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Could social media advertising be the worst use of your advertising dollar?

I’ve long felt that advertising on social media – approaches like Facebook ads and even post “boosts” – were not an effective way to reach your audience. While Facebook makes

Congratulations to Meaford Dragons 2023 winners

Five Meaford entrepreneurs (an all-female squad this year) braved the Meaford Dragons at the 15th annual on November 9, wowing the Dragons with their plans and pitches. I was really

Canadian ecommerce grant helps businesses in Owen Sound, Collingwood, Ontario area

Grow Your Business Online provides grants of up to $2400 to implement ecommerce The Canadian government is providing a round of grants to help small and medium businesses across the

Browse 20 years (and beyond) of myFavoriteMarketer.com

Today marks a big work anniversary for me. I registered the domain myFavoriteMarketer.com 20 years ago today on August 24, 2001. (For four years prior to this, I’d promoted my

Canada Digital Adoption Program offers grants and support for ecommerce and website enhancement in Collingwood, Owen Sound area

March 3, 2022 UPDATE: The Canadian Government has announced the Canada Digital Adoption Program, which provides grants to small and medium-sized businesses of up to $2400 to take advantage of

Take your Grey/Bruce/Simcoe County agri-business online with the Agri-Food Open for E-Business Program

Update: On May 25, 2020, little more than a month after the program began, the Ontario government paused the $2.5 million Agri-Food Open for E-Business program and took the applications

Ecommerce webinar – tips to help launch your online storefront

When Ben Frisch, Digital Service Squad CO for the South Georgian Bay Small Business Enterprise Centre, invited me to take part in “Tools & Tech For Making Your Online Store

Ecommerce website development for businesses in Owen Sound, Collingwood, Thornbury, Meaford

Attention, businesses affected by COVID-19 in Owen Sound, Collingwood, Thornbury and Meaford: Adding ecommerce to your website keeps your staff and customers safe, your business active, and your customers in

Free Spirit Forest and Nature School wins 2019 Meaford Dragons digital marketing prize

When the 2019 Meaford Dragons were through grilling the challengers on October 30, Free Spirit Forest and Nature School emerged with support from all five Dragons plus additional prizes for

Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce business award for “Customer Service Excellence”

“Every business needs a website today but woefully few are capable of teaching their clients how to set one up. We have a person right here in The Blue Mountains

myFavoriteMarketer nominated for Blue Mountains (Thornbury) Chamber of Commerce Business Recognition Awards 2016

As these testimonials demonstrate, customer service is a big part of what we offer our clients in Thornbury and area. When we take on a job, I consider myFavoriteMarketer a

Meaford Big Red Chair Tour wins Ontario economic development marketing award

If you visited anywhere from Leith to Memorial Park in Meaford last summer, you may have noticed one of Meaford’s Brobdingnagian Muskoka chairs. Simply put, they’re the “best seats in

Meaford Scarecrow Invasion website design and hosting donated by myFavoriteMarketer

If you’ve been through Meaford, Ontario in the last week or two, you’ll know that Meaford’s Scarecrow Invasion 2014 is on. This year the theme of the popular event is

Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation – Don’t panic! Do it right.

In less than a week, Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation comes into effect. From the emails I’ve been receiving, this has sent companies into panic mode. “This will be your last email

Collingwood-area landscaper generates huge ROI with website content marketing

It was 2013 before Mark Higginson decided to create a website for his successful landscape design and construction business. But within weeks of launching naturalstonescapes.ca, the website had generated $200,000

Meaford Dragons’ Den 2013 winner receives $1000 in marketing services from myFavoriteMarketer

Paul Bishop faced the Meaford Dragons once before. A couple of years back, he pitched his bike business idea, but was turned down. Tough and committed, he survived to return

Dragons’ Den Meaford 2013 contestants announced

The brave contestants are ready to face the Meaford Dragons once again. Meaford’s very own Dragons’ Den (2013 edition) is back for its fifth annual appearance at Meaford Hall. This

Meaford International Film Festival kicks off new season with new responsive website design

Since 2007, Meaford, Ontario has had its own International Film Festival, affectionately known as MIFF, which treats festival goers to “four nights, four films, and four parties” every Labour Day

Warning for website design clients of Catherine Anderson, NBV Studio, Thornbury

Business owners in the Owen Sound, Meaford, Thornbury, Beaver Valley, Blue Mountains and Collingwood area who had websites designed by a “local” website design firm during the last few years

Grassroots marketing and networking take Meaford food bank to the top

When Fionnuala Sparling handed me the little slip of paper at the community event we were both participating in, it seemed like a charming, low-tech – old fashioned, you might

Dragons’ Den Meaford champion wins big (including website design and marketing prize from myFavoriteMarketer)

They didn’t breathe a lot of fire. Instead, the Meaford Dragons breathed inspiration, insight and significant investment on the brave businesspeople facing them last night at Meaford Hall. A full

Dragons’ Den Meaford 2012 – don’t miss it!

Meaford, Ontario, has its very own Dragons’ Den. Three years ago, the Meaford Chamber of Commerce introduced our small-town Ontario version of the popular CBC (and BBC) reality business TV

Discover six simple tweaks you can make – by April 28 – to increase leads from your website

You’ve been instrumental in communicating to people what the Dam Pub is all about – writing articles, website content, and a regular newsletter. You say what I want to say, and free up my time to run my business. You work closely with my webmaster to create an interesting, fun...

Gord Price, The Dam Pub

Thornbury, Ontario

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