Business @ Breakfast
April 28th 

Please join us at Shanty Bay Golf Club for our next
Business @ Breakfast 

We are excited to announce that, because of the success of our Business @ Breakfast events, we are upgrading!
Please note the new special features and cost to attend:

Chamber Members & Employees: $13. Includes NEW Hot Breakfast Buffet, Guest speaker
                                                         workshop, & Name/Business listed on the event handout.                                                                  Chamber members are also encouraged to bring a                                                                non-Chamber Member Business guest for free!

Non-Members: $15. Includes NEW Hot Breakfast Buffet & Guest Speaker Workshop.

SPEAKER TOPIC: Brand Good. Ecom Better.

Ecommerce is set for unprecedented growth in 2015.  New technologies and global shipping solutions are allowing even the main street retailer to hop on-line and move goods in increasing volume.  So why wouldn’t a business jump on line and start selling? The average on-line purchase starts at $100 and up. Mastering the e-commerce strategy can definitely be profitable, but it also has it’s secrets to success. Whether you are a manufacturer that wants to go direct to public or a downtown retailer that wants to expand, learn what it takes to bring a Brand and a business into the world of E-Commerce

About our Guest Speaker, NICOLE NORRIS

Nicole is the Creative Director and Founder of The AGENCY Inc. - A boutique design and marketing studio in Orillia On, that specializes in Ecommerce Branding and Marketing.  A Graduate of OCAD University, Nicole is an experienced design and business professional with a background in connecting design strategy to bottom line business objectives. In total, she has over 15 years combined experience in the Consumer Electronics, Tele-Co and Food Service Franchise Industries. 

Currently at The AGENCY Inc., Nicole manages a roster of clients that are converging on the digital space as an extension of their business model and brand. Included in this portfolio is the consumer e-commerce website - SingleJoCoffee.com - a North American java e-tailer Brand dedicated to the growing single serve coffee market. Her work with SingleJoCoffee also includes an extended program for Club Coffee LP alliance partner brands to develop their presence in the on-line single serve coffee space. Nicole’s success on SingleJoCoffee.com includes a social media launch party that had 9.2M impressions, besting Tim Horton’s and Starbucks benchmarks as well as trending on an election night. She has lectured at both University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business and The Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre at Georgian College. Her articles on franchising and branding have been published in both the Canadian Franchise Association’s ‘The Franchise Voice’ and on-line at BeTheBoss.ca. In addition she has been a popular resident expert and lecturer on Branding, at the Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre. 

Nicole is a current resident of Oro-Medonte where she finds solitude and inspiration with family and friends, away from the hustle and bustle of client work. Follow the The AGENCY Inc on twitter @agencythoughts and Nicole on-line @fealessleeder

Nicole Norris
Creative Director 
The AGENCY
11 Peter Street South
2nd Floor
Orillia, Ontario, L3V 5A8 
[Studio] 705.881.1840
[Email] nnorris@theagencywebsite.ca
[Website] www.theagencywebsite.ca
[Twitter] @agencythoughts
[Facebook] https://www.facebook.com/theagencygoessocial