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Milton Wong on Leadership

The name Milton Wong is synonymous with philanthropy, commerce and leadership in Vancouver. His list of accolades is enough for several lifetimes: Order of Canada, former Chancellor of SFU, Order of British Columbia, founder of the Dragon Boat Races, founder of the Laur...

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Leadership Lessons from the Military

Issue - THE LEADERSHIP ISSUE

Former lt. colonel Paul Dangerfield led missions in Rwanda and Bosnia as part of his 20-year military service. Today, he brings that experience to his most challenging position, a VP of BCIT

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Moving Up with Social Media

Issue - Social Media

Martin Wong (left) of SmarttNet has helped Ferguson Movers increase its web traffic by 2,000 per cent in 18 months using a myriad of social media strategies. Find out how he did it.

By Christina Newberry

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Socializing Your Business

Issue - Social Media

When friends started asking Rich Patterson how he increased traffic to his apparel website, he knew he was on to something. He started ninepointten.com [with partner Adam Kambeitz], which focuses on helping small business with their social media strategies

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SmarttNet’s 5 steps to social media success

Issue - Social Media

By Martin Wong of SmarttNet

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Make It Business Magazine Columnist

of 11 Columns

Victor Chew Wong

Editor

Leadership is tough, but someone must do it

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Fiona Walsh

Sales Expert

To grow your dream, lead your team

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Robert Ciccone

Marketing Expert

Three ways to rocket your revenue

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Michael Walsh

Business Coach

Be wary of social-media prophets

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Jessica Whitby

Vancouver's "It" Girl

Maestros and moguls flaunt glamourous glitz

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Simeen Gaidh...

Financial Expert

Social networking invades staid accounting world

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Brian Scudamore

Business Expert

Part-time effort = part-time success: If you want your company to succeed, you have to be on-site at all times

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Miin Lim

Management Expert

Beware of pitfalls with big clients: Prepare for all consequences when seeking large contracts

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Andy Latter

Web Expert

Yes, you can compete in tough times Polish your presentation, and above all – stay connected!

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Andrea Jacques

Workplace Issues

Maximizing intangible assets an art

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Martin Wong

Digital Compass

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Monday, February 8, 2010

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Small Business BC

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Advertising Workshop

Online Webinar

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Cash Flow and Growing Your Business

Small Business BC

Small Business Tip

Don’t Cut Your Marketing Budget in a Recession

Perhaps the most widely ignored recession survival "rule," is to not cut back on marketing efforts. A McGraw Hill study done during the early 1980s recession divided firms into those that continued to spend on advertising versus those that cut back. Researchers found companies that continued to spend doubled their sales and profits. Those that cut back lost about 20 percent of sales and profits. The most dramatic gains came in the first two years of the recovery when businesses that had continued to spend enjoyed sales and profit growth of 273 percent. Those non-spenders, they had 20 percent growth in sales and profit after five years compared to 1980.