Me Moving To Canada MM2C

Some of us see digital time for kids as useless activity. It’s time to change our mindset about it. Listen!

Most of us, including me, tend to blame someone because of an incident or something negative happened in our lives. I get that! That’s why we need to talk about it here. Listen!

Customers are now asking me to visit their company. I have no choice but to go there. I went to 3 different provinces, which will be the the topic in this episode. I talked about travelling by driving and flying. Listen!

Playing trading cards is fun. But some time in your life, you want to collect and trade them someday for your fund. How do you do that? When should you invest on it. I explained it in this episode. Listen!

Just found a niche to do a business in Canada. I think it will be my best bet. It’s my long time hobby and now I can enjoy it, collect, and trade. Listen!

I’ve been busy for the past few months on the Online Presence Building with my kids. I wanted to dedicated my 100% time for them. If I wanted to help someone on OPB, why not start with my kids. They learned a lot and giving them a bit of independence now. Ibtalked about how things were going in there channels. Maybe it can teach you as well. Listen!

Transferring my knowledge in online content creation is the ultimate goal. I want my kids to be the recipient of it first. This will help them cope up with technological advancement and possibly be a trigger for them to put up an online business of their own. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Part 2    I had invited Katrina to talk about their experiences in moving to Canada from Philippines. She worked in a broadcast communications company and insurance and investments firm in the Philippines.  They decided to move to Canada for better opportunities.   In this second part of the story, she talked about how she found jobs in Canada and important advice for people who are just starting to apply for immigration and new immigrants as well.  Let's listen to their interesting immigration story!   Shownotes:  PART 1 - EP233: WK28 | Part 1 | Katrina Luna-Umali - Worked in Broadcast Communications Industry and Insurance and Investments in Philippines | Moved to Canada with Her Family Katrina's Online Business Website - https://www.katrinalunaumali.com  https://www.memovingtocanada.com  https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Part 1   I had invited Katrina to talk about their experiences in moving to Canada from Philippines. She worked in a broadcast communications company and insurance and investments firm in the Philippines.  They decided to move to Canada for better opportunities.  In this first part of their story, she talked about how they decided to move to Canada and their landing experience. Let's listen to their interesting immigration story!  Shownotes: Katrina's Online Business Website - https://www.katrinalunaumali.com https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada  

Let's listen to another immigration story from our fellow immigrant, Athar Anis.  He worked in different countries as an I.T. Engineer before coming to Canada.   Together with his wife and son, they moved to Vancouver, Canada from their country of origin, Pakistan. They stayed in British Columbia for more than 4 years and became citizens. Listen! Shownotes: Athar Website - http://pph.me/athar https://www.memovingtocanada.com  https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Let's listen to our entrepreneur guest for this Sunday Podcast Episode of MM2C Immigration Story. She started her immigration journey when she received the sponsorship from her parents in Canada. After landing, she studied massage therapy and built her own massage clinic called Vitalyse Clinic. It is located at 302 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, Canada. She also started podcasting and vlogging. Listen to her story! Shownotes:  Steph's business - https://vitalyseclinic.com Steph's Instagram - @vitalyseclinic Steph's Facebook - www.facebook.com/chikahancorner Steph's YouTube Channel - Steph Madarang https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

When I moved to Canada, I learned how to podcast and started the MM2C podcast. But everything we do comes with challenges. There are questions that beginner podcasters are asking me about.  Is podcasting easy for me who recently had a baby? What are the challenges? I will answer that question here in this episode.  Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

So, you wanted to start a podcast? You want to talk on the mic and speak about a topic. You want to be present on any other podcast platforms like Apple Podcast, Spotify, or Google Podcast and many more. You are ready to do it regularly, but the problem is you have no technical knowledge on what to prepare to start your podcast channel and have a low budget. In this episode, I'll talk about how to start a podcast with the lowest budget possible. Listen! Shownotes: Resources: https://www.benalagnam.com/p/resources.html Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

Who doesn’t have problems with regards to money? Have you ever wondered where your money went?  When you’re at 30s, but you still have not enough savings to buy a property or assets? Maybe you still have no investments for retirement. In this episode, I will talk about the huge change in financial literacy in Ontario, Canada. I'll also explain on how you can learn about financial literacy at the end of this episode. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada Email: [email protected] - Schedule a Meeting https://www.financialcouple.com

For today’s episode, I will share my journey on podcasting and how I doubled my listeners in 3 months. Listen. Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

For today’s episode, I will share my experiences on the weather in Ontario. I will also talk about how I expected Canada's weather before we landed.  Listen to my Canadian weather experience story. Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Sometimes, you think that you are useless. You think that you have no purpose in life.  Let’s STOP for a while, listen to what I will share in this episode because it may help you get out from being oppressed. Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

There are many business opportunities we can start up with, one of which is online business. Helping a person or a company to have an online presence is a business that we can explore. In this episode, we had a chance to chat with Ron V.,  a fellow Filipino, who built his growing company from scratch. He shared how he stepped-up the ladder of entrepreneurship from being a medical technologist to having an online presence business in the Philippines. Let's listen to his OPB story. Shownotes: OPB FB Group: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding Ron's Online Presence: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workathomepinas/ Twitter: @wahpinas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/wahpinas Instagram: @wahpinas

Have you experienced doing your groceries and the line is too long. It took you 30 minutes to pay for your goods? Then after the casher, you end up stuck at the carpark? Where lots of people are also hurrying up to go back home? In this episode, I'll talk about when is the best time to do groceries and the reason behind that. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Do you want to create your own website? Why do you need one? Why can I just use the social media. In this episode, I'll answer that for you. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

It’s been almost 3 months that my kids were just inside our home, playing games, and doing their assignments in Google Classroom. I’m anxious for them to go out because of the current situation. I don't want to risk their health. In this episode, I talked about visiting a park in Canada. I also mentioned some of the important visitor guidelines to follow. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Are you thinking of starting an online presence building yet? Or maybe you’ve already created a blog, a podcast, or a vlog? Have you collected emails from your audience?  If not, you can listen further to this podcast episode.  Because I want to teach you what I learned today about email list. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

We all know that there are many people lost their jobs in Canada due to the pandemic. But, what if you are one of them, what will you do? Will you just watch movies and TV shows all day while waiting for the CERB or EI from the government? Or you can do something to add income in your pocket? In this episode, I'm going to share one source of income that may help you with your finances that is part of my Online Presence Building. It will definitely change your mind about online. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada https://www.benalagnam.com

Have you tried teaching someone? I guess most of us have experienced teaching at some point in our lives. It is in our nature to teach someone who needs information. They may be the ones in the list friends or some other people or individual. What if we can use that teaching capability to start a business online? Let's talk about it in this episode, Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

For this Sunday Podcast Episode, I have a talk with Robby Ramos. He is a nurse working as a health and safety professional in the Philippines. He moved with his wife and son to Canada, hoping for a better future for them. We've talked about how they transitioned and adjusted physically and mentally from a tropical country, Philippines, to a freezing weather of the country. He also mentioned how he found a job after landing. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada Pinoy Success Stories - by Robby Ramos Tiktok: @pinoysuccessstories 

The tax filing season in Canada is in the month of April annually, particularly on April 30.  But due to the Covid-19 situation, the government moved the deadline to June 01, 2020.   We received a good news from our accountant and I'll talk about it here. In this episode, I'll also talk about RESP or education plan and how we handle the Child Tax Benefit for our kids. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Have you tried selling physical goods and visiting customers physically? The reason for this podcast is to provide you with information that can change your business model without having the 4 common disadvantages. In this podcast, I will talk about another business model that we as an Online Presence Builder can do. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

This episode is again related to the previous ones which is about our 2-month old baby. We were surprised by our neighbour. They gave us something we did not expect. I also talked about why we are grateful to have generous neighbours and friends in Canada. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

In the previous podcast episode EP209, I talked about creating a new goal in Canada. It is to create a business, it will not be a brick and mortar business but an online business. In this episode, I'll talk about the 3 types of a lucrative online business model that interest me. Listen! Shownotes: BenAlagnam.com  Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

If you listened to the episode EP147 & EP150 of my podcast, I talked about our giving birth experience in Canada. I also tackled the baby’s last day in the hospital. Now that our baby is 2-month old, it’s time for his immunization. In this episode, I talked about how our baby was immunized and what happened to him after that. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada https://www.benalagnam.com/ - Click  FREE in the navigation bar to reserve a seat for blogging course.

This episode is for you: If you have no knowledge on how to setup a website.  You want to tell the world about your experience, skills, talent, and expertise and will potentially become your business.  You want to educate, inform, and teach people about your passion.  You are desperately wanting to have a website, but don't know where to start.   You have many gadgets or devices at home but don't know how to be productive with it. In this episode, I have a special announcement for you. Listen! Shownotes: https://www.benalagnam.com/p/free.html - visit this page or visit the website and click FREE on the navigation bar to reserve for the course.

I had another chance to speak with Cecille, a mother of one child. She worked in Singapore and Malaysia and decided to move to Canada for good.  In this episode, she talked about the instability of their job in Singapore. After arriving in Canada, she started connecting with friends and other organizations to get the job that she wanted. Listen! Shownotes: www.settlement.org www.meetup.com www.facebook.com/group/onlinepresencebuilding www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada www.memovingtocanada.com

I have an important announcement to you, which  will change the way I will do the future of my podcasting episodes. It will be an additional source of income in the monetization stage of my Online Presence Building. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

If you are longing to create a group or organization, this episode is for you. I will talk about how to understand your self-capabilities and use it. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

I have done few research on how Canada gets its electricity. For such a huge country, about 7 times bigger than Philippines, how can it distributor the electricity to the power grid of this size.  In this episode, I'll talk about the sources of power in Canada and how we can compare it to my homeland, Philippines, and Singapore. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

If you had just started your Online Presence Building, you may wonder what language you will use.  In this episode, I'll talk about how I end up choosing English as my OPB official language. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

If you see the news about George Flloyd, I was angry just watching the scene of that.  This is what's happening in this world guys. There are many that I have to talk about, and it is based on my experience, in this episode. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

I wanted to share with you about my experience with my OPB laptop. I've used Windows PC laptops and Macbook Pros before, which I talked about it in this podcast. In this episode, I'll talk about the best laptop that we can use for your OPB. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

I had a chat with Andrew who is a permanent resident in Canada.  He moved initially in Vancouver from Indonesia, but eventually moved to Toronto. It's a huge decision for him moving from different places. He also worked in Singapore and decided to move to Canada for good.  In this episode, Andrew talks about his journey from Singapore, Vancouver, and Toronto. It's an amazing journey. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

I always wear my mask and eyeglasses for the reason that I want to protect my family and myself from having a Covid-19 virus. But, I found many people are not wearing one. In this episode, I'll talk about my visits to the supermarkets and my customers and how they use their personal protection against the virus. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Maybe you’re skeptical in doing a blog because you think it’s just a waste of time. You think you are creating a content for no reason. Well, you need to listen to this episode. In this episode, you will have a chance to know how to monetize you blog. I had listed down 6 ways to earn money through blogging. I experienced some of them and I wanted to share it to you. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding  

People come and go in our lives. We have childhood friends back where we were born.  In my life, I have no physical fights. Sometimes, there are moments that I have a cold war with someone, but we always end up reconciled. In this episode, I want to teach you how you handle difficult and stressful friends or boss once they go berzerk. I learned this skill from my childhood. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Been blogging and vlogging for over 10 years and podcasting for 2 years. It’s been a long ride for me I got earnings in Google Adsense, Experienced contacted by sponsors, and started to monetize my podcast. How did I end up doing these? In this episode, I've talked about my secret on how I created such a diverse online presence. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

When we do groceries, we buy in bulk. For newcomers, if you have a little idea about buying groceries in Canada, particularly in Toronto, this is the right episode for you. In this episode, I'll talk about the stores where you can buy in bulk and retail of meat as well. I will also teach you how we do with the meat once we go back home. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

In our Online Presence Building, we wanted to write, create a video, or use our voice.  The reason for this is that it depends on the technology that we have at present. But, what if there's a new technology that can provide us almost 100 times faster.  How should we react as an online presence builder? In this episode, I'll share two articles that will change the way we communicate in the near future and how we do our OPB. I will also talk to you about how we can take advantage of this news today. What should we do? Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

 Let's get to know the journey of Tun Tun who left his country, Myanmar, to study in Singapore and eventually decided to immigrate to Canada. In this episode, he explained the countries of his choices and how he decided to immigrate to Canada. Listen!  Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

Having a new born baby takes time and dedication. There will be countless sleepless nights and it's not gonna be awesome.  In this episode, I'll talk about the changes on our routine after the arrival of our baby.  It' a complete change. This will be useful information for you so that you will know how having a baby in Canada is for immigrants. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada

You may be dreaming of someday be the world’s most famous podcaster. If you’ve just started your podcast with few episodes and there are times that you want to give up because there is no traction in it, I would like you to imagine like Joe Rogan.  In this episode, let's talk about the history behind the Joe Rogans' success and this may help with your Online Presence Building. This is such an inspirational story. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

Some of us complains about anything and they bring it to social media. I've seen one of those rants and complaints about the taxes. He is complaining why he hasn't save much for himself. He has a breakdown of his salary and expenses, which I mentioned in this episode. In this episode, let's talk about taxes and the real reason why we have one, so you won't be ignorant on how things work for taxes. I'm not an accountant but I just happened to have an understanding on how it works. Listen! Shownotes Links: https://www.memovingtocanada.com https://www.facebook.com/memovingtocanada https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding

It’s exciting to unbox new gadgets and to smell the freshly opened box. The accessories make you feel pumped and ready to create your online presence.  I’ve seen a lot of Online Presence Builders who bought the newest and the best gadgets that they can afford, but ended up selling or as home decoration. In this episode, we'll go through my first gadgets and I have some tips for you related to this episode. Listen! Join me: www.facebook.com/groups/onlinepresencebuilding