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Prior to starting Make It business in Dec of 2003 with his partner Victor Chew Wong, Josh was a top salesperson at one of BC's biggest Telus mobility dealers. Prior to that, he held a real estate license. Josh began his working life in Canada as a dish washer when he first moved here as a refugee in 1990 from Kandahar, Afghanistan. True to his ability to find a better way, he moved up to bus boy, then waiter in a short period of time. Josh spends
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Prior to starting Make It business in Dec of 2003 with his partner Victor Chew Wong, Josh was a top salesperson at one of BC's biggest Telus mobility dealers. Prior to that, he held a real estate license. Josh began his working life in Canada as a dish washer when he first moved here as a refugee in 1990 from Kandahar, Afghanistan. True to his ability to find a better way, he moved up to bus boy, then waiter in a short period of time. Josh spends his spare time gardening, playing tennis, and hiking.
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Victor Chew Wong,
Publisher and Editor
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Before launching Make It Business magazine in 2003 with business partner Josh Chicher, Victor worked as a journalist at several Canadian newspapers including, The Vancouver Sun, The Province and stints and The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. In addition to his responsibilities at Make It Business, Victor sits on the boards of The BC Association of Magazine Publishers and the Downtown Vancouver Association and is Vice Chair of the Vancouver Board
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Before launching Make It Business magazine in 2003 with business partner Josh Chicher, Victor worked as a journalist at several Canadian newspapers including, The Vancouver Sun, The Province and stints and The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. In addition to his responsibilities at Make It Business, Victor sits on the boards of The BC Association of Magazine Publishers and the Downtown Vancouver Association and is Vice Chair of the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Small Business Council.
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Adrian Duke,
Marketing Specialist
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Adrian is a marketing specialist with Make It Business magazine. In addition to his responsibilities of helping bring value to our advertisers, Adrian is also the manager of membership for the all-new Make It Business Book Club. He is a graduate of BCIT and also is a special assistant to the Executive Director of the BC Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
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Adrian is a marketing specialist with Make It Business magazine. In addition to his responsibilities of helping bring value to our advertisers, Adrian is also the manager of membership for the all-new Make It Business Book Club. He is a graduate of BCIT and also is a special assistant to the Executive Director of the BC Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
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Brian Scudamore,
Business Expert Columnist
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Brian Scudamore is the Founder and CEO of Vancouver-based 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a hyper-growth brand dubbed one of the fastest growing companies in North America. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Currently has more than 300 franchises across North America and Australia. Brian’s leadership is widely recognized by the media and business community.
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Brian Scudamore is the Founder and CEO of Vancouver-based 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a hyper-growth brand dubbed one of the fastest growing companies in North America. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Currently has more than 300 franchises across North America and Australia. Brian’s leadership is widely recognized by the media and business community.
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Fiona Walsh,
Women in Business Columnist
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Fiona Walsh is one of only three business coaches in North America approved to provide the highly successful and popular Ghost CEO coaching program. An expert in sales and business development, she offers tips for growing your business.
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Fiona Walsh is one of only three business coaches in North America approved to provide the highly successful and popular Ghost CEO coaching program. An expert in sales and business development, she offers tips for growing your business.
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Robert Ciccone,
Marketing Expert Columnist
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Robert Ciccone is the president and founder of Success Unlimited Sales and Marketing Group. He is also the creator of the Marketing for Profit Program, a three-part results program that provides the marketing systems, tools and ongoing support to help participants effectively build, manage and operate a profitable business.
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Robert Ciccone is the president and founder of Success Unlimited Sales and Marketing Group. He is also the creator of the Marketing for Profit Program, a three-part results program that provides the marketing systems, tools and ongoing support to help participants effectively build, manage and operate a profitable business.
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Michael Walsh,
Business Coach Columnist
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Michael Walsh, founder and president of Kaizen Consulting, a Vancouver-based company with offices in Canada and the USA, has been helping small business owners achieve business growth since 1995. In that time, Michael has helped more than 200 business owners reach their personal goals by doubling, tripling and quadrupling their revenues.
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Michael Walsh, founder and president of Kaizen Consulting, a Vancouver-based company with offices in Canada and the USA, has been helping small business owners achieve business growth since 1995. In that time, Michael has helped more than 200 business owners reach their personal goals by doubling, tripling and quadrupling their revenues.
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Jessica Whitby,
Events & Social Scene Columnist
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Jessica Whitby is the owner of Juicy Communications & Promotions, a boutique-style public relations company in Vancouver and Toronto. Juicy Communications represents clients in the lifestyle, wellness, entertainment, and not-for-profit industries. For upcoming events, PR, and to hire promotional staff visit her website.
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Jessica Whitby is the owner of Juicy Communications & Promotions, a boutique-style public relations company in Vancouver and Toronto. Juicy Communications represents clients in the lifestyle, wellness, entertainment, and not-for-profit industries. For upcoming events, PR, and to hire promotional staff visit her website.
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Simeen Gaidhar-Bhanji,
Financial Expert Columnist
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Simeen Gaidhar-Bhanji, CA is a Partner of Kassim Lakha Abdulla & Company Chartered Accountants that offer a variety of services to corporations and individuals ranging from tax planning and consulting, compilation, reviews and audits of financial statements, corporate and personal tax returns, GST/PST services, and consulting for internal control, financing and tax.
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Simeen Gaidhar-Bhanji, CA is a Partner of Kassim Lakha Abdulla & Company Chartered Accountants that offer a variety of services to corporations and individuals ranging from tax planning and consulting, compilation, reviews and audits of financial statements, corporate and personal tax returns, GST/PST services, and consulting for internal control, financing and tax.
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Martin Wong,
Internet Marketing
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Martin Wong is a partner and chief marketing officer at SmarttNet. Martin is responsible for the online development and the overall marketing vision of SmarttNet while simultaneously overseeing the creation of a new Internet marketing department. With over 10 years’ experience in online marketing, Martin combines his extensive abilities and Google certifications to provide informed and testable business solutions. Reach Martin at 604-430-4700 or martin@smartt.com.
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Martin Wong is a partner and chief marketing officer at SmarttNet. Martin is responsible for the online development and the overall marketing vision of SmarttNet while simultaneously overseeing the creation of a new Internet marketing department. With over 10 years’ experience in online marketing, Martin combines his extensive abilities and Google certifications to provide informed and testable business solutions. Reach Martin at 604-430-4700 or martin@smartt.com.
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Miin Lim,
Management Expert Columnist
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Miin Lim is a senior business advisor at Ascent Group, a firm specializing in optimizing service delivery to generate revenue & create sustainable long-term value.
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Miin Lim is a senior business advisor at Ascent Group, a firm specializing in optimizing service delivery to generate revenue & create sustainable long-term value.
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Andy Latter,
Web Expert Columnist
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Andy Latter is an eBusiness adviser with eBusiness Connections, a business resource centre providing eBusiness information and services to help BC business remain competitive in an online market. Andy has over 12 years of experience in website development and programming and is a provincially certified instructor who has taught web design, Web applications and Web programming since 1998.
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Andy Latter is an eBusiness adviser with eBusiness Connections, a business resource centre providing eBusiness information and services to help BC business remain competitive in an online market. Andy has over 12 years of experience in website development and programming and is a provincially certified instructor who has taught web design, Web applications and Web programming since 1998.
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Andrea Jacques,
Workplace Issues Columnist
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Andrea Jacques’s company Kyosei Consulting blends timeless wisdom of the East with leading-edge business principles of the West to provide top-tier coaching, business consulting and speaking. Contact her and the team at info@kyoseiconsulting.com.
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Andrea Jacques’s company Kyosei Consulting blends timeless wisdom of the East with leading-edge business principles of the West to provide top-tier coaching, business consulting and speaking. Contact her and the team at info@kyoseiconsulting.com.
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Small Business Tip
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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.
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