October 2016

Advertising through broadcast media has historically been the most effective means of delivering advertising messages to the greatest possible number of consumers. The goal of all marketers is  achieving action from the consumer, but the formula for measuring results of mass media advertising is a simple model of estimated audiences …

At The Co-operators, we recently updated our strategic plan with a bold statement: “We will be THE industry leader in client engagement.” This means offering a superior customer experience that builds long-term relationships based on mutual value (and values). Based on our J.D. Power rankings, Net Promoter Scores, multi-product sales …

Q&A with Adele Sweetwood, author of The Analytical Marketer Adele Sweetwood is senior vice president of global marketing and shared services at SAS and author of The Analytical Marketer: How to Transform Your Marketing Organization (HBR Press, 2016). We asked her about her new book and what it means to …

Leadership must balance new business insights with increased security challenges The banking industry is one of the most conservative sectors in Canada ­for good reason: banks must protect customers’ investments and meet increasingly rigorous national and international laws. But with the onset of FinTech and related technologies, the country’s largest …

Email marketing and email service providers frequently give users a wealth of data from open rates, CTRs and conversions. Tracking, interpreting and using that data can, however, be a tricky beast. Do these data points offer enough information for businesses to make effective choices about how they market to consumers? …

It doesn’t take a genius to come up with one simple insight that can be applied to solve a client’s biggest marketing problem. Or, maybe it does. Joe Amaral is vice president and creative director at Canadian marketing and communications agency, Clever Samurai (www.cleversamurai.com). Amaral has won just about every …