about Tofino Internet Services Ltd.
The corporation is jointly and equally owned by Sarah and John Platenius. Under this umbrella, we work at a number of different things:
- John helps a number of clients with their website marketing and advertising. Lately this work has focussed on tourism-related business and includes help understanding and managing the website's Google Analytics reporting and Adwords Campaigns.
- Sarah manages a lovely little vacation rental cabin called Casita Tofino and creates art, poetry, essays and homegrown cut-flowers: Barefoot Tofino.
- We also own and operate a number of our own websites. Our local travel guide, Tofino Guide is an example of one of our more established sites (Launched in 1997... Before Google!). It is also a book (remember those?).
about john platenius
I'm currently enrolled in Teacher's College and will be a certified teacher in January 2020.
I have been running a web consultancy for many years: I love doing the best job that I can for advertising, marketing and website management clients in the tourism industry. I hold professionalism in very high regard.
But I do have a life outside of my office.
When I'm not teaching, studying or staring at the screen I
enjoy adventuring with my family. Sarah and I have two kids (Reed, age 15; Chloe, age 13). We're all hikers, surfers, boaters, bikers and campers -- often times we combine these all into one adventure! I've been fortunate to explore Clayoquot Sound, my wild and expansive backyard, via foot, Boston Whaler, Zodiac, quad, oyster skiff, bicycle, canoe, float plane and unicycle. And I'm looking forward to more...
Below is my abbreviated, recent past. For a lengthier version, go here.)
A snippet of my last few years of fortune:
- Met the love of my life and partner in adventure, who runs Tofino Cottage Garden
- Taught university at a Liberal Arts College in Prescott, Arizona
- Moved to Tofino, home to majestic beaches and gargantuan slugs
- Lived and worked at Cougar Annie's Garden, a remote heritage garden north of Tofino
- Welcomed our son, Reed, into the world
- Bought a small advertising company with it's accompanying website
- Taught at a local community college
- Welcomed our daughter, Chloe, into the world
- Worked in program development and education at the Tofino Botanical Gardens
- Built a hacienda close to Cox Bay and Chesterman -- two of those aforementioned majestic beaches
- Authored and published a guidebook to Tofino
- Stared at the screen. Went on adventures.
- Worked as the Pacific Rim Community Coordinator for WildSafe BC
- Stared at the screen. Went on adventures.
- Repeated the above, again and again and...
- Began Teacher's College at VIU
- Fell even deeper in Love with teaching
- Stared at a screen. Went on adventures.