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An American in Kelowna – Finding a Marketing Pulse in Kamloops and Kelowna

An American in Kelowna – Finding a Marketing Pulse in Kamloops and Kelowna

For the past nine months, I’ve been taking the pulse of the local business community.   Kelowna is a resort town – not a corporate melting pot. Kelowna is headlined by healthcare, construction, and tourism – not exactly my wheelhouse. Kelowna wants to become a tech mecca – not a marketing metropolis.       All of the above makes my job-seeking mission a little tougher. Like a two-dollar steak. Like building a second bridge spanning Okanagan Lake. Like the…

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An American in Kelowna – I’d rather have a Smart Wife than a Smart Phone

An American in Kelowna – I’d rather have a Smart Wife than a Smart Phone

Okay. Let’s cut to the chase. A lot of readers and followers have been asking “what Elaine does for a living?” as the only current wage earner in our Okanagan Valley household.     Excellent question. Thanks for being curious. The answer is so deep and clinical that I requested her job description in writing so I could better understand and describe her daily regimen of shaping young minds through academic excellence. We’re talking about my blushing bride. She’s fifty…

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