Yesterday, I had the privilege of listening to John Tsang, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, speak about business opportunities for Canadians in Hong Kong. The full day forum took place at the new Vancouver Convention Center. One memorable remark was that in 2008, Mr. Tsang removed the alcohol import tax in Hong Kong. This lead to [...]

There comes a time when some websites must decide whether they must charge users to increase revenues or close up shop due to insufficient funds. This is particularly true for many non-profit websites as they just do not bring in enough advertising dollars to sustain the cause. But when a website with 150,000 members, whose [...]

In the past month, I personally experienced two instances where used merchandise was sold as new without disclosure. The first time, it was with a brand new Dell Vostro desktop where the hard drive turned out to have been already used for 15,000+ hours! The second time, A-Power.com sold us a used hard drive telling [...]

In a world where profitability and return-on-investment often direct business decisions, it was nice to receive an email today from PR Newswire announcing that they will waive all China earthquake relief effort news fees. PR Newswire is showing how a for-profit organization can do its part and try to help the more than 10,000 people [...]

If you are not providing your customers with on-screen video support you could be wasting money by paying someone to answer unnecessary emails and phone calls.
Videos can make your FAQ come alive. Often times, it is much easier to show someone how to do something rather than try to explain it through email or by [...]

Ever since Advertising Age (AdAge) published the Internet’s Top Media and Marketing Blogs, they have been receiving on-going publicity about the list. Recently, Scott Weisbrod used the AdAge list to rank Canadian blogs and published his own list of Top 30 Canadian Marketing and Advertising Blogs. I am excited to see that ADS-Links.com made it [...]