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TED Talks: Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Success, Failure, and the Drive to Keep Creating”

By Jamie Hughes, an Account Manager at Speakers Corner TED Talks have gradually become a fruitful new resource for entrepreneurs, marketeers and financiers and many have benefited from discovering inspirational talks from speakers. This TED Talk may not guarantee immediate success but will certainly inspire you to make important changes for your business. Elizabeth Gilbert's "Success, Failure,

May 4, 2015

How To Protect Confidential Information Using Document Management

By Denny Hammack, an Overdrive contributor and president of FileSolve We live in an age of big data where organizations handle unimaginable volumes of sensitive information. Many companies already take proactive steps to protect online data — using advanced cloud-based security measures. But locally stored, in-house documents are often overlooked, despite the ease with which

April 30, 2015

SEO 101

By Caroline Betts, an Overdrive contributor and Head of Marketing at Access Self Storage, A crash course for the CEO whose SEO is AWOL. Search engine optimisation (SEO) is important because doing it well increases your web traffic and leads. Almost 50,000 Google searches are made every second but users rarely click on sites not on

April 29, 2015

Feedback is Only Good if You Use It!

By Steve Whiteside, an EO Vancouver member and president of Learntech Solutions Ltd. In the past we have all received surveys asking our opinion about a product, a stay in a hotel, or some such thing. The information collected in these types of surveys is useful as long as the information is actually used. In my

April 28, 2015

TED Talks: Arianna Huffington’s “How to Succeed? Get More Sleep”

By Jamie Hughes, an Account Manager at Speakers Corner TED Talks have gradually become a fruitful new resource for entrepreneurs, marketeers and financiers and many have benefited from discovering inspirational talks from speakers. This TED Talk may not guarantee immediate success but will certainly inspire you to make important changes for your business. Arianna Huffington's: 'How to

April 27, 2015

Telecommuting: Is it Right for You?

By an Overdrive contributor You may not be ready to run your business in your pajamas and bedroom slippers, but you probably have heard about how telecommuting (working from home) can increase productivity, save money, and even lead to happier, more loyal employees. It’s a great option when weather “events” (as the local weathermen dub them) make

April 24, 2015