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The Small Business Community Network (SBCN) was created and co-founded by Dave and Linda Ockwell-Jenner i 2003 to offer a community based networking organization to business…

You’ve seen them before: the cryptic shortened URLs.  Generally speaking, these are short links to sites with long names.  Services such as bit.ly, tinyurl.com, and (…

In my profession as a nutrition coach, it's very common to focus on the big picture items like eating healthy & working out, and forgetting about smaller details like say…

We host regular monthly networking events, every third Wednesday evening at the WRSBC, Kitchener City Hall.  The purpose of these events is obviously the networking…

I am often asked why I attend a lot of IT related events when in reality I am not a techy person or work in that industry.My answer is simple, I am curious about all aspects of…

Decision making and small business cash management, at times, get overwhelming owing to milestones and to-do lists involved. Not just centralized on keeping tabs on the financial…

If there is one thing that small business owners know, it’s that time is precious. Anything that can improve our efficiency is a good thing, right? IT has promised a lot, but…

As a mentor and business coach, I am often asked "Where do I start?"  One idea is to establish a good morning routine if you can.Whether you’re a morning person or not,…

Social MarketingSocial Media is an important part of your Online Marketing and is a free tool for promotion of your business on the internet. You need to create several Social…

Success is not complicated, it is simple, but people over complicate the process.There are at least 1.8 million small businesses in Canada alone. It's not the competition that…

There comes a time when every business experiences a slow time. Depending on the type of business this could be a very big problem or it could be the time of the year.Let’s…

There’s a well-validated truism in security incident response: the evidence is always there. I’m regularly involved in investigating cases where computers have been compromised by…