10 Ways to Business Success!

Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at 12:39 am

One of my clients lives in Vancouver and is struggling with his business. He decided to take a respite and take a month off to his native El Salvador to get energized. Ouch I thought that was my job! Read the rest of this entry

Is Your Business Starting or Dying?

Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at 12:01 am

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Do you have any idea what stage of life you are in? Are you a young buck, middle aged or maybe over the hill. These days over the hill is a term I don’t acknowledge whatsoever.

What about your business? Do you know what stage of life your business is in? Read the rest of this entry

9 Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 at 6:48 pm

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Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come

1. The Post Office. Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills. Read the rest of this entry

O No! Another Election? but Wait it’s Vancity Credit Union

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 at 5:27 pm

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Some see me as blunt, others think I ‘m opinionated. I think people feel I’m competent and honest and I think people like me. I’ve been self employed for more than 30 years and have been involved in the community most of them. I don’t suffer fools and am quick to make people as accountable as I am with myself.

I’ve been running for the Vancity Credit Union’s Board of Directors for the past 5 years. I originally ran because I felt it was a progressive organization under the leadership of legendary Dave Mowat the former CEO. Well I ‘m still running and he’s gone!

It’s tough to hold yourself open to public (sort of) office and I always wonder what makes people seek to put their name and face up for an election. I’ve never had a problem ever since high school running for election. I always felt I could do a good job, often better than others and I wasn’t afraid to be accountable.

I’ve been told in the past I am a Maverick Read the rest of this entry

Social Media Can Make a Difference!

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 at 2:15 pm

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150,000+ Twitter Followers, an influence rate of 70%, number 2 Social media networker in Vancouver, hundreds of LinkedIn and hundreds more of Facebook followers reaching 18 million people daily. Just numbers? Sort of, but they are MY social media numbers.

In the beginning I got caught up in the trend like everyone. Wow, what a great way to sell people things on the internet. What if I didn’t want to sell anything but wanted to engage people in dialogue, sometimes funny, sometimes irreverent but always heartfelt?

As my numbers grew an interesting thing happened, masses of people started coming to my blog and actually read it. Then something else happened, people started hiring for my expertise. Read the rest of this entry