Archive for December, 2008

A great story to end 2008

My good buddy Karl Palachuk, some of you may know Karl from the Small Business IT community and some of you through his SMB Books website introduced me to a great book a while back and although I kept it in the back of my mind for the past couple of years I never actually [...]

Search Engine Optimization

I had a great chat on Monday with my buddy David West, now some of you that follow my blog closely know that I think very highly of Dave’s company eKzact Solutions.  Dave’s firm is the king of Calgary web design companies.  If you are looking for a website or have some web work done, [...]

Goals for 2009

Good Day Friends, it is actually Christmas morning as I write this.  My family is still asleep on this wonderful morning, the morning that our Saviour Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem.  I watched an old cartoon for the 50’s with my wife Janet last night.  It was the “Little Drummer Boy”.  Do you remember [...]

Why you need video on your website

My buddy David West from eKzact Solutions is a guru when it comes to marketing and how to take your small business to market.  I learn lots from Dave in a simple 10 minute chat with him and I always feel inspired when I hang with him about what we can do in our business [...]

Advertising – You need to make a statement

This ad came into my inbox prior to Christmas and I was thinking what to say about it.  At first I looked at as something pretty cheesy however after a second and third look at it my feelings of cheesiness turned to brilliance for an IT company.  Why do I think this?  Simple, when you [...]

Hockey in Phoenix

I love my annual trip to Phoenix and checking out the Flames or another Canadian team play the Phoenix Coyotes in the beautiful Glendale Jobing arena on the western edge of Phoenix.  However, business brains would question why there is hockey in the desert if the Coyotes are losing $30 million dollars a season.  It [...]

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