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It might seem as though the world has moved entirely online, but face-to-face interactions still involve exchanging business cards. Posting a letter still requires a letterhead and small business marketing still requires flyers and other printed collateral. In short, creating effective promotional Read More

On Facebook, everyone’s lives look happy. Including mine! I just went on a cruise–I have an amazing fiance. Whoosh Traffic just had its best day ever and it’s looking like we might hit a million-dollar revenue run rate by the end of the year. I have an awesome team–and yes, I just bought my first h Read More

tarting a new business, but stuck on finding the perfect idea? I hear you. In fact, you’re not alone.

Recently, I asked people who opted-in for more information on my upcoming “Art of Email” course what they needed most in their businesses. Although many people said “Customers!”, several people Read More

Couple years ago I was at a very unhappy place… overwhelmed, overworked, out of balance, not seeing the way out of this vicious circle. My deadlines were falling through the cracks, my family was falling apart, but I kept moving forward hoping this will change for better once I achieve next milesto Read More

I hope you had a great time crafting a life vision last week. If you missed my post, click here to catch up. How does it feel to be able to see the big picture of your life? When I first did this assignment, I suddenly felt newly discovered freedom as I no longer had to be everything to everyone. I Read More

Many people believe that setting up a business online is the hardest part, what they don’t realize is how difficult it can be to keep their business competitive once they are up and running. Today we’ll look closely at follow up. I will cover three major areas where follow up and follow through wi Read More

I know I already mentioned traffic in these series (if you missed previous posts, click here to catch up), but because it’s so crucial, I decided to get back to this topic once again. On a regular basis I meet business owners who are so sure that their business is performing well online (meaning th Read More

I don’t know what the name of your small business is, nor do I know what product or service you are selling. What I do know is that if you start small business plans without a strategy, you will fail. All successful business plans have a good strategy behind them. And when it comes to small busines Read More

Where now for influence marketing

Last month, Twitter published an article on their developer blog, about new metadata being added to the Twitter API. There were two additions – one to help identify the language of a tweet, while the other was the ability to allow developers to “rank” tweets. Read More

For the last three months, I’ve been trying to resolve a payment issue with Reliance Home Comfort, a water heater service provider in Canada.

When my wife and I moved home last July, we switched from our current provider to Reliance, and took advantage of a special introductory offer that would Read More