If you collect business cards from networking events remember not only to add the contacts to your data base, but also to ensure you update your list regularly. Small business…
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Business Cards Have a Shelf Life
by Linda Ockwell-Jenner

Want to Build Connections For Your Business?
by Linda Ockwell-Jenner
It's been said many times that it's not what you know, but who you know! Networking is the best way to build connections and foster the business relationships that power your…

Finish What You Started
by Linda Ockwell-Jenner
Whether you are a small biz owner or a friend doing someone a favour, follow through with what you started. Reputation is key and once you lose that you have to work very hard to…

Short on cash but big on love? Try these affordable romance tips:
by Dorothy Fry
Spend the entire day watching romantic movies.If you’d like to spend a romantic summer night making wishes on falling stars, mark the second week in August on your calendar. The…

Who Wants to Win a BlackBerry® Z10 smartphone from TELUS?
by Linda Ockwell-Jenner
It's sleek, looks gorgeous, lovely to touch and everyone wants one! What is this thing I talk about you may ask, take a look and see what you think. Yes, it's the new BlackBerry…

Self-employed? Customize your disability & critical illness coverage!
by Glenn Stewart
Self-employed? Customize your disability and critical illness coverage!Trends in the Canadian job market show there that has been a steady increase in the number of self-employed…

TELUS & The Globe & Mail 2013 $100K Challenge Contest
by Linda Ockwell-Jenner
TELUS and The Globe and Mail are happy to share the challenge contest will be returning in 2013, for our third year! On March 18, tell us what challenges your business is…

Looking for some fun ways to add romance to your relationship? Try these creative romance tips!
by Dorothy Fry
Give your lover a dozen roses with a creative twist – eleven red and one white rose! Attach a note that reads: "In every bunch there’s one who stands out — you are that…

Sanity? I have some...
by Nikos Rentas
Today marks the 28th of January and as every year I start planning for the year objectively and logically. I start looking at my business in a non biased way and align my vision…

Three Tips on Improving your Written Business Communications
by Kerstin Kramer
Proper grammar and spelling in daily business communication is unfortunately an often overlooked, essential tool. Many of the people you work with on a daily basis (such as your…

LindaOJ's New One Page Website
by Linda Ockwell-Jenner
I have a wonderful website, it does a great job of sharing with everyone who I am, what I do, how they can contact me etc, but this time last year Dave Ockwell-Jenner, my business…

Asleep at the Wheel
by Glenn Stewart
Asleep at the Wheel Are you aware — truly aware — of the precise moment you drift off to sleep at night? No?Well, the same is true when you're behind the wheel. You could…