Category Archives: General

Why I Am So Careful About Doing Business With Family

printDigg DiggI frankly chose not to do business with family.  With few exceptions I never break this rule until recently. My brother Gord talks a big line. The reality is he is a salesperson. That is what he does. We for years have had an on again off again relationship. I should have frankly left it off….

Was The Year 2011 A Good Year?

The question I have asked myself is has the year 2011 really been a good year for me? I will say that is had it’s ups and downs. Sometimes they have been great and at other times it has been hard to cope. The question is has it been a good year? Well the good…

More Updates

The last two weeks has been unreal around here. First one of my best friend’s sister in law had a brain aneurysm  on New Year’s Eve morning. Fortunately two surgeries later she is getting better every day. To add to it, my GF’s Grandmother is in the hospital and they are still running tests to determine what…

Happy New Year and Blog Update

Happy New Year Everyone:) I want to apologize for not much writing during the holiday season. It was a very busy time.  To add to it Kelli was in the ER on Christmas day and my friend’s sister in law has been fighting a brain aneurysm. She was airlifted from Thunder Bay to Hamilton. It has…

The Social Media People Of 2011

This year I thought we would do something special for New Years Day! On New Years Day my Twitter Feed will be featuring the people that matter to us at RobertBCairns.com. These are the people that matter. They will always matter! I am truly blessed and lucky to have all the connections that I have…

Merry Christmas

A very Merry Christmas to all of you from the Cairns/Ellis Household. All the best!!!

Thank You!

As we approach Christmas and the end of the year, I want to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I also want to say thank you to you the reader. My blog and business has grown all because of social media. Social Media is no longer the future it is the reality and that reality starts…

Update On Email Feed and Rss Feed

I just wanted to bring everyone up to date on our Email feed and our Rss feed. We have worked to resolve a couple of issues this weekend. Our email feed has been changed from Feedburner to Mailchimp as of tonight. I have manually moved all the email addresses from Feedburner so there will be…

Getting Out And Network

A lot of  people think all the networking can be done on social media. They question the value of getting out and networking. There is a lot of value to getting out and networking. Tons of it actually. The key is to always be ready when you are out. I never leave the house or…

New Blog Feature To Announce

RobertBCairns.com is pleased to announce a new feature that will run from time to time. We are please to announced that when time permits I will do a sit down with someone who works in the world of social media, technology or WordPress design and development. This new Feature will not run on any specific…