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The Telephone Trap: Build or Destroy your Business for Just Pennies a Day

July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment

Don Orlando, MBA, CPRW, JCTC, CCM, CCMC How much do local calls cost your business? a)     4.3 cents b)     5.8 cents c)     7.1 cents d)     Your entire operation No, that’s not a trick question. Seven of my former competitors failed this test over the last eight years. Granted, they all did different things wrong, but one thread of feedback I got from clients was consistent: none of those former professional résumé writers used their phone to build their business. In fact, their inability to put the phone to work drove […]

Entrepreneurship as an Alternate Gateway to Professional Success for Canadian Women

June 30, 2008 | 0 Comments

By Margaret Page The facts are undeniable; more and more Canadian women are leaving corporate careers, escaping a field of institutionalized limitations and reaching for the freedom and flexibility of self employment. Canada is a global leader when it comes to women entrepreneurship. In fact, with more than 821,000 women entrepreneurs in Canada, this is one of the fastest growing segments of the Canadian economy – that is, 10 percent of all Canadian women are self employed. According to Stats Canada, women are leaving the workforce at twice the rate […]