Tracey Fieber

What Can I Contribute to Invigorate Society?

If you are wondering what you can contribute to invigorate society, just look around you. Whether you want to impact politics, social causes, your church, culture, the environment, arts and culture, animal rights, youth, your profession, or anything else,... Read >

The Truth About Website Return Visitors

Virtually every business has a website these days, which reflects the reality that people shop - or at least look - online before they buy. The average website visitor may come back seven times before they buy - not the way you want it to be. Once your si... Read >

Is Retirement a Death Sentence: Living Longer after Retirement

You probably know people who retired in apparent good health and died shortly afterward. You know those who did everything right in terms of diet and exercise, yet died young. You hear stories of 100 year old people who have smoked, eaten red meat, and be... Read >

Making Money From Your Website: Are Banner Ads for You?

When you have a website, you hope that people will flock to your site to buy your product or service. To facilitate this, you aim to develop an attractive, easy-to-navigate website that will be a useful marketing tool for you. Wouldn't you like to make mo... Read >

Setting Up and Optimizing WordPress 3.0 for Your Business Website

Having a website is crucial for business success today. Since that is true, why not use a flexible but economical solution which you can easily set up and optimize - WordPress 3.0? With 77% or more Americans and Canadians using the internet, having a webs... Read >

What Areas Do I Need to Consider When Planning My Retirement?

In our last few blogs on retirement planning, we have emphasized the obvious - have lots of money on hand - as well have a plan for retirement that includes how will spend your time, where you will live, whether you will work elsewhere, etc. As a Baby Boo... Read >

Will Offshore Outsourcing Help Your Business?

Philosophically, you may believe that as resident of an affluent western country, you have a responsibility to the rest of the world, which might include helping people there earn a sustainable income. Your principles may be stretched a bit when you have ... Read >

I Know I Want to Retire, How Can I Plan for It?

Our society pressures people to work longer, especially since life expectancy has increased and social programs like social security are strapped. If you are healthy and want to retire in your mid-60s, you must have all your financial ducks in a row if yo... Read >

The “TRUTH” about Outsourcing

If you are looking for way to cut your labor costs, is outsourcing a good solution or a red flag to current employees and clients? When you outsource, you get the services you need, while someone - maybe the workers themselves - absorb the cost of overhe... Read >

Making Retirement Good for You and Your Family

So, you're retired. You may eventually get a job or volunteer at the Y, but for now you enjoy sleeping in, planning your own time, puttering around the house. This relaxation may be just what you need after years in the daily grind, but how will it affect... Read >

Structuring Your Retirement: Quitting, Staying Put, or Changing Jobs

Some people look at their lives and say, "I don't ever want to retire." If you are in good health, enjoy most aspects of your job, and want the income, why should you? The question becomes "Will you remain in the same job or change jobs?" Work gives st... Read >

Must Cutbacks Lead to Decreased Productivity?

As we have noted in a couple of our recent blogs, when companies cut staff and tighten their belts, they hope to maintain or even increase productivity. Employee and corporate morale may be down when coworkers are dismissed, workload increases, pay is cut... Read >

Maintaining Client Service with Fewer Resources – Partly a Matter of Perception?

Even if your business is a goldmine, tough times and rising prices may present you with the challenge of maintaining client service with fewer resources. You examine your highest costs of doing business, and you find that labor and health care costs stan... Read >

Improving Your Search Engine Ranking Through Relevant, Focused Content Writing

No matter how fine the writing is on your blog or website, if it is not optimized to improve your search engine ranking, it will not do you much good. What is the point of your blog or website anyway? You want your company to come up when people search fo... Read >

Tap Your Local Market on the World Wide Web

In real estate, the mantra is "location, location, location," but that is true for many local businesses. How can you use the internet to pull in more business to your service area? If you have an ice cream store in Saskatoon, what good does it do you i... Read >