Business Profile
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Your name: Carolyn West-Price Touhey
Business name: SmartBiz Strategy & Two Eagles Lodge
A business trip to Vancouver in 2004 changed Carolyn Touhey's life forever. She and her husband moved here from Maryland in 2006 and built Two Eagles Lodge, an award-winning, waterfront B&B on 12 pastoral acres in Union Bay.
The B&B is a separate wing on the house, with private baths/entrances facing the water. There is a guest lounge/kitchenette, and family-size vacation rental, too. Their home has also become a venue for weddings, celebrations of life, barbeques, private parties, and house concerts.
Two Eagles has also earned significant awards, including "Hospitality Business of the Year"-a Vancouver Island Business Excellence Award-and "Ambassadors of the Year" from the SBA, among others. The B&B is a five-star TripAdvisor property, as well.
While running the B&B with Steve, Carolyn continued her marketing consulting and opened SmartBiz Strategy in the Valley. She offers 25+ years of experience to help clients maximize the impact of their marketing efforts within tight budgets.
Getting a business off the ground with proper branding (name, logo, materials) is often a starting point. She does the strategy, writing, and conceptual design of pieces and then works with designers to create the print-ready or web-ready pieces.
Carolyn offers a free 30-minute consultation for business owners, but is offering to expand that to 60 minutes for SBA members.