Personal Marketing with Canadian Pet Connection

Brandon and Lorne Forder of Canadian Pet Connection

How are you influenced? By adverts? Marketing campaigns? Email blasts? Word-of-mouth? A little bit of each? How about personal marketing? Would you be more inclined to shop with someone that actively takes the time to know who you are, what your needs are and what your shopping pattern might be? I know I would. Case… [Continue Reading]

This Isn’t Rocket Science

Make it easy

If I want pizza, I call up and order a pizza. If I want to book a flight, I go online and book my flight. If I want to watch a movie, I’ll download from Netflix and watch it. Easy, huh? So why is it so difficult to do the same when I have a problem… [Continue Reading]

How a Q&A Session Saw Livefyre Change the Game for Blog Comment Systems

Livefyre comments system

Two days ago, I watched something very cool happen on this blog. Using the Livefyre comments system as the platform, and the always awesome David Siteman Garland as the sacrificial guinea pig (or bunny!), I carried out an experiment on where I see the true strength of blogs – the comment section. Because Livefyre is… [Continue Reading]

Where Addressable Advertising Can Benefit from Social Media

Addressable advertising

I read an interesting piece over at Marketing Magazine the other day. It discusses cable company Cogeco and their move into “addressable advertising” next year in a pilot scheme throughout limited households. If you’re not familiar with addressable advertising, it’s the method of using far more targeted ads based on location and demographics. So, certain… [Continue Reading]

An Interactive Q&A Session with David Siteman Garland

Faster Smarter Cheaper book

Hey there, and welcome to a very special blog post. Today, from 12.00 noon Eastern / 11.00am Central / 9.00am Pacific time, the blog is being given over to you and my very special guest, David Siteman Garland of The Rise to the Top. David’s an entrepreneur extraordinaire, who helps businesses grow their success and… [Continue Reading]

#HAPPO Day for PR Folks is December 8 2010

HAPPO Help a PR Pro Out December 8 2010

There’s an event taking place tomorrow, Wednesday December 8, called Help a PR Pro Out, or HAPPO. Organized by two people I’m proud to call friends, Arik Hanson and Valerie Simon, the aim of HAPPO is simple and does exactly what it says on the tin – helps a PR professional out. Specifically, helps a… [Continue Reading]

Why Bloggers Deserve to Be Deserving

value of a blogger to a brand

This is a guest post from Danielle Smith and is a follow-up to my recent post about PR and blogger relations. Danielle is a former award-winning Television Anchor and Reporter who has turned her attention to the online sphere. She is the founder and primary author of ExtraordinaryMommy.com, a vlogger, online TV host, speaker and… [Continue Reading]

A Special Interactive Book Review with David Siteman Garland

Faster Smarter Cheaper book

This coming Wednesday, December 8, at 12.00 noon eastern / 11.00am Central / 9.00am Pacific / 5.00pm GMT, there’s going to be a (hopefully) cool and special interactive experiment here on the blog. Using the interactive features of the Livefyre comment system that’s used here, my special guest will be David Siteman Garland, who’s probably… [Continue Reading]

When PR Has Its Head Up Its Ass

Open your eyes

I read a post over at Mom Blog Magazine that left me shaking my head the further I read, and reinforced why so many bloggers don’t like PR agencies. Entitled Why PR People Get Paid And You Don’t, it was a post by an anonymous PR professional (“Sarah”) who, in her own words, is “an… [Continue Reading]

A Christmas Video from Bonsai Interactive

Merry Christmas video from Bonsai Interactive Marketing

As December begins and the Christmas season arrives in earnest, we wanted to share our Christmas message and say thanks to everyone that has helped make Bonsai Interactive Marketing such a pleasant success since launching six months ago. Launching a business is never easy, but if we’re fortunate enough to continue to make the friends… [Continue Reading]