Yes, Tenato is a woman-owned business. And I’ll speak in first-person — sometimes being a woman business owner is not the easiest gig. A woman friend/client of mine and I were discussing the subject recently. It’s all good for the fellas to take clients for drinks after work, but if a woman does this…
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Blogs about new things happening at Tenato Strategy, a business and marketing strategy firm with offices in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto.
Together in Tourism Marketing
Whether you’re a tourism marketing board or a business in the hospitality sector, here’s some insight that can help you think a little more deeply about your marketing. Recently, we attended a presentation by Tourism Calgary on their 2015 – 2017 Strategic Plan. Chairman Rod McKay talked about a few basic areas of focus,…
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
I attended an excellent presentation last week, put on by the Canadian Public Relations Society in Calgary. The speaker was recently appointed CEO Tammy Moore of ALS Canada, discussing her experience this past summer with the unexpected Ice Bucket Challenge and the astonishing success that came with it. I had not participated in the challenge,…
Tracking Your Marketing
I attended a great presentation this week, put on by the Calgary Marketing Association. The speakers were Jeff Nelson and Jake Blumes, both friends and colleagues of mine, but whom I had never seen collaborate before on a presentation — and the result was very eye opening. Tracking Metrics Jeff first talked about marketing…
Marketing to Youth
My 14-year-old daughter, Liz recently attended the well-hyped “We Day” event in Calgary this week. Liz had done extra loads of volunteering at school and written an eloquent essay in order to be chosen from her school to attend. So, when she got home on Monday, I asked her what she thought of it, expecting her…
Media Buying
What Does a Media Planner / Buyer Do? As a marketing consultant, one of the most frequent questions I often get is, “What kind of marketing really works?” to which I, of course, will have to respond, “That depends on what kind of business you have, and who you are trying to target.” And further,…
