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Enter today | The Best Friends Forever contest from eRenovate.com

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:47:55 -0600

If you’re Best Friends today, imagine how close you will be when you both share a B.F.F. Vacation Getaway from www.eRenovate.com – Canada’s most popular home improvement web site!

It’s no joke. If you win, choose either a 5-day Carnival Cruise or a 5-day Mexican Beach Vacation or a Vegas Getaway for you AND your Best Friend…and www.eRenovate.com will send you both!

1 Prize Package will be awarded each Monday for 5 consecutive weeks starting March 3, 2008.

Simply complete the entry form and click Submit to enter. Good luck!

Here is the link http://www.erenovate.com/bff/ or find it on the new and improved www.eRenovate.com.

eRenovate.com offers a real life Renovation Rescue on Sweetspot.ca

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:46:44 -0500

As found on Sweetspot.ca (Vancouver) on October 23, 2007 http://sweetspot.ca/content/blogsection/17/92/

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Renovation rescue

We were set to transform our outdated kitchen (the real estate agent called it "retro," we called it "tacky") into a culinary retreat. And then the tile guy vamoosed in the middle of the job, leaving half the wall periwinkle blue, and the other covered with brown and orange flowers. (We called it "maddening," he never called back.)

eRenovate.com founder Tom Cordeiro feels our pain. He created the free online contractor referral service just for people like us. The site, now serving Vancouver, matches homeowners with carefully screened contractors who meet eRenovate.com's strict standards for skills training, liability coverage and safety certificates. Each contractor pays the same annual fee to be a part of the service, a no-pay-for-placement policy ensures the little guys get the same credit as bigger firms, and they're not allowed to advertise on the site. All of them get the opportunity to bid on an anonymously-submitted project.

So this time, we're going to submit our kitchen issues, compare the quotes that come back, pick a choice contractor and say sayonara to that smell that seems to be ingrained in the sink.

www.eRenovate.com
1-866-910-3202

Yahoo! Life Style Channel Adds to Its Stellar Line-Up with eRenovate.com

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:47:06 -0500

eRenovate Inc

Sep 12, 2007 08:30 ET

Yahoo! Life Style Channel Adds to Its Stellar Line-Up with eRenovate.com

Canadian homeowners now have access to more information on home improvement & renovations

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2007) - Yahoo! Canada's Lifestyle Channel (ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com) is raising the roof with ever-more relevant content. It recently added home improvement experts eRenovate.com as a content provider, which joins the ranks of other content providers such as Chatelaine, Martha Stewart, Today's Parent and epicurious.com.

eRenovate.com provides advice and information on all aspects of home decor, design and renovations. Dozens of articles courtesy of eRenovate.com are posted monthly on topics ranging from "Partnering with the Right Builder" to "6 Steps to Landscaping a Beautiful Garden." Of special note to design-savvy Canadians will be the regular blog by Cheryll Gillespie, eRenovate's decor and design expert.

"We are delighted to be recognized by Yahoo! Canada as a respectable homeowner's online source for renovation inspiration, advice and services and to be included in the new Lifestyle Channel," says Tom Cordeiro, Founder of eRenovate.com. "It can be very challenging to navigate the countless choices and options available when it comes to home renovations or improvements. Helping homeowners make better decisions is what we do."

In fact, eRenovate.com helps Canadians avoid many of the pitfalls - and heartache -- involved in home improvements. By registering for free on the eRenovate.com website (www.eRenovate.com), homeowners can tap into a database of independent trades people and contractors all of whom have met strict standards to protect homeowners and earned the Verified by eRenovate(TM) seal. Critical information is provided about each contractor along with star ratings and comments by other users, so homeowners can quickly learn from others' experience.

As important, homeowners can anonymously submit details of an upcoming project and invite companies to bid via email with an estimate and any additional comments about the job. Comparing these quotes with one another as well as with users' star ratings helps anyone venture into the sometimes formidable area of home reno's with confidence. As Steve Maxwell recently wrote in a Toronto Star column, "It's getting a whole lot easier for Canadians to connect with competent contractors and trades people thanks to eRenovate.com."

"Yahoo! Canada's incorporation of eRenovate in the new Lifestyle Channel exemplifies our mission to deliver relevant and engaging content to the channel's target audience, women from 24-54," said Kerry Munro, the general manager of Yahoo! Canada. "It is clear to us that eRenovate.com is unique in its homeowner focus and we are pleased to offer their content to our 17 million unique monthly visitors throughout Canada."

eRenovate.com is a featured exhibitor and contest sponsor at the Toronto Fall Home Show, September 13th -16th, in booth #2125 and at the Vancouver Home & Interior Design Show, October 11th - 14th, booth #1339.

About Yahoo! Canada

Yahoo! Canada Co. is a leading Internet destination that provides online products and services to meet the needs of Canadians and offers a range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users. Yahoo! Canada services Canadians in both English and in French through its sites, www.yahoo.ca and www.qc.yahoo.ca. Yahoo! Canada is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

About eRenovate.com

eRenovate Inc is the first online community built to meet the needs of Canadian homeowners from Victoria to Halifax that are considering home improvement or renovation projects. In addition to providing free articles, advice and online tools, eRenovate has screened skilled trades people and contractors throughout Canada and awarded the Verified by eRenovate(TM) seal to those that have met strict standards. Critical information about each contractor is published on www.eRenovate.com to help registered members make the smartest hiring decisions. Unique to eRenovate is a free contractor matching service that allows the homeowner to anonymously post a home improvement project and conveniently receive multiple bids from Verified by eRenovate(TM) contractors in their area. www.eRenovate.com is the home improvement and renovation partner to Yahoo! Canada, Sympatico-MSN, Coldwell Banker, Canadian ReDesigner Association and the Certified Home Staging Professionals Association.

For more information, please contact

Yahoo! Canada
Clive Hobson
(416) 848-6184
Email: chobson@yahoo-inc.com
Website: www.yahoo.ca
or
eRenovate Inc
Carl J. Mascarenhas
(416) 566-5711
Email: carl@erenovate.com
Website: www.eRenovate.com

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Through the Eyes of a Home Stager - online survey from eRenovate.com

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:22:48 -0500

Hi All. Thanks for permitting me to join your group. It is great to see likeminded professionals that are as dedicated as we are to helping homeowners across the country.

For those that don't know what eRenovate.com is, here is a brief explanation. Simply put we help homeowners prevent renovation headaches! Our site is full of resources and services [all free] that educate, support or advise homeowners on how to avoid various risks when improving their house/cottage. Our primary service is to help homeowners hire reputable skilled trades people [those that have proper licensing, insurance, experience etc]. We audit contractors throughout Canada to make sure they meet these standards and then publish that information on eRenovate.com. We provide transparency to a murky industry in the hope that homeowners don't get 'nailed' as was shown in the CBC Marketplace episode with Mike Holmes [http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2007/01/contractors.html].

Right now we are trying to focus on helping homeowner service professionals such as yourselves to provide greater value to your homeowner relationships. Homeowners trust their realtors, interior designers, home stagers etc so understanding your perspectives/needs is a top priority for us. Please take our short online survey http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=709393. And, if you have any ideas/feedback, please email me at info@erenovate.com.

We look forward to hearing from you, but in you might want to read about us in the Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/article/202185 or see us through some of our partners MSN-Sympatico, Style@Home Magazine and the new Yahoo! Lifestyle Channel http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/home/provider/erenovate;_ylt=Aqmw9PbK4j5KyohSq4YtIN5Wkoh4.

Happy eRenovating!

Tom Cordeiro, Founder

www.eRenovate.com [http:www.erenovate.com]

Digg this article please http://digg.com/tech_news/Canadian_site_gets_the_nod_from_Steve_Maxwell_no_need_for_Holmes_on_Homes

eRenovate.com wants your opinion on referrals - online survey

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:20:56 -0500

Build your business with eRenovate.com - Online Survey

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:14:11 -0500

The sticker on me says "Newbie" but I bring the gift of eRenovate.com

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:10:26 -0500

Build your business with eRenovate.com - Online Survey

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:07:14 -0500

Build your business with eRenovate.com - Online Survey

Tom Cordeiro (eRenovate.com) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:03:09 -0500

Hi All. Thanks for permitting me to join your group. It is great to see likeminded professionals that are as dedicated as we are to helping homeowners across the country.

For those that don't know what eRenovate.com is, here is a brief explanation. Simply put we help homeowners prevent renovation headaches! Our site is full of resources and services [all free] that educate, support or advise homeowners on how to avoid various risks when improving their house/cottage. Our primary service is to help homeowners hire reputable skilled trades people [those that have proper licensing, insurance, experience etc]. We audit contractors throughout Canada to make sure they meet these standards and then publish that information on eRenovate.com. We provide transparency to a murky industry in the hope that homeowners don't get 'nailed' as was shown in the CBC Marketplace episode with Mike Holmes [http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2007/01/contractors.html].

Right now we are trying to focus on helping homeowner service professionals such as yourselves to provide greater value to your homeowner relationships. Homeowners trust their realtors, interior designers, home stagers etc so understanding your perspectives/needs is a top priority for us. Please take our short online survey http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=709393. And, if you have any ideas/feedback, please email me at info@erenovate.com.

We look forward to hearing from you, but in you might want to read about us in the Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/article/202185 or see us through some of our partners MSN-Sympatico, Style@Home Magazine and the new Yahoo! Lifestyle Channel http://ca.lifestyle.yahoo.com/home/provider/erenovate;_ylt=Aqmw9PbK4j5KyohSq4YtIN5Wkoh4.

Happy eRenovating!

Tom Cordeiro, Founder