02 SPOTLIGHT ON JANUARY 08 JANUARY INDUSTRY EVENTS 12 SPOTLIGHT ON INDUSTRY 14 MESH MEDIA NETWORK- THE DYNAMIC SOUL OF SELLING It’s not personal, it’s business 16 STRATIGRO- GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA! 5 Ways to create meaningful social media content 18 CONTRACTORS CORNER Being a self-employed owner of a renovation company 20 BLACK BUTTON DISTILLING 2 parts acumen + 3 parts passion = 1 successful business 26 RAGING CROW DISTILLING Nova Scotia distillery prides itself on local wares 34 SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS 38 TAPWORKS BREWING COMPANY Tapworks brings west coast lifestyle to ale 46 TRIM DESIGN INTERIORS Successfully stagingcompany sellingNewfoundlandhomes 50 MASTER PAINTING AND RENOVATIONS Born to renovate 56 SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION 62 SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH 64 HOLISTIC HEALTH TIP FOR JANUARY BY JANICE BUCKLER Auto-immune disease: from a gut & thyroid standpoint
When Megan Callahan moved from Houston, Tx. with her husband home to St. John’s, Nfld., she began helping friends and family decorate their homes. Pretty soon, her hobby exposed a talent she never realized she had. She went from a Business Analyst - a numbers person - to a creative thinker with a mind for design. She began Trim Design Interiors and went from helping her family to helping strangers. Callahan built relationships with realtors, and now she’s doing consult- ing with their clients to get homes sold efficiently and quickly. 46
For Geoff Gornall, co-owner of Tapworks Brewing Co., beer isn’t a hobby. It’s a beverage that needs to suit your lifestyle, whatever it may entail. Living on the sunshine coast, in Gibsons, B.C., the small town is infused with a ton of flavour. Sur- rounded by hiking trails and natural beauty, the community takes pride in their environment. Gornall and partners Neil Bergman and Warren Gregory make sure they have a ... 26
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