Organic Matters: Advertising For Permission Vs. Awareness Only

January 21st, 2016 | Jen Evans, Marketing Futurist

Paid media can generate two things: awareness and action (in this case, permission). Here’s an overview of when to focus paid on permission and when to focus on awareness. 1. There are a couple of fundamental rules marketers often forget to take into consideration in their communications: For a significant percentage of your audience (as […]

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Five Digital Trends To Watch This Year

January 15th, 2016 | Veronica Holmes, Partner, 361 degrees

Over the holidays, as family and friends opened gizmos and gadgets, I reflected on the outcome of the last decade of our digital transformation. Guests arrive for a New Year’s weekend and the first question after they say hello is “What’s your wifi password?” This is the new norm – a connected consumer who expects […]

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[Forecasting 2016] Tech Will Change How Sponsorship Activations Are Measured

January 7th, 2016 | ACA Team,

As the industry gets into full-swing for 2016, ACA is concluding its series featuring experts predicting trends that will shape the year ahead. Concluding the series are Norm O’Reilly, senior advisor, T1 consulting group and Elisa Beselt, consultant, T1 consulting group, co-authors of the Canadian Sponsorship Landscape Study. Read other articles in the series by […]

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[Forecasting 2016] The Year Of Transparency

December 22nd, 2015 | ACA Team,

With 2015 coming to a close, ACA is asking the experts to predict the trends they think will shape the industry in 2016. So far, Stephan Argent has written about Agency Search Management, Grant Le Riche looked at media and Brent Barootes has given his outlook for the sponsorship space. Next up is Joan Brehl, […]

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[Forecasting 2016] Canada’s 150th Birthday Will Be A Hot Property

December 17th, 2015 | ACA Team,

With 2015 coming to a close, ACA is asking the experts to predict the trends they think will shape the industry in 2016. So far, Stephan Argent has written about Agency Search Management and Grant Le Riche looked at media. Next up is Brent Barootes, President and CEO, Partnership Group, with his forecast for sponsorships.

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ACA Staff Carry On Holiday Tradition With Covenant House Donation

December 15th, 2015 | ACA Team,

For a fourth consecutive year, ACA staff took up an office collection to purchase food to donate to Covenant House Toronto. We are happy to continue our relationship with Covenant House this holiday season. Canada’s largest youth shelter, Covenant House has helped thousands of young people move from a life on the street to one […]

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