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British Columbia – Promoting Your Business
This page provides information and resources on advertising and promoting your business in British Columbia, including promotional techniques, advertising tips, measuring results, and guides on legal compliance.
General Information and Guides
Legal Issues
Promotional Techniques and Programs
Advertising and Sales Assessment
Trade Shows/Fairs/Events
Organizations/Networks/Associations
Magazines and Portals
General Information and Guides
- Marketing Guide – Small Business BC
- Business Promotion – Firstbusiness.ca
- Promoting Your Goods and Services – Contracts Canada
Legal Issues
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act – Queen’s Printer, Government of British Columbia
- Canadian Code of Advertising Standards Overview – Advertising Standards Canada
Promotional Techniques and Programs
- Business Promotion Idea List – Small Business BC
- Making Your Organization Bilingual - Winning Strategies – Canadian Heritage
- Ways to Promote & Market Your Company – Have1.com
- Promotion, Advertising, and PR – CCH Incorporated
- Building a News Release: Overview – CanadaOne
Advertising and Sales Assessment
Trade Shows/Fairs/Events
- British Columbia Trade Show Directory 2006 – Small Business BC Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
- Trade Events Calendar – Regional Trade Network in British Columbia and the Yukon
- Successful Trade Show Marketing – Team Canada Inc Printable Version – PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
Organizations/Networks/Associations
- British Columbia Chapter of the American Marketing Association
- Association of Canadian Advertisers
- Canadian Advertising Research Foundation
- Canadian Marketing Association
- Internet Advertising Bureau of Canada
- Radio Marketing Bureau
- Association of Internet Marketing and Sales Inc.
- Advertising Standards Canada
- Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA)