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Marketing News Canada spotlights the people, ideas, and innovations redefining Canadian marketing. Produced by SocialNext, Canada’s largest independent marketing conference series, we bring you candid conversations with marketers, founders, creators, and industry leaders shaping the future of the industry. Recorded live at SocialNext events and through in-depth interviews from coast to coast, each episode dives into the ideas, bold campaigns, and community-driven strategies defining the Canadian marketing landscape. If you care about Canadian creativity, innovation, and the people behind the work, you’re in the right place. Presented by Marketing News Canada www.marketingnewscanada.com

Recent Episodes

DEC 5, 2025

Cracking the Meta Ads Code: Scaling Sanely in a Shifting Landscape

In this live conversation from SocialWest 2025, Caley Dimmock, Founder and CEO of Dimik Creative Group, shares how her approach to paid media has evolved alongside the platforms themselves.

She and guest host Meredith McKeough dig into what’s changed with Meta’s Advantage+ targeting, why creative is now the most powerful lever in campaign performance, and how marketers can scale their work, without scaling their stress.

This conversation captures the mindset shift many are making in 2025: giving platforms room to do their job while focusing on message clarity,
audience signals, and systems that run even when you’re not online.

Recorded live at the Telus Convention Centre during SocialWest 2025, Canada’s largest marketing conference, welcoming over 900 professionals from across the country.

20 MIN

NOV 24, 2025

Cool Doesn’t Pay the Bills: Rethinking Marketing Effectiveness

The Alchemy of Effectiveness Report has just been released, making this the perfect time to visit Paul Tedesco's live conversation from SocialWest 2025.

Recorded just weeks before Effie judging began, Paul, Head of Effectiveness at the ICA, shares the thinking that would go on to shape the 2025 awards. He and host Meredith McKeough dig into why marketers often confuse effectiveness with efficiency, how clear objectives drive stronger outcomes, and what really separates a cool campaign from an impactful one.

This conversation now reads like a preview of what the data would later confirm: the most effective marketing doesn’t just look good, it works.

22 MIN

NOV 6, 2025

The Deal is Just the Start: How to Turn Sponsorship into Strategy

In this live SocialNext Toronto 2025 conversation, guest host Maddie Alvarez sits down with Nithya Ramachandran, President and CSO at T1, a full-stack sponsorship and experience agency. Together, they unpack why modern sponsorships are more than logo slaps and check-writing, they’re strategic growth levers built on trust, collaboration, and meaningful activation.

Nithya breaks down how brands can use partnerships to reach audiences in ways media alone can’t, why asking “why” is a marketer’s most powerful tool, and how the best campaigns are built on shared values, not just shared budgets.

If you’ve ever wondered how to make sponsorships actually work (and prove their ROI), this conversation is a masterclass in modern partnership marketing.

22 MIN

NOV 6, 2025

PR in the Age of Scarcity: How to Build Trust and Earn Real Attention

In this live SocialNext Toronto 2025 conversation, guest host Maddie Alvarez sits down with Lana Rogers, founder of Gentle Lion Communications, for a candid and tactical talk on media scarcity, creative burnout, and why PR isn't just about landing one big headline.

Lana breaks down how the media landscape is shifting in real time and what brands and agencies can do to stay relevant, thoughtful, and audience-centered. From earned media realities to owned channel strategy, she outlines a smarter approach to storytelling, trust-building, and campaign planning in a noisy and fragmented landscape.

If you're a marketer, comms lead, or founder still chasing the golden press hit, this episode will reset your thinking. Spoiler: that Globe and Mail article might not move the needle the way you think.

22 MIN

NOV 6, 2025

Attention is Easy, Community is Earned

In this live SocialNext Toronto 2025 conversation, guest host Maddie Alvarez sits down with Joe Teo, founder and CEO of HeyOrca!, the Canadian-built social media platform helping thousands of agencies and teams simplify their content workflows.

From dad jokes to dashboards, Joe shares why the point of social media isn’t virality—it’s community. He unpacks how HeyOrca’s product philosophy puts collaboration first, what social media managers actually need in 2025, and how AI can support (not replace) the humans behind the posts.

You’ll hear Joe’s take on why strong communities require intentional moderation, how brands can create digital “gardens,” and why the best social spaces are both safe and self-sustaining.

22 MIN