Website makeover by BoostMyBiz.com

Our site was showing its age.

We needed a website makeover.

As corporate image consultants we are hyper aware of branding and professional presence. That’s why we decided to update and overhaul our web site. Our web site not only looked a little dated but our search engine optimization was dropping us on the google rankings. We were also concerned that it didn’t translate well to smaller screens and phones. A company’s and an individual’s online presence needs to match their brand.

When image consultants need a website makeover, who you going to call?

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Joanne and I want to give you a Christmas gift (besides our handy dress for success, networking and business etiquette expert advice).

But what do you give to someone who has everything?

How about some donations to people who don’t have everything?

That’s what we’ve done in the past and that’s what we’re doing this year. It’s become a recent family tradition (we all make donations and only exchange little stocking stuffers) which we’ve carried over into our business & corporate gift giving. We encourage you do the same.

Oxfam Unwrapped

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10 Parking Faux-pas

Okay, you have good manners but does it show up in your parking etiquette?

Joanne and I recently read a great new book on Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, called The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee by Marja Mills (which prompted me to re-read To Kill A Mockingbird).

Harper Lee talked about her father, who was a lawyer and the model for her

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character Atticus Finch, in the novel. She admired her father and Atticus, because, he was “the same in his house as he is on the public streets”.

An Authentically Courteous Person?

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Personal image and brand advice for successCanadian corporate image consultants share tips and advice on beards at the office.

As beards are becoming popular with men, we are fielding more questions about suitability of beards at the office.

Facial hair recently came up at our Human Resource Institute of Alberta HRIA presentation. Many managers and senior staff were not sure of the appropriateness of beards. So here are our tips and advice if you want to sport a beard at the office.

Six Tips for Beards at the Office

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