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Whitecourt Biz News

An open letter to Whitecourt Home Business Owners

Feb 28th, 2010 | By Patrysha | Category: Whitecourt Biz News

Hi everyone! My home business is a bit different from the traditional home business. In truth, I pretty much sucked at direct sales. What I’m good at is getting publicity (along with general writing for small and home bases businesses). I’ve written releases for several direct sales consultants including candle reps and a Watkins rep. [...]



Sizzling Summer Ends

Oct 2nd, 2009 | By Patrysha | Category: Whitecourt Biz News

Better late than never, the Sizzling Summer Shop & Win finally reached completion with the awarding of the cash (well money order really) to most of the winners today. The final delivery for one is scheduled tomorrow.
I’ll do the final posting to the promotional website, facebook & twitter – along with a few dozen other [...]



Golden Moments…Remembrance & Celebration

Sep 26th, 2009 | By Patrysha | Category: Whitecourt Biz News

This is an article I am planning to submit locally for Small Business Week.
For those who aren’t local, my town is Whitecourt – a town of just under 10,000 on the far edges of the foothills, 109 miles north of the capital city of Edmonton.

When the Whitecourt and District Chamber of Commerce came into being, [...]



A Grand Prize Draw and A Publicity Mention…

Sep 23rd, 2009 | By Patrysha | Category: Whitecourt Biz News

Last night was the rescheduled Shop & Win Grand Prize Draw Locally. It was a great event that taught me a ton about my great new hometown and about running a major marketing campaign.
You see, until now it was all just theory.
While I have done the bits and pieces that went into it (writing press [...]



Kicking off the pre-launch

Jun 25th, 2009 | By Patrysha | Category: Whitecourt Biz News

The soft launch of the Sizzling Summer began Monday with the delivery of most of the merchant packages on Monday. Today marks the second stage of launch – with the Impact Video Boards beginning with the announcement of 10 extra entries to anyone who picks up their Shop & Win card at participating locations before [...]