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Category Archives: Marketing
Why Using Social Media is a Thing of the Past
September 14, 2018 Shama Hyder, CEO of Zen Media Using social media to promote and advertise for brands used to be a forward-thinking strategy. Social was the future, and early adopters were rewarded for jumping on the bandwagon when … Continue reading
Government Launches Ontario News Now.
August 20, 2018 Now that the dust has settled on the ‘outrage’ over the Ford government’s launch of Ontario News Now (ONN), it’s time for some objective analysis. As a new government digital communication tool, ONN irritated activists who … Continue reading
How vast is the social media universe?
There can be no denying the value of a strong social strategy, but have you ever wondered exactly how vast the social universe is? Visual Capitalist has created an outstanding graphic to help wrap your brain around the extent of … Continue reading
The Value of PR
More and more we’re seeing a lot of public debate about the value of PR (public relations). There has been substantial scrutiny about its value as a transformative business tool. I think we all know just how transformative bad PR … Continue reading
Perspective is Everything
Communicating effectively is a rather steep and treacherous mountain to climb sometimes. A key principle is to always keep your audience in mind and how they will receive information. We are all bombarded with messaging through various channels constantly through … Continue reading
Clean up in Aisle 9
I’m exhausted. I’m exhausted by the horrible customer service I get these days. It used to be just Rogers and Bell and occasionally the clerk at the local dry cleaner who prattled on about how life was so much better … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, Marketing, Sales, youth marketing
Tagged Branding, sales
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The Real Power of Simplicity 2
Lack of Clarity Undermines Leadership I try to use clarity and simplicity interchangeably here to convey a simple point. I have had the great challenge of working with leaders who obfuscate and adulterate (see what I did there?) their own … Continue reading
Kiss me, I’m Irish
Ok, ok. It’s 3 year’s old but I love it. The creative folks at Guinness sell more beer. Do they need to? The internet tells me that they sell 1.5 billion litres of beer a year, so likely not. But … Continue reading
Posted in Content Marketing, Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media
Tagged advertising, brand, Branding, creativity, Engagement, Marketing, PR, public relations, sales, Social media, Strategy
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A new twist on a classic tale
I love creative execution. I’ve blogged about it before. The past few years have seen measurable leaps forward in design execution and certainly things look better as a whole. But the next evolution in advertising in my mind, remains the … Continue reading
Posted in Content Marketing, Creativity, Marketing
Tagged advertising, Branding, creativity, Innovation
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Watch this amazing safety video?
I believe that even the most boring, inane content can be given life enough to be interesting, understood and even enjoyed. As a communications professional, I’ve come to appreciate that it is exceptionally rare that you ever have a captive … Continue reading
