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Monday, February 25, 2008

March is Magnificent on the Small Business Big Ideas Show







Hey there...it's March...this is the month where winter starts to wind down after it's worn us down a bit this year. Garth and I are full systems go for another great month of shows, guests, topics and more...


We've got the bases covered as it were as we talk about Customer Relationship Marketing, taxes, happiness, human resources, niche marketing, mindfullness and financing options for your business...


Plus we have Jennifer Hough with the Live your best life segment and an awesome prize pack too!


Here's the line-up...be sure to tune in each week.

Cheers/David and Garth




March 2nd:

Chris Wiltshire from Currie and Wiltshire is our resident technology expert and he is in to talk about Customer Relationship Marketing and how you can easily integrate this technology into your business operations. CRM as it's known is key to your building on the relationships you have with your customer base. http://www.curriewiltshire.com/


Also...Iain Buchanan drops by to talk tax...it's tax season in case you haven't noticed and we are going to get you properly prepared to face the Canadian Customs and Revenue agency with a new attitude. We'll discuss the budget too if time allows... http://www.healthandharmoney.ca/

Plus Peter Forint from Wardell will preview a training seminar you have to know about... Here's to your "Success-ion" http://www.wardell.biz/





March 9th:







Lissa Bergin-Boles http://www.truecallings.net/ fills in for Garth and I...and has a fantastic show for you too. She connects with motivational guru Shawn Shepheard...5 minutes with this guy and you'll be shouting "hurray" and getting going on things that matter...Plus...we let the secret out a little...Marci Shimoff from the "SECRET" discusses her newest book and life with Lissa...Happy for No Reason is her latest book. This is the feel good show of the month for sure and believe me Garth and I need the break...




March 16th:




Garth and I are back...and have the authors of Gallups latest book called Human Sigma...where managing your people and customers meet. It's going to be an informative look as to how you can maximize employee and customer relationships...we connect with author John Fleming on how this concept can revolutionize how you do business. Plus...our good friend Antoine El Hashem joins the show to talk about a market you can tap into that's making dollars and sense...The Pink Pages and reaching the Gay community might be the key to your business striking it rich. Log onto http://www.inspiredcreative.ca/ or log onto this site to begin to tap into alternative markets http://www.thepinkpagesdirectory.com/




March 23rd. Sssshhh...can you hear it? It's your thoughts at work. Some of them destructive, a lot of them negative and some of them well, ya happy thoughts...We're going to connect with Andrew Burnham and Nancy Drantisaris about mindfullness and how incorporating the daily practice of mindfullness or being in the moment can help you achieve some spectacular results...in your life just log onto http://www.beinginthemoment.com/ or www.mindfultherapies.com/centre to learn about Andrew and Nancy's work... Plus we'll hear from the Durham Region and see what business events are going on in the Region... http://www.region.durham.on.ca/ and also Lauren Jawno will give us some health tips...
http://www.jawno.com/ to help you power up!



March 30th: We're still fine tuning this show...but it will be about where to get money...We are going to hear various perspectives on financing your business, from factoring, to leasing, to other places to go for money. Jim Sulyma, Rick Naor and Edmar Selma from the BDC join in on this show and how you can get some bucks for your business.