Emergency Preparedness Essentials

"How will you take care of those most precious to you after an earthquake, a flood, a fire, a storm? Are you prepared? Do you have food, water and basic supplies ready? Become prepared today. Educate yourself and help your extended family, friends and elderly parents be prepared.

Emergencies - natural or man-made disasters can happen quickly and without warning. You may be forced to evacuate your neighborhood or you may be confined to your home or automobile.

No power, no heat, no stores, no gas stations, and no banks open. Emergency first responders may not be able to meet all of the demands. You might not receive any assistance for 72 hours or longer. Are you and your family prepared?

You may have only 10 minutes to gather the essential items and leave your home. Do you have everything you need, in one place, ready to take with you? Food, water, items for warmth, lighting, a radio, a whistle, and first aid supplies are just some of the items that you should have ready.

Buy an Emergency Preparedness Kit now. Don't keep putting it off. Don't keep waiting. Do the right thing. Have peace of mind knowing that you and your family can survive.”

Above information copied from http://www.life472.com/ web site home page with permission.

I met Nancy at a business show recently and was impressed with her marketing efforts and products offered. Please visit http://www.life472.com/ to learn about her great products and services that will help protect you and your family in an unforeseen emergency. FYI this is an unsolicited endorsement of http://www.life472.com/.

Please call New Business Navigators at 604.308.2450 today for better results tomorrow!

Thank you.

Ken Flanders
New Business Navigators
ken@newbusinessnavigators.ca
604.308.2450

Improving Your BLOG Results

Are you a challenged BLOG writer? Then take a minute and look at this new web site that maybe the right solution for you - http://www.testmymessage.com/home/. It was brought to my attention by MondayMorningMemo@MondayMorningMemo.com; both of these links are worth clicking on.


Regards,

Ken Flanders
General Manager
New Business Navigators
604.308.2450
ken@newbusinessnavigators.ca

About Simple Truths

Hi Everyone,

Start the day right with an uplifing message.  Simple Truths does just that!  Please take a minute and visit their web site.  It is worth it. The following information is directly from the Simple Truths web site.

"About Simple Truths


There is one thing in life that took me a long time to learn, and that's... less is almost always more. This "simple truth" is the foundation on which our company was built. I wanted to create beautiful gift books that anyone can read in less than thirty minutes.

To make each book special, we focused on three things:

1.Great content
2.Great graphics
3.Great packaging to create a "wow effect"

We also chose not to offer our books in any bookstores or any retail outlets, to make it even more special as a gift.

Satisfied customers are our #1 priority, so I encourage you to give us feedback on how we're doing. If we ever disappoint you, I hope you'll let us know, and we will do everything we can to make it right.

We are honored to serve you!

Mac Anderson
Founder"

Click here for Simple Truths.

Thank you for visiting New Business Navigators.

Please call 604.308.2450 today for better sales results tomorrow!

Regards,

Ken Flanders
General Manager
New Business Navigators
ken@newbusinessnavigators.ca

Profit - A great site to check out!

Richard Brinkert of Pacific Customs Brokers (http://www.pcb.ca/) was kind enough to send me an article from Profit. The article was on search engine optimization and was easy to read and understand, so I visited their web site. It has some very good tabs: start-up, sales and marketing, HR, leadership and opportunity and trends. I suggest you take a look at the site and hopefully you will find some interesting articles that will help you move your enterprise ahead in 2011.
Please call New Business Navigators today for better sales tomorrow!

Ken Flanders
General Manager
ken@newbusinessnavigators.ca
604.308.2450

Small Business BC Education Centre

The Small Business BC Education Centre offers information packed seminars and workshops delivered by industry experts and designed to help you start and grow your small business.

Download their NEW 2011 Winter Catalogue for an upcoming look at seminars happening in January through to April 2011. For a quick overview click here Small Business BC.

Have a safe and happy holiday season with all the best in 2011!

Ken Flanders
General Manager
NBN

Small Business BC Education Centre

Small Business BC (SBBC) is a great resource for business learning. SBBC offers seminars in starting, growing or exiting your business. In other words there is something for every stage of your business.

 What? You can't make it to Vancouver for the seminar! NO problem, SBBC has video conference facilities around the province.

Read more here: www.smallbusinessbc.ca/seminars.

Remember - for better results tomorrow, call New Business Navigators today!

Ken Flanders
General Manager
New Business Navigators
604.308.2450

Business Education Made Easy

The 99 Percent is a site that is current and relevant. It addresses what happens after your inspiration!  Please check it out. You will be glade you did.

Here is one idea to look up at The 99 Percent: Creativity X Organization = Impact

Call us at 604.308.2450 today for better results tomorrow.
Ken
GM
NBN

Ten Tips for New or Existing Businesses

Do you want some very helpful tips and advice for your new or existing business? Then visit this link http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-41095-m-1-sc-12-ten_tips_for_new_small_businesses-i at http://www.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/: Yes, this is an American article but it can still be applied to Canada. IRS equals Revenue Canada and so forth… and like the article says; pay your taxes on time!

If you would like to talk about any of the items in the article, please contact me at ken.flanders@newbusinessnavigators.com or call me at 604.308.2450.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.

Ken

Educational Opportunity

As business owners we need to stay current on many topics. Thus I appreciate short and concise articles that provide valuable information. Seascape Web Design does this job with their monthly newsletter.

Kathryn Laan, Creative Director at Seascape Web Design provides a monthly newsletter I recommend. It is quick and easy to read and provides current and timely information on technology subjects. Please visit her web site and sign up today!

Kathryn Laan, Creative Director
Visit SeascapeWebDesign.com Today!
604.729.4227
katy@seascapewebdesign.com
www.twitter.com/seascapeweb

Please contact me today to discuss your current business model and how NBN can help you grow your business today for a better tomorrow!

I look forward to speaking with you!

Ken

Small-Business Check-up

Small Business BC offers many great services. One of the best is the Small-Business Check-up! The following information is from Small Business BC: www.smallbusinessbc.ca

WHAT IS THE SMALL-BUSINESS CHECK-UP?

The Small Business Check-up is an on-line tool developed to encourage and facilitate the further development of leadership and management skills among small businesses in British Columbia.

Within the program, users are encouraged to first answer a series of questions about their business, background, objectives, skills, strengths and weaknesses, and management practices. The tool then enables users to compare their responses to those of other businesses. It also provides a framework for reviewing the operations of the business and identifying opportunities for improvement. Once the user has identified several priorities for improvement, the Small Business Check-up assists the user prepare strategies and an action plan for acting on those opportunities.

The product is available without charge and is sponsored by the Leadership and Management Development Council of BC, the Canada / British Columbia Business Services Society, and Western Economic Diversification Canada. The Small Business Check-up is designed to be only a guide to aid in the review of skills, management practices and business performance and should be used in conjunction with other resources. It is not intended to replace legal, accounting or other professional services or advice.

The Small Business Check-up was designed to work with Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher browsers.

You can find the Small-Business Check-Up at: http://smallbusinesscheckup.com/home.html

Please note again this is "only a guide" and "should be used in conjunction with other resources". Often we are so busy working in the business, we do not work on the business. This is where I can help you save time and money. Please call me at 604.308.2450 today for better results tomorrow.

Ken Flanders

Canadian Small Business Kit for Dummies

Hi Everyone,

I have been on the look out for business development books of late. Chapters seems to be one of the better resources out there. They also offer a 10% discount program on purchases which includes a coupon book. The fee is $25.00, but this can be recouped if you are a regular buyer of books and you use the coupons.

I recently picked up Canadian Small Business Kit for Dummies ($37.00 CN - $28.99 US – that’s another story for another time) for my library. Having been involved in business development for over 25 years I can tell you this is a great resource for your businesses. It has timely information, valuable links, and super tips. It also has a CD packed with USEFUL and USEABLE documents. The time and effort these documents save you makes the book worth purchasing.

ISBN 0-470-83818-3

Ken

Business Start-up Assistant

BSA (Business Start-Up Assistant) is a site worth book marking. I have reviewed the site and found it to be very useful. It is a great place to start your research about start-up business topic.

The web site is organized by topic and province, provides reliable information on market research, business name and structure, preparing a business plan, financing, taxation, hiring employees, doing business on the Internet and much more!

The link is: http://bsa.canadabusiness.ca/gol/bsa/site.nsf/en/su01232.html