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Trail Appliances’ Second-generation Owner Mike Broderick on Growing a Family Business

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

by Sandy Huang, originally published in the Vancouver Observer on November 21, 2011

In 1980, armed with an education degree and some retail and customer-service experience, Mike Broderick moved to B.C. and opened the first B.C. Trail Appliances store along with his brother, Peter. The pair did everything from sales and moving appliances to delivery and cleaning the appliances.

Years later, in 2011, Trail Appliances employs 800 people, with Broderick overseeing eight B.C. locations and 250 employees. The company has experienced double-digit growth in the past several years. In May 2011, Broderick opened Trail Appliances’ ambitious 26,000-square-foot flagship store in Vancouver. Read more…

Photo of Mike Broderick courtesy of Trail Appliances.

Marketing Internship Available with Pinpoint Tactics

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Pinpoint Tactics Business Consulting (www.pinpointtactics.com) specializes in taking small and medium sized companies to the next level by offering various business consulting services. We are a strategy firm and many of our projects are marketing related. We are currently seeking an INTERN to assist with our projects and market our practice.

If you are:

  • Enthusiastic and outgoing
  • Responsible and a self-starter
  • Eager to learn
  • Fluent in English and an excellent communicator, verbal and written
  • Enrolled in a marketing or business management program, or a graduate of one
  • Computer savvy – you may need to learn new software
  • Comfortable talking to strangers on the phone

We have an interesting learning opportunity for you and we’d love to talk to you!

Work will include:

  • Online Marketing – database management, social media work, newsletter campaigns, and website management
  • Project Support – the intern will be assigned to assist the implementation of selected client projects and work from the client’s site from time to time
  • Project Management – the intern will oversee some of the marketing communications with our affiliates
  • Lead Generation – help promote our company to the business community in the Lower Mainland. Work will include tasks such as market research and telemarketing
  • Administration – data entry, reporting, business process management, client and phone support, etc.

The internship position is available immediately, and from September to December (the length of internship is three months minimum). Please e-mail us at info@pinpointtactics.com your resume and a short paragraph telling us why you think you’d be a good fit.

We look forward to hearing from qualified candidates!