My name is Mark Robinson. I'm the solopreneur of this small business in Canada.
Years ago while selling insurance, I met up with a few farmers that had migrated to Canada from Ukraine. They had an interesting philosophy of doing business.
FIRST - eat and socialize. THEN...do business. In that order. And there was no exception.
And that's how I like to operate my consulting practice.
SO...pull up a chair, sit down with a relaxing cup of TEA (or, if you must, the "black death") and let's find out more about each other.
I'll start! My favorite tea is GREEN. I also like a wonderful Blueberry tea (loose tea leaves) with various herbs that is from Nova Scotia. I also have a fantastic all Canadian "Maple" tea made with real Canadian Maple Syrup. Finally, I have a tea that is difficult to find - Ice Wine Tea also from Canada! If you cannot tell by now, I love Canada and supporting my Canadian neighbours!
OK, your turn! Go ahead, contact me below, tell me who you are, what you like to do, what you like to eat, where you shop and anything else you'd like me to know about you.
If you are a Christian, please tell me how you came to know Jesus and more about your faith walk! There's no pressure to answer if you are not yet a Jesus follower.
The point of this excercise is to begin by NOT being pressured by the light speed of the Internet.
I was raised in St. Catharines, Ontario not far from the famous city of Niagara Falls! In fact, I am a retired Niagara Falls Tour guide of 31 years. (Maybe some of you remember the pink bus and the double deck bus covered in gold coins? I was one of the drivers with my friend, Harvey Gordon! He still lives there and conducts "winerific" tours!
So what do I do? It might be easier to ask what I don't do ;-)
I am a person with the natual ability to connect people. It's a God given gift. I especially love to connect Christians with other Christians!
That's why I took on the role of managing The Shepherd's Guide for Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario in 2026. I had been one of its advertisers in the Toronto area years ago. In 2024 I was reminded of it again and noticed it had nearly zero presence in this part of the Prairies.
I'm now on a mission to present The Shepherd's Guide to as many people as I can. It's a unique "Business/Ministry". Yes, I am blessed to minister to others especially Christian charitable organizations by helping others find them with our online directory.
It's also a business. I meet business managers that want to reach out to those of the Christian faith walk. And that's where I come in.
Business owners with a Christian worldview are able to partner with us to help expose Christian ministries to others. That is, through the investments from The Shepherd's Guide and its business advertising partners, we can provide subsidized advertising to bona fide Christian ministy agencies across Canada.
What it's really all about is connecting Canadians with ETHICAL businesses that they can TRUST!
If I can be a part of that, it helps my customers and their customers improve their ministries, business and lives.
To EXPERIENCE what we do, please visit The Shepherd's Guide website today!
It's now the largest of its kind in North America with more than 15,000 visitors coming by to use it every month!