Rod Giesbrecht, Imaginet, (l) and Kyle Romaniuk, Cocoon Branding Inc. (r)
As never before, markets are becoming saturated, making it harder and harder to distinguish yourself from ‘the herd.’ To make matters worse, customers are increasing tuning out the constant barrage of advertising as the herd scrambles to be heard. Add the growing prevalence of the internet as a source of information and the emergence of social media and no one can deny that businesses are truly marketing themselves in a new world.
In this session, Kyle Romaniuk of Cocoon Branding Inc. talked about “Branding to Your Customer”, while Rod Giesbrecht of Imaginet tackled the subject of “Managing your Social Media Marketing.”
Below are brief bios of Kyle and Rod, followed by PowerPoints and videos of their presentations.
Kyle Romaniuk, brand director and principal, Cocoon Branding Inc
Kyle Romaniuk: Kyle launched Cocoon in 2004 – an evolution of his first agency founded in 1996. He has spent his career as an advocate of branding, and his whole life loving great brands. Kyle leads the Cocoon team to guide and inspire creativity through insights, collaboration, and strategy and leads clients through innovative workshops and discussions to explore the depth of their brand’s potential. His focus is to discover better ways to strengthen brands, grow companies, and innovate constantly.
Kyle is also co-owner of a recent product innovation which has spun a new company out of Cocoon as Oi Furniture. Oi is a new product to market trying to differentiate itself and it has recently went to CBC’s Dragon’s Den – the episode aired on March 9, 2011.
Rod Giesbrecht, CEO and Co-Founder, Imaginet: Rod Giesbrecht is a passionate leader who thrives on helping organizations capitalize on technology to better compete and realize their full potential. Rod believes that success is defined by the delivery of the many game-changing solutions that Imaginet employees design and build each day. From the beginning, he has provided the technology vision for customers wanting to take their business into the future and has motivated a culture for all Imaginet team members to become passionate thought leaders.
Founded in the spirit of innovation and leadership, Imaginet has been committed to helping organizations deliver outstanding business value through the use of technology since 1997. Imaginet services include Application Lifecycle Management, Custom Application Development, Portals and Collaboration, Project and Portfolio Management, Infrastructure Solutions and our newly announce Imaginet Interactive division. We have a proven track record of thousands of successful engagements and reputation for delivering results. With the recent acquisition (Notion Solutions US) we are the global leader in Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management Visual Studio services. Our organization has had continual growth and now has offices in Canada, United States and South Africa.
Ideas Transformed into Reality through Technology. Imagine. http://www.imaginets.com/
Click here to access the PowerPoint to Kyle Romaniuk’s presentation.
Click here to access the PowerPoint to Rod Giesbrecht’s presentation.
Thanks to our host, the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, and a special thanks to our sponsors; they helped make our AGM possible and the success it was (click on company title to access its website):
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Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba
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Credit Union Central of Manitoba
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