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Jesse Willms: The People I’m Helping Through The Kiva Foundation
For more than a year, I have donated money to help the Kiva Foundation let people earn their way out of poverty by providing them with small loans they can use to start or expand… more »
Jesse Willms: The Canine Heroes Who Helped Our Community During And After 9/11
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 comes upon us, there will be much reflection and discussion of the heroes of that day. It’s important that we never forget how many souls risked their lives to… more »
Jesse Willms: Team Pink Is Back In The Running!
Hi. I’m happy to announce that Team Pink is getting up and running again! Regular blog readers will know “http://jessewillms.com/raising-31000-in-the-fight-against-breast-cancer/” what I’m talking about. But, for those of you who are new to the blog,… more »
Jesse Willms: How You Can Help Starving People In The Horn Of Africa
One of the most upsetting things I’ve seen in a long time is the mass starvation facing people in the Horn Of Africa. Because of an ongoing drought in the region and a civil war… more »
Jesse Willms: Developing Communication With Your Staff Is Very Important
When you start your own business, you generally have an innovative idea you want to take to the marketplace. You have drive, ambition and a vision. But, no matter how motivated you are, your company… more »
Jesse Willms: Honored By The Alberta Cancer Foundation
It’s been a little while since I last talked about my philanthropic endeavors. For a while I felt like I was writing about it too much, and wanted to spend more time writing about business… more »
Jesse Willms: Google Wallet Is The Wave Of The E-Commerce Future
As regular readers of my blog know, I’m always interested in whatever new technological gadgets are hitting the market. For one, they are fun to play with; for another, they can often have a huge… more »
Jesse Willms: Giving To The Red Cross To Help The Victims Of The Slave Lake Forest Fire
More often than not, a disaster seems like something that happens far away from us. We see images of devastation in Japan or starvation in Africa, and feel like it is something that only other… more »
Jesse Willms: Homeless For A Night
For many of us, being hungry or homeless is just an abstraction. We see it on television or read about it in the newspaper, but we can’t imagine what it would be like for us…. more »
Jesse Willms: Supporting The Relay For Life
Anyone who had read my blog before knows that two of my greatest passions in life are philanthropy and track. Those are the two things that – other than managing my company – give me… more »
Jesse Willms: Happy To Help Out The Winnifred Stewart Association
It seems hard for me to believe that it’s been almost a year now since I started working with and supporting worthy non-profit organizations. Since last June I’ve donated time and money to a variety… more »
Jesse Willms: A Simple Text Message Can Save Lives
As you know, I spend a lot of my time trying to find different ways to support various charitable agencies. This is particularly important to me in cases of natural disasters. That’s why I donated… more »
Jesse Willms: Blogging To Grow Your Business
In recent posts, I’ve spent a bit of time talking about different ways to help build your business through online media. The Internet is a rich marketing resource that allows for many different ways to… more »
Jesse Willms: Why I’m Helping Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue And Support – And You Should, Too
If you’ve been paying attention to the news over the past couple of weeks, you are aware of the devastating events that have befallen Japan. First, the island nation was hit by one of the… more »
Jesse Willms: Help Me Support The Red Cross In Their Mission Of Mercy During The Japanese Disaster
Like hundreds of millions of people around the world, I have spent the last few days watching the news with shock and horror as three disasters have struck the island nation of Japan. First, on… more »
Jesse Willms: Providing Valentine’s Day Dinner To Bissell Centre
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you all had a nice time. I was happy to hear how well the Valentines Dinner went at the Bissell Centre and am proud to be a sponsor. Many of… more »
Jan 20, 2011-Jesse Willms and TMG Top Fundraisers for Underwear Affair
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Jesse Willms: Running For The Kidney Foundation Of Canada
This June, my team and I will be participating in the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Underwear Affair, where I’ll run a 10k race in a pair of underwear in order to raise awareness for prostate, testicular… more »
Supporting The Alberta Cancer Foundation
It’s time for me to announce my latest initiative to help make the greater Alberta community a better place. On August 11, the Cross Cancer Institute Golf Classic will be held here in Edmonton at… more »
Jesse Willms: Providing Christmas Dinner For 15 Edmonton Families
A few weeks ago, when I announced that my staff and I had purchased hundreds of toys for the Santas Anonymous children’s charity, I told you that it was not going to be my only… more »
Jesse Willms: Organic Search Engine Optimization
For those of you who are new to online marketing, let me briefly explain search engine optimization. When people go to Google to find a site that sells a certain product or service, they type… more »
The United Way Campaign- Coats for Kids
Today I wanted to talk about a new charity I am supporting. Coats for Kids. This campaign began in 1992 by the United Way, after they received numerous requests from families and individuals. We all… more »
Jesse Willms: Working up a Sweat
I know I’ve been talking about the good work of Habitat For Humanity for a long time, but I just wanted to update this blog because we finally got out there to help them build… more »
Jesse Willms: Supporting The Edmonton Humane Society
I am very proud to support the Edmonton Humane Society and their good work in helping companion animals in our area. I’ve given them a $1,000 donation and plan to continue to find ways to… more »
Jesse Willms: Shuffling For Santa
It’s Jesse again, and I’m back to tell you about another fun thing my colleagues and I are going to do for charity: The Santa Shuffle. What is the Santa Shuffle? It’s actually pretty cool… more »
(Conclusion) Jesse Willms: Volunteering At The Edmonton Mustard Seed
Last week I posted in Jesse Willms: Volunteering At The Edmonton Mustard Seed that I was planning on heading out with my staff to The Mustard Seed in Edmonton in order to help prepare and… more »
Jesse Willms: Building Homes With Habitat For Humanity
This November, I’m heading out with a bunch of my staff to help build homes with the Edmonton branch of Habitat For Humanity. We are really excited about this opportunity – and not just because… more »
Jesse Willms: Volunteering At The Edmonton Mustard Seed
I just wanted to do an entry to keep you updated on my latest efforts to give back to the community. As you know, during the summer I spent a lot of time trying to… more »
Jesse Willms: Don’t Forget To Honour Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day, November 11, is just around the corner. I know that for a lot of people Remembrance Day is simply a day off of work to spend time with your family and friends. But,… more »
Jesse Willms: Why I Support The Bissell Centre
I wanted to take a minute to tell you about my most recent charitable partnership. This week I donated $10,000 to the Edmonton-based Bissell Centre and will continue to donate another $10,000 to them each… more »
Jesse Willms Adopts Five Dolphins
So for my other charity donation for the week, I found something really cool- Adopting a Dolphin with the Ocean Conservation Society. Part of my donation will go directly to dolphin research and learning about… more »
Why I Support Santas Anonymous By Jesse Willms
Hi. It’s Jesse Willms again. Lately I’ve been having my friend Jack write most of my blog posts, because I’ve been busy preparing for my trip to Honduras to see how my World Vision sponsorship… more »
Jesse Willms Receives Thank You Letters For His Donations
Jesse Willms receives thank you letters for his donations locally and abroad. Check them out here.
Now Is The Time To Support Charitable Organizations
When I started this philanthropy blog, my first intention was to let people know which charities I support and why. I hoped that by doing so I’d be encouraging other people to throw their support… more »
More on Affiliate Marketing
As I noted in an earlier blog post, as an individual marketer you can only afford so much advertising and can only devote so much time to selling your products. When you get into the… more »
Raising $31,000 In The Fight Against Breast Cancer
This Sunday I was very proud to be part of the Canadian community. Why, you may ask? I’ll tell you – it’s because I was part of over 170,000 people across Canada who came out… more »
Why it’s Important to Give Back to the Community
Here on my blog I talk a lot about the various charities and non-profit groups I support, and I’ve shared with you the fact that I was inspired by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates –… more »
Why Good Business Conduct is Crucial
For many Internet business owners, the idea of always being 100 percent ethical seems like a lot of hard work. It’s easier in the short term to just cut corners and make a quick buck…. more »
Inspired to Give $100,000
When I first started learning about how to support charitable organizations, what each and every group said to me that it’s not only about giving; it’s also letting people know about the good work these… more »
Using Email Ethically
Making money online is great and we’re fortunate to be able to support charities like Kiva and World Vision, but I strongly believe in making all of my profits ethically. This includes the way I… more »
The Importance of Split Testing Websites
I’ve talked a good deal about the techniques I’ve used to grow my Internet businesses, but one of the most successful and important techniques I’ve used is split testing. In fact, you may have noticed… more »
World Vision: Helping the Less Fortunate
Working together with a company I founded in 2009, I’ve committed to sponsor 1 new child through World Vision each day. Currently I am sponsoring 114 children and counting. About World Vision World Vision is… more »
Why I Support Kiva and Micro-financing
(And Why You Should Too) Hi, it’s Jesse again. I’ve been very busy launching some new sites and making sure everything is running smoothly here. But, I did want to come online and talk about… more »
The Golden Rule Of Internet Marketing: Keep it Simple
Today I want to talk about the most important rule of Internet Marketing – Keep It Simple. This rule is something that, through my observations, has been largely overlooked. What this rule means is… more »
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Of Canada – It’s About The Future
I’m going to take another break from writing about my thoughts/ideas on Internet Marketing to talk about what I believe to be an important cause. I’ve said before that I think children are our future…. more »
Google PPC Success
Sherwood Park is a small but growing community on the outskirts of Edmonton, Alberta. This is where I started my online advertising business. Quicky, it’s product line grew to be among the most dominant in… more »
Samaritan’s Purse: Helping The Most Vulnerable
Because I’m a young businessman, people are sometimes surprised to learn that I support charities. After all, most believe that the only mindset of my generation is, “What’s in it for me?” Although a tempting… more »
Internet Marketing: Don’t Trust Your Instincts
When we are growing up, we are often told to “trust our instincts” or “follow our intuition.” While this works well in many situations, when it comes to Internet Marketing, it can really trip your… more »
Exploiting a Market Niche in Order to Build Your Online Business
There is a myth in the online community that in order to become a success, you need to invent. In other words, to succeed you need to create a completely new idea or else you… more »
A Little Bit About The YESS Organization
Hi, again. I want to use this blog to talk about Internet marketing and how I view the business I’m in. I’ll talk about ethics, good business practices and how to be successful. There is… more »
The Pros & Cons of Affiliate Marketing
The average person has never heard of an affiliate network, and is ignorant of who and what they are. In recent years, the affiliate networks have taken the online advertising industry by storm, quickly becoming… more »
- Jesse Willms: The People I’m Helping Through The Kiva Foundation
- Jesse Willms: The Canine Heroes Who Helped Our Community During And After 9/11
- Jesse Willms: Team Pink Is Back In The Running!
- Jesse Willms: How You Can Help Starving People In The Horn Of Africa
- Jesse Willms: Honored By The Alberta Cancer Foundation
- Jesse Willms: Giving To The Red Cross To Help The Victims Of The Slave Lake Forest Fire
- Jesse Willms: Homeless For A Night
- Jesse Willms: Supporting The Relay For Life
- Jesse Willms: Happy To Help Out The Winnifred Stewart Association
- Jesse Willms: A Simple Text Message Can Save Lives
- Jesse Willms: Why I’m Helping Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue And Support – And You Should, Too
- Jesse Willms: Help Me Support The Red Cross In Their Mission Of Mercy During The Japanese Disaster
- Jesse Willms: Providing Valentine’s Day Dinner To Bissell Centre
- Jan 20, 2011-Jesse Willms and TMG Top Fundraisers for Underwear Affair
- Jesse Willms: Running For The Kidney Foundation Of Canada
- Supporting The Alberta Cancer Foundation
- Jesse Willms: Providing Christmas Dinner For 15 Edmonton Families
- The United Way Campaign- Coats for Kids
- Jesse Willms: Working up a Sweat
- Jesse Willms: Supporting The Edmonton Humane Society
- Jesse Willms: Shuffling For Santa
- (Conclusion) Jesse Willms: Volunteering At The Edmonton Mustard Seed
- Jesse Willms: Building Homes With Habitat For Humanity
- Jesse Willms: Volunteering At The Edmonton Mustard Seed
- Jesse Willms: Don’t Forget To Honour Remembrance Day
- Jesse Willms: Why I Support The Bissell Centre
- Jesse Willms Adopts Five Dolphins
- Why I Support Santas Anonymous By Jesse Willms
- Jesse Willms Receives Thank You Letters For His Donations
- Now Is The Time To Support Charitable Organizations
- Raising $31,000 In The Fight Against Breast Cancer
- Why it’s Important to Give Back to the Community
- Inspired to Give $100,000
- World Vision: Helping the Less Fortunate
- Why I Support Kiva and Micro-financing
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters Of Canada – It’s About The Future
- Samaritan’s Purse: Helping The Most Vulnerable
- A Little Bit About The YESS Organization
- Jesse Willms: Developing Communication With Your Staff Is Very Important
- Jesse Willms: Google Wallet Is The Wave Of The E-Commerce Future
- Jesse Willms: Blogging To Grow Your Business
- Jesse Willms: Organic Search Engine Optimization
- More on Affiliate Marketing
- Why Good Business Conduct is Crucial
- Using Email Ethically
- The Importance of Split Testing Websites
- The Golden Rule Of Internet Marketing: Keep it Simple
- Google PPC Success
- Internet Marketing: Don’t Trust Your Instincts
- Exploiting a Market Niche in Order to Build Your Online Business
- The Pros & Cons of Affiliate Marketing
- Alberta Philanthropist Jesse Willms Supports Poppy Fund in Honor of Remembrance Day
- CEO Jesse Willms Donates Time To The Edmonton Mustard Seed
- Internet Entrepreneur Donates to Two Youth Charities
- Internet Entrepreneur Jesse Willms Makes Long Term Commitment to the World Vision Children's Charity
- Internet Entrepreneur Jesse Willms Relaunches His Website After Extensive Split Testing
- Jesse Willms Grabs A Hammer To Help Edmonton Habitat For Humanity
- Noted Entrepreneur Jesse Willms Donates to KIVA Foundation
