Need Travel Insurance & Left it to the last minute?

We have all done this at one point or another; you make all your plans to get away on that great vacation.  The house is taken care of, mail is redirected for the week, even have the relatives stopping by to check on everything and then you get to the airport and something is just not right, something has been overlooked.  But what little Billy is content in his child seat you didn't leave him home alone, then it strikes you we forgot to buy Travel Insurance!!!  It is not too late though quickly log onto our most recent customers website http://www.lastminutetravelinsurance.ca/ or http://www.lastminittravel.mobi/ (for mobile devices) and buy the coverage you need quickly and easily.

Great Deals this month on Tradeshow Supplies

January Specials
All through the month of January we have great deals on Trade show Booths & Supplies.  If you don't see it here make sure to send an email to info@startsmartbusiness.com and we will see if we can source it for you. 

Check Back each week as we add additional Specials!!!

10' Pop Up Curved Booth
(Choice of Black, Blue or Grey carpeted panels suitable for Velcro image attachment) 

     Includes:

• Convertible Case / Podium with matching Wrap
• 2 Halogen Booth Lights
• Quality 10' Pop Up Booth sets up in minutes and will help set your display apart from your competition.

Just $950 +TAX & Shipping
(Free Shipping within 50km Radius of Barrie, ON)


10' Full Graphics Pop Up Curved Booth (just provide your Artwork!!!)

     Includes: 

• Wheeled Transport Case
• 3 Halogen Booth Lights
• Free Graphics Printing (Artwork can be created by our design department for small additional fee)
• Quality 10' Pop Up Booth sets up in minutes and will help set your display apart from your competition.

Just $1,465.99 +TAX & Shipping
(Free Shipping within 50km Radius of Barrie, ON)

*Prices valid only for the month of January 2011.

Happy New Year from us at StartSmartBusiness

We wish you and your family health and prosperity in 2011.

So how many posts is enough as part of my Social Media Campaign???

This is an interesting question I have pondered myself, how much is enough?  Some experts say post daily, in fact post twice daily?  Well it is our belief that if you have great content to post daily then definitely do but we are seeing so many posts now where you read it and ask yourself what were they thinking.  Our recommendation is ask yourself will the reader be interested in what I am posting, is it informative and will it have any value to someone.  Because just posting mindless garble serves no ones purpose.

So how much is enough we would recommend at minimum a weekly post to your social media sites and if possible twice a week.  Make sure to have fun with your weekly posts also and mix it up add some photos, upload some videos; everyone likes variety.  We would also recommend adding some features depending on your business to involve the reader, add some contests to encourage your customers to get involved and add content of their own.  This will not only add additional new content to your social media sites but it will also instill a since of ownership and belonging with your customers.

Then for the business owners that just have no time to implement or run a campaign such as this there are cost effective solutions.  We at StartSmartBusiness.com can assist you with running a Social Media Marketing campaign where we can even create weekly or daily content for your site designed around your current marketing.  Or if you have content and just don't have the time we can simply manage your social media campaign for you making the whole process fast and simple.

Remember though content is key and should take priority over quantity.

The Year of Social and Email

The Year of Social and Email

How important are Meta-Tags to your Website?

First lets talk about what a meta tag is if you are not familiar with this term.  A meta tag is a bit of HTML code added to the code of your web page to help search engines categorize the page correctly.  Although not normally visible to the user visiting the website they are a key component to aide in search engine optimization (positioning). 

One key element to making sure your website is correctly indexed is to make sure that relevant pages have their own unique meta tags featuring keywords as well as meta descriptors describing the content of the page.  One warning though is to make sure that the keywords and the meta descriptors are representative of the content of your pages.   These meta descriptors allow you the author to provide a more meaningful description for listings than might be displayed if the search engine was unable to automatically create its own description based on the page content.  Hence it gives you control over what the reader will see first when they are viewing search results.  Search position and Page Rank are great but if your prospective client doesn't recognize what you do or sell from the search results being #1 will matter very little if your competition hooks them with a well written slogan.

Meta Tag generation is just one of the services we provide, for more information on how we can help your site call or email us today.  Contact Information

A great night at the Barrie Business Bonanza

Well if you missed the Barrie Business Bonanza last night you missed out on a great night of networking.  The event had a great turnout and many new connections were made.  This was our first time attending the Referral Quest event in Barrie and we will definitely be going to the next one. 

If your unfamiliar with the Referral Quest network group be sure to check it out at http://www.referralquest.net/ as it is a great group to make new business connections and new friends.