SOHO Business Conference Vancouver
Attend the SOHO/SME Business conference and EXPO in Vancouver on October 30, 2007. This is the 11th year for the SOHO business conference. Vancouver was the original site of this SOHO conference which has spread to Toronto, Calgary and Ottawa.
What is SOHO?
Today it means small office and/or home office.
SOHO used to be only associated with the SOHO red-light district in London, England and the SOHO area in New York City described as South of Houston street.
Today SOHO is clearly about small business. Sensitive to the time demands of SOHO business this conference is a one day affair. Folks in SOHO just don’t have the time to attend three-day or week-long conferences like their corporate counterparts.
If you work in SOHO and you are in Vancouver on October 30, be sure to attend the SOHO/SME Business conference and EXPO.
Here are the details for you:
Event: SOHO/SME Business conference and EXPO
Date: October 30, 2007
Location: Fairmount Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Why should you attend the SOHO conference in Vancouver?
Hear lots of powerful business speakers that can help you grow your business.
And a very special treat – George Torok (that’s me) is delivering a special presentation – Secrets of Success. This presentation is different from my marketing presentation. This presentation offers insights and lessons from my 400 interviews with business leaders, consulting, world travel including some special lesson from Las Vegas and success lessons ingrained from personal pain and triumph.
See you in Vancouver at the SOHO conference. Stop by and say hello. If you tell me that you read about this on my blog I will give you a free copy of my bestselling book, Secrets of Power Marketing, while supplies last. I will probably bring a half-dozen copies.
See you in at SOHO – the conference – not the red-light district.
George Torok
Entrepreneur
Marketing Specialist
Motivational Speaker
Bestselling author of Secrets of Power Marketing
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Visa Small Business Conference in Montreal
Visa Small Business Conference
Did you attend the “Visa Small Business Big Thinking Conference”? It took place in Montreal on Monday June 4, 2007. If you missed it then read some of the key points from my presentation. If you attended the conference then you might check your notes to ensure that you captured these critical points.
I was delighted to be speaking to the eager entrepreneurs at the Visa Small Business conference on how to get more from budget-effective marketing.
Here are some of the learning points from my marketing presentation: It was a packed room and an explosive session. The presentation was both entertaining and enlightening.
You cannot - not market. Everything you do is marketing.
Being good is not enough. You must actively sell and market yourself.
Success is the result of doing little things consistently well over time.
Observe successful people and ask yourself, “Why do they do things that way?”
Success in business comes from following systems.
A system is a process to get to your goal.
A system is built on a key principle.
Systems beat talent.
You are responsible to manage the perceptions of your prospects.
The image of success is a perception determined by your display of confidence.
Focus on your strengths.
Build relationships by saying “thank you”.
Get the media to call you the expert.
Print media exposure has more credibly and is easier to leverage.
Sell to people’s wants – not their needs.
That’s it for now. Of course there was more. The attendees at the Visa Small Business Big Thinking conference received the full presentation. You only get the bullet points here. Perhaps you might attend the next Visa Small Business conference next year.
If you attended the Visa Small Business conference then feel free to comment on this blog post. I welcome your comments and questions.
Visa will be posting more notes, photos and comments on their website in July. Visit the Visa Small Business Conference site to see more.
Rick Spence was the content provider for this Visa Small Business conference. He arranged for all the speakers. The program especially featured Quebec entrepreneurs. He is former editor of Profit Magazine so he knows a lot about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. Learn more about the Visa Small Business conference by reading his Canadian Entrepreneur blog.
George Torok
Marketing Specialist
Presenter at the Visa Small Business Conference
Co-author of Secrets of Power Marketing
Did you attend the “Visa Small Business Big Thinking Conference”? It took place in Montreal on Monday June 4, 2007. If you missed it then read some of the key points from my presentation. If you attended the conference then you might check your notes to ensure that you captured these critical points.
I was delighted to be speaking to the eager entrepreneurs at the Visa Small Business conference on how to get more from budget-effective marketing.
Here are some of the learning points from my marketing presentation: It was a packed room and an explosive session. The presentation was both entertaining and enlightening.
You cannot - not market. Everything you do is marketing.
Being good is not enough. You must actively sell and market yourself.
Success is the result of doing little things consistently well over time.
Observe successful people and ask yourself, “Why do they do things that way?”
Success in business comes from following systems.
A system is a process to get to your goal.
A system is built on a key principle.
Systems beat talent.
You are responsible to manage the perceptions of your prospects.
The image of success is a perception determined by your display of confidence.
Focus on your strengths.
Build relationships by saying “thank you”.
Get the media to call you the expert.
Print media exposure has more credibly and is easier to leverage.
Sell to people’s wants – not their needs.
That’s it for now. Of course there was more. The attendees at the Visa Small Business Big Thinking conference received the full presentation. You only get the bullet points here. Perhaps you might attend the next Visa Small Business conference next year.
If you attended the Visa Small Business conference then feel free to comment on this blog post. I welcome your comments and questions.
Visa will be posting more notes, photos and comments on their website in July. Visit the Visa Small Business Conference site to see more.
Rick Spence was the content provider for this Visa Small Business conference. He arranged for all the speakers. The program especially featured Quebec entrepreneurs. He is former editor of Profit Magazine so he knows a lot about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. Learn more about the Visa Small Business conference by reading his Canadian Entrepreneur blog.
George Torok
Marketing Specialist
Presenter at the Visa Small Business Conference
Co-author of Secrets of Power Marketing
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Visa Small Business Big Thinking
Visa Small Business Big Thinking Conference
Perhaps you might think that the words "Visa" and "small business" don’t belong in the same phrase. You might be wrong.
If you are in Montreal on Monday June 4, 2007 stop by the “Small Business Big Thinking” conference organized by Visa. And if you are not planning to be in Montreal maybe you go so you can attend this one-day conference organized by Visa for small business.
You might ask, “What does Visa know about small business?” And that would be a good question. That might be why they have partnered with large and small business to produce this one day conference.
Most prominent on the side of small business experts is Rick Spence, former editor and publisher of Profit magazine. Spence’s presence, savvy and contacts is enough to inject a practical amount of business street-smarts into this conference.
And then there are many other entrepreneurs who just made a pile of money. Maybe you never heard of them. They don’t care; they are still raking in money. And they are willing to tell you some of their secrets – but of course not all. Maybe you should listen up.
My dear friend and mentor, Peter Urs Bender said, “A fool can learn from no one and a wise man can learn from anyone.”
And yes I will be making a special appearance at this Visa Small Business Big Thinking conference. I will be speaking in the Buzz Marketing session at 11:00 am. And I will host a table for the ‘Meet the Pros” luncheon. Call me a fool if you want – but you can learn a lot about marketing from me.
Rick Spence is a valued friend and he invited me at the last minute so I checked my calendar and agreed to be there. Besides, Montreal is a beautiful city and entrepreneurs need all the help they can get.
See you in Montreal at the Visa “Small Business Big Thinking” conference on Monday June 4, 2007.
George Torok
Marketing Specialist
Motivational Speaker
Publisher of over 300 business articles
Learn more about the Small Busines Big Thinking conference in Montreal
Perhaps you might think that the words "Visa" and "small business" don’t belong in the same phrase. You might be wrong.
If you are in Montreal on Monday June 4, 2007 stop by the “Small Business Big Thinking” conference organized by Visa. And if you are not planning to be in Montreal maybe you go so you can attend this one-day conference organized by Visa for small business.
You might ask, “What does Visa know about small business?” And that would be a good question. That might be why they have partnered with large and small business to produce this one day conference.
Most prominent on the side of small business experts is Rick Spence, former editor and publisher of Profit magazine. Spence’s presence, savvy and contacts is enough to inject a practical amount of business street-smarts into this conference.
And then there are many other entrepreneurs who just made a pile of money. Maybe you never heard of them. They don’t care; they are still raking in money. And they are willing to tell you some of their secrets – but of course not all. Maybe you should listen up.
My dear friend and mentor, Peter Urs Bender said, “A fool can learn from no one and a wise man can learn from anyone.”
And yes I will be making a special appearance at this Visa Small Business Big Thinking conference. I will be speaking in the Buzz Marketing session at 11:00 am. And I will host a table for the ‘Meet the Pros” luncheon. Call me a fool if you want – but you can learn a lot about marketing from me.
Rick Spence is a valued friend and he invited me at the last minute so I checked my calendar and agreed to be there. Besides, Montreal is a beautiful city and entrepreneurs need all the help they can get.
See you in Montreal at the Visa “Small Business Big Thinking” conference on Monday June 4, 2007.
George Torok
Marketing Specialist
Motivational Speaker
Publisher of over 300 business articles
Learn more about the Small Busines Big Thinking conference in Montreal
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