Evan Carmichael

(Photo Credit: icon600) Almost from the first day in business I’ve had interns help me with my business. I’ve been fortunate that the interns I’ve had have worked hard, been great team players, and have helped take my business from an idea into a real company. I’ve gone on to hire some of my interns [...]

At my last SEO for Africa I introduced a new initiative called SEO Buffet. The concept is simple: I’ll give you free advice for your website and profile you on my blog if you bring me food from your cultural background!
The first person to respond was John Carr. John is a Toronto based real estate [...]

I’m proud to announce our latest famous entrepreneur profile to EvanCarmichael.com: Terry Matthews from Mitel who has built over 100 companies and has gone on to become a billionaire.
You might not know him by name, but this entrepreneur has started up almost 100 companies and, as Wales’ first billionaire, is richer than even Prince Charles. [...]

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If you’re still on the fence as to if you should be using Twitter or are wondering if you’re getting the most you can from the service here are 5 practical ways that I’ve used Twitter to grow my business in the past week.
As I’ve mentioned before, Twitter is the #1 source [...]

(Photo Credit: Rebecca Bollwitt) A couple of weeks ago I had a chance to head to Google’s office for a full day of AdSense discussion. As part of the event we got to ask questions via an online form and members who attended were asked to vote on the questions. The top 9 voted on [...]

(Photo Credit: Pierre Beteille) Mark Drager is a Toronto based entrepreneur who created a new business in 2006 called Phanta Media. He was a startup entrepreneur who was trying to stand out in a very competitive market.
Fast forward to today and Mark is doing business with clients like Royal Bank (the 55th largest company in [...]

Last week I got an amazing opportunity from Google – they invited me and some of the other top Canadian AdSense publishers to their Toronto head office to discuss AdSense tips and tricks as well as preview new changes that are coming to the AdSense program.
We weren’t allowed to take pictures inside their offices so [...]

I’m proud to announce our latest famous entrepreneur profile to EvanCarmichael.com: Ty Warner from Ty Inc. best known for his line of Beanie Babies products.
He dropped out of Kalamazoo College to sell stuffed toys. It might not have been the most promising of starts, but when the young Ty Warner decided to start his own [...]

(Photo Credit: Jeff McNeill) This is a special edition of SEO University where I have a guest post by Elisa Gabbert. Elisa was introduced to me by Byron Gordon, a great guy who I’ve worked with for a couple of years at the Search Engine Strategies conferences here in Toronto. When Byron asks me to [...]

(Photo Credit: djwerdna) One of the most important initiatives that I’ve been championing within my business is customer service. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my trip to Seattle and the outstanding service that I received at a little shop called Piroshky Bakery (Let Your Customer Service Be Your Marketing Department).
Most businesses live [...]