Amazing Women: How Jaimie Jolly Started 3 Successful Businesses Before 30!

Entrepreneur and beauty-guru Jaimie Jolly sat down with me last weekend to talk about her business, and how she started 3 successful businesses before the age of 30. I know. Three before thirty. Impressive, right? If you're not already familiar with Jaimie, she is a nationally celebrated permanent makeup artist, famous for her micro-bladed brow make overs, and co-owner of Thistle and Bloom.

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No fuss custom websites are here!

The web has come a long way, and so have people's expectations of your website. Today's consumers expect responsive websites that display beautifully on any device, load quickly and are easy to navigate? Does your current site make the grade? Not to worry, here at WordBird we LOVE designing sites! No, really. For content geeks like us, site mapping is an art form. We get giddy about blogs and social media integration. Want to sell your products on line, display your portfolio, showcase your blog, promote your newsletter?

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Learn freelance writing and blogging from Michelle Annette Tremblay

Don't miss this free event! Curious about blogging? Freelance writing? WordBird Media's own Michelle Annette Tremblay will be teaching blogging and freelance writing courses at Loyalist College over the next few months, and you have the chance to meet her on January 18th for a free course introduction. Get an overview of the courses, ask questions, meet other people interested in writing for business and the web, and of course meet the instructor.

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Work that's in line with our values - Paudash Lake Conservation Association's newsletter

One of the things we're most grateful for over here at WordBird Media is having the ability to work on projects that are in line with our values, and make a difference to our community and planet. It's immensely satisfying. One of the things we're most dedicated to is the environment. Our Creative Director, Michelle, often writes magazine features about environmental issues like seed saving, supporting bee populations, off-grid-living, etc. 

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Blogging about butter tarts

We do a lot of guest blogging. Why? Well firstly because blogging is an awesome marketing tool, and in the day of content marketing the demand for good bloggers is high. We're very good bloggers. Partly because we're big picture thinkers. If you ask us about blogging we're going to start off by talking about people's very short attention spans, SEO, and google rankings. But then we'll move on to pushing content to social media pages. And eventually we'll end up in a diatribe about using social media to drive traffic back to your site, tracking your popular content, and planning post schedules with timely emphasis on content that will engage your audience.

But hold on now. This is about butter tarts.

 

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More than a plain old daycare gets more than a plain old website

NHCS approached us about building a new site that was well-organized and listed all the various services and programs that the centre provides. They wanted a staff directory with photos so parents could keep track of their children's care providers, social media feeds on the home page, an easy-to-update events calendar, and a fun colourful (but still professional) look. Oh, and they wanted all of this to be super easy to manage, so their busy staff could update the blog and calendar in no time. So we did head-shots of all the staff, got ourselves very acquainted with all the facilities and programs, did some custom coding, and approached the site from an end-user perspective. 

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Graphic design you can sink your teeth into

The Craftsman Restaurant is a cottage country landmark. For 28 years they've been making 'real food for real people,' and are widely known as 'Paudash's Original Country Diner.' Their burgers are famous, the smoked salmon eggs Benedict are crazy good, and if you ever need a bowl of hot home-made soup that testes like pure love, you know where to go.

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Have you met Sean?

Here's your chance not only to meet our weird and wonderful Video and Technical Manager, but also to learn from him. The talented Sean Buk will be leading a series of film workshops as part of the Celebrating Creative Connections project in North Hastings.

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Marketing in the digital age - wake up, it's a new era!

Traditional marketing fundamentals are timeless, but if you haven't made the transition to digital marketing yet, or if you're still struggling to reach your target market online this course is for you. Topics include defining your brand and target market, building consistency and trust in your brand, web basics, CMS vs developer, basics of graphic design, copywriting basics, intro to social media, protecting your brand from digital sharecropping, netiquette, newsletters...

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