Business
Engagement – Five Ways to Encourage your Community
Measuring the success of social media is measuring engagement. Engagement is every time someone interacts directly with your content – clicking a link, liking a post, commenting or mentioning, and retweeting, reposting or sharing.
Island Lake Lodge's Summer Guide
It's going to be a busy summer at Island Lake Lodge, with the 2nd Annual Untamed Kootenays event helping kick it off!
Building Community
The next time you find yourself in a conflict about values try to think about the things you share rather than the things that divide.
2nd Annual Untamed Kootenays Culinary Event
This June, Island Lake Lodge is inviting new and returning guests to experience Fernie’s culinary talent. During the weekend, food lovers will dine on lodge-made gourmet meals, created with an abundance of ingredients sourced and foraged from the surrounding Elk Valley.
Electronic Records Management
In our ever-changing digital world, Electronic records and the management and storage of electronic records is becoming increasingly important.
Twitter: 3 Things To Start Implementing
Twitter is like a networking event. You arrive, you may know some people but not others, and there are probably business leaders you want to connect with.
April 2018 Business News
Island Lake Lodge's job fair, Brecan Interiors now serves the Elk Valley, the Zero Plastic Project and more.
April 2018 New Business
Lush Kootenay is a new dynamic Wedding and Event service in town. Owner Faye Latulippe graduated from The Wedding Institute of Canada and is ready to listen, plan and execute your wildest dream wedding!
March 2018 New Business
The art of Annex Suspended, Ground Floor Coworking Space (Cranbrook, BC) is elevating the growth of this new economy in the East Kootenay region and Valley Vitals, a budding new business with big dreams of creating a sustainable food cycle in Fernie.
Instagram: Three Ways to Do it Better
Instagram is the fastest growing social media platform. It had 600 million users at the beginning of 2017 – and it started this year with 800 million.
Getting Ready for Tax Time
Organizing your tax information prior to submitting it to your tax preparer or before you begin to complete the return yourself reduces the risk of missing some pertinent information.
Ride On
Make sure your business is as resilient as Olympic snowboarding women. The comments after the event acknowledged and accepted if for what it was. No one is happy about it, but no one is crying foul either.
Island Lake Lodge Wins 2018 Employees First Award
Island Lake Lodge has won the coveted 2018 Employees First Award, presented this afternoon at the BC Tourism Industry Conference in Kelowna. The award is sponsored by go2HR, BC’s tourism human resource association, as part of the 2018 Tourism Industry Awards.
March 2018 Business News
Big Bang Bagels celebrates Griz Days, ET Hair Studio celebrates 20 years in Fernie, Freyja expands into online sales, footwear and a new Tween department and more.
Optimize Your Facebook Page
You started January with that BIG goal of ensuring your social media presence reflects your goals, personality, and tells the story of your business. This month, prioritize your Facebook Page.