Using Humour to Neutralize Bad Social Media I recently read a great saw a comedic bit roasting Canadian company, Lululemon, on the Jimmy Kimmel late night show. Seems Jimmy Kimmel had some fun envisioning the “next generation” of even tighter yoga pants that Lululemon might consider offering: spray on yoga pants. The satirical ads…
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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.
Anti-Spam Part 2
CTRC’s Anti-Spam Law Something smells like…. Well, I have been suitably rattled after watching the presentation on Canada’s new Anti-Spam legislation, in effect this July. One of the key points made by the presenter, Martin Kratz of Bennett Jones, was that this was a piece of legislation that bypassed a public consultation process before…
Marketing: Good or Evil?
This long weekend, I watched ALL SIX Star Wars episodes, in “chronological” order, i.e. Episode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and then 6. Never having done this before, it was quite eye-opening and perhaps “sunk in” better than it ever did before. Central to the story is the theme of Good versus Evil. Some things…
Pronouncing Brand Names
You say Ten-AY-toh, We Say Ten-AH-toh I was on Twitter this recently and ran across a gentleman with an extremely tricky-looking last name. When I asked him how to pronounce it, it was actually quite simple. Having a pet interest in word origins and words in general due to being in the branding biz, it…
Loyalty Marketing
I had a terrific meeting with Jason Jones of Vertical Motion in Calgary yesterday, and he showed me his company’s latest product, called eTrove — a loyalty marketing platform. While large companies such as Shoppers Drug Mart and Starbucks typically have multi-million dollar loyalty card programs, smaller and mid-sized businesses often find it very difficult…
Passion with Purpose
The Secret Art of Volunteering: Presentation Review When I sat down to listen to Ken Lima-Coelho’s presentation last Friday, I didn’t expect to learn anything new. How pompous is that? What could he possibly have to say in a talk called Strategic Volunteering: Strengthening your Community while Building your Business that wasn’t obvious and hadn’t…
