The Canadian government's current program to help cover marketing expenses targeting export activities is a major opportunity for organizations looking to expand their market across the border. It covers a wide array of areas including specific marketing, legal, business, and tax matters.
April 2020 and we are living in crazy times. Locked away in our homes, many of us not able to work. So what will the future of Small Business look like when we emerge from our COVID-19 internment. Brent Kobayashi of Kobayashi + Zeitguys interviews Neville Pokroy, President of Mastermind Solutions, and together they muse about what the world of business and marketing during and after the [...]
Top 5 Business Tips in today's COVID-19 environment People become overly judgmental and hyper sensitive when faced with high levels of stress as well as a crisis. That’s totally understandable. Very often their reactions are hard to fathom and one should recognize the signs and respect the personal space of individuals facing such situations. When these situations become societal[...]
Whether you are an Influencer or you are using Influencers to promote your products or services, you’ll want to make sure you understand the implications of Influencer Marketing and stay on the right side of the law. Truth in advertising is important. As an influencer, consumers rely on the opinions you share online about products and services, and believe they are genuine and impartial. [...]
I am often amazed how few people strive for differentiation in order to get their products or services noticed. More often than not they feel that if they just say "here I am" that they will be noticed. Imagine your friend is in a stadium full of people (you don't have a phone to call to each other - yes, I said imagine!) and you need to connect to sit in the same place. When you arrive to [...]
With this book, you will find out how a simple adjustment in your approach to Marketing and Business Growth can lead to a Big Bang for your Business.
Our goal at Mastermind is not to sell a specific product or service. It is, in fact, to create happy and content clients who, with our help, achieve their goals. What this means is that we don't blindly do what clients ask us to do. We question and challenge what may have been seen by the client as the only way to move forward, and by doing that we help clients become true leaders in their [...]
Managing your business through Key Performance Indicators provides you with valuable, decision-making information Our blog today is a conversation with our collaborator Paul Pittman Founder and President at The Human Well, who assists public, private and family businesses with human resource challenges based on practical first-hand experience. Paul Pittman: “James, are Key Performance [...]
There was a time that businesses could operate successfully on a whim. Without data or knowledge. Just put out a product or service and people will buy. No strategy. No plan. No understanding of what was happening around them. Ohhh, those were the days.... Or were they? Those days feel so long ago that most of us old enough have already forgotten about them. And the younger generation[...]
Conversely, what good is the balloon without hot air? It’s a lot like your people if they can’t or won’t implement an organization’s strategy? A business will not maximize its value if it doesn’t have a meaningful strategy and the right people organized to execute it. Planning to sell your business? Most owners want to believe that they are getting the most out of their business; [...]