Rake Consulting http://rakeconsulting.com Website focused marketing solutions Fri, 03 May 2013 02:00:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 What MomBizRetreat taught me about community and why it matters http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/10/what-mombizretreat-taught-me-about-community-and-why-it-matters/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/10/what-mombizretreat-taught-me-about-community-and-why-it-matters/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:27:05 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=1238 Are you a part of many communities? If you stop to think about it, we’re all a part of numerous communities! We’ve got our families, neighbourhoods, schools, churches, sports teams and leagues – and that’s just to name a few of the physical, in-person, communities. What about your social media community – how many Facebook...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/10/what-mombizretreat-taught-me-about-community-and-why-it-matters/feed/ 3 Do you smile at your ‘list’? http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/do-you-smile-at-your-list/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/do-you-smile-at-your-list/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:20:53 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=1166 How many emails do you get in a day that are not from clients/customers/patients? If you’re like the majority of people, you get too many! Recently I started cleaning out my inbox and unsubscribing from the umpteen mailing lists I’m on. There were a few interesting observations I made while going through this exercise. The...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/do-you-smile-at-your-list/feed/ 2 Ch-ch-ch-anges are underway at Rake Consulting http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/changes-afoot/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/changes-afoot/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:56:21 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=1189 Do you feel that? Things are shaking up around here! Please be patient while the website undergoes a complete overhaul. I’m still open for business, and working hard to bring you lots of great new packages, content and service offerings! My schedule is full until at least mid-October. You’re welcome to leave feedback, comments or request a...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/changes-afoot/feed/ 0 Are you a Conscious Consumer? http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/are-you-a-conscious-consumer/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/are-you-a-conscious-consumer/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:49:07 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=1137 Monday was a technologically challenging day for many (millions) of website owners around the globe. GoDaddy, the largest domain registrar in the world, was hacked. What does this mean and how does that have anything to do with being a conscious consumer? Let me give you a little bit of background, technical and personal. First,...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/09/are-you-a-conscious-consumer/feed/ 0 Terms of Engagement – 5 Steps to Create Your Awesome Giveaway http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/08/terms-of-engagement-5-steps-to-create-your-awesome-giveaway/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/08/terms-of-engagement-5-steps-to-create-your-awesome-giveaway/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:53:42 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=1114 If you weren’t aware, there’s a book with the title “Terms of Engagement – Changing the way we change Organizations”. I didn’t know this until after I crafted my title and decided to do a search. I meant it to be a play on “Terms of Endearment”, since I’m talking about endearing your website visitor...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/08/terms-of-engagement-5-steps-to-create-your-awesome-giveaway/feed/ 1 5 tips for choosing killer website colours http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/07/5-tips-for-choosing-your-website-colors/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/07/5-tips-for-choosing-your-website-colors/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:38:41 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=984 I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about colour and it’s importance in your website, logo, and brand in general. (And yes, I’m Canadian, so I spell colour with a ‘u’ – deal with it. ) Since I know about websites, this article will focus there. The following 5 tips are explained in high-level...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/07/5-tips-for-choosing-your-website-colors/feed/ 0 Are you ready for March 30th? Will you be one of my 15? http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/are-you-ready-for-march-30th-will-you-be-one-of-my-15/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/are-you-ready-for-march-30th-will-you-be-one-of-my-15/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:12:34 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=920 If you’ve got a facebook business (or fan) page, are you ready for the switch to Timeline on March 30th? What does that mean? Well, there are a lot of little things that will be affected, but the biggest change will be to the layout of the page and the ‘cover photo’ that will adorn...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/are-you-ready-for-march-30th-will-you-be-one-of-my-15/feed/ 0 #BizMomsKnow Twitter chat – website traffic – Mar. 7, 2012 http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/bizmomsknow-twitter-chat-website-traffic-mar-7-2012/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/bizmomsknow-twitter-chat-website-traffic-mar-7-2012/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:17:35 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=908 What do Biz Moms Know about generating website traffic? Join us on Wednesday, March 7th at 1pm AST/noon EST/11am CST/9am PST for our inaugural Twitter chat #BizMomsKnow to find out! Some of the questions we’ll be presenting to get the conversation started will cover website statistics tools, keyword usage, social media promotion techniques and experiences...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/bizmomsknow-twitter-chat-website-traffic-mar-7-2012/feed/ 1 What do Biz Moms Know? http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/what-do-biz-moms-know/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/what-do-biz-moms-know/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:55:49 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/?p=885 Quite a lot, it turns out! One of the things I love best about being a women entrepreneur is the abundance of support from other women entrepreneurs. Having recently delved into the world of Twitter, I’m amazed at how much FUN it can be meeting, connecting, sharing and supporting others. (you can follow me @RakeConsulting)...

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]]> http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/03/what-do-biz-moms-know/feed/ 1 Why I love shoveling snow and how it helps my small business http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/01/why-i-love-shoveling-snow-and-how-it-helps-my-small-business/ http://rakeconsulting.com/2012/01/why-i-love-shoveling-snow-and-how-it-helps-my-small-business/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:23:35 +0000 Corinna Rake http://rakeconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=830 Where I live in Montreal, Canada, we get a lot of snow during the winter months. And I’m not talking about 2-3 inches per week, more like 2-3 inches every other day! Today we got a couple of inches of new snow and after my boys were in bed, I put on my comfortable and...

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