Blogs - Business In Burlington

Final Quarter of the Year

The last days of the year are fast approaching. Have you kept your financial records up to date? Take the time now to organize your books or better yet hire a bookkeeper to get them ready for your accountant. Waiting to the last minute will cost you more money in the long run. Continue

Added by Liz Boydell on November 18, 2009 at 1:53pm — No Comments

How To Get the Burlington Chamber to Market You in The Burlington Post (For FREE)

As current Chair of the Burlington Chamber's Marketing & Communication Committee, part of my duties include encouraging local businesses to send in articles for publication in the Burlington Post. There's no cost or fee for this service and it's a great way to get exposure for your local business. If you'd like to be published in the centre spread please send us your content. The guidelines for submission are below. Any questions ... just ask me :-) PROCEDURE FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS… Continue

Added by James Burchill on November 6, 2009 at 7:49am — No Comments

Now Playing on People In Connection Internet TV Show...

Carolyn Shannon presents 5 fun ways to Shake off Negativity (warning: Carolyn will make you laugh out loud!), Eva Marsh talks about her recovery from MS after being diagnosed over 40 years ago and Karen Filice shares how Step Up for Research in Hamilton is working to improve the lives of thousands of people! Visit http://www.peopleinconnection.tv . We hope you enjoy the show! Continue

Added by Marie Mushing on November 4, 2009 at 4:32pm — No Comments

Virtual Assistant Virtually. This a good idea?

If you could either from the office or even better from the car have e-mails read to you,send e-mails,change and or verify your schedule,send a text message,make calls,access your desktop all with just the use of you voice would that be of interest to you and your business? So as to be clear I don't mean the kind of voice recognition that requires hours and hours of training or that rely's on a speaker phone. Is that cool? I'm referring to a virtual assistant that is actually virtu… Continue

Added by Walter Ritchi on October 27, 2009 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Time for a change of mind?

The shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line (ignoring the curvature of space *grin*) and logic is a sequential process - a linear progression of ideas built upon the former. You might call it 'straight line' thinking. "OK James, but what has that got to do with the price of fish?" Quite a bit actually... It's all about "Time", or more importantly, the time it takes to "walk the line" -- the logic line that is. But I should back up a bit and give you the framework of today's miss… Continue

Added by James Burchill on October 25, 2009 at 4:56pm — No Comments

Giving your customers the information that they need to buy!

Giving your customers something for free goes a long way to making them buyers. This doesn’t mean you have to give them a gift or something physical. Informative written articles on a webpage can serve the same purpose! Text content on a web page has two main purposes. It allows you a chance to engage your customers into conversation without ever meeting them. Text also is what a search engines see and ranks you accordingly on your relevancy on a particular keyword or phrase. Proper written copy… Continue

Added by Brent Vinthers on October 8, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

time management

One thing I've learned this month is that you can't manage time.. time moves on and doesn't need to be managed... but you can manage your life. Realizing this we reduce our stress level because we realize that there are only a certain amount of things we can do with the time alotted us each day. Continue

Added by Marie Mushing on October 6, 2009 at 3:14pm — No Comments

Attention Paul Miklas - You could save $1.15 million dollars

A recent article in the Toronto Star mentions that Paul Miklas (“an ultra-exclusive homebuilder who builds super high-end mansions across North America”) is selling a new home he built in Toronto for $23 million dollars. Mr. Miklas, you should be selling privately with ByTheOwner.com! We would be able to take our HDR Photos and make your home look amazing. We would put you on our ByTheOwner.com network where we have sold more than 71,000 homes and receive more than 2,000,000 visitors per month… Continue

Added by William Stynes on October 6, 2009 at 9:40am — No Comments

Social Media Automation (a diagram)

I'm often asked to "show" people how you can connect the dots and automate your social media publishing. I recently drew a diagram that seemed to make it clear, and here it is:

You can check out the full size image a… Continue

Added by James Burchill on October 5, 2009 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Housing Starts Increase in August

According to the latest article from CMHC, housing starts have picked up the pace and are re-growing. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts increased to 150,400 units in August from 134,200 units in July, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). “Housing starts are trending higher, reflecting improvements in both the single and multiple segments,” said Bob Dugan, Chief Economist at CMHC’s Market Analysis Centre. “The improvement in housing starts is consiste… Continue

Added by Charmaine Idzerda on September 28, 2009 at 2:10pm — No Comments

Don’t Rush the Call

A few days ago I finally made contact with a new prospect and we started discussing his situation. Most preliminary calls like this take between 15-30 minutes and I usually start our conversation by asking, “Is this still a good time to talk?” However, I didn’t do that in this particular situation and six minutes into the call my prospect said, “I have to get to a meeting. Send me some information and we’ll talk later.” As a result, I did not have the time to more deeply pursue my prospect’s pr… Continue

Added by Kelley Robertson on September 28, 2009 at 6:11am — 1 Comment

Point of Purchase LCD Screens - really do increase sales and lower advertising budgets

Hello, If you have not heard of POP Screens and you are a Retailer, Travel Agent, Auto Repair shop, Auto Dealer, Mar… Continue

Added by Doug Sexton on September 24, 2009 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Welcome to the People In Connection Internet TV Show!

We have a great show lined up for you! This week In the Priority Information Centre, Christine Smurlick will give you some great tips on how to attract the media. Our business profile guests include: Ann Oatman from Total Eco Solutions and Vicky Johnson From Bay King Motors. Ann will share how she helps people to live healthier with environmentally friendly solutions and Vicky will give you some insight into buying new or used vehicles. We are also very pleased to have Hamilton’s Mayor Fred Ei… Continue

Added by Marie Mushing on September 22, 2009 at 8:32pm — No Comments

New Exclusive Entrepreneurs' Club in Oakville -- the e-Spot™

Coming soon to Oakville, Ontario, the e-Spot™ is a membership-based club where entrepreneurial dreams come true. Imagine...over 2500 square feet of a loft-style space, high ceilings, windows everywhere, easy to get to and with tons of parking. As a member of the e-Spot™, here’s what you get:

A space that functions as your office, whenever you need it,
Options for meeting

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Added by Boris Mahovac - eMarketing Coach on September 14, 2009 at 10:46am — 1 Comment

Just Do It

Many people in sales know what they should do. However, they analyze the details to death and this “paralysis by analysis” causes them to hesitate and second-guess themselves. Many people hesitate to pick up the telephone and call a prospect who appears to be sitting on the fence because they don’t know exactly what to say. They may resist cold calling because they fear the rejection. They may not change their approach because it feels uncomfortable. These are natural responses. However, these… Continue

Added by Kelley Robertson on September 14, 2009 at 9:56am — No Comments

"Yeah, I Know That."

Veteran sales people often ask me for ideas on advanced sales training and I am usually at a loss for words (difficult to believe, I know!). Certainly, there are new technologies and platforms and the tidal wave of social networks opportunities have changed the sales world and given sellers new ways to prospect, connect, and sell. However, even though today’s business world is more competitive and buyers are more sophisticated than ever, the fundamental rules of selling still apply. When someon… Continue

Added by Kelley Robertson on September 8, 2009 at 8:52am — No Comments

The Essential Message Teleseminar - Sept 30 09 - Topic - Identity, Essential Message & Genius

Michael Neray, The Essential Message, In Conversation With Larry Ackerman, author of The Identity Code, and Gerry Sindell, author of The Genius Machine Teleclass Wednesday September 30, 2009 4 - 5pm ET In this teleclass, you can be part of a three-way conversation between Michel Neray and two other fascinating individuals who are pioneers in helping individuals and corporations tap into th… Continue

Added by Cheryl Scoffield on September 5, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

How can volunteers get more done? Teach them to fish.

News Release: For Immediate Use How can volunteers get more done in these tough times? Teach them to fish. Hamilton, ON - September, 2009: Charities and nonprofit associations are invisible victims of hard times. Why? Because failed fund raisers and declining memberships don’t grab attention. It’s tough to compete with employee layoffs and business bankruptcies. Charities and associations need to do even more with less just to hold their ground. They need to deliver their message with g… Continue

Added by George Torok on September 1, 2009 at 5:07pm — 2 Comments

Halton Industry Education Council's 20th Anniversary - Keynote Richard Florida

Come Celebrate Halton Industry Education Council’s 20th Anniversary! The keynote speaker is Richard Florida. You may have heard me mention Richard before because I read his global best-seller book The Rise of the Creative Class and it was great. He will be the keynote speaker and will probably be speaking about his new book Who's Your City. Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Burlington Convention Centre Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Individual $150 Table of eight $1,200 Register for… Continue

Added by Cheryl Scoffield on September 1, 2009 at 4:10pm — No Comments

New promotions from LaserAge coming soon!

Watch for new promotions available for multiple cartridge orders of our compatible colour and black toner cartridges! Value priced cartridges are available for HP, Lexmark, Samsung, Dell, Canon printers, copiers, and fax machines. Don't hesitate to call for availability and pricing. Call and ask for Dave at (905)548-0444 for pricing and more information. Continue

Added by David Hills on August 31, 2009 at 10:20am — No Comments

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