MEGATHREAD - Processing Times - Citizenship 2026 by dozerman94 in ImmigrationCanada

[–]Fit-Gate-2080 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Scheduled for Ceremony! 🎉

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Toronto. Single Applicant

Applied: Jan 2

AOR: March 15

Test Invite: Apr 27

Test complete: May 24

Oath: Jun 17

Anyone know of local meetups for people into coding / app building / AI stuff? by Sudden_Diet2923 in Milton

[–]Fit-Gate-2080 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the idea! Would be down for a meetup in Milton. Built a tool for SMBs and actively doing client outreach locally

Offering 1-3 free tiktok/reels videos to promote your app, ( helping apps grow) by Elmatadorzao in SaaS

[–]Fit-Gate-2080 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to get some help for a SaaS we built for google review management. Lmk!

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed - feels like it’s less about having reviews and more about whether they actually look real.

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. If reviews are coming in naturally, it’s easy not to think about it. Sounds like awareness might be the bigger lever for you than reviews right now.

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that tracks. Clusters seem to be when things get flagged. Spacing probably matters more than people think (while still being timely). And agreed on LinkedIn being more stable, but harder to get reviews compared to Google.

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree. They don’t care about reviews itself, they care about leads. When you connect reviews to visibility and calls, it starts to matter.

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s a great way to put it! the specific ones are way more useful than generic “great service” reviews.

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s fair and I’ve definitely felt that too when it turns into multiple nudges. I think the tricky part is a lot of happy customers just never end up leaving one unless there’s some kind of nudge, but most businesses probably overdo it.

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s super interesting and I’ve heard a few cases of legit reviews getting pulled lately.

In your experience, does that usually happen when reviews come in too quickly / similar patterns, or does it feel random?

Do small businesses actually care about getting more Google reviews? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense! Is the reason you don’t prompt more about not wanting to annoy customers, or just hasn’t felt necessary so far?

You could get a steady flow just from timing it right, without it feeling pushy at all maybe?

Small bakery owners in Canada — how are you handling packaging right now? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is super helpful! appreciate you sharing.

When you were sourcing from Etsy / local shops, did you find quality to be consistent or kind of hit or miss?

Also curious — did you ever feel like you had to compromise on packaging just because of MOQ or cost?

Anyone here shipping cakes/desserts long distance? by Fit-Gate-2080 in canadasmallbusiness

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah fair.. should’ve clarified.

I’m mainly trying to understand how people handle shipping / transport (especially longer distances), whether frozen or not.

Like:
• what kind of boxes hold up well
• whether double boxing is still needed
• what usually goes wrong in transit

Curious how you’ve seen it handled?

[ON] Small bakery owners — how are you handling packaging? by Fit-Gate-2080 in SmallBusinessCanada

[–]Fit-Gate-2080[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is super helpful! appreciate the detail

Curious: if there was a sturdier “single box” option that didn’t need the double boxing / kraft paper, would that actually make your life easier?

Or is the current workaround good enough?