Ron Strand

Beyond SEO and Marketing - Five Other Reasons You Should be Writing Articles

About a month ago, I started a new website as a little experiment to see if I could get a simple SEO strategy to work. Part of the strategy was to write several articles related to the website and post them on article sites and Ezines to get some back lin... Read >

Take 12 Strokes off Your Golf Game by Overcoming Cathexis with Kenosis – What?

Every summer for the past five or six years I have reread Scott Peck's quirky book about psychiatry and golf, Golf and the Spirit. Peck is probably better known for his best selling books about his experiences and insights as a psychiatrist, such as, A Ro... Read >

Thoughts on Playing Your Age

There is a saying in golf - I hope I live long enough to play my age. I've known a few golfers who can attest to this claim. I was reminded of this the other day while reading an obituary about a local golfer who died at the age of 95. He had been able to... Read >

When Things Go Wrong, They Really Go Wrong

The other day I golfed on a course with a spectacular 18th hole. A narrow fairway, cut into a river bank, with a steep down slope on the river side of the fairway, and the dense brush of the natural riverbank on the up slope side provided a very challengi... Read >

Be Sure To Include Industry Metrics In Your Business Plan

If you are a business plan writer planning how to start a new business, you have to make some assumptions. For those assumptions to have some credibility, you should be aware of industry metrics. Unless the business you are starting is truly the first of... Read >

Playing With The Next Tiger Woods?

After watching Tiger Woods clinch victory at the Buick Open, my wife and I headed over to a nearby community run golf course for a relaxing nine holes on a beautiful Sunday evening. I was expecting an ordinary game on a course I've played many times, but... Read >

Golf In Canada's Okanagan Valley

Combine golf course variety, with a beautiful landscape in a moderate climate, and you have golf in Canada's Okanagan Valley. This valley stretches north and south through the interior of the province of British Columbia. The town of Osoyoos, in the hea... Read >

Four Necessary Steps You Should Take When Introducing Your Organization

Four Necessary Steps You Should Take When Introducing Your Organization by Ron Strand Mission statements are often used by organizations in the introduction section of written material or on the homepage of their websites. If you do this, d... Read >

Nonprofits Looking for Ideas - Not Plans

Most nonprofit organizations that I know run in a very efficient and business like manner, so I hesitate to criticize the hardworking folks in this sector. But there is a tendency in many non-profit organizations to look for quick, short-term results rath... Read >