Tag Archive: advertising trends

Successful Social Media Strategies – Real Companies Sharing

The Internet is all a buzz about social media. Today Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion. Pinterest is surging in popularity and now has 21,5 million users.               In response to the demand for more information, Jeff Nelson and Doug Lacombe are hosting a session of Quickinars featuring 6…

Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Marketing and Social Media

On May 12, 2012, Mount Royal University will be holding it’s 2nd annual Social Media Shift event: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional Marketing and Social Media. Social Media Shift 2 will focus on bridging the gap between traditional marketing methods and social media. This conference will engage you and inspire you through practical tips and…

Future of Social Media Presentation

Below is a copy of the presentation that I gave today to the Workplace Recess gathering at the University of Calgary. 2012 02-15 – future of social media – university of calgary, cont ed View more presentations from Anduro Marketing.

Hubs, Spokes, Wheels and Marketing – Featuring Oasis Spa

In October, Doug Lacombe, a friend of mine, sent me an email saying that Oasis Spa was looking to try some new things to promote gift certificates to the Calgary market. Every year the owner, Peter Smed, offers various denominations of certificates to people who need an elegant, valuable, easy to buy gift for a…

Social media and sales relationship complicated by Doug Lacombe

Recently Doug Lacombe (@dblacombe) wrote an interesting article in The Star Phoenix called, “Social media and sales relationship complicated.” He quotes me but that isn’t why you should read the article. You should read it because of the way Doug contrasts how social media relates to sales and marketing. It’s a good read. Our discussion…

Interesting Disclosure of Information on Facebook

It is amazing how the world is changing and social media is paving new and interesting pathways. Today I received an email from Airmiles offering me 100 bonus reward miles if I spend $100 or more at Safeway before the end of October 2. Kudos to Safeway and Airmiles for creating a near perfect promotion….

8 Ways To Conquer Facebook Statuses

If you click on this linkĀ  you land on an AllFaceBook page with suggestions in the form of an infographic on how to use Facebook more effectively. AllFaceBook also has a daily email which I have (shamelessly) signed up for. I find it interesting and sometimes valuable. Some of the suggested ways to get better…