Marketing types and Internet aficionados alike flocked to the Atlantic Internet Marketing Conference in Halifax last week where more than 20 speaker addressed 35 different workshop and keynote topics from Internet Marketing 101 to Innovate or Die: Brand Building in 2010 to Marketing in a Hyper Social World.
Several members of our team attended AIM sessions and had this to say: [...]
This year marks the Canadian Navy’s 100 years of service in protecting the waters of our great nation. In celebration of this, ceremonies are taking place across Canada and with Halifax being the home of Canada’s East Coast Navy, we have no shortage of festivities. [...]
Habs fans rejoice. The unthinkable has happened – well at least from a skeptic’s point of view. In case you haven’t heard already, the Montreal Canadiens completed a remarkable comeback, defeating the top seeded Washington Capitals in the seventh and deciding game of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals last night. Down three games to one a week ago, it looked as though the Canadiens would be joining their arch rival Maple Leafs on the golf course sooner rather than later. In dramatic fashion though, goaltender Jaroslav Halak and the Canadiens crawled back, despite the nay-sayer’s predictions, and ended Alexander Ovechkin’s and the Capital’s hopes of winning the Stanley Cup. [...]
Did you see the gold medal game? Of course you did – everybody did. The fact that everybody knows what I mean when I say the gold medal game is a case in point, but what about those who didn’t watch the Canada vs. U.S. gold medal men’s hockey game? The triumphant victory isn’t even 48 hours old, but yet it’s almost old news. Have instant news updates and social media redefined the meaning of “news”, or is it just expected that everyone knows what’s going on by the minute? [...]
Today I attended a launch event for an important initiative being undertaken by Halifax Regional Municipality and Conserve Nova Scotia. Metro Transit has acquired two brand new, hybrid buses to service two of the city’s busiest routes — #1 and #10. Trampoline was proud to be involved with the creation and design of the artwork for the bus wrap and the associated micosite, www.getonboardhrm.ca, provides information on the project itself and the technology behind the hybrid buses. Make sure to check out the nifty ticker as it counts the amount of greenhouse gases reduced over the duration of the project. [...]
