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BABSFREY:
Just to drop a note after following for a while.

I did an online visitor visa application for myself and my wife. I submitted Feb 2 and did the biometrics Feb 3. After a long wait, I got a message from them on March 20, that we could submit our passport. I understand that a decision has been made. I did submit our passport March 22. We are now waiting for the message for a final pick up of the passport.

Can anything still go wrong at this point?

Hi BABSFREY and everyone in the house,

I have read through almost all the pages but have been unable to find answers to my inquiry.

I am planning a holiday to Canada (on a tourist visa) with my wife and we have gathered all the required documents. We want to apply online.

However i am unable to figure out how I will apply and (most especially) upload the documents.

For instance the instruction states that

"One file will be allowed per document type. For example, if you are asked to provide multiple pages of your passport, you must scan and save all pages as one file."

"You will be required to upload every requested form and document. You will not be able to proceed to the next steps until you upload every form/document."

This is where I get confused.
* Do I make a single application for myself and indicate that my wife will accompany me?
* Do we make two separate applications? {i think not}
* Do i scan all the documents into one and apply {ie two application forms, two travel history+passports, two account statements, two employer letters, etc.. and BTW the application forms are so encrypted that you are unable to merge them successfully anyway).

Please help.

. Thanks a lot Auctionexport

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LaurelP:
I just spoke with someone on this topic yesterday.

Its still an important topic even tho social media is very common nowadays.

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1) To communicate your message: With social media, the size of your followership is very determinant of your success online. The more your fans, the bigger the audience you are speaking to. This can be achieved by publishing content for free on your ‘wall’ or ‘page’, depending on which platform you choose. Also, promoted content allows businesses to push marketing messages to even wider audiences to increase your reach. With geo-targeting, you get a more effective way to send your message because you can focus your message on specific target audiences based on location, gender, age, relationship status, etc.

2) Learn about your customers: Social media provides a very effective platform to learn about your customers. You can quickly understand pain points and specific needs which can quickly feedback into your product, processes or campaigns. It provides a direct link to communicate with and get feedback from customers.

3) Provide better Customer Service: Because you have the opportunity to directly interact with your customers, you are able to provide more effective customer service to customers. It becomes easy to address customers’ issues before they escalate, provide answers to burning questions or just join in conversations about your brand, product or service which normally would not be possible, at least not in real time.

4) Generate Leads: Another benefit of social media is that, because they provide an opportunity to communicate, engage and market your products / services, they provide good opportunity to find potential customers and generate leads for your business. Imagine that you publish a communication about a new product on your e-commerce store (note: always ensure to put a link through from the publication to the actual product page on your site) and a customer asks a question or two about the product, you get to provide answers instantly and possibly drive that customer to your site to make a sale.

5) Increase Sales: For brands that have a big following on social networks, publishing content about new, trending or other great products can lead to an increase in sales. Marketers who are conversant with social media developments use the latest features to promote content and gain interest of their fans to continually make sales. Sending the right message to the right demographic is always important to maximize the effect of the campaigns.

6) Increased brand recognition: A major benefit of social media is that it allows businesses to build and grow a brand presence. If done right, social media allows any business to develop a brand quickly by adequate engagement through relevant and interesting content, responsiveness to the audience, timeliness and consistency.

7) Increase website traffic and search ranking: We have already established that through effective social media management, you can direct traffic to your website to make sales or achieve a goal. Another beneficial consequence of this is that you get to increase your website traffic (especially as you are sending good quality traffic to your website) and this will positively affect your web rankings and increase your search visibility in search rankings. The more social media shares on your pages, the higher you will rank in Google search for your relevant key words.



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6. Jekalo. With its very apt name, Jekalo (a Yoruba phrase meaning ‘Let’s go’) is a car sharing application that wants to promote car-pooling in Nigeria. Currently available only to users in Lagos state, Jekalo allows users to share a trip with any other user offering a ride through the same route. The driver typically indicates his/her route and other users going along that route can join the ride. The cost is calculated automatically and users are authenticated by Facebook/LinkedIn and phone number verification. The website promises that the cost of the ride will be about the same price as using a commercial bus in Lagos, that is, cheaper than a taxi

7. Callbase. Setting up a call center is expensive and requires time, expertise and expenses to set up and maintain. Callbase offers businesses an easy to set up that provides contact center functionality within 3 minutes (well, according to their website). In addition to just having a contact center, callbase offers businesses the opportunity to buy a number from up to 50 countries (thereby being local in multiple countries). Callbase also provides a ‘click to call’ button which businesses can embed on their websites for potential customers to contact them for inquiries. With callbase, there is no need to install any software as the platform is web-based therefore allowing for physical mobility from one place to another. Just connect to the internet, and you are back up.

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