED

I think ambition is a requisite for starting a new business or even just becoming self-employed – it’s a tough road, ultimately where you are the only person responsible for the obvious results you can show after your first year, five years or ten years of operation.  What I’ve discovered works for me over the last year is keeping in mind the company I keep: they will be reflected in every area of my business.   Read More

5 Steps To Taking Control of Your Google Results Just 1 Weekend!

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

“At least you’re on Google…” says impressed young artist, Erik Johnson, on tonight’s premiere episode of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist on Bravo, to his peer – “…Cause I’ve Google’d myself like a 100 times and all I find is a hockey player from Canada!” -Erik Johnson, 30, Painter on Bravo’s Artist TV Series, Executive Produced by Srah Jessica Parker

When I hear someone who has a passion that is unrecognized say stuff like this, it breaks my heart – Erik doesn’t know that HE’S in control & likely could easily & for free take immediate control of his own Google results – and USE them to showcase his work and artistic talents as a painter.

Here’s 5 Steps to Begin Taking Control of Your Google Results Just 1 Weekend!: Read More

3 Key Tools to Draw Audiences to Your Blog

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

I recently posted instructions on how to start sharing pages from the web, using TBUZZ and Share on Facebook.

Now that you have a blog website and are starting to fill it with great content, part of your focus should also lay on how you can draw audiences back to your website. Read More

Saves You Time: TBUZZ

Friday, January 1st, 2010

This free application for Twitter works just like Share on Facebook; a bookmarklet, TBUZZ opens as a sidebar directly connected to your Twitter profile so that you can easily share interesting and helpful links in your Tweets with only 1 click and no need to open Twitter. Read More

“People DON’T blog in my field!”

Monday, December 14th, 2009

It’s suprising how often I hear this impassioned statement from small business owners who are trying to justify to me (or themselves?), why they’ve fallen behind in discovering how to make great use of free blogging tools and information. Read More

Inspired to Start Your Blog Today?

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

If you need to get a business website up today or have been struck  by inspiration and want to try out a new topic before committing to investing money in a blog designed by a professional, I recommend getting started RIGHT NOW with a free WordPress blog. Read More

Makes You Smart: iTunes University

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

With more than 206 Million Apple iPods sold to date, I’m hoping most of you will find an iPod available to you somewhere or will download iTunes on your computer so you can start enjoying FREE Ivy League and other university lectures on MP3 or Video from iTunes U. Read More

Event Diary #1: Delicious!

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

What inspires me to blog?  Most often recently I have been finding that the networking & info events I attend inspire me to learn, share and blog!

Tonight I attended the first monthly meetup of “Tech Tuseday” at AlphaPlus Centre on Eglinton East. 

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Saves You Money: 3 Car Share Opps

Friday, September 4th, 2009

GOING GREEN?  Car Sharing Programs From CityFlitz, ZipCar and AutoShare

Regardless of your business, we all have transportation needs.  I think at startup, when budgets are tight is the best time to start going Green – reducing waste (or money and resources) on the costs associated with business anyway and finding a way to do it with reduced CO2, sweetens the deal even further!  Read More