In Focus is our gift to the community. A way for us to help show our recognition for the people, businesses and organizations that help make our city great. The team at KamloopsBCNow.com is passionate about this community and the people that make it amazing. We want to show our friends, neighbours, family and colleagues that we notice them and the fabulous things that they do.
What is your name?
Dave Ouellette
What do you always find yourself saying?
You’re Awesome!
If you could spend one whole day with anyone in the world who is currently alive, who would you select and why?
Jack Nicklaus a Champion’s Champion, talented, driven, successful, generous… and likes to fish… I would like to spend a day on the water with him, fly fishing for tarpon and chewing the fat about life.
If you were to receive any existing public award, what award would you like to win?
The Best Smoked BBQ Ribs in Town.
If you could spend a day with any historical figure, who would you choose and why?
Robert Kennedy… I want to know everything he knew about Jack.
Who inspires you?
George Carlin unparalleled comedian and social philosopher.
What are three things on your bucket list?
Fly fish the Caribbean for a month, attend all four majors in golf, and fly fish and ocean fish around the Haida Gwaii for a year.
If you had an enormous yacht, what would you name it?
“The Princess”
If you could foresee a single day of your future in its entirety, what date would you select?
My wake! Darn, I hope it’s a good one… it would be interesting to see who shows up.
What are you passionate about?
Fly Fishing, fly tying, smoked food and BBQ cuisine, amateur outdoor photography. Please check out our fly fishing blog at bigfishsmallhook and our facebook page at BigFishSmallHook | Kamloops Flyfishing.
What has been your favourite day of your life, up to this point?
You can’t beat the day that your kids are born.
What has been your proudest accomplishment?
Becoming the first Registered CAHIBC (Home inspector) in Kamloops. It was a leading edge concept in Real Estate at the time (1992) with much resistance from part of the real estate community.
Where is your favourite place to dine in Kamloops? What do you like about it?
I don’t go out to eat much but my wife Jane and I have found Nara Korean & Japanese Restaurant North Shore pretty good. Creative and tasty dishes, friendly staff, walking distance from home.
What is your favourite activity or event in Kamloops? Why?
Hot Night in the City Car Show. It just seems like everyone shows up and has a great time.
What is the name of your business/organization?
Buzz Your Brand Marketing
What does your business/organization do?
We help local business build manage market an online 5 Star Reputation using multichannel marketing techniques and patented software.
Where can people find you or your business online?
BuzzYourBrandlocal.com, buzzyourbrandmarketing.blogspot.ca, and buzzyourreputation.ca.
Where can people find your business on Facebook?
Buzz Your Brand Reputation Marketing
What is your Twitter account?
@SocialBuzzKamBC
How do people connect with you on LinkedIn?
ca.linkedin.com/in/mrbfsh
What is your mission?
To help local businesses get what they want by leveraging an attitude of gratitude.
If you could achieve one thing within your field, what would it be?
To achieve a five-star rating.
Where do you want your business/organization to be in five years?
Autopilot for me with a capable team to handle the details.
Who do you consider to be a forerunner within your field?
Og Mandino
What three qualities do you feel that your business/organization exemplifies?
Creative Solutions / Attitude of Gratitude / S 3
What would you like to say to your employees/volunteers?
Follow the “know, like, trust” principle.
How does your business/organization impact the community?
It’s about changing attitudes. Developing an Attitude of Gratitude comes back to you tenfold … use it to build your business.
If you were trapped in an elevator with several wealthy investors from any field, which field would you want them to be experts in? What would say to them/talk about?
Forex Market & Options How to profit from currency swings.
If I could change one thing about Kamloops, it would be:
Snow Removal. The city effort is somewhat lacking compared to anywhere else that I have lived.
What do you think makes Kamloops great?
Perfect sized city and surrounded by the great outdoors. Something for everyone.
My choice for the Kamloops In Focus spotlight is:
Barry Dewar of the Kamloops Storm Junior B Hockey Team.
Some general comments I would like to share are:
Why a 5-Star Reputation Matters Using ‘testimonials’ as a form of marketing is as old as ‘potions and soapboxes’. With today’s technology and online social engagement, reviews, referrals and testimonials take on a whole new dimension. It poses both ‘opportunity’ and ‘challenge’. The ‘opportunity’ is the ability to reach out and engage existing customers who have the ability to spread their experience. The question here is, “how can I take advantage of this situation and leverage my ability to build a better, more profitable business?’ The ‘challenge’ is the inherent ability to lose control, especially to the negative. Your business, your friend’s business or business’s that you choose to deal with are all one or two online reviews from a ‘bad reputation’... and none of us wants that.
BuzzYourBrand Reputation Marketing helps businesses like yours in three marketing areas:
1. Manage an existing reputation helping you take control of your online visibility and social presence.
2. Build brand and reputation build your brand in a way that you earn a ‘5 Star Reputation’.
3. Market leverage your 5 Star Reputation to create more traffic (online & offline), gain credibility and generate more sales.
Over 90 per cent of consumers use the internet via their computers, laptops, phones and tablets to make buying decisions… so it makes sense to be able to take control of your situation and grow your business accordingly… would you agree? There will be a lot of business owners out there that aren’t even aware of how much this type of marketing can affect businesses… but now you are aware... Building, Managing and Marketing your reputation is as important as any other part of your marketing/advertising efforts… or more.
Unlike traditional techniques, your online presence is visible permanently… it’s your choice how you want the world to see your business. What more of a perfect time will you ever have to outdistance your competition and position yourself as the market leader in your business? Are you ready to turn your business into a 5 Star revenue generating machine? Call us, we are ready to help.
We encourage you to leave your comments and words of support below, and submit your own nomination by clicking HERE. You are also welcome to submit a form of your own by clicking HERE. Thank you, Kamloops!
