If you’re looking to incorporate a business in Ontario, you’ll be in for quite a struggle depending on how you do it.  The ideal method is to go to a professional accountant or lawyer and have them take care of it for you.  In Ontario, this can cost between $1000-$2000.

Personally, I like to know how things work and prefer to take care of things myself (at least for the first time through a process).  With this in mind, I decided to research incorporation on my own.  I had been through the process once before and found it extremely cumbersome so this time I figured I would share the experience so others could learn from it and hopefully save some time and headaches.

The first thing I noticed is that the government of Canada has the most cumbersome, un-user friendly websites I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen some rough websites).  The first trick is to even FIND the government of Canada websites.

There are tons of companies out there selling services such as NUANS searches, Incorporation supplies (like seals and minute books) and so on and these companies have outranked the Canadian Government on every possible keyword phrase relating to incorporation.

The first website you need to be aware of is here  http://lnx2.co/1B9  I’ve shortened the link because it was long and ugly.  This site will explain all of the ins and outs of incorporation in Ontario.  NOTE:  It makes a difference if you incorporate in Ontario or federally in all of Canada so consult the pros to find out the difference.

You’ll need to no a NUANS name search and every website you land on will charge you a different fee.  This is all done electronically so there should either be no fee for it or it should be regulated by the government (in my opinion).  Either way, I did my search here www.corporationcentre.ca

Next you’ll need to file your articles of incorporation.  The nearly impossible to find government site for that is at this link http://lnx2.co/1Ba

Please note that if you file your articles of incorporation and there are errors, you’ll have to call and any Canadian that has ever called the governement of Canada will tell you the same thing….NEVER call any government office.  Yes, they are very nice people and when you do actually get through, they will do their best to help you BUT….they are severely “understaffed and over worked” so you could wind up spending a lot of time waiting for someone to answer your call.

Save yourself the grief, skip a step and go to a Private Sector service provider.  I used a company called Cyberbahn and had the incorporation process over in 10 minutes.  www.cyberbahngroup.com

I hope this post is helpful.  If you’ve incorporated and learned some tricks along the way or have questions, just leave your comment in the box below and we’ll discuss it.

Recently I did an interview with one of my Internet Marketing Mentors and as you’ll see in a future post, he drove me to take action on and area that I need to work on which was communication. He suggested I contact a mutual friend who is a world class speaker and get some tips.

Well, the world class speaker suggested I get a live speaking gig, record it and submit it to him to be critiqued…so that’s what I’ve done.

I went and spoke to a group of lovely ladies who are all business owners and I delivered a quick 24 minute presentation on some VERY important topics. We covered the Power of Personal Potential and Living Life with No Regrets.

I truly meant every single word I said in the presentation and I challenged the ladies to come to this blog post and leave their comments.

If you’re one of those ladies, welcome! I hope you got something useful out of the presentation and please let me know the details by commenting below. Let me know what you took from the presentation and how you plan to implement it in your business and your life.

It was a pleasure to share your meeting and I look forward to hearing your success stories.

You Rock!

Mike

Hello my friends new and old! A new year is here and I always get excited for the new year.

I love all the upgrading, cleaning and resolving that goes on as people get all amped up to
really kick ass in the new year.

It is kind of bummer that it doesn’t always last and I noticed the huge attendance at the gym
dwindles WAY off by about March and by May, 90% of those new faces are LONG gone. Why is
that do you suppose? I’m sure there are lots of reasons but I’d be willing to bet that the main one
is good old fashioned lack of drive. People want things easy and things that are worth having are
almost never easy.

I’ve found that to make things easier, you’ve got to do four things and do them very well. Those
four things are: Clarify, Simplify, Plan and Execute

Clarify – You’ve got to get clear on what you want and I mean REALLY clear. Specify what you
want, how you want it and when you want it. Get specific with your goals and yourself. It will
make things easier as you work toward your goals.

Simplify – Most people have their lives WAY too complicated. I did a bunch of things in 2010 that
allowed me to simplify. I’ll list a few below and you can pick and choose the ones that you think
might have the most impact on your life.

* Delete contacts from phone/email etc that you aren’t in touch with regularly
* Round up things in your house that you don’t use anymore or don’t really need and either sell
them off or give them away
* Spend a whole day (or even two) giving the house a purging and cleaning like it’s never seen
* shred old paperwork and get rid of it
* become ruthless with your time and spend it like it’s the most precious thing you have (it is!)
* donate unused clothes and toys to charity
* purge your office or workspace
* delete files on your hard drive
* empty your email inbox

I think you get the idea. Basically we can sum this up by saying “have less crap in all areas of your
life. If your car is a mess, your desk is a mess, and your house is a mess, it’s pretty safe to guess
that your life is a mess.

Plan – This is the fun part. Well, I’m a little twisted and actually love purging stuff, but planning is a
close second. Plan what you want from life and REALLY get clear on this part. If your goal is to lose
weight, build (or have built for you) a great plan that will be exciting and interesting to follow and stick
to.

Rather than say “I plan to lose weight in 2011″ you might say “I’m going to lose 20 lbs by March 31st, 2011
by eating a well balanced diet and exercising every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday”

Do this type of planning for each area of your life. I’ll share my plan in an upcoming post…

Execute – The best laid plans are total garbage if you never execute them. The best time to execute your
new plan is RIGHT NOW. Over the holidays I heard a lot of people say things like “oh, I’ll get serious with my
weight loss after Christmas”

Why wait? Don’t let your plans sit there and spoil, act on them now in case there is no tomorrow!

This is the start of New Year that could bring you everything you’ve ever dreamed of. Dig in and have fun!

Mike

So my new internet marketing friend CJ Parker is about to release his new guide on flipping websites.

I have it and am in the process of selling 5 of my own sites using his exact process. I’ll be producing a report of my findings that I will share with all of my subscribers once it’s done and I have the data on the sites to share with everyone.

I’m excited…it should be fun to turn some dead (or at least under loved) virtual real estate into cold hard cash.

Go watch CJ’s f’ree video and then come back here and comment to tell me what you think.

http://tinyurl.com/SellSite

Hey kids,

So the first pack of PLR articles I put out in the guitar Niche is doing quite well so I’ve just put another one live in the Poker Niche.

If you want to get some traffic to your poker site, you’ll needs some articles. These 10 articles are well written (if I do say so myself) and they will be limited to 100 sales only so the market will not get saturated with the same articles. Once the 100 copies sell, they’re gone for good.

You can pick them up at this link

*** Poker Niche Private Label Rights Articles (PLR) ***

I’ve got more Exclusive Limited Edition Niche Sepecific Private Label Rights article packs coming. If you don’t see the Niche that you want articles for, just leave a comment here or drop me an email and I’ll take care of you.

One of my other passions besides Internet marketing is playing guitar. I’ve been playing for over 20 years and have performed live, recorded in a few studios, made tons of friends and really had a good time with it.

I’ve decided to blend the two passions together and am providing 100% original Guitar Niche Private Label Rights Articles (PLR) articles for webmasters and authors to use to drive traffic to their websites.

Go grab them at the following link before they’re gone!

Isn’t it funny how pretty much EVERY internet marketing product that ever comes out is the greatest thing since sliced bread? I guess it’s not good sales technique to say “my product sucks but you won’t notice until long after the refund period has passed”.

I got thinking about how much it must stink to buy something and then realize that it sucked after you’d paid. Sure you could get a refund, but what a pain the butt that is.

My thinking is that it would be so much easier to just take a walk through these products and see what they’re all about before buying.

One of the hottest selling Internet Marketing packages out there right now is The Clickbank Code by Michael Jones.

Naturally it boasts having the “blueprint to online wealth” and all that jazz.

I say let’s see about that. I’ve got my mitts on a copy and what I’d like to do is give you a guided video tour through this course to see what it entails so you can decide if it’s for you or not.

I’ll post how to get the videos here on my blog when they are recorded.

Until then, you can check it out at this link to see what I’m talking about….

http://immikemurphy.com/ClickBnkCode

Later,
Mike