Promosaurus

Hello! Welcome to Promosaurus! We are here to be of service to social enterprises through marketing, business development and event planning services and to have fun in the process! We stand for a more ethical world where people of color, indigenous peoples women, the LGBTQ+, and nature and wildlife have equality and receive respect. We want to work with your values-driven business or organization, and support you in reaching your goals. The owner, Julianna, brings over 15 ye...ars of experience working in communications, marketing, administration, sales, and business development in the environmental sector to Promosaurus. By building a strong foundation, helping you reach new heights, making you larger than life, and increasing your presence in the minds of your community, Promosaurus will keep you lasting through the ages! So please, take a look at the services we are offering and share our page with others! Like our page to stay posted and learn on Dino Wednesdays! If you would like to schedule a FREE initial consultation, please book a time with us at https://calendly.com/promosaurus/30min.

Wondering how to connect more with your customers? How to make your farm and family -- not just your products -- a focus of your marketing strategy? We're planning a webinar to help optimize your business' marketing in the time of Covid! Vote for the topics you want to learn about by DMing @Promosaurus or @orgcouncil. Or, vote at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CYJVX8K... Registration opening soon. Stay posted by following #orgcouncilevents. #webinar #organicfarming #organicagriculture #sustainablefarming #ecofarming #smallscalefarming #entrepreneurs #smallbusiness #socialenterprise #greenbusiness #ecomarketing #ecobusiness #indiebusiness #solopreneur #marketing #businesssupport #businessdevelopment

Had a pleasant blast from the past on my walk this evening! A few years ago when I worked at Guelph Solar, I had these signs made so that homeowners could show the pride they have for their solar system! I'm so excited to see that the signs are still in use! Do you have a solar system from Guelph Solar? Loving it? How many kW is your system? ... @guelph.solar I miss you guys!! Need signage or other promo material made? Get in touch! #ecobusiness #ecomarketing #greenbusiness #greenmarketing #smallbusiness #socialenterprise #indiebusiness #entrepreneurs #entrepreneursuccess #throwbackthursday #blastfromthepast #missyouguys

I honestly can't believe that we need to promote the idea of drinking free, clean tap water! But here we are. This is a luxury that most people in the world don't have. Let's protect our ground water and have gratitude for this precious resource. #tapitforgood @wellingtonwaterwatchers ... #environment #sustainability #ecoliving #water #groundwater #ecojustice #endcorporategreed #protectwater #comeonpeople See more

Very excited for the opportunity to do this work for Transition Guelph!!

Happy International Orangutan Day! Please check out my post about it!

It's our 1st BIZVERSARY!!! The last year has been an awesome journey and I'm so excited to have gotten to this point! Thank you to all the wonderful people who have supported me in this new business, including my family and friends, Anthony Manis Journey to Wholeness World Tree Chocolate Katie Favell Heather Bee (who came up with the name, Promosaurus), Waterloo Region Small Business Centre Colin McCusker, Steve Dyck Embrace Network, Mary C. Davis, Niel Palmer, Freak...y Wizard and many others!! I'm also so, so, so grateful for the many social enterprises that I've had an opportunity to work with! You are all such amazing people and doing so many totally awesome things for the community, the environment, and people! I'm also so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from each of you in the process! All Sorts Acres, Fresh Ayr Farm, WellnessVie, Maple Dream Immigration, Transition Guelph, Hoover's Maple Syrup, Jamie Loves Mortgages, Wright Wealth and many others! Also, thanks to Freaky Wizard, Jurassic Knits and my Aunt Anna Van Adrichem-Rochon for the dinosaur toys! I look forward to the next year's adventures! #bizversary #entrepreneur #socialenterprise #smallbusiness #gratitude #supportsmallbusiness #dinosaur #bizchick #bosschick #marketing #businessowner #businessgrowth #businessdevelopment #ecobusiness #ecomarketing @ Guelph, Ontario

Pattie McLean at Tomorrow Today Ayr is such a dear! After I did work for her, she posted this review on our Facebook page: "Julianna has been an integral part of helping to pivot my service-based business to virtuality. With Covid-19 temporarily closing my business I was looking for quick and efficient strategy. Julianna provided the strategy and so much more. My first call to Julianna was so reassuring. She was able to understand what I was facing and assured me I was heade...d in the right direction. Julianna helped create a plan that included viable business solutions that pivoted my business quickly and seamlessly. She had the answers that I needed, kept me focused through the transition and was essential in giving me the step forward into virtual business!" Need help with a marketing strategy for your social enterprise? DM me or email [email protected] #gratitude #awesomeclients #testimonial #marketing #socialenterprise #entrepreneurs #support #localbusiness #ecopreneur #ecomarketing #ecosupport #businessowner #businesshelp #entrepreneursuccess #customerappreciation #customer #client

Yes, women do support women. #challengeaccepted I'm so grateful for the wonderful women in my life! And thanks for sharing this with me, @worldtreechocolate! I'm also grateful for many men and others in my life that dont subscribe to the two genders...but apparently someone has had the audacity to say that women don't support women. So everyone that identifies as women, together we stick it to the patriarchy. ... #togetherwestand #womensupportingwomen @ Guelph, Ontario

*NEW!* If a new client was referred by you, to show our appreciation, you will receive a $15 gift certificate from your choice of one of these totally awesome local businesses: @katie_favell @tommecheeseshop @allsortsacres... @alula.scrunchies @worldtreechocolate @trottersbutchershop @freethemuse.arts @tomorrowtodayayr @redbrickcafe_guelph You dont need to be a Promosaurus client to recieve a referral gift - we just really appreciate the support! #community #localbusiness #suportlocal #referralprogram #appreciation @ Guelph, Ontario

Promosaurus' First Newsletter! - https://mailchi.mp/a3f760fda355/promosaurus-first-newsletter

Extra Extra! Read all about it! Promosaurus is sending out our first newsletter next week! Sign up and get entered in a draw to win chocolate! Make sure you sign up soon so you can learn about grant and other great business opportunities, read the news at Promosaurus, enjoy features on a couple awesome businesses we have had the pleasure to work with, learn how you can receive gifts through our referral rewards program, learn our top sales tips, and read a special dino feature! Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/g6i93D. By signing up for the newsletter, you are entering a draw to win an Equadorian Soma chocolate bar from World Tree Chocolate!

As Pride month comes to a close, I just want to tell you that I stand with you. #loveislove #lgbtq #ethicalbusiness #equality #ally @ Guelph, Ontario

So excited and honored to be accepted into the Rhyze Ventures program with Innovation Guelph! . . This 8-month business program will include classes, projects, and mentoring opportunities. This is such a great opportunity to take my business to the next level and add skills and knowledge to my tool box so Promosaurus can take your businesses to even greater levels!... . . Also, can’t wait to share this experience with my good friend, Heather of Blossoming Heart! @innovationguelph #igclientlove @waterlooregionsbc #rhyzeventures #innovationguelph #socialenterprise #entrepreneurs #levelup #businessgrowth #indiebusiness

Your business may have a broad audience, such as social enterprises, like I do. BUT, for a specific campaign, you may want to target just one group within that. For each marketing campaign, whether it is a newsletter, social media post, webinar, etc, it can be really helpful to know your specific audience for the specific campaign. For example, say you want to sell your sustainably grown strawberries to bakeries, and you want to reach them through a newsletter.... You’ll want the newsletter to speak specifically to bakers by addressing their needs and showing them appropriate content that they really connect with. To do this, first create a customer persona for a typical baker that you could sell strawberries to. Give this imaginary baker a name (like Rexton), and answer some questions that pertain to this imaginary business, such as: What are their goals? What are their values? Who are their customers? What are their concerns? What kind of communication they prefer? If you search 'customer personas', you will find plenty of templates online. Keep the customer persona that you have created and add to it as you learn more about you audience segment over time. Once you have a customer persona, it’s much easier to write content that will be appealing, valuable and relevant to them! Need help understanding your customer segment? PM me or book a time through the link in my bio! #organic #sustainablefarming #marketingforfarmers #organicfarm #organicfarming #localbusiness #localfarm #localfarming #marketing #customerpersona #contentmarketing #socialenterprise #canadianagriculture #ecommerce #targetmarket

Here is a sneak preview of our summer newsletter. Thank you Chris, Jenny, Red Brick Cafe and Grand River Tea for your contributions. And thank you to Promosaur...us and Julianna for putting it together for us and Steve from Uptown Printing for printing and distributing the physical copies to our clients! See more

It's World Ocean Day! A great opportunity to think about how you can reduce your plastic waste. Is there one plastic item that you could cut out of your day-to-day use as of today? Watch the day-long United Nations World Oceans Day LIVE Event (World Oceans Day Online Portal below).... Click here for more things you can do: https://legacy.4ocean.com//let-s-celebrate-world-oceans-da Thanks!!

#blackouttuesday #blackouttuesday If you decide to post a black square in solidarity with anti racism efforts, don't hashtag black lives matter. That is preventing important news on protests from reaching people. #love #equality #same

Do you love wildlife? How about sharks?? Ever wanted to start a podcast? A couple years ago, I worked with a professor, Dr. Steve Crawford at the University of Guelph on a research project focused on Great White Sharks around New Zealand. Dr. Crawford had earlier interviewed >70 expert knowledge holders from a wide variety of backgrounds: swimmers , boarders, surf life savers, scuba divers, spearfishermen, boaters, commercial & recreational fishermen, marine eco...logists, and two shark tour dive operators. The aim of the project is to investigate the insights that different knowledge systems (Indigenous, Local and Science) can contribute to (1) conservation ecology and (2) management decision-making regarding the population of Great Whites inhabiting coastal waters of New Zealand . Special attention is placed on management conflicts between the NZ Department of Conservation and people of the Foveaux Strait region, regarding shark cage tour dive operations. While transcribing interviews for Dr. Crawford, I had the pleasure of hearing incredible stories about these individuals' experiences with great whites and other sharks, including the first recorded observation of white shark mating! Recently I talked asked Steve what he thought about turning this series of interviews into a podcast. He thought this could be a cool idea and would like to chat with people who are interested. This could be a great way of having the interviews get further traction, so that ultimately, more of us can be engaged in the conservation of Great White and other species. If you are interested in this project, please get in touch with me and after a quick chat, I can connect you with the scientist himself! For more information about the research project or to read some interviews, visit www.whitepointer.cloud. Illustration by Adrian Nadjiwon (Chippewas of Nawash) #shark #greatwhiteshark #greatwhitesharks #sciencecommunication #research #podcast #opportunity #socialenterprise #lovenature #ecology #conservation #wildlifemanagement #knowledgesystems

It's time for a Dino Wednesday post! ‘HOW did dinos get so big?!’ Buckle up, it's going to get a bit sciencey! Animals face challenges when it comes to getting big, including dissipating extra heat created through metabolism over a minimal body surface area, and getting enough oxygen to all of the tissues. Different animals deal with these challenges in different ways, so let’s focus on a couple ways the long necks (sauropods) overcame them!... likely didn’t chew their food. Just gulping the greens down meant that they didn’t need space for teeth or muscles in their heads. Their small, light head allowed their necks to be really long, which in turn provided a huge surface area to release heat which also allowed them to reach food that others couldn’t! also likely had a bird-style respiratory system , which is WAY more efficient than that of mammals! This allowed a light build, and a super efficient use of space, with a system that could take up enough oxygen to feed the huge body. This system would have included air sacs in the neck which would further lighten the neck, allowing their necks to get longer. All the air pockets in the neck would have also allowed the air passing through to absorb the excess heat from surrounding tissues as it was exhaled. In biology, ‘how’ something works comes down to evolution, genes, and the expression of those genes in an environment which feeds back into the process. In business, it comes down to the expression of your hard work, dedication, persistence, and plans, and the environment feeds back into that. So, how can you work with what is in your control, pivot when needed, optimize on opportunities, and continue to change and grow? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this, so please share your comments Need some help with strategizing, pivoting, or developing your business? DM me or email promosaurusrex@gmail Reference: Sander, P. M. (2013). An Evolutionary Cascade Model for Sauropod Dinosaur Gigantism - Overview, Update and Tests. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e78573. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078573

Like so many others, I've had times in the last couple months where motivation has dropped and I've had to regroup, adjust, and figure out the next steps. Things I've found that help me get into the groove lately are... Reaching out for help when I need it.... Reconnecting with my goals and purpose Reviewing my business plan and updating my marketing strategy. Creating routines, especially for fun stuff, putting many of them in my calendar: Making sure to have video chats with ppl I care about, and TRYING to do it outside of work time! Doing a fear dump in my journal as a bit of a spring cleaning, so I can start fresh. Doing productive things as I feel like it, recognizing the crazy world I'm in and not being too hard on myself! I hope some of these ideas help you to find some motivation to continue plugging away at the essential service you provide, your business or in your hobbies. What are some of the things you do to stay motivated? @ Guelph, Ontario

Make it easier for your customers to find you! A big part of marketing to me is making the path that the client needs to take to get to you EASIER, more EFFICIENT and an ENJOYABLE process! If not, the customer is likely to find someone else to purchase similar products and services from! And you dont want that! Having a clear, easy path makes the client's experience a good one, so that they want to come back for more! ...and, inevitably makes your sales do thi...s: Need help with making the route from prospects to you more clear and easy? Or, interested in a review of your marketing to identify where the opportunities are? Please DM me or email [email protected] for a free 30 min discovery call!