Let’s face it, the thought of “internet marketing” doesn’t always conjure up the most pleasant feelings as pop-up ads, spam email, and unwanted selling opportunities come to mind. However, there is a very good side to internet marketing, and it’s the bigger, better side. The side where a campaign raises thousands for a cause, where a video can move you to happy tears, and when the independent business can connect with major brands to reach customers and audiences they wouldn’t have dreamed of reaching before. Making connections and achieving goals.
This is the side of internet marketing that I know and that has allowed me to grow my dream business over the last ten years. I love what I do, and you should too, so with the Canadian Internet Marketing Conference coming to Squamish, I hope I’ll see you in the audience when I take the stage for a panel presentation.
CIMC
Where Quest University, Squamish, BC
When Saturday March 28th and Sunday 29th, 2015 from 9:00am each day
Tickets Early bird (ends January 31st) $399.00 + fee
Hear from over 20 World-Class speakers, enjoy 6 networking opportunities, participate in a $10,000 Dragon Den style contest with the Lion’s Den, attend workshops, the Best Agency to Work for in Canada Award Banquet, the Canadian Internet Marketing Awards, and parties.
Speakers include everyone from prolific local bloggers and the UBC School of Journalism, to individuals from Invoke Media, TELUS, Whistler Blackcomb, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, and more.
CIMC is hosted by Marwick Marketing and Jelly Marketing, two BC marketing firms who were fierce competitors who realized there wasn’t a solid internet marketing conference for them and their staff in BC so they banded together to bring this event to our backyard.
Win Tickets to the Canadian Internet Marketing Conference
Leave the city behind and come join us in the beautiful mountain town of Squamish for two days of inspirational talks on internet marketing. Get inspired and learn from industry leaders within digital marketing and leave refreshed and full of action points for your business.
Use the discount code RB15 PLUS to get 15% off your conference admission AND enter to win a pair of tickets here:
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Update The winner is Margarita!
Cirque du Soleil returns to Vancouver May 20th to May 24th for a limited engagement of the touring arena show, Varekai. Hosted in the Pacific Coliseum, Varekai takes place in a captivating forest at the summit of a volcano inhabited by whimsical and enchanted creatures.
Martin Girard / shootstudio.ca Costumes: Eiko Ishioka © 2014 Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil Varekai in Vancouver
Advance tickets for Varekai are available now online exclusively to Cirque Club members through Thursday, January 29, 2015. Tickets for the general public will be available online starting Friday, January 30th, ranging from $40 to $125 (subject to change).
A world called Varekai: The sky lets go a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world imbued with fantastical creatures, a young man takes flight in an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of pure and undiluted possibility, begins an inspired incantation to a life rediscovered and to a newly found wonder in the mysteries of the world and the mind.
The world Varekai (pronounced ver.ay.kie) means “wherever” in the Romany language of the gypsies the universal wanderers. Directed by Dominic Champagne, this production pays tribute to the nomadic soul, to the spirit and art of the circus tradition, and to those who quest with infinite passion along the path that leads to Varekai.
Other BC stops for Varekai include Penticton and Victoria. Follow Cirque du Soleil on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
In Vancouver we have at least a dozen ways to say it’s raining out, from light drizzle tapering to showers, to downpours and deluges. The rain also has many sounds. There’s the splash of vehicle crossing an intersection, a persistent single drop beating down on a window ledge, and the popcorn dance of water beads hitting the top of an umbrella. What about the scent of the rain? The first time a dusty summer sidewalk sizzles under a much needed sprinkling, or when the park has been soaked for two weeks straight and the scent of cedar slips down onto the mulch path from each evergreen limb.
Why Does Rain Smell So Good?
A study published in the journal Nature Communications was recently shared by Mashable says that the rain smells so good because when raindrops land on certain porous surfaces, they can trap tiny air bubbles containing small particles, which then shoot upward, into the air.
These aerosols are likely responsible for carrying aromatic elements, along with bacteria and viruses stored in the soil.
Aerosols are small liquid droplets or solid particles that are suspended in a gas, and it is these particles that are responsible for the smell of rain after a light to moderate shower on a warm day, a smell that is known to scientists as “petrichor”.
The study also says that one complicating factor, which helps explain why heavy rainfall is not as associated with the smell of rain, is that although raindrops can generate aerosols, successive raindrops can actually eliminate them from the air by colliding with them like a missile.
The rain to me is an umbrella fort on the patio as a child, walking to school and waiting for the bottom cuffs of my pants to dry out before lunch time, cringing when someone walks under an awning with their golf umbrella open, relying on nothing but Gore-Tex to keep me dry, camping in June — it always rains when we camp in June — and countless walks in the park with my husband. The rain might seem to ruin a vacation, festival, or concert but it’s the reason Vancouver is so spectacularly green throughout the year. Things could be much worse really, at least it’s not a Polar Vortex for instance — I say as I type this from my in-laws’ home in Iowa. For me, the smell of the rain is quite simply the smell of home.
Developed from a graffiti symbol that has circulated for several decades, the Monument for East Vancouver sculpture (known also as the East Van Cross) was created by Ken Lum as an expression of hope and defiance. Installed in 2010 at the corner of Clark and East 6th Avenue, Lum once told the Vancouver Sun that he recalled seeing the phrase while growing up on the eastside. He also talked to someone almost 80 who recalls seeing it as far back as the 1940s and 1950s.
The East Van Cross
The East Van Cross has its own following and whether you’re just settling into the neighbourhood or your family has deep roots in the community, everyone has an opinion of what the sculpture means to them. One Yelp user even says: “Brooklyn has their bridge — East Van has our cross.”
Sarah Milroy said in the Globe and Mail: Drive by [Ken Lum’s] cross at night and the letters reassemble themselves in the mind in a fleeting double take: Is it East Van or Evangelist that we see glowing against the night sky? “I liked that people might experience that momentary misrecognition,” Lum says. It’s complex, like the city itself. “People say Vancouver is such a beautiful place, and obviously that’s true. But I have always thought Vancouver is very complicated. There’s a lot of layers to it.”
Last year designer Susan Fiedler conceived a fundraising initiative called the East Van Cross Project to benefit Pivot Legal Society. Inspired by this meaningful piece of public art, Fiedler was the first individual to be granted a license from the City of Vancouver to reproduce the iconic East Van Cross in the form of jewelry, beginning with two sterling silver pendants. You can follow the East Van Cross Project on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
Previous Vancouver Icons posts: Robert Burns Statue in Stanley Park, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Flack Block, The Drop, Prospect Point Lighthouse, Engagement, Ovaltine Cafe, The English Bay Slide, Freezing Water #7, Cleveland Dam, Heritage Hall, School of Theology Building at UBC, Gate to the Northwest Passage, St Paul’s Hospital, Capilano Lake, Stawamus Chief, Nine O’Clock Gun, Malkin Bowl, Search, Vancouver Rowing Club, Echoes, Point Atkinson Lighthouse, English Bay Inukshuk, Hollow Tree, Hotel Europe, Lions Gate Bridge Lions, LightShed, Granville Bridge, 217.5 Arc x 13′, Canoe Bridge, Vancouver Block, Bloedel Conservatory, Centennial Rocket, Canada Place, Old Courthouse/Vancouver Art Gallery, Dominion Building, Science World, Gastown Steam Clock, SFU Burnaby, Commodore Lanes, Siwash Rock, Kitsilano Pool, White Rock Pier, Main Post Office, Planetarium Building, Lord Stanley Statue, Vancouver Library Central Branch, Victory Square, Digital Orca, The Crab Sculpture, Girl in Wetsuit, The Sun Tower, The Hotel Vancouver, The Gassy Jack Statue, The Marine Building, and The Angel of Victory. Should you have a suggestion for the Vancouver Icons series please feel free to leave a note in the comments. It should be a thing, statue, or place that is very visible and recognizable to the public.
This week it was confirmed that Vancouver is the second least affordable city in the world — but at least we’re not a No Fun City! The Robson Square ice rink is still open for free skating, we have a boat show and motorcycle show, the PuSh Festival, winter farmers market, and more all happening this weekend.
The return of the Gastown steam clock. Photo credit:
Philip Tong on Flickr
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green below.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Sponsored by Miss604: Friday Late Night Movies at the Rio Theatre
Cupcakes and Canvas
Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw With Me
Vancouver Canadians + Blue Jays Hot Stove Luncheon
The Motorcycle Show
Vancouver Turkish Film Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: Underneath the Lintel
Vancouver Boat Show
Dine Out Vancouver: Festival Events and Dining Specials
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival: Various Locations
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Free Skating at Robson Square Ice Rink
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Winter Farmers Market at Nat Bailey
TEDxBCIT
Vancouver Shogi Club (Japanese Chess)
Winter Cask Festival at Central City Brewing
Broadway and Opera Take Centre Stage in Surrey
The HTML500 – Canada’s Largest Learn to Code Event
Dine Out: Vancouver Foodster Presents Main Street Brunch Crawl
Dine Out: Craft Distillery Tour
CANADIAN QUINTESSENCE The Conductors’ Concert
SFU Dance Marathon in support of BC Children’s Hospital
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Family Literacy Weekend at Science World
Pacific Theatre Presents: Underneath the Lintel
The Motorcycle Show
Vancouver Turkish Film Festival
Vancouver Boat Show
Dine Out Vancouver: Festival Events and Dining Specials
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival: Various Locations
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Free Skating at Robson Square Ice Rink
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Dine Out: Vancouver Foodster Presents Downtown Brunch Crawl
Re-Purposeful: A Repurposed Fashion Show
Discovery Day at the Vancouver Convention Centre
Aussie Day at AnzaClub
Fresh Pasta & Gnocchi Making Classes
A Staged Reading of HOMECOMING, by Kamila Sediego
Family Literacy Weekend at Science World
The Motorcycle Show
Vancouver Turkish Film Festival
Vancouver Boat Show
Dine Out Vancouver: Festival Events and Dining Specials
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival: Various Locations
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Free Skating at Robson Square Ice Rink
View the full monthly event list to plan ahead at any time. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook for frequent updates about local events and community happenings.
