Having a direct link to your Google Business Review makes it more convenient for your customers. They no longer need to look your business up, click around, and then type up a review. It's a great way to remove additional barriers to getting reviews! Directly linking to Google Review makes it easy for your customers. 2 Steps to Getting Your Direct Link: 1. Look up your Google … [Read more...]
Why I Chose Computer Science 101 Over Coding Bootcamp
I decided to learn to code last year, and I recently completed a CPSC 101 at University of Northern British Columbia. Yes, that was a first year university class full of teenagers. In one of the tutorials, I was paired up with a student who was extremely excited that she was about to turn 20 and all I can think about was how much I would be willing to pay to … [Read more...]
Progress Update: Learning Computer Science
I started learning computer science in January. For the last 3 months I have been taking CPSC 101 with teenagers (yup, first year university students), I thought it might be horrible... but it has been great! (More on that another time).Time Management Was ChallengingLearning a completely new topic in my 30's has been an interesting experience so far. The most challenging … [Read more...]
What I’m Doing Now
I’m mom with a 1 year old living in Prince George, BC and I travel to Vancouver, BC often. When I’m not out at the playground and tending to nap time, I’m developing a web app in Python with the Django framework. I’m currently working on ListSyncer. ListSyncer is a marketing tool that derived from a technology gap I noticed while running my fitness centre, Sunberry Fitness. We … [Read more...]
“Show Your Work” – An Online Marketing Framework for Creators
I picked up Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work" as a bedtime read, but underneath it's colourful cover is a novel framework for every modern creative worker to build an online presence around their work. I didn't sleep very much that night and I took notes - it's the exact marketing framework I have been searching for.His framework is not just useful … [Read more...]