How did you come into your career? Are you one of those âRiver Peopleâ Earl Nightingale talked about? The kind who knew when they were 10 what they wanted to do? Did your parents recommend it? Did you just, kinda, âfallâ into it? Kayla Greenwood sells cars and trucks at Bill Howich Chrysler. She owes her career genesis...
John Verrier, owner of Avril Homes, is one of the top builders in the Comox Valley and has achieved acclaim for constructing âThe Portsideâ, âQuayâs I and IIâ in Comox plus âRidgeviewâ in Courtenay. The developers, Dane and Jacqui Human, along with the architect, Carsten Jensen, designed these appealing townhouses to offer owners a unique...
Nickname: The Pink Witch Your idea of happiness: The Comox Valley, living the dream Favourite TV show: Shameless All-time greatest movie?âŻThe Shining Favourite chick flick? LOL! The Full Monty Food do you refuse to eat:âŻLiver First website you check: instagram @thepinkwitch1265 What local business do you admire? I admire them all! Shop local Favourite restaurant? The Prime Whatâs the best...
A group of enterprising college students wanted to gain insights from a business ownerâs perspective regarding the job interview process, and recently asked me for an interview. I was impressed by their initiative and decided to compile a few thoughts in the following overview.  This is written from a business ownerâs perspective, regarding the job interview...
Itâs hard to imagine being a little âluckyâ while having a cardiac arrest. But one gentleman was, apparently. At mile 15 of the Portland Marathon, Dave Brenner had a heart attack. Another runner, nurse Kirstyn Rossman, saw him go down. Eddy Betinol, owner of The Joint Physiotherapy, was there, too. âI saw him on the ground and a...
âWeâre basically at zero vacancy, says O.J. Gorringe. âAs soon as we have something empty, itâs gone before the month is out. Iâm pretty sure everyone is the same.â Ah, as the saying goes, it can be hell being popular. And Campbell River is popular. So much so, there is a new trend in showing...
I had an interesting conversation the other day. Mind you, I have many interesting conversations as many people find my line of work, wellâŚinteresting. This conversation was interesting not in the way of being enlightening or humorous, but rather in how it managed to disturb me. This particular conversation happened to revolve around teeth. My patientâs...
You were a successful real estate salesperson here in the Comox Valley, what made you decide to go into the world of coaching singles? Well, the first step to making a career change is to fully burn yourself out on your old career! Just kidding, thatâs the last thing anyone should do, but for me...
In the prehistoric days of the Internet, good website copywritingâŻwasnât as important as it is today. Around the time that most of us started getting AOL CDs in the mail, there were only around 100,000 websites in existence. Back then, primitive search engines used human-submitted directories, until Google became the clear winner by relying on âbacklinksâ...