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Social Summit: The Word of Mouth

Submitted by Mistie Brown on

The Waterloo Region Small Business Centre has partnered with Mad Hatter Technology to host a very cool event this fall. Social Summit: The Word of Mouth event is happening on Friday, September 26th at the Tannery Event Centre. This event will feature insightful stories, strategies, trend predictions and perspectives from some of our community’s most influential social media leaders.

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andrea bellemare
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The DSGN Network Partners with KOI Music Festival

Submitted by Brendan Waller on

KOI Music FestivalWe are excited to announce a brand new partnership between dsgn network and the KOI Music Festival for 2014. The dsgn network, in association with RDC Networks and Cisco, will be

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Meraki
KOI
KOI Music Festival
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Wifi Hotspot
online marketing

A Mentor

Submitted by Rena Hawkins on

   My last blog I mentioned how an opportunity was presented to me at a difficult time, and this opportunity lead me to where I am today.  That was just the beginning of a long line of opportunities and mentors that I never discounted no matter how small or big.  I have been lucky to have many people in my career that have pushed me to do better, look twice and even turn my head the other way.  When I take a mental snap shot of the pinnacle moments in my career there are a few mentors that stand out. 

Accounting Was Never my Best Friend

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

 I remember the early days of starting my first business and the one task I always wanted to forget about and hope it would go away was: accounting. I was hopeless. I had boxes of receipts and bits of paper, including paper bank statements, none of which made any sense when it came to tax time!

My IT Guy Acquires Virtual Planet Inc.

Submitted by Adam Smith on

Second Acquisition for My IT Guy Increases Web and Email Hosting Capabilities

Press Release (July 30, 2014) KITCHENER, ON - My IT Guy Corp, a leading provider of IT support in Waterloo Region, announced today that it has acquired Virtual Planet Inc., a boutique web and email hosting provider based in Kitchener.

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waterloo
guelph
cambridge
it service
web hosting
email hosting

5 Tips to Achieve Email Marketing Excellence

Submitted by Dave Scott on

Personalization Sees Payoffs in Marketing Emails

▶︎ 81% of survey respondents are more likely to make additional purchases because of targeted emails
▶︎ 82% would welcome more emails if they were targeted to their needs
▶︎ Nearly 70% would disclose personal facts if the emails they received were more relevant 

How to Cut Through the Card Clutter

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

Are you confused about which business card would work for you? I felt quite overwhelmed with all the different choices when I was trying to decide which card would work best for my small business.

I took charge of the situation by sifting through all the information I was receiving from different organizations. They were each advertising their card as the “best-choice” for me, but as I quickly came to realize, many were generic and only fit certain aspects of my business. I needed something that was a bit more tailored to my needs and worked for a variety of aspects.

To Evolve - Survive - Adapt - Change - Succeed

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

I only became a working mum after I moved to Canada to start a new life with my husband a four children. The decision had been made before we had our family that my husband would continue to work, he had a career I did not, and I would be a stay at home mum. We both agreed and were happy with this decision and being a stay at home mum is more than a full time job, it is 24/7. It is more common today for dads to chose to stay at home, but not so much when I had my children.

Relationship Building

Submitted by Linda Ockwell-Jenner on

LindaOJ here co-founder of the Small Business Community Network (SBCN). I realised the benefit of building relationships with people many years ago, before the onset of social media. As an unknown professional speaker building my business from scratch with no budget at all, and no credibility, I was determined to find a way to become known.

A Dream

Submitted by Rena Hawkins on

This will be my first article posted on SBCN....I hope you enjoy reading it.  I will give you some back ground about me and how I came into a career in trucking.  In 1994 I found myself in an unfourtunate situaiton, it was my first year out of high school and working full time.....exciting right?  I soon found myself without a job and without direction.  Thankfully my Aunt who had a connection at Challenger Motor Freight was willing to hire me on a temporary basis to file and archive paperwork.  My job consisted of literllay standing in the back of a 48' trailer with a floor standing shop l

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