September 7th, 2009
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts," a quote attributed to Aristotle, aptly summarizes what strategic business alliances are about.Unlike mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances are two or more businesses joining together to offer customers products and services beyond what one of the businesses could offer on its own. The businesses have complimentary products/services but are...
September 3rd, 2009
London, Ontario (Grassroots Newswire) June 29, 2009 -- FocalPoint International has announced the launch of its latest resource for business owners and others, in the London area, looking for professional business coaching."For more than 30 years, Brian Tracy has been a remarkable and powerful leader in personal and business performance. We are very pleased to bring this name to businesses in the...
September 3rd, 2009
Hall Associates/Interactive is pleased and proud to announce that Justin Ogglesby has joined the team as New Media Account Executive. A former partner in Creative City, Justin brings with him considerable experience, energy and intuition as well as hyper-current knowledge and insight into social media and its application to marketing centric outcomes.Nick Hall, President and Creative Director at...
September 1st, 2009
Have you ever wondered how ‘sponsored links' appear on website pages when you look for certain products or services using a search engine? We did. So we spoke to Bill Wittur, owner of Bottree Digital Services (www.bottree.com), about searching and how it can be used by any business or organization to generate traffic for your website.Wittur starts by describing some of the industry jargon...
August 31st, 2009
LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2009) - iLOOKABOUT Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ILA) ("iLOOKABOUT" or the "Company") announced today an agreement to provide its complete street-level visual data set of Canadian StreetScape imagery to SCM Risk Management Services ("RMS") for use with insurance brokerage and company applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.SCM, the parent company of RMS, is...
August 31st, 2009
You’re in an elevator, biding your time until you reach your designated floor. You stop to pick up another passenger, and after some pleasantries, they ask what it is you do. It’s this common scenario that led to the “elevator pitch,” a concise, easily understood overview of a service, product or business idea that can be delivered in the short time it takes to ride an elevator.Click here to read...
August 25th, 2009
Ottawa (August 25 2009)Adam Bly, Canadian founder, CEO and Editor‐in‐Chief of Seed Magazine, a publication dedicated to bridging the gap between science and culture, will be the keynote speaker at the launch of National Biotechnology Week in London, Ontario on September 18 2009. Bly’s popular magazine, dubbed by commentators ‘the Rolling Stone’ of science publications, focuses on innovative ways...
August 25th, 2009
Because 90 per cent of online sessions begin with a search, and 30 per cent of users believe that companies found in the top results are the market leaders, it's important for businesses to rank high with Google and other search engines. David Ciccarelli, CEO of Voices.com, offers 10 tips to increase your ranking and help drive traffic to your company's website.Create a keyword list that your...
August 13th, 2009
A recent study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) showed that "close to 40% of high school students who come top in science subjects have no interest in pursuing a science-related career," and "almost 45% do not want to continue studying science."In fact, if you ask most 15-year-old students (the study's age group) what science research careers look...
August 5th, 2009
Fanshawe College is offering a full-time and online Information Security Management (ISM) Graduate Certificate program scheduled to begin September 2010. The following two web-delivered courses are being offered through the School of Information Technology in September 2009.Information Security INFO-6001 (4 hrs/wk)This course will concentrate on the essential concepts of information security. The...
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