Links

Marketing is inherently fun. So are these links!

The Bright Ideas Group loves the latest communication innovations and we want to keep a pulse on what’s new and hip. We really like these cool websites and we hope you do too.

Marketing

• It’s time to start thinking about marketing strategy from Future Lab, linked by Amanda Yiu
• The Cassies documents the most effective marketing campaigns, a favourite of Ana Bakhshyan
• The best Ads of the World can be found here, found by Arsenia Aidemirska
• Marketing Martini, daily insights, served ice cold , linked by Jessica Giero
• Marketing Experiments to find out what work online , submitted by Ana Bakhshyan
• Brandchannel, where the brands go, a favourite research site of Max Billings
• Marketing Magazine, Andreea Dolnicianu’s bible
• Our peeps, the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA), submitted by Mugunthan Ganesan.
• Max Billings thinks that Conversation Marketing is an amazing marketing strategy and insights blog
• Sherpa, Marketing Sherpa!, submitted by Max Billings
• The antidote to over-zealous marketing, AdBusters, submitted by Jasmine Li
• Don’t worry, we haven’t written into Clientcopia yet, hints Max Billings
• Cool marketing stuff is all the rage at Cool Marketing Stuff, linked by Andreea Dolnicianu
• Iconoculture has great niche, ethnic, and youth marketing insights, says Max Billings

Arte, Kulture, and Dezine

• Contemporist, modern art and architecture online magazine, suggested by Max Billings
• When Cindy Chen is feeling flat, she heads over to The Inspiration Room
• MoCo LoCo, a forward-thinking architecture and design blog, submitted by Max Billings
• INDZEN Studio is where branders can let their imaginations run wild, Cindy Chen is a fan
• Toronto has never looked so beautiful as at Daily Dose of Imagery, linked by Daniel Pilaprat
• Our buzz and viral marketing agency idol, Vanksen|Culture Buzz, submitted by Amanda Yiu
• The ethnic and niche marketing insights at The Cultural Connect are some of the more thought provoking that Amanda Yiu has found
• Fashion-forward travel blogging and reviews from Superfuture, a favourite of Daniel Pilaprat
• Inhabitat is all about sustainability and modern green living, suggested by Max Billings

Just plain cool

• TagGalaxy, an obscenely cool experiment in phototagging, stumbled upon by Max Billings
• Arsenia Aidemirska goes here to find out What should I read next?
• Finally, a magazine that acknowledges the triple bottom line, Good Magazine, suggested by Daniel Pilaprat
• Chris Im reads the Crane and Matten blog, an analysis of business ethics and CSR
• One of our favourite sites to learn the latest disgusting insults, Urban Dictionary, suggested by Arsenia Aidemirska
• Does the internet make you stupid? Find out at Something Awful, submitted by Chris Im
• Deep down, Max Billings is just a techno geek who reads Scobleizer
• Songza is one of those sites that you always wanted but never knew where to find, found by Max Billings
• Amanda Yiu, Research and Analysis Team Associate, attended the Apex Conference
• Max Billings gets his fix of fresh squeezed useless content at Dark Roasted Blend
• Words can’t describe Musicovery, Ana Bakhshyan thinks you have to see it to believe it
• Glogster, Jessica Giero’s new favourite site where you amass all your online content

And of course, who could forget the Schulich School of Business, York University (http://www.schulich.yorku.ca).

Have a site you’d like to suggest? Send an email to swahi@bigmarketing.ca