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Canadian Startup Resources: Provincial Business Portals and Gateways

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 2d

Canadian🍁 entrepreneurs need reliable sources of information regarding local business programs, funding, licensing, learning, mentorship, and more.

💻 Provincial Business Portals & Gateways:
canadiansinternet.com/canadian-sta...

#CanadianBusiness #CanadianStartup

These provincial sites are gateways into the world of local business, programs, funding, licensing, learning, mentorship, and more!

Avoid a Halloween Horror Story With These Road Safety Tips

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 2d

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Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 3d

Trick-or-treating is fun, but don't forget a frightening reality: Halloween continues to be the most dangerous day for child pedestrians.

🎃 Avoid a Halloween Horror Story With These Road Safety Tips:
www.canadianfamily.net/avoid-hallow...

#TrickOrTreat #Halloween #Halloween2025 #KidsSafety

Children are 3.5 times more likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than an average day. These tips will help keep them safe...

Subscribe to the Online Business Canada Newsletter ⋆

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 4d

Knowledge is power! Support & learn from your fellow Canadians 🍁 to help build a stronger business and country.

📫🖥️ Subscribe to the Online Business Canada Newsletter:
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#CanadianBusiness #MadeInCanada #ElbowsUp

Canadian online business & marketing tips, news & resources, delivered to your inbox every week!

How to Start Any Online Business With WordPress ⋆

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 4d

Between the themes & the plugins, you can use WordPress to easily build a website that's suitable for virtually any kind of business.

🖥️ How to Start Any Online Business With WordPress:
canadiansinternet.com/start-online...

#DigitalTransformation #SellOnline #WordPressWebsite

While it's known as a blogging platform, WordPress can be used to easily create any kind of website you can imagine! Here's how...

Top Affiliate Program Categories to Maximize Winter Sales ⋆ Online Business Canada

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 8d

Focusing on the right affiliate program categories will increase your 2026 revenue and re-engage your audience after the holiday season.

⛄️ Top Affiliate Program Categories to Maximize Winter Sales:
canadiansinternet.com/top-affiliat...

#AffiliateMarketing #AffiliatePrograms #Winter

Get ready to earn more this Winter! These proven affiliate program categories and expert tips will maximize commissions.

6 Ways the Pro's Turn Traffic Into Subscribers, Leads and Sales

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 9d

Expert marketers keep their finger on the pulse, while applying years of experience, talent and instinct to engage & convert consumers.

💡 But that doesn’t mean it’s expensive or difficult to replicate...

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#DigitalMarketing #EmailList #EmailMarketing

Expert marketers apply experience, talent and instinct to grab and convert consumers. Luckily, it's not expensive or difficult to replicate!

Pumpkin for Pets (Dogs, Cats, Horses, Rabbits, Birds and Fish)

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 10d

The nutritional benefits of pumpkin for pets include healthy digestion, immunity support, bone & joint health, and healthy skin & hair/fur/feathers/scales.

🎃🐶🐱🐴🐠🐰🐦
Pumpkin for Pets:
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#Pets #Autumn #Pumpkin

The natural diet of many pets can include nutritious pumpkin. This post includes nutritional information and species-specific advice.

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Online Business Basics: Set Up a Physical and Virtual Workspace

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 11d

Set yourself up for success with these workspace tips!

🖥️🪑 Online Business Basics: Set Up a Physical and Virtual Workspace
canadiansinternet.com/online-busin...

#OnlineBusiness #HomeOffice #BusinessTools

Are you setting up a home office for your online business operations? This practical guide will ensure you have everything you need!

10 Fun Ways to Limit Kids' Halloween Candy

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 11d

Remember that Halloween and other holidays are supposed to be fun. Whatever your candy alternative is, it should add joy to the occasion.

🎃🍬🥨10 Fun Ways to Limit Kids’ Halloween Candy
www.canadianfamily.net/10-fun-ways-...

#Halloween #TrickOrTreat #Kids

Fantastic ideas for controlling candy intake without taking the fun out of Halloween.

Steal These Amazon Halloween Design Tricks for your Site ⋆ Online Business Canada

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 11d

Sensory immersion through thematic visuals and sound, combined with AI-driven personalization, makes Amazon a prime destination for Halloween shoppers.

🎃 Steal These Amazon Halloween Design Tricks for your Site:
canadiansinternet.com/amazon-hallo...

#Halloween #Ecommerce #WebsiteDesign

Learn from Amazon's eye-catching designs and clever marketing tactics, to create an irresistible shopping experience for your own store.

Best Online Side Hustles For Really Busy People ⋆

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Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 12d

Online business models offer a viable option to busy, aspiring Canadian entrepreneurs, but some are better than others.

⏰ The Best Online Side Hustles For Really Busy People
canadiansinternet.com/best-online-...

#SideHustle #OnlineBusiness #DigitalStartup

Expert reveals her top 5 picks and tips for online businesses you can start on the side, even if you have no spare time.

6 Halloween Recipes with Tales of Haunted Canadian Restaurants ⋆

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Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 13d

Regale your guests with tales of haunted restaurants in Canada. 🍁 We’ve included some of our favourites with these Halloween recipes!

🎃🥣 6 Halloween Recipes with Tales of Haunted Canadian Restaurants:
www.canadianfamily.net/6-spooky-rec...

#Halloween #Halloween2025 #Canada

Feed hungry goblins with these dinner & desert recipes from Fleischmanns and Mazola, and regale them with Canadian ghost stories!

How the Majority of Canadians Celebrate Halloween (Infographic) ⋆ Online Business Canada

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 13d

Use these Halloween statistics to scare up some business, create creepy content, and make the holiday more inclusive.

🎃🍁 How the Majority of Canadians Celebrate Halloween (Infographic)
canadiansinternet.com/canadians-ce...

#CanadianBusiness #Halloween2025

Trends Report finds majority of Canadians plan to celebrate Halloween and unwraps opportunities to make the holiday extra inclusive.

How Top Canadian Bloggers Make Money

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 14d

We reviewed 105 of the most popular Canadian blogs in a broad range of niches, to discover how the best are earning money.

🍁 How Top Canadian Bloggers Make Money:
canadiansinternet.com/how-top-cana...

#Blogging #MakeMoneyOnline #SideHustle

We conducted an informal study of 105 successful Canadian blogs, to find out how they're generating revenue.

Expert Tips: How Do I Find Profitable Online Business Ideas? ⋆ Online Business Canada

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 18d

These are the same resources successful online entrepreneurs use to inspire and inform their own business ideas. + Actionable insights & proven strategies.

🖥️💡 Expert Tips: How Do I Find Profitable Online Business Ideas?
canadiansinternet.com/find-profita...

#OnlineBusiness #Entrepreneur

These resources and strategies to find profitable online business ideas work best for myself and my mentors, time and time again.

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Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 20d

Canadian Business Number (BN) and CRA Program Accounts:

🍁🍁 When do you need a BN?

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#CanadianBusiness #Canada

6 Cheap and Easy Halloween Games for Kids ⋆ Canadian Family .net

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 21d

These easy games require very little time to prepare and they’re guaranteed to bring out the witch 🧙‍♀️ cackles in all who play.

🎃 6 Cheap & Easy Halloween Games for Kids:
www.canadianfamily.net/6-cheap-and-...

#Halloween #HalloweenParty #HalloweenFun

These easy games require very little time to prepare and they’re guaranteed to bring out the witch cackles in all who play.

Finding and Selling Liquidation Products Online in Canada

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 21d

Reselling used, overstocked or returned products sourced from liquidators is a trending Canadian online business model!

🍁📦 Learn how to Find & Sell Liquidation Products Online in Canada:
canadiansinternet.com/finding-sell...

#CanadianBusiness #OnlineBusiness #Liquidator

Buying and reselling product returns and other liquidated merchandise online can be profitable, but it isn't for the faint of heart...

Is it Time to Outsource Your Order Fulfillment?

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 22d

Should you:

A) Pack & ship your own orders or
B) Use a fulfillment service?

🚚 Is it Time to Outsource Your Order Fulfillment?
canadiansinternet.com/time-outsour...

#Ecommerce #Fulfillment #Outsourcing

Outsourcing order fulfillment is almost inevitable for many Canadian ecommerce businesses as they grow. Here's how to know when it's time...

The Top Affiliate Program Categories for Amazing Autumn Sales ⋆ Online Business Canada

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 22d

Focusing on the right categories will position your business for a golden finish to 2025, and an even more profitable 2026.

🍂💵 The Top Affiliate Program Categories for Amazing Autumn Sales
canadiansinternet.com/affiliate-pr...

#AffiliateMarketing #Diversify #Revenue #OnlineBusiness

Get ready to earn more this Fall! These proven affiliate program categories and expert tips will maximize sales conversions.

Rake In Recurring Revenue With Ecommerce Subscriptions ⋆

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Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 24d

The ecommerce subscription model is more than another revenue stream. It offers multiple ways to use recurring orders to your advantage.

🛒 Rake In Recurring Revenue With Ecommerce Subscriptions
canadiansinternet.com/recurring-re...

#Ecommerce #Subscriptions #RevenueStream

Canadian eTailers have discovered multiple ways to use recurring orders to their advantage. Learn how you can easily replicate their success!

5 Ways Canadian Businesses Distribute Their Ebooks

Melody McKinnon @melodymckinnon.bsky.social · 24d

You've written a brilliant ebook for your business, but how do you get it into the hands of your target market?

💻📕 5 Ways Canadian Businesses Distribute Their Ebooks:
canadiansinternet.com/ways-canadia...

#SelfPublishing #InfoProducts #Ebooks

Once you've finished an ebook, you'll need to find ways to get it into the hands of consumers. Here are the top 5 ways to do it!