It's Your Business: Bankers exchange portfolios for paintbrushes

Dave Osborn

Harris Private Bank's Naples team recently participated in Habitat for Humanity of Collier County's newest community at Regal Acres as part of BMO Financial Group's annual North American Volunteer Day.

As part of a corporate-wide volunteer initiative, Harris Private Bank volunteers filled holes, painted walls, ceilings and trim, opened cartons of appliances and cleaned a duplex in the new community.

BMO Volunteer Day encompassed about 6,500 employees taking part in 400 projects across Canada and the U.S., including children and youth organizations, elder care, food banks, community housing and health-care facilities, family resource centers, parks and recreational facilities, supporting military personnel overseas, relief organizations and homeless shelters.

Fort Myers marketing firm hosts webinar

Impulse Creative, a Fort Myers Internet marketing and web design firm, will host a free webinar series to help business owners and professionals gain understanding and skills for web marketing.

The 30-minute "Internet Marketing 101" online webinars include: July 19, Create a Blog and Other Content; Aug. 2, Promote Content and Participate in Social Media; Aug. 16, Convert Site Traffic into Leads; Aug. 30, Nurture Leads with Email Marketing; Sept. 13, Make your Website Mobile Friendly; and Sept. 27, Analyze and Refine Your Internet Marketing Strategies.

Participants can sign up for the webinars at http://chooseimpulse.com/webinars. Recordings are available for those unable to make any of the webinar dates.

Web, design firm launches Zincubate.com web portal

Atilus, a Southwest Florida web development and design firm, has announced the launch of www.Zincubate.com, a web portal designed to help businesses learn and utilize technology to grow, market, and run better.

Zincubate, which was purchased by Atilus late last year, evolved from the popular project management review website — www.Promana.net but has now become www.Zincubate.com along with its expanded mission to help businesses with technology. For more information: www.atilus.com

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