Category Archives: Social Media / Digital Engagement / Web 2.0

“It’s about marketing; no it’s about the social”

This is my presentation from the World Social Marketing Conference in Toronto on April 22, 2013.

 

The Big Debate – “It’s about marketing; no it’s about the social”

Speaking for “marketing” -
Nancy Lee, Social Marketing Services Inc., USA
Jim Mintz, The Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing (CEPSM), Canada

Speaking for “the social” -
Dr. Craig Lefebvre, Chief Maven, socialShifting
Dr. Christine Domegan, B. Comm, MBS, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the National University of Ireland, Galway

When [...]

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MARCOM celebrates 15th year of being “Go To” Conference for Public & Nonprofit Marketers & Communicators

I am delighted to be participating at MARCOM Professional Development Annual Forum 2013 – the premiere educational forum that understands the daily reality of marketing and communications. It’s all happening at the Ottawa Convention Centre on May 28 & 29, 2013.

MARCOM looks at the trends and topics that matter most to public sector and not-for-profit marketers and communicators. It’s a chance for marketers and communicators to mingle with like-minded people and pick up practical tools and tips.

This year’s theme is Mission Possible: [...]

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CEPSM launches new In-House Training Program

In response to the growing demand for the Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing (CEPSM) to bring its marketing training In-House to departments and organizations across Canada, CEPSM has prepared value-driven, cost-saving options from seminars to certificate programs. You choose the size of audience, pick a topic and agenda or have us customize one for you.  There are a range of useful topics that are tailored for either the public sector or not-for-profit sector.

 

Training for Public Sector

CEPSM’s [...]

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Is Marketing Dead?

“Business has only two basic functions-marketing and innovation.”

Peter Drucker, management consultant and author

 

A recent controversial article by Bill Lee in the Harvard Business Review proposes that traditional marketing — including advertising, public relations, branding and corporate communications — is dead. Yes dead as a doornail.

Lee states that many people in traditional marketing roles and organizations may not realize they’re operating within a dead paradigm.

His evidence:

Buyers are no longer paying much attention. Several studies have confirmed that in the [...]

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