What is Crowdfunding ? Crowdfunding – A way to get money from a crowd? If your mind gives rise to images of street buskers playing for tips from the crowd, that’s okay but it’s not where we’re going with this. Crowdfunding is a very modern way to approach the process of acquiring funding. The idea Continue Reading …
Guerrilla Marketing
Guerrilla Marketing : An Affordable Advertising Tool for Small Business Guerrilla Marketing is one of the best alternative options for those with smaller to almost non-existent advertising budgets. Now the obvious questions arise – What is guerrilla marketing and how it can it be used to promote a small business? The term basically refers to Continue Reading …
7 Time Management Tips
Time Management Tips Time. No matter how you choose to look at it, there’s only 24 hrs in every day so how on earth can we get everything done? If you’ve ever felt a little overwhelmed with the pace of technology, you’re not alone. Whether it’s school, work or even family, it doesn’t take long Continue Reading …
Seasonal Business – Off Season Gains
Seasonal Business If you run a Seasonal business, you and your staff might finally be letting out a collective sigh of relief now that the craziness is over and you’re venturing into your downtime. Locally here in BC, many of our seasonal businesses have ties in some small part to the Tourism and Hospitality Continue Reading …
5 Odd Google Ranking Factors
Google Ranking Factors Everyone wants to be at the top of Google search results and for some, this one task often becomes a fixation! If you’ve ever tried to improve your search rankings on Google, you probably already know that it’s not a simple task! In fact, the Google algorithm considers more than 200 factors Continue Reading …
Mobile just got even more Vital
Mobile Friendly Website? Now is the time, says Google Big changes are coming at Google that will definitely have an impact on website traffic. Google recently announced plans to change how they deliver mobile search results. On April 21st, 2015 Google will begin serving ONLY mobile friendly website results to those using mobile devices. That Continue Reading …
Starting a Business on a Budget
Starting a Business on a Budget I was chatting with an old friend last week at one of our local coffee shops and the subject of being in business came up in our usual banter. Basically, my friend told me that he had long dreamed of working for himself but had always lacked the resources Continue Reading …