This week's issue of Business in Vancouver featured a segment on the Small Business BC expert videos.  These short segments produced by Riiplay.tv were designed to allow some of the speakers at Small Business BC to share some bite-sized chunks of knowledge in video format - knowledge that is normally disseminated through the many seminars offered by Small Business BC.  I was fortunate enough to get a small mention as I commented on the accessibility and digestibility of these short segments for individuals who are growing their business.  If you're interested, in the full article, pick-up a copy of this weeks Business in Vancouver (BIV).

More importantly, if you want to check out the expert videos, have a look at Small Business BC's YouTube page.

The seminars at Small Business BC have been going very well with attendance up from the winter.  Recently, I delivered seminars to fairly full rooms at Waterfront Station in Vancouver joined by a number of video conferences attendees from cities like Prince Rupert, Langley, Ashcroft, Kelowna and Saskatoon.  One of the attendees emailed me asking some great questions about link building, social media sites and sitemaps.  So, instead of keeping that contained within an email, I've decided to include that dialogue as a blog post here.  Hopefully, other small business people who are starting to build their website read this and learn a little bit.

Small Businesses need Twitter. It’s just that simple. But in saying that, there are still a number of businesses, both big and small, that have opted not to create an account. Reasons for this range from “we don’t understand it” to “we don’t think it would add much value to our business”. Regardless of why you and your business have chosen not to participate, brands that are not on twitter are falling severely behind the curve. Here are 3 thoughts on how Twitter can help impact your small business website in a positive way:

One of our specialties at Yardstick Services is maintaining blogs for our small business clients. Many small business owners don’t have a full understanding of why maintaining an active blog is an important aspect of their internet marketing strategy, and how vital it can be for the growth of their business. Here’s a quick breakdown as to why we think blogging can be a hit for your small or medium size enterprise: