I had the pleasure of attending the Mesh Marketing conference here in Toronto this past week. It was organized by the founders of Freshbooks and assortment of consultants and writers. Aside from the plethora of standard “you need to be engaged in Social media” and “content is king” sessions, there were some interesting speakers from which I...

As part of my ongoing series featuring fiery entrepreneurs, today I finally have chance to showcase in detail the great Anthony Green of Take Care of Biz, a business blog for aspiring entrepreneurs. Anthony has been appearing quite frequently here as of late because well, he’s fine gent and a good friend. Is there a company that this many hasn’t run?...

Sometimes I like to dedicate entire posts to entrepreneurs that I’ve met and admire. Sometimes interviewing them or sometimes putting up a short blurb about them and their business. These are usually my favorite types of posts – I love talking about the work of others and being inspired by the work of my peers. And as a bonus, everyone always appreciates...

As some of you may or may not know, I’m huge points collector. My wallet has more points related cards than it does anything else, including cash (which is a whole other matter on its own). I only use credit cards for the points that I collect from them. In fact, I usually don’t buy anything unless I know I’m benefiting with points one way or the...

The other day I was listening to a podcast from one of my favorite bloggers Pat Flynn. In this episode he came up with a list of 5 questions one should ask themselves to improve their online business, blog or website. I couldn’t help compare the topic to theme of online positioning, which I write about here on this blog. The importance of first impressions,...

Well it’s not any kind of Holiday for us Canadians this week.. but that won’t stop many from filling up our gas tanks and venturing out to border cities on Black Friday weekend to score some major shopping deals. If dealing with that kind of madness isn’t your kinda thing – it isn’t mine (I rarely head to malls unless its to accompany...