January 31st, 2012 
Corinna Rake 
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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Tags: Canada, Driveway, Montreal, Shovel, Snow, Snow removal 
Comments Off January 9th, 2012 Corinna Rake This is how my desk looked today. (shhhhh – don’t tell my husband his desk is on here too!) Notice my calendar sitting there? I’m always amazed at how things start to fall into place after I have done a major (and sometimes minor) declutter. I’m waiting for some feedback on an application for a [...]
January 5th, 2012 Corinna Rake What started out as “I need this” idea, became a great little project. After tons of research, time and TLC, My Simple, Focused Small Business Marketing Calendar for 2012 is now ready. And of course, a new product needs it’s own website. SimpleMarketingCalendar.com went live just in time to start the new year off right! [...]
Posted in Comments Off January 4th, 2012 Corinna Rake “The new phonebook’s here! The new phonebook’s here!” – Steve Martin, The Jerk (movie, 1979) View the movie clip on YouTube - I love this scene where Mr. Martin’s character is SO excited when “the new phonebook’s here!” because his name is in it – I replay this scene in my head whenever I launch a new website, [...]
Posted in new website launched, planning, simple marketing calendar Tags: linkedin, marketing calendar, marketing planning, simple marketing calendar, Website, YouTube Comments Off December 30th, 2011 Corinna Rake As 2011 draws to a close, was your energy split between enjoying the holidays with your family and friends, and stressing about your service-based small business not being ready for the new year? Yeah, I felt it, too! Have you been: working extra long hours? at a loss where to begin planning for next year? starting [...]
Posted in planning, simple marketing calendar Tags: calendar, Consulting, Marketing, marketing calendar, Marketing plan 1 Comment » December 14th, 2011 Corinna Rake (See first sneak peek here) With a new illustration that has been commissioned to look more like me, and a wider, *slightly* less cluttered header, the new website is nearly ready! It has been an exciting process. You may notice a few more changes that make it look less like the original template. Did you [...]
December 13th, 2011 Corinna Rake Do you struggle with the “what’s for lunch?” question daily? How about “what can I do for my business today?” We follow a very simple ‘plan’ for my son’s lunches. He prefers to have particular sandwiches on different days, which we have written out on the school schedule calendar – Mondays are turkey & cheese, [...]