Lots of interesting information in the March, 2013 issue of Mission's BIZeNews.
Here are direct links to the individual stories:
Go here to read a past edition of BIZeNews. Go here to subscribe.
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The March Chamber Snapshot in BusinessTrack featured Mission Toastmasters. Lots of great reasons to join this group.
For
26 years, Mission Toastmasters has been making its mark helping members grow
both personally and professionally. It is one of the most established
International Toastmasters clubs in the Fraser Valley and is proud to have a
founding member who still attends meetings regularly.
“Really, at the risk of sounding cliché, there is something for everyone here,” started 30-year-old Sean McStay, president of Mission Toastmasters. Read more.
If your business is based in Mission, B.C. and you'd like to be featured as the Chamber Snapshot, contact the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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The February Chamber Snapshot in BusinessTrack featured Wine Kitz. Check them out soon so you can make your refreshing summer wine and have it ready in plenty of time for patio sipping.
Exclusive
to Mission’s Wine Kitz store are 15-bottle batches, which is “perfect for those
who don’t have a lot of storage space or want to make sure they have just
enough wine on hand for when company calls,” explained Michelle.
Specialty seasonal wines, fruit wines and products like Sherry-style wine kits are available in addition to grape wine kits. Read more.
If your business is based in Mission, B.C. and you'd like to be featured as the Chamber Snapshot, contact the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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The December Chamber Snapshot in BusinessTrack featured Iron Lotus Yoga. I highly recommend you check them out because there was just way too much good information to stuff into a 300-word article.
Laura
Sigurdson, owner of Iron Lotus Yoga, started her business in December, 2010
after training at Prana Yoga Teacher College with Shakti Mhi_and spending six
months researching and business planning.
“You really have to know what you’re stepping into,” commented Sigurdson. “At least you do if you want to be successful.” Read more.
If your business is based in Mission, B.C. and you'd like to be featured as the Chamber Snapshot, contact the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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I have such fond memories of Mazatlan's Centro Historico and Casa de Leyendas, with hosts Glenn and Sharon Sorrie. Here is a travel article I wrote (and photos I took) about my time there in November, 2007. The piece was laid out by Rick Rake and published in Black Press' Abbotsford News.
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No fuss or fluff, just essential information to help you get stuff done quickly
(Mission, B.C.) – Click Media Works of Mission recently launched the first in a series of eBooks that focus on subjects related to business and pleasure and will help the public quickly fill information gaps when they find themselves pressed for time. The series is called Swift Kick Guides: Essential Information for Smart + Busy People and can be found on Kobo.
The premiere eBook under the Swift Kick Guides
banner, Making the News, is authored by Kathleen Rake and is reaching readers worldwide. This eGuide is stuffed with expert tips and tactics ideal for small business,
non-profits, and solo-preneurs.
“My eBooks are for people who don’t have time to read large volumes or sort through and aggregate all the little bits of information they find on the Internet. These eBooks are short, to the point, and good for smart and busy people. And while I know my readers need some help to get going quickly, I don’t assume they know nothing,” said Rake who has been a Fraser Valley writer and editor for more than two decades.
Her second eBook is titled No More Gobbledegook: Write What You Mean, Quickly and with Impact, and is a guide to help those in an organization tasked with writing. It is due to be published toward the end of March, 2013.
Other working titles for her eBook series include You Want Wow! How to Write Copy that Gets Results, which is all about writing copy for print, web, and other media streams, and Build a Better Résumé, intended to help people get the job they really want by producing documents potential employers will find compelling.
Rake is also “a self-confessed perpetual student of wine” who writes a newspaper column and blog about all sorts of vinic pleasures. She plans to develop at least two Swift Kick Guides that will help people taste, pair, serve, and enjoy wines.
“My wine-related eBooks will help people feel comfortable in any wine situation, from large formal tastings to winery tours to intimate dinner parties,” she said.
Rake’s growing series of Swift Kick Guides (in ePub format) will deliver important, useful information and be available through Kobo. “The ePub format can be downloaded and read on nearly all eReaders, smart phones, i-devices and computers,” she added.
Rake also plans to invite other knowledgeable professionals to write about their areas of expertise for Swift Kick Guides.
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CONTACT INFO:
Kathleen Rake | email | 604-556-6459 | www.clickmediaworks.com
Find
the book on Kobo here:
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Making-the-News/book-K17sSDgELU-Nd0SyQWFwZQ/page1.html
Find
Swift Kick Guides on Facebook and Twitter:
www.facebook.com/SwiftKickGuides | www.twitter.com/SwiftKickGuides
You probably know that Mission, B.C. is home to a vibrant arts-and-culture community, but did you know world-renowned eco-friendly soap products and hand-crafted specialty tea products are here, too?
The latest edition of Mission BIZeNews shares stories about Karla's Specialteas (cover feature), V.I.P Soap Products, Mission Arts Council (affectionately known as the MAC), Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce, and an independent expansion and retention study about business in Mission, B.C. In addition, there are two nibbles in the section we call BIZeBytes.
Here are links to the individual stories:
Go here to read a past edition of BIZeNews; go here to subscribe.
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The November Chamber Snapshot in BusinessTrack features Cimtex Industries.
Mission-based Cimtex Industries began in 1984 as a two-man shop. Since then, it has grown to consistently employ both hometown people and those from surrounding communities at its 10,000 sq. ft. facility.
Cory Padula, president and hands-on owner at Cimtex, came to Mission in the early 1980s.
Read more.
If your business is based in Mission, B.C. and you'd like to be featured as the Chamber Snapshot, contact the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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Read about the excellence and diversity in Mission, B.C.'s business community in the latest issue of Mission BIZeNews. It's live and waiting for you.
In this issue:
Go here to read a past edition of BIZeNews; go here to subscribe.
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It is so easy to make spelling mistakes. We know that. We're in a hurry. Our fingers fly on the keyboard so we can create important bits of information for our newsletters, websites, email messages, social media, and more, and then we count on our technology to tell us that everything is alright—or not. If we don't see a squiggly red line, we're happy and move forward to the next task.
But maybe we should slow down and take a minute to review what we've just created. There are several pairs of words waiting to trip us up and make us look silly to our audience. Here are five of them:
Our spelling-check programs aren't likely to pick up any of these words when used incorrectly because the programs don't see the words in context. The following sentence, for instance, passed the no-red-squiggle test in Microsoft Word:
There is no excuse fro the verbal dual I had last weak with a costumer, who was formally my co-worker at this very company.
Oops.
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