After years of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, it’s time to step up and figure out what we can and can’t do with email, social and mobile interactions, now that Bill C-28 is on our doorsteps. Also known as Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation or CASL, this bundle of joy comes into effect on July 1st. […]
What To Do With Your Passives
Go find your cat. I’ll wait. … No cat? Borrow one; people leave them everywhere. Now look the cat in the eye and ask, “how likely are you to recommend me to a friend or colleague?” I’m going to bet that if you have this conversation with ten cats, one of them will climb into […]
Ten Things to Make You Less Sad About Q4
Has it started where you are? Are your pretty marketing planters all dug up by frantic Sales Squirrels trying to remember where they left their nuts? Are the Keebler Elves laying a trapline in the forest? Has the Productivity Prevention Department declared its code freeze yet (that’s the memo you didn’t really understand because they […]
Feeling Undervalued as a Marketer? It's Probably Your Fault.
In our final look at RAOMs (random acts of marketing), let’s consider this freshly minted bunch of stats from Forrester. 86% of marketers agreed that the link between marketing activities and business goals is well-defined at their organizations 72% said their company’s leadership clearly sees marketing’s impact on the business. 45% of marketers said they […]
Are You Counting Your Marketing Calories?
I met my friend Jeff for lunch recently and it went like this: Jeff: Notice anything different about me? Me: You’re licking the inside of a Pop-Tart wrapper. Tell me you didn’t find that in the subway. Jeff: I mean do I look thinner? I have a high school reunion coming up. Me: So you’re […]
