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Incorporating a business in Canada used to involve completing various paper forms and submitting them to a government office. Today the process is digital. It now involves filling-in and submitting applications online at provincial or federal registries. Before you do this, you need to make a number of decisions about the corporate name, shares and shareholders, your registered office, and more...

 Fox 5 News had a great interview with Holly Berkley, author of Marketing in the New Media and Low-Budget Online Marketing, who gives tips and advice on how businesses can use Internet Marketing to survive today’s tough economy.

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  Michael Drouillard, author of Landlording in Canada, was recently interviewed by Sophie Lui on the morning news at Global TV in Vancouver. Drouillard discusses issues for landlords relating to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver...

 Andrew Gregson, author of Pricing Strategies for Small Business, has produced four videos in which he talks about various concepts explained in the book. You can view each of the videos by clicking each of the links below.

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• Part 1: Why do Prices End in 99 cents?
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 ABC News’ Money Matters featured an interview of author Mimi Fix, author of the book Start & Run a Home-Based Food Business, in a segment called “Bake Your Way to Success.” Mimi talked about what it entails to start a home-based food business, what you need to get started, and what kind of challenges one may run into along the way.

Mimi Fix also appeared on on ABC 7’s NY Viewpoint with Ken Rosato. She talked about what it takes to start your own food business and her humble beginnings as an unemployed, single mother trying to run a busin...

 CTV’s Canada AM interviewed Heather Bayer, author of Renting Your Recreational Property for Profit about the pros and cons of renting your vacation property.

Heather provides useful tips and advice on what owners should know and how owners of recreational properties such as cottages can rent them out successfully.

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Tina Parker, author of Do Your Own Home Staging was a guest on Eastlink Television. The camera crew followed her for a day while she was home staging a condo just in time to get it listed on MLS. She also gave tips and advice on the dos and don’ts of home staging and talked about the importance of visual marketing your home via placement of furniture and household items.

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With jobless rates still high in the US, and only marginally better in Canada, one of the hardest hit groups is likely to be young students and recent graduates who have only just begun to look for employment.

More young people out of work means more competition for students looking for jobs; so how can a student get an employer’s undivided attention, and more importantly, that seemingly elusive job offer?

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The first rule of landlording is: Always use proper documentation. Whether you’re renting out a basement suite, a separate apartment, or just a room in your house, remember that it is your property that you are temporarily entrusting to another individual. It is your right as the owner of that property to ensure it is protected, and it is your responsibility to keep documentation of any and all agreements or transactions which occur between you and your tenant. This is true at any stage of the landlord-tenant relationship: pre-tenancy, during tenancy, and as your tenant is leaving.

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If you die without a will, your loved ones may face complicated and expensive legal issues ... all at a time of grief. Now, you can protect your loved ones by writing your own will. It's legal and easy, plus you avoid expensive lawyers' fees.

Write Your Legal Will in 3 Easy Steps from Self-Counsel Press has everything you need to write your will. Written by a Canadian Lawyer, it comes complete with step-by-step instructions, forms, and a CD-ROM for only $24.95.

Why You Need a Will

It is important that you make a will for the following reasons:

• To ensure that your bequests (gifts) are passed on to the people you wish to leave them to
• To avoid leaving your relatives with costly paperwork and lawsuits after your death
• To allow you to choose who would be your children’s adoptive parents or guardians
• To prevent your estate from going to the provincial government

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