Canadian Marketing Events: August 2014

[intro]Ah August… the month padded by long weekends. If you’re not too busy enjoying a cottage, beach, or some other amazing vacation, make sure you check out some of these handy Canadian marketing events. A conference or seminar counts as a ‘getaway’, right?[/intro]

Meetup: Social Media Talk & Podcast
Date: August 13th
Location: Vancouver, BC
Individuals wishing to learn more about social media, podcasting, internet marketing and new media are more than welcome to join in on the discussion and podcast.

Meetup: Brick & Mortar Stores go Online
Date: August 14th
Location: Vancouver, BC
A roundtable panel of local industry leaders openly discuss and share their lessons learned about making the move to the web with the community.

GROW Conference
Date: August 20th-22nd
Location: Whistler, BC
GROW is an experiential playground exploring the future of innovation, growth and entrepreneurship. It unites leading tech entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and creatives from Silicon Valley and across North America who are passionate about identifying problems worth solving.

Foundations of Content Marketing
Date: August 26th
Location: Online
This online seminar will outline five foundational elements of Content Marketing that completely differentiate it from traditional advertising.

Canada’s Anti-Spam Law is Here – Still Getting Ready?
Date: August 27th
Location: Toronto, ON & Online
This seminar will do a deep dive into CASL’s requirements and outstanding issues and give you ideas on how to build or improve your compliance programs, train your staff and build a solid due diligence defence.

As always, give us a shout if you have an event planned in the future that you’d like on this list or if you’re attending some Canadian marketing events that we missed!