I grew up in a small town outside of Ottawa Ontario called Kanata. At the age of 17, I moved north to Pembroke Ontario to play junior hockey, where I finished high school. At that time I was offered a contract to play professional hockey in the United States, where I played for two seasons. I decided to retire from professional hockey when I was accepted to the kinesiology program at the University of Ottawa. When I completed the 4 year program, I applied and was accepted to the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto where I spent the next 4 years completing my doctorate of Chiropractic. Upon completion I moved out to the beautiful Okanagan Valley.

What do I do?
Currently, I am working at Creative Healing as a Chiropractor and at Global Fitness (formerly Gold’s gym), as a personal trainer and rehabilitation specialist. I use all aspects of my education to help you achieve the highest possible level of health.

What services do I provide?
Chiropractic services (DC)
• Neurological/Orthopaedic/Postural analysis to design a therapeutic program to help You the patient get well in the quickest most effective way
• Muscle release therapy
• Traction
• Therapeutic laser
• Half hour to Health classes (every week, please call Kim to book your position)
• Ergonomic office assessments
Personal training services (BSc. HK, CSCS)
• Complete fitness evaluation
• Designer strength and conditioning programs
• Rehabilitation programs for ICBC and individual clients
• Hockey specific programs off-season and in-season
• Low back and Core strengthening programs
Diet planning
• Establish daily caloric needs
• Analyse one week diet diary
• Diet assessments

Mission
My mission is to improve the health and wellness of as many families and individuals as I can. I want to educate and empower you to make positive lifestyle changes to improve your health. Let me be your health expert and employ all my skills to improve your health and wellness!

How can you reach me?
When you are ready, please call or visit one of the two locations for a free consultation.

Dr. Dan Walker-Delisle, DC
Creative Healing
7-1551 Sutherland Ave
Kelowna, BC
250 868 2010
Email: dwelisle@gmail.com,
www.creativehealing.ca 250 868 2010
www.globalfitnesskelowna.com 250 860 6900

Like the rockers, “The Who”, you need to ask yourself who are you? Who are you on the web? What is your Google footprint?

When was the last time you did a Google search on you or your company?
Everybody does a search for information, and especially for relevant information about you and your services.

I publish volumes on the web, and I check to see if my name comes up readily in a Google search and it does. I also want to see if my information is relevant and if it’s been re-purposed (copied), on someone else’s site.
As business owners we should always be checking to see what people are saying about us or our business.

The web is a great place for businesses to expand their presence, but it a can also be a dark area for people to rant, rave and target businesses and individuals without any retribution. No different than the bully in school, the unsuspecting can be torn apart in forums with no way to add their own comments or defend themselves.

I have worked with a few clients who have been attacked on blogs and forums by people who hide behind the anonymity of bogus names. It’s been upsetting to my clients and the negativity can affect their business.

I recommend to my clients that they raise their profile on the web by being an active user of blogs and social media with a targeted message about their business or themselves. Positive information on the web can be a real bonus. If someone does take an unkindly swipe at you or your business, at least you’ll have information on the web that speaks and reflects well of your business and what you do.

This is where testimonials on a web site can pay major dividends. When you have lots of people stating how much they love your products and service, and one person on a forum putting you down, who are people most likely to believe?

I believe that in our instant access world, you really need to think out your internet marketing strategy and decide how to build up a wealth of positive information about you and your business.

Used effectively and skilfully, the web is a great marketing tool and a great way to ‘Build Your Business’.

Donald Robichaud is the President of FloodLight Consulting and can be reached at 250-768-9415

Thank you to Alexandra Krieger of Print Three and Don Robichaud of Floodlight Business Solutions for speaking. What a great combination of One on One Marketing and Social Media. Also a big thank you to Rob at Remix Industries for the sound system, and Jennifer and her staff at the Sandman Hotel Kelowna for the great appitizers. Hope to see you again in the fall.

Also a thank you to Liz Soergel of Aviva Studios for the superb pictures, Sharon Coghill of Mary Kay, Sharon Smith of Goodbye Grafitti, Ron Finch of Liquid Capital and Becky Robar of Western Financial Group for the door Prizes.

Mike Hassard OBRG President

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