I had the pleasure of interviewing an excellent business coach, Dianna Jacobsen. Here is her business story. WHAT IS IT YOU DO? I help you find the wealthy you. I work with anyone who wants to manage anything around their financial empowerment and money management. There are different contexts for people needing assistance. For example: SME’s who feel overwhelmed by the number of people giving them financial advice and don’t know which way to go. I relieve the pressure by pu

You may have heard me refer to my Comedy Coach, Pete Crofts, from time to time. Pete has been training and coaching people in Humour, Comedy & Laughter for 50 years. He’s also created the greatest collection of books, memorabilia, ephemera, CD’s and DVD’s about Humour, Comedy & Laughter. Pete helped me step onto the Stand-Up Comedy stage in 2001, an experience I will never forget. I value the learning I have received from him every day of my life! The courses I took at The Hu

I'm very lucky in that I meet some wonderful people through The Business Marketplace and I get to interview them about their business. Here we have the dynamic duo, Jo Gazzol and Jenna Paulin from The HR Dept. sharing their passion and professionalism. WHAT IS IT YOU DO? We help businesses prevent people problems. The HR Dept provides outsourced HR solutions to small and medium size businesses. We take care of all the challenging aspects of human resources for you: Employee c

It was a pleasure to interive David Ritchie for The Business Marketplace. WHAT IS IT YOU DO? I get a business’s website noticed in Google. Most businesses want to be the authority in their niche. They want to be known for what they do. The internet is just another channel to make that happen. So, having the best exposure on the internet “Billboard” is what I do to help my clients get noticed. WHAT SETS YOUR BUSINESS APART? I set peoples websites up for long-term effectiveness

You know you want to be out there on social media. You know you have a MOUNTAIN of knowledge you can share with others. Yet, when you try to create a blog, you get jammed. The words won’t come together. Here are my tips in getting that wealth of knowledge out from under your brain cells and into a blog. Remember that you DON’T have to be perfect. You do need to be GENUINE. Ask yourself these questions: What results do you really love to create for your clients? What is their

Is grammar and punctuation important? People forget how using complete sentences and punctuation leads the eyes and mind of the reader. How else will they get your point? If someone was speaking to you, their voice intonation helps them get their message across. With the written word, you need to use clear sentences that make sense along with punctuation. Otherwise, the reader's mind gets tired trying work out what you want to say and they stop listening to you. Miss out th