Category: Small Business

Google Reviews – How (and why) To Get More Reviews for Your Business

Posted in Internet Marketing StrategyOnline MarketingSmall BusinessSocial Media Marketing

Have you ever received a bad review of your business? If you’ve put your heart and soul into your business, receiving a negative review on Google Reviews can feel like a punch in the gut. It can also hurt your brand reputation!

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Local Search Marketing – Google My Business Optimization – The Right Way!

Posted in Local SearchSmall Business

Local search marketing is vital for every business to get found on Google by potential customers in their community. When it comes to being discovered in the pool of similar businesses, the directory formerly known as Google My Business and now called Google Business Profile (GBP) is essential. Setting up and optimizing GBP properly is […]

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TikTok Marketing in 2020: How to Use TikTok for Your Small Business

Posted in Internet Marketing StrategyMarketingSmall BusinessSocial Media Marketing

When you think of the short-form video platform, TikTok, you may picture a teenager filming themselves doing a viral dance video. But dancing is just one of the popular forms of content being uploaded to the app that has taken the world by storm and is all over the news right now as we wait […]

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Brilliant Summer Reads for Entrepreneurs

Posted in FunMarketingSmall Business

Summer’s in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to get caught up on a little business reading. Are you looking for entrepreneurial inspiration and not sure what to read next? We reached out to our influential colleagues to find out about the business books they are enjoying this summer. Read on to be inspired […]

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Being Virtual: Top Virtual Business Tools We Can’t Live Without

Posted in Online MarketingSmall Business

Since its inception in 2002, Out-Smarts has been a virtual organisation. We had a brief flirtation with bricks and mortar a few years ago but it wasn’t a good fit. A virtual organization is an organization involving detached and disseminated entities (from employees to entire enterprises) and requiring information technology to support their work and […]

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Mastering Social Media to Grow Your Small Business at Small Business BC June 2018

Posted in Out-Smarts NewsSeminars and WorkshopsSmall Business | Tagged Mhairi Petrovicout-smarts marketingSmall Business BCsocial media and online marketing tacticsocial media for small business

Join Mhairi at Small Business BC or from the comfort of your office and learn about the basics of social media as we share our tips and tactics for success. Seminar Date Thursday,  June 28th, 2018 – 1:00pm to 4.30pm Mastering Social Media to Grow Your Small Business Just because you know what social media […]

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Mastering Social Media to Grow Your Small Business in Terrace and Kitimat

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Next week, Mhairi will be heading up to Northern BC to present ‘Mastering Social Media to Grow Your Small Business” at the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce on February 27th then on to the Kitimat Chamber the next night.  The Terrace event is full but there are still a few spots in Kitimat. Click […]

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