Rich with a joie de vivre attitude and vibrant culture, Montreal is perfect for a weekend away with your girlfriends. It oozes Parisian vibes, without the international price tag. Like the Europeans, Montreal locals love to eat, drink and play. From the preserved colonial mansions in Old Montreal to the …
Read More »The Healthy Cook’s Guide to Every Type of Rice
Once upon a time you may have wandered down the grocery aisle and picked up a bag of rice without a second thought. But lately the sheer variety of types can be overwhelming. And we’re not just talking brown versus white. Your average store might offer black, brown, red, white …
Read More »Our Ultimate Girls’ Getaway Guide To Toronto
Your weekend or vacation is here, and you know you want to get away with the girls, but it’s almost impossible for everyone to agree on what to do or where to go. Why not take a look at Toronto, Ontario’s capital and the largest city in Canada. Real Style …
Read More »An engineer’s guide to picking a startup
Anshu Sharma was a venture partner at Storm Ventures and is currently the chief executive at a still-in-stealth startup. One of the questions I often get from engineers I mentor is how do you decide on what early stage startup is worth working for? Often, this is long before you …
Read More »Your Guide to Developing a Retirement Withdrawals Strategy
You’ve spent your entire working career saving and investing for retirement. Now it’s time to develop a retirement withdrawals strategy.Retirement withdrawals: break into the bank, but manage spending so your money lasts as long as you do… So, what’s the best way to go about withdrawing money from your retirement …
Read More »Part 2 of 2: How Google learns to guide purchasing decisions
In my last article, I explored a patent which focused on how Google learns to influence and control users. This patent described a system to adjust and correct users when their system determines that said user is making a mistake. In this system, we saw Google influence users and suggest alternatives when it deemed a user …
Read More »The complete guide to optimizing content for SEO (with checklist)
Effective content marketing is a vehicle for modern SEO. Just as wheels without an engine leaves you pedaling, content without an SEO strategy can’t keep up in a digital marketplace. And just like an engine with no wheels, SEO without content is a shiny machine that goes nowhere. Content needs …
Read More »A guide to Google My Business for multi-location brands
With 40,000 search queries every second and 3.5 billion searches per day, we don’t need to make a case about why your business should be on Google, so let’s get that out of the way and assume you have built a robust local presence on Google My Business. The real …
Read More »SMX West session: The definitive guide to local search ranking factors
SMX West 2017 kicked off with a bang, front-loading a Local SEO track with a ridiculously data-packed session from Andrew Shotland and Dan Leibson from Local SEO Guide. Last year, Shotland and Leibson decided to conduct their own study on local ranking factors, since the most-cited study on the subject …
Read More »The Beginner’s Guide to Collagen Powder (Plus Recipes!)
If you’re looking for a new way to keep your post-workout glow, a spoonful of collagen might help your skin stay radiant, supple and wrinkle-free. But it’s got some muscle-building benefits, too. Frances Largeman-Roth, nutrition expert and author of Eating in Color, says, “Muscles are damaged during a tough workout, …
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