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Exciting week at Trusted HQ

HUGE announcement - the Trusted App created by Saskatoon's College Mobile (Trusted always want to support local) has been approved by Apple - download it on your iPhone and enter the contest to win $1000's of prizes over the next few months ! ( Android app coming soon!) - !!! Download here and enter to win

 The www.trustedsaskatoon.com team had a wonderful time at the Saskatoon Home Builders Association Homestyles Show 2013.

We had $1000's of prizes to give away all donated by Trusted Saskatoon Partners.

• Conexus Insurance - Smoke and carbon monoxide
• Imagery - Studio
• Bridge City Computers -Asus O! Play Live media player
• Frontier Vinyl & Glass - $200 gift certificates
• Wiseguys - 2 x 8 pc bed in the bags plus mattress protectors
• Caliber Air - $100.00 gift certificate
• Sunridge RV - Camp Chair
• Dexteriors - $250 Gift Cert
• Marla Janzen King size duvet + serving bowl and spoon set plus cushions
• Glass Slipper Cleaning Services-  $100 Gift Certificate
• Saskatoon Woodworks $500 Gift Certificate
• Palliser Rooms $300 Gift Certificate
• Hygeia Health Market -  Gift Basket and a $25 Gift Certificate
• Fitness Focus 1 month free membership + 3 personal training sessions

All winners have been drawn and they will be notified this week!

The public feedback was amazing!! People what we are doing in Saskatoon and the service we offer!

The Trusted Saskatoon.com team were really impressed by the Trusted Saskatoon partners booths at the show!

Enjoy the video compilation we put together .     

We are thrilled to be The only local Directories that work for YOU!

Look out for us March 2013 in Regina at the What Women Want Show where we are Platinum Sponsors and at the Regina Home Show.

Videos of these shows will be uploaded too onto our popular Trusted You Tube Channel   

Being TRUSTED is a unique branding and sales tool for businesses, because the Trusted directories offer quality focused local businesses a unique way to differentiate themselves from their competition, attract new customers, build loyalty with existing customers and also increase their visibility in their home city.

Once we meet with businesses, most agree that its a great concept and a fabulous marketing idea.....but does it ' WORK' ..will it provide a return on their investment?

Sara Wheelwright S & E Trusted online directories founder explains what ' being trusted'  is all about in this video, also you will hear from many of the Trusted Saskatoon.com and Trusted Regina.com directories businesses as they share their real results, 'what else' they get from trusted and how they feel about being TRUSTED!

If you run a locally accountable business and lead the way when it comes to customer service , and want to grow and evolve your business then applying to join Trusted really is the SMART and SIMPLE choice.

Social media is the NOW and it is the future.  

Trusted IS Social- Trusted is LOCAL ..thats what we do and who we are!  

Check out how:

-Trusted Saskatoon.com on FACEBOOK

-Trusted Regina.com on FACEBOOK

-The Trusted Channel on YOU TUBE

-@Trustedcanada on TWITTER

-Trusted on Pinterest

For more details and to see the data for yourself:

Call Sara on (306) 2915303

or email sara@trustedcanada.com

S & E Trusted Online Directories founder shares a business tip with small businesses in Saskatoon and beyond. How to do advertising effectively and why to advertise period!

S & E Trusted Online Directories was a  finalist for Marketing for the prestigious Saskatchewan Chamber of commerce ABEX Awards 2012, and it was their innovative marketing strategies they use to advertise www.trustedsaskatoon.com and www.trustedregina.com  that saw them recognized across the province after less than 18months in business.  

The Trusted group of  local directories www.trustedsaskatoon.com and www.trustedregina.com really are the smart and simple choice.

So what is Sara Wheelwrights, our founders background?

Here she shares some of her story and some big goals!  

" I've been immersed in the wonderful world of marketing, advertising and business since 1992. I persuaded business owners to buy Yellow pages, Internet, Pharmaceuticals and Radio over the years, very succesfully, before I decided to take the leap and start my own marketing/ advertising company. I founded S & E Trusted Online Directories in 2011 after thinking about the idea for years.

At Trusted we ONLY promote and do business with trustworthy locally accountable businesses. I am confident that before I created the Trusted concept, that these wonderful local businesses had no where to turn to in the advertising world that really understood how great they are, and truly valued the really important qualities of honesty amd integrity above the endless quest for MORE SALES and advertising revenue.

My primary goal is to ensure that all the Trusted partners are well represented by my Trusted team, and that the public in the cities we service are informed about and directed to Trusted businesses as the preferred choice! My company communicates daily to the public via many platforms and we help them understand why and how the TRUSTED businesses stand apart from their local competition by being Trusted. We commit to always assisting the public in the cities we serve, by providing quick and easy access to great retail and service providers.

I aim to take Trusted nationwide within 3 years, I never think small it would be a disservice to my 3 children, my supporters, my clients and to the concept of  'being' Trusted  "

Sara Wheelwright

S & E Trusted Onlines Directories commitment to community support & involvement

S & E Trusted Online Directories -the parent company that owns the online directory websites  www.trustedsaskatoon.com and www.trustedregina.com believes firmly in giving back to the communities we serve.

Since we launched www.trustedsaskatoon.com on May 31st 2011 we have had a consistent presence in community charities/ non profits and events in both of the Trusted cities we service..

Here is a list of community involvement since May 30th 2011: Totalling over $23,500 in just 18months

We are proud to partner, support and GIVE the Thumbs up to local charities, non profits and community events.   

• Child Find Saskatchewan – sponsored and helped promote an event through social media at Broadway Theatre.- $600
• We now sponsor them ongoing and promote them on www.trustedregina.com and www.trustedsaskatoon.com - $3000
• Campbell Homes Pink House for the Breast Health Centre- Sponsors- $5000 
• The Little Red Dress Club- Host Sponsor of the Scarlet Soiree benefitting Pink House Campaign- $400
• Sponsored a local first nations youngster to go to Leadership camp at YMCA -$150
• MS Society $250 donation from a Facebook contest Incentive
• C95 Radio Marathon for Breast cancer $250 Donation from a Facebook Contest Incentive
• Habitat for Humanity Regina Woman’s Build  Sponsor 2011 and confirmed for 2012 - $2000
• Silver Sponsor of Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism Celebrating Senior Volunteer awards 2011 &  Bronze sponsor 2012 -$3500
• Tourism Saskatoon Golf Tournament Hole Sponsor 2011. $250
• CFCR- $350 donation to the community Radio station.
• Hole Sponsor of Synergy 8-Decora homes –Saskatoon Crisis nursery initiative 2012 -$3000
• Several donations to silent auctions/ steak night fundraisers - $400
• Focus Mortages Kid Sport Regina Golf tournament Hole sponsor- $250
• YWCA Womens of Distinction Awards donation  - $3000
• MS Walk Saskatoon $350 donation
• Kidsport Regina Charity Race Silver Sponsor $250
• Canadian Cancer Society Jail n Bail - $100  
• New Hope Dog Rescue - Red Dress Pub Crawl - $250
• Relay For Life - Facebook Incentive - $176 
• Helping Regina boy Harrison to get to hospital - $100
• Childrens Wish Saskatoon though Facebook Contest $250

Here is a letter we received today at Trusted HQ in saskatoon from the Saskatoon YWCA ...this truly shows what these donations big and small add up to ..and what they mean to the people who are the beneficiaries! 

We are proud to be the only local Directories that work for you ..but we don't do it alone ..TOGETHER WE ARE TRUSTED! 

Our Trusted community of locally Trusted businesses are growing by the month, and collectively we raise $1000's and $1000's each month for our local community - giving back is the way to go and we give all our partners the Thumbs up for their amazing fundraising efforts and their individual donations and we will always support their efforts through donations and by sharing their events and iniciatives through our blogs, and via our social media platforms where we now have over 13,000 fans and followers!!   

www.trustedsaskatoon.com and www.trustedregina.com   are more than just the best Regina Directory and the Best Saskatoon Directory they are a growing resource library of Tips ..some provided by our Trusted Partners who really are THE LOCAL EXPERTS in their industries in Saskatoon...and some consumer and business tips provided by us here at Trusted S ! Lets face it ...if you can deal with the experts that share their knowledge freely...why would you go anywhere else? Trusted  is here to work for you the consumer ...we want to save you TIME, STRESS and MONEY..Trusted does the research for the consumers ( probably much more thoroughly), so they don't have to..