Marketing & Growing Your Business

Tips for creating a successful marketing strategy to grow your business.

This resource provides a wide array of articles about different aspects of effectively marketing a business.

Free course for the use of Google's Adwords in digital marketing.

Features free online training both on Hootsuite itself and Social Media Marketing in general.

Search by postal code to start creating data-driven marketing strategies by analyzing your target customers' demographics and lifestyle.

Consult the full-text PRIZM Marketer’s Guide for additional consumer insights and information about market segmentation. 

Information on government funding, collaboration, commercialization, and licensing resources to help fuel innovation.

Details about the procurement process in BC and how to sell products/services to the provincial government, as well as resources for businesses that are looking to grow themselves internationally. 

A single business licence that allows certain types of businesses to operate in 6 cities - Burnaby, Delta, New Westminster, Richmond, Surrey, and Vancouver - without having to purchase separate licences from each municipality.

Helps established Canadian businesses navigate and access the government supports they need to grow and scale.

Funds high-growth businesses in BC that are scaling and developing innovative goods, services or technologies.

A Canada-wide program created to meet the changing needs of small and medium-sized businesses, TAP facilitates strategic growth, and fosters international trade opportunities. TAP offers a range of skills, experience, and individual mentoring and coaching across a broad spectrum of fields from legal, finance, global sales & marketing, taxation, logistics.

A directory of business expansion grants, loans, and other incentives are available to support businesses across Canada. These programs can help your business start exporting, open a new location, or assist with other strategic growth projects.