Tips and resources for a Canadian small business to succeed online, covering all industries such as professional services, food and hospitality, creative arts, home improvement, retail and grocery etc. Find out how you can build and use your domain name, website and business email to create a secure and professional web presence.
Webnames.ca is committed to helping small business owners across Canada to overcome challenges with technical know-how, digital marketing and growth online through a series of insightful articles, tips and resources on this blog. At Webnames, we have over 20 years of expertise in enabling individuals and businesses make the leap online. Our in-house experts as well as hand-picked guest contributors have curated these resources to ensure that you get the best possible advice.
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Cybele NegrisWebnames.ca is proud to promote the BCTIA Technology Impact Awards taking place June 8, 2010 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Over 700 senior representatives of the technology and business community will attend this event to recognize the best of BC’s technology community. The Technology Impact Awards is an annual program created to celebrate the successes of BC’s…
Cybele NegrisNow that Canada has shown the world what we are capable of and we have all experienced the Olympics together and feeling that overwhelming sense of Canadian pride, here’s a contest for you to showcase your “online Canadian-ness.” No, you won’t win gold but the prizes are pretty good: 1. Grand prize wins a MacBook…
Cybele NegrisAs a part of our core values we are constantly trying to improve and strive for excellence. So when I heard about the new employee training program established by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, I applied right away. Essentially, the Workplace Training for Innovation Pilot Program is designed to help BC…
Cybele NegrisI don’t know of a single blogger who doesn’t want to improve their search engine optimization and page rank. The truth is that there is always something you can do! Here are 10 tips for boosting SEO – and all of them are straight forward things you can implement yourself. Start with writing great content that is…
Cybele NegrisI’m asked to speak to small businesses frequently at a variety of technology or entrepreneurship events. A frequently overlooked, but important thing I always mention is to have an effective email strategy. People are typically surprised when they hear this. After all, how strategic is sending and receiving communication? Below are some do’s and don’t’s when setting…
Cybele NegrisThe provinces of Ontario and British Columbia have agreed to implement the harmonized sales tax (HST), which would replace existing provincial sales taxes and the federal goods and services tax in those provinces beginning July 1, 2010. The Canada Revenue Agency is offering information seminars, at no charge, to ensure businesses receive the information they…
Cybele NegrisCongratulations to Vancouver Sales and Social Media Experts Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger on their new book “Sociable! How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside-down.” Gibson and Jagger talk about using social media to create real relationships that impact individuals, businesses and community, having fun and being profitable. As they note in their…
Cybele NegrisMy fellow Small Business Roundtable board member Garth Frizzell, CEO of Terra Cognita Software Systems Inc. has compiled 10 tips on how small businesses can prepare for media interviews that I want to share with Webnames.ca readers. With the mass of media about to descend on Vancouver in less than a month for the 2010 Winter…
Webnames.ca StaffSo I am thinking of quitting my job here at Webnames to start my own business coming up with super cool names for iPhone apps, Web 2.0 companies, new products, gizmos and gadgets! All you developers and entrepreneurs out there think that all the great names like Twitter and Shazam are gone and you are…
JuliannaSometimes I seem to do the same things over and over again. I frequently find myself awash in an ocean of information, and then I think, “GET ORGANIZED!” Here are a few good tools that are FREE, and extremely useful in my managing my daily online activities. Password Safe I have so many passwords to keep…
Cybele NegrisAs a board member of the Vancouver Economic Development Committee and a member of the 2010 taskforce, I was invited to attend the press conference yesterday announcing the Metro Vancouver Commerce (MVC) 2010 Host Program. This historic announcement marked the first time nine Metro municipalities have collaborated on a regional economic development initiative. Mayors Gregor…
JuliannaSo you’ve registered your domains. Score. You set them all up and made them appealing. Score. But do you know if anyone seeing them? Good question. There are some great ways to capture that feedback, and here are some of them: Counting Visits A simple 3rd party counter is often all it takes to make me feel…
Cybele NegrisI was invited to speak at a really great event last week “Leadership Lessons from Influential Women in Business“. It was put on by Business in Vancouver, Professional Women’s Network, and Young Women in Business. The event was sold out! I was honoured to be part of a group of women that included Tamara Vrooman…
Cybele NegrisYesterday I attended the launch event for Small Business BC’s new Start-Up Kit. Produced by the Small Business BC team and partners the Start-Up Kit contains comprehensive business start-up information, is nicely designed with colourful bright photographs and extremely valuable content. The kit is divided into five categories: Getting Started, Business Planning, Financing, Legal/Taxes and Resources.…
Cybele NegrisI am extremely honoured to have been appointed to the Government of BC’s Small Business Roundtable. Since forming in 2005, the roundtable has held over 35 consultations with more than 600 small business owners. The 24 members of the Roundtable represent small business organizations from every region of B.C. The Roundtable presented its 4th Annual…
