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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 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…
Garrett SaundryCybele Negris, Webnames.ca COO, has been appointed by Iain Black, Britsh Columbia’s Minster of Small Business, Technology and Economic Development, to the BC Small Business Roundtable. With the most optimistic small business sector in the country, British Columbia continues to produce more new small businesses and the fastest pace of small business job growth in Canada.…
Amy ElderkinHave you been following the .TEL story but still have questions? Perhaps you’ve already got your .TEL but want to learn how to integrate it into your Social Media and marketing strategies? Well if you’re based in Vancouver, why not come along to the first Dot Tel Meet Up meeting on Friday, October 9th? Webnames.ca…
Webnames.ca StaffDo you know that I have missed parties because I am not on Facebook?! I don’t get the invite and nobody thinks to email me or, heaven forbid, pick up the phone and call me to tell me about it. If people are spending their time working and connecting within Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc., is…
Join Webnames.ca and our COO Cybele Negris at Small Business BC’s Entrepreneur Showcase on Wednesday, October 7 from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 655 Burrard St, Vancouver. Highlights of the Showcase include: Network with over 250 local business professionals Meet some of Vancouver’s most successful entrepreneurs Visit the ‘Showcase’ featuring exhibits from…
Cybele NegrisMonths of competition has passed. What started out as a group of 172 companies was whittled down to 30 companies. Now the final 10 have been announced! As sponsor of the 2009 New Ventures BC Competition, Webnames.ca would like to congratulate all the companies short-listed to Round 4. To win the finalists must now convince…
