My good friend and designer Jeanette Kwok has recently (re)launched her website, Jeanette Kwok Design, and decided to include a blog on SEO, design and web marketing best practices. She asked me if I’d like to be a guest writer and I jumped on the opportunity right away. This is the first of a series of guest posts on search engine optimization, pay-per-click and social media. Read more…

A couple of months ago, we were very happy to feature a guest post from our friends at BuildDirect. Today, we’re paying back the favour. Read more…

Last month, we were very excited to feature a guest post from our friend GreenLand Lady. Today, we’re paying back the favour. Read more…

Marketing Green to the Split Incentive Crowd

Kimberly Madrigal, CSBA, LEED GA brings over a decade of experience in multi-family property management to bear as Founder & Editor-in-Chief of GreenLandlady.com, the web’s premiere site for sustainable operations and management information.

Investing in energy efficiency can reduce carbon emissions and save money on energy bills. Yet one-third of West Coast renters (and their landlords) actively avoids investing in energy efficiency. What’s going on? Read more…

Today’s post is from guest blogger Rob Jones of Vancouver-based online building materials firm BuildDirect. Rob’s experience in authoring the company’s green building blog has given him some insight into what it is to communicate how sustainability is affecting the industry in which BuildDirect is a part.

We asked Rob about his own efforts in talking about sustainable practices and trends in the marketplace while avoiding the greenwashing of his company’s products . Read more…