It is a global economy… My customers, partners and freelancers are in Canada, US, UK, India, Philippines and many other countries. But we are not in the same time zones. So when I pick up the phone to call them, is it a good time to call or is it 4am where they are? 4am [...]

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Ok, we all know that blogs are cool.  But can a Blog do more?  Can a blog replace: Your standard page web site? Your lead capture page? Your sales page? Your membership web site? Can a blog be your ONLY web site?

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I built my business from zero to 6 figures using just one technique – ad swaps with other successful Internet marketers who had their own subscriber lists. But I had to do everything manually.  I ran searches through Google and forums to find other ad swappers and then passed the ad copy back and forth [...]

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I noticed that Netflix had finally come to Canada. Their offer certainly sounded enticing – unlimited TV and movies streaming to your TV, computer, laptop or iPhone all for $7.99 per month Canadian. So I signed up for the free trial and thought I would share my thoughts in this Netflix.ca review.

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Went to my first Tweetup this week! For those of you who aren’t familiar with a Tweetup, a Tweetup is an opportunity for local Twitter users to get together and meet each other face to face. This was the 4th Tweetup held in Nanaimo.  I wasn’t aware of it previously as my main Twitter account [...]

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When you write great content on your web site or blog, chances are that others will copy and paste it into their own web sites, email messages or reports to share with others. Unfortunately, this means that you aren’t getting any marketing benefit from those who copy and paste.

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So your shiny new web site is live on the Internet.  But is your web site really ready to market for you? How does it compare with your competition? How can you tell? Enter Web Site Grader.  This free web site analysis service takes a look at your web site and “grades” it by comparing [...]

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Did you ever pick up a book on a topic and notice when you start to read it that it is like they are talking about you? And not in a good way…

That was my experience when I picked up “Presentation Zen” by Garr Reynolds.

Presentation Zen is a book about how to make better communications and presentations instead of the horrible point-filled PowerPoint presentations we usually see. The book is quick to point out that PowerPoint is not the problem – the problem is how we use it.

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I work from home and spend all day in front of a computer. When I am out or traveling, I often use my iPhone to access the Internet. While it lacks a comfortable keyboard for typing, it works fine for browsing and short email replies.

So I visit many of the same sites on my iPhone that I access in my computer browser. Sites such as eBay, PayPal and The Weather Network. I also use many iPhone tools while out and traveling that I also have on my computer such as Calendar, Contacts and a stopwatch timer.

While doing this, I found something unusual happening. I was starting to access some of these at home using my iPhone instead of my computer, EVEN WHEN I WAS SITTING AT MY COMPUTER!

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Social networking is one of the hottest topics right now, and marketing expert recommend that you belong to and update many networks to get as much exposure as possible for your articles, status updates and comments. But it takes time to log in to all these social networks and update your status.  So I started [...]

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