What's the best thing in your life right now? I'm totally living the dream right now. I love what I do. I built an agency over 13 years and sold it and it did well, and by selling it I got you know the monkey off my back so to speak. And I can just…
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By: Tina Walczak & William Walczak We recently took a trip to beautiful Palm Spring where my parents live, and I must say... I love it here. I always love Kelowna, but there is something to be said about picking fresh oranges off the neighbours tree. So we had a question come in to our branding…
Read MoreBy: Tina Walczak, William Walczak & Cam Schreiner Today we're going to discuss how you can get the clients you want, and if you are struggling to find any, a few strategies on how to find and land a new client. To start with, we want you to start thinking about questions you have regarding lead generation! What kind of clients…
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By: Tina Walczak & Cam Schreiner In our recent Instagram live, we discussed personal branding vs company branding, and if your personal brand can hurt your corporate/business brand. We were approached by our followers with the following questions: Have you done anything in the past that might be a conflict from your personal vs corporate…
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A recent TEDx event stands out as markedly different from the usual fare. It was the inaugural year for a female-only panel of speakers at a TEDx event, making it a unique forum that provided a platform for women to speak and collaborate. The topic for this year’s talks was “Civitas,” meaning citizenship and a…
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By: Tina Walczak & Cam Schreiner We recently came out of a meeting with a client who was a day or 2 away from launching their company, until a trademarking situation put a halt on it. The issue? Another company, in the same industry, was already using the brand name and had trademarked it in the…
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By: Tina Walczak & Cam Schreiner Strategy is something that is so valuable before starting with any client, but it can be a bit of a mystery. If you feel overwhelmed by the thought of Strategy, you are definitely not alone. Creating a process and a framework that you use with every client is important.We use a framework…
Read MoreBy: Tina Walczak & Cam Schreiner Today we are going to talk about procrastination... If we know why we do it, but why others don’t do it, then we will have a better understanding of how to stop. Biggest procrastinator “You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the…
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By: Tina Walczak & Cam Schreiner Today Cam and I are going to discuss lead generation marketing. This is a method that I used when we first started our agency and continue to use. It’s not the only way, but it has worked for me in the past. Lead Generation Marketing: Beginning Stages When Will…
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By: Tina Walczak & Cam Schreiner During one of our recent Thursday Hiilite Instagram Live Videos, we discussed Cohesive Brand Messaging. Julie from Portia Ella sparked this week's topic with her question: How do you create a cohesive brand message, while trying to support so many niche markets? Portia Ella: Cohesive Brand Messaging Julie is the…
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By: Tina Walczak & Cam Schreiner During our regular Hiilite Instagram Live Video on Thursday, January 3rd we discussed client communication after receiving a question (all the way from Scotland!) from @ThatGuyFowley, that read: My main kinda question was how to keep in good contact with the client. Should you message them every now and then? Or…
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By: Patrick Henderson Let’s say you're our client and you want to calculate ROI on branding initiatives, what's the best way to go about this? Calculating ROI When it comes to business or marketing, we first want to approach it from an economic standpoint. Asking questions including, ‘was that a good investment’, or ‘what else could I have spent…
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