Darby Sieben -

Okay – maybe a little over dramatic, however, I am pleased to announce the re-release of my personal blog. So the first question I would ask is “so what”, tell me what’s in it for me?

Since the early 1990’s I have been focused on a couple areas that really interest me personally – those being – the Internet and its impact on small businesses, small business growth strategies and making money. In fact, I have run three companies – two which I have successfully sold – so actually all three of my passions go hand in hand – basically I have the entrepreneur bug.

However, with every success comes the mistakes behind making that success – I have wounds from my days on the battlefield – but I can say that I have had more successes than failures over the years. I have had some great mentors, past and current, and I currently mentor some young entrepreneur’s whose time will be coming shortly.

So what I plan to focus on with this blog are the areas that I help young entrepreneur’s develop, information that I consult on for small businesses and in general some that I have a passion for. Those subjects will range from Internet marketing strategies, the Yellow Pages directory business, making money online, how to maximize your personal and small business finances, and introduce you to some of the bloggers who I respect and admire and probably more. I will attempt to keep this blog informative with just a little dash of humour.

Am I an expert, I don’t think so, some people believe I am – so I encourage you to challenge what I post and hopefully we can create an exciting dialogue that benefits other readers.

I look forward to serving my readers,

Darby Sieben

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I remember telling clients that if you plan to start and develop a blog, one things you need to maintain is consistency with your posting. Now for all of you who have been emailing me asking what happened, I am still alive and kicking
and plan to get this blog going again in high-speed.

First, I know the irony of telling clients to maintain their blogs, when I have not done the same for nearly 6-weeks. The reason, and which I believe will ultimately lead to a better blog, is that I have taken a position with Yellow Pages Group as their Senior Manager for Traffic and Distribution for their eDirectories. That has involved me moving to Toronto from Calgary and setting up show in TO. I am recently settled in my 2nd fully furnished suite and have a dedicated high-speed Internet connection that allows me to continue with educating small businesses how to use the Internet effectively.

So, thanks to everybody for their emails and their encouragement to keep this going and I look forward to posting more relevant local business marketing ideas, strategies and trends.

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Well 2005 is about to expire. Over the course of this year, we have covered many topics on internet marketing in Calgary, advertising and business success stories.

To all my clients at KS2 Solutions Inc., the business relationships I formed in 2005, friends and family, I wish you a festive holiday season and a prosperous New Year.

Now I want to share a good laugh with you. I received this in my email box and it made me laugh as well as think about the great year 2005 was.

Comparison of life in 1975 vs. 2005 (more…)

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