I attended an excellent presentation last week, put on by the Canadian Public Relations Society in Calgary. The speaker was recently appointed CEO Tammy Moore of ALS Canada, discussing her experience this past summer with the unexpected Ice Bucket Challenge and the astonishing success that came with it. I had not participated in the challenge,…
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Tracking Your Marketing
I attended a great presentation this week, put on by the Calgary Marketing Association. The speakers were Jeff Nelson and Jake Blumes, both friends and colleagues of mine, but whom I had never seen collaborate before on a presentation — and the result was very eye opening. Tracking Metrics Jeff first talked about marketing…
Media Buying
What Does a Media Planner / Buyer Do? As a marketing consultant, one of the most frequent questions I often get is, “What kind of marketing really works?” to which I, of course, will have to respond, “That depends on what kind of business you have, and who you are trying to target.” And further,…
Anti-Spam Part 2
CTRC’s Anti-Spam Law Something smells like…. Well, I have been suitably rattled after watching the presentation on Canada’s new Anti-Spam legislation, in effect this July. One of the key points made by the presenter, Martin Kratz of Bennett Jones, was that this was a piece of legislation that bypassed a public consultation process before…
Marketing: Good or Evil?
This long weekend, I watched ALL SIX Star Wars episodes, in “chronological” order, i.e. Episode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and then 6. Never having done this before, it was quite eye-opening and perhaps “sunk in” better than it ever did before. Central to the story is the theme of Good versus Evil. Some things…
Loyalty Marketing
I had a terrific meeting with Jason Jones of Vertical Motion in Calgary yesterday, and he showed me his company’s latest product, called eTrove — a loyalty marketing platform. While large companies such as Shoppers Drug Mart and Starbucks typically have multi-million dollar loyalty card programs, smaller and mid-sized businesses often find it very difficult…
