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    • The Early Bird Catches The Worm!

    Mar
    12
    2011

    15 years ago Blockbuster was the BIG buzzword, TV was from the  CBC and Wingham, and 'high speed Internet' meant 56K on a dialup connection. But times have changed since Teeswater Video Mart first opened their doors in July of 1996! Today Netflix offers instant movie selection for less than 10 dollars a month, we have instant satellite news from the earthquake in Japan (via CNN and CBC Newsworld) and the Leafs are struggling to make the playoffs (well some things never change…). With a new sewer system on the horizon and growth in Teeswater just around the corner, Linda Schumacher decided she needed to be ahead of the new wave in our area! And since Teeswater Video Mart has always been the first store open every morning, it was fitting that the … Read entire article »

    Filed under: Businesses, In The News, Local Area

    How Hard Can It Be?

    Oct
    20
    2008

    How hard can it be? You start your business, probably home-based at first, create your product or service, buy a domain and a webhost, build your first website and you're all set! A month passes, then two without a single order. Sure you have a few visitors, mostly family and friends, but something seems wrong… "Is it what I am selling?"  you ask yourself, "or is it me?". Chances are it is neither… There is no doubt that business and commerce have changed radically since the Internet came along. Today a HUGE percentage of sales occur via the Internet, but are you taking PROPER advantage of the opportunities the Internet provides? Indigoblues.ca, a local web design, marketing and technical services company has been taking advantage of the Internet to position and market their clients since 1998!  … Read entire article »

    Filed under: Businesses

    Wild and Woolly!

    Oct
    14
    2008

    When you think of sports and hobbies, from the last second touchdowns to wild hockey fights and even the odd dustup in the Major Leaguess, it might be surprising to find that one of the fast growing hobbies in the world is… KNITTING! That's Right!… KNITTING! Around the world, women, MEN and even children are picking up needles and balls of yarn and clicking away to their hearts content. In fact in some countries in Europe, knitting has been re-introduced into the school curriculum! At the forefront of this wave are a group of Canadian knit designers with names like The Sweet Sheep and The Yarn Harlot, creating patterns with a truly Canadian flare that are desirable around the world.  Riding the crest to an even further dimension is Teeswater's … Read entire article »

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    This work by Mark W. Law & The Teeswater.Ca Team is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada.