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I was back at C2 (Commerce + Creativity Conference) this year for the first time in several years. It was a maze of people, interesting interactive exhibits and inspiring speakers. And set in beautiful old Montreal. While I could not attend all of the sessions and workshops, here were some of the things that caught […]

Peter Drucker said everything is either marketing or innovation. With digital, the new saying could be that all marketing is content. And it’s not just marketing. We marketers are actually late to the game. Think about the amount of content being created for training, education and HR (as in best practices, not employees) that goes […]

Has digital delivered on its promise of letting marketers put the right message in front of the right people in less time, while delivering results? It’s a question that Ivan Pollard, SVP Strategic Marketing at the Coca-Cola Company, North America, recently dissected during the Global Marketer Conference in Toronto.

More than 400 members of the global marketing community are gathering this Thursday (April 27) at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto for a day of inspiration, learning and networking.

Has the rush to invest in programmatic and ad-tech served to further ostracize the potential customers marketers seek to connect with? It’s a question that will quite literally be debated at the Global Marketer Conference this month. One sign of consumer’s dissatisfaction with the way ads interrupt their digital experience is the large number of […]

It was 100 years ago today, March 29, 1917, that the Association of Canadian Advertisers was incorporated after receiving its Letters Patent in Toronto.

It was a milestone day for the association, which traces its roots to a meeting in 1914 of 11 advertisers who wanted to affect changes in the advertising industry, to ensure a fair and transparent marketplace for consumers and a level playing field for marketers.