JANUARY: Tips to Grow Your Canadian Small Business Online

JANUARY: Tips to Grow Your Canadian Small Business Online

About This Column This monthly column is intended to inspire action. You know digital transformation is critical to growing your business, but there are so many moving parts and so much to learn! It’s easier to navigate if someone points you in the right direction so you can take the first steps. You don’t have […]

Study: Canadian Businesses Need a GenAI Strategy

Study: Canadian Businesses Need a GenAI Strategy

About 60 per cent of Canadian organizations that have adopted AI, have limited to no AI strategy in place to guide deployment, risks and expected value. Reducing and automating tasks is the top GenAI use case amongst Canadian businesses, followed by drafting and editing documents. Improved quality of product (54 per cent) and a decreased […]

JULY: Monthly Tips to Grow Your Canadian Small Business Online

JULY: Monthly Tips to Grow Your Canadian Small Business Online

About This Column This monthly column is intended to inspire action. You know digital transformation is critical to growing your business, but there are so many moving parts and so much to learn! It’s easier to navigate if someone points you in the right direction so you can take the first steps. You don’t have […]

Massive Canadian Study: Ecommerce Email and SMS Marketing

Massive Canadian Study: Ecommerce Email and SMS Marketing

Canadian ecommerce brands are more familiar with online marketing than most other types of Canadian businesses. They’ve been utilizing and testing email, SMS (short message service/texts), and push marketing (broad market advertising) for years, refining their sales strategy by integrating it with their digital marketing strategy. Their results can provide a benchmark for other types […]

Canadian Small Businesses Counting on Local Holiday Shoppers

Canadian Small Businesses Counting on Local Holiday Shoppers

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), the global financial technology platform that makes TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, today announced the findings from a new global survey by QuickBooks uncovering 2022 holiday shopping trends in Canada. The survey reveals that shopping local could make or break the holiday season for small business retailers, with 72 […]

Canadian LinkedIn Business Groups

Canadian LinkedIn Business Groups

Online networking holds a lot of promise, especially in a country with a population as spread out as Canada’s is. It isn’t easy to find our online Canadian business peers, however, especially in specific niches or local areas. LinkedIn Groups provide an opportunity to reach out across our great country and connect in ways that […]

Online Success Story: CanadaWheels

Online Success Story: CanadaWheels

OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 3, 2022 /CNW/ – Ten years ago, Saleh Taebi, a tech enthusiast in his 20s found a fully bootstrapped start-up out of his “passion for technology and perfecting cars.” The company is now Canada’s #1 online choice for purchasing Wheels, Tires, and Automotive Parts. Right from its inception in 2012, CanadaWheels has […]

Canadian Businesses Lack Data Strategy for Growth and Innovation

Canadian Businesses Lack Data Strategy for Growth and Innovation

TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2022 /CNW/ – Almost two-thirds (61 per cent) of Canadian business leaders agree that data – and knowing how to draw actionable insights from that data – are key to business success in today’s economy. However, only about one-third (34 per cent) say their business has a comprehensive data strategy in place […]

Featured Business Book: The Proximity Paradox™

Featured Business Book: The Proximity Paradox™

There has never been a time when innovation has touched virtually every business and every industry, like it does right now in the digital era. Businesses have to work in a dynamic environment that is in a perpetual state of evolution. Our goals are the same, but the timeline and path to reach them has […]