Dave Fleet

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Are You Ready If Wikileaks Targets You?

Dave Fleet

Apparently the first target, early next year, will be a major American bank. Every marketing initiative should, at a minimum, incorporate escalation processes into their plans. Tweet Wikileaks creator Julian Assange has announced that his site is now going to begin to focus on businesses. Assume it’s coming.

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Using Social Media to Protect Your Reputation

Dave Fleet

They have spent their resources on traditional media (including television, radio, direct mail, in-branch literature and outbound telemarketing) as well as leveraged their permission-based email program, search engine marketing and ad-buys on some well-known consumer sites (e.g. national and local newspapers as well as investment sites).

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47 Books For Your 2011 Reading List

Dave Fleet

The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture (via @DoctorJones ). The New Rules of Marketing and PR – David Meerman Scott (via @ruthings ). Aftermath: An Inspector Banks Novel – Peter Robinson (via @GraemeMenzies ). In Defense Of Food – Michael Pollan (via @slowfoodist ).

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Lessons along the road: 5 career pointers for new graduates

Dave Fleet

I recently had the honour of speaking at Seneca College ‘s “Make it Happen” event for about 400 of their marketing students. Since then I’ve risen to the top digital role in Canada, at the world’s largest communications marketing firm , with a team of more than 60 people. I got my first ‘adult job’ 18 years ago.

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Reflections on the changing digital agency environment

Dave Fleet

As push-focused marketing gains more traction on social channels and as social platforms limit brands’ abilities to organically reach the people who have shown affinity for them, many companies are shifting dollars away from community management and into media dollars. Decline of community management (in some areas).

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Lessons along the road: 5 career pointers for new graduates

Dave Fleet

I recently had the honour of speaking at Seneca College ‘s “Make it Happen” event for about 400 of their marketing students. Since then I’ve risen to the top digital role in Canada, at the world’s largest communications marketing firm , with a team of more than 60 people. I got my first ‘adult job’ 18 years ago.

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