Career Professionals of Canada News Feed

Customer Service Magic

October 13, 2010 |

Customer Service and business growth go hand in hand. Are you doing all you can to enhance your customers’ experiences?

Growing Business: Just Ask

October 1, 2010 |

Sales people know: if you don’t ask, you’re less likely to receive. Simple, inexpensive, straightforward business-building tactic.

Breaking Free of the Holiday Groove

September 14, 2010 |

Small business owners have only themselves to rely on! Jump-start your productivity by breaking free of a holiday “groove” with these five easy to implement steps.

Bad Hair Days: Wearing Many Entrepreneurial Hats

August 19, 2010 |

The joys, and tribulations, of the self-employed career practitioner.

Top Ten Year End Tax Planning Tips

May 14, 2010 |

Although directed to ‘year end’, these tips are valuable considerations for this upcoming income tax time. In these recommendations, author Evelyn Jacks; offers strategies for now and all year long. 1.  Tax Loss/Tax Gain Selling May Make Sense. Generate losers to offset capital gains in the year; carry back losses generate capital gains to use up exempt gains balances. 2.  Contribute to your RRSP. 90% of Canadians fail to top up their RRSP contribution room. It pays to remind yourself all year long that double-digit returns result from the tax…

Ten Tips to the Top of the Search Engines

May 14, 2010 |

By Jill Whalen. We condensed an article by Jill Whalen of High Rankings to bring you these terrific tips on enhancing your presence at the top of the list in internet searches. Start out slowly. Choose a domain name that best fits your brand, and start out by optimizing just the home page. Learn basic HTML. Your high rankings can depend on knowing some codes that are necessary. Choose keyword phrases wisely. Use a research tool such as Wordtracker. Write approximately 200-250 words of visible text copy based on your…