Agriwebinar® - Online @ NOON - Winning Web Sites That Mean Business

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Time: December 5, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: Online
Website or Map: http://www.agriwebinar.com
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: Canadian Farm Business Management Council
Latest Activity: Nov 21, 2011

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2011 Upcoming Agriwebinars – Canadian Farm Business Management Council

05/12/2011 Winning Web Sites That Mean Business
Today a website isn’t just important, it’s mandatory for a successful farm marketer. A well-designed site can make a big difference in cash flow whether you use it to sell products or promote on-farm events. What elements make a website work? Find out from farm marketing expert Jane Eckert, who has literally studied hundred’s of farm websites. She’ll teach you how to use photographs, links and make a user-friendly home page that will make guests return to your site again and again.
Jane Eckert, Eckert Agrimarketing

07/12/2011 FCC Presents: Top 10 year-end tax planning tips for 2011
Join us for a one-hour webinar hosted by Lance D. Stockbrugger, CA, a Senior Tax Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Lance will share tax tips and ideas to consider prior to year-end that may reduce your tax liability and make the most of your annual contribution limits. He’ll also discuss important deadlines to ensure that you do not miss an opportunity or are subject to late fees. If you have accumulated wealth or operate a business, this webinar is for you.
Lance Stockbrugger Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers

12/12/2011 Looking Forward through a Rearview Mirror: Planning for the future
It is my thesis that if we separate the “business of farming” from real-estate ownership, a logical stepping stone is created. It is interesting that as soon as a child is born the most important lesson taught is that land ownership is sacred. Then 30 years later parents are puzzled why not only the farm child but all their children want to own land...and even worse theirs!
Merle Good, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

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