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Why Your Company Will Benefit from a Blog

Blogging is the act of writing articles and publishing them on the Internet (usually your website). You’re reading a blog post right now. And, this post is part…

What to Do When Your Company Has a Bad Reputation

A few months ago I was approached by a company that was in a sales slump and needed help. Sales were down and the owner felt that better…

5 Things We Learned About Export Marketing at Engage 2013

At the beginning of this week I spent two days at the “Engage 2013: Succeeding in Export Marketing and Sales” conference in Saint John, NB. Over 100 business…

Succeeding in Export Marketing: Why Content is King

This week’s marketing advice was actually inspired by a video clip of David Meerman Scott, best selling author of “The New Rules of Marketing & PR”. The video…

Why Your Website Isn’t Getting More Search Traffic

“Why isn’t our website appearing on the first page of Google?“, or some version of that question, is something I’m often asked. I assure you, if you’ve been…

5 Big Ways to Market Your Business in a Small Town

If you own a business in a small town you might have discovered that getting the word out and enticing people through your doors isn’t exactly easy. In…

Marketing vs Sales | Why Marketing is Just As Important as Sales

Marketing is as important as sales because marketing is sales, and marketing supports sales. Let me explain. There’s a saying that sometimes goes around in companies that have…

Marketing to Millennials; What Business Owners Need to Know

Also known as “Generation  Y”, Millennials are those 9 million Canadians who were born between 1980 and 2000 (13 – 33 year olds). They represent the largest generation…

Is Your Competitor Wooing Your Customers?

My cousin Chris is a huge snowboarding enthusiast. So much so that he spent many years working on the ski hills in British Columbia. So let’s say, for…

How to Stop Competing on Price & Differentiate Your Brand from the Competition

Last week I went to the new Second Cup in Saint John. I paid $3.95 and here’s what I received in return: A chance to catch up with…