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Palladium Insurance, a brokerage in Kanata serving Ottawa and the western surroundings, has a fresh new website, compliments of bv02.

Serious question.
I recently had the opportunity to bid on a branding project. A re-branding project to be precise. I lost. It happens.
But whenever you lose in a competitive situation you have to ask yourself why. In this situation I believe it came down to how I defined brand. Their focus, in hindsight, was placed upon [...]

I’ve been wrestling with the concept of ideas for a while now. Since re-joining the bv02 team a few years back I have been insistent that ideas are our best differentiators. We are an idea company. We trade in ideas (hey, new tagline?!). We’re clever, they’re not.
Granted, this branding approach is little more than finger [...]

At the beginning of the month, at Social Media Week, I was invited by fellow social media consultant Natasha D’Souza to live-blog for her while she presented her session “Navigating User Generated Content”.
Now, I’ve done the blogging thing. I’ve done the moderating sessions thing. And we all know I’ve done the Twitter thing (sometimes a [...]

From Feburary 1st – 5th, 2010 bv02’s social media manager Shannon Harvey attended Social Media Week in Toronto (SMWTO). SMWTO was a series of events hosted by various groups who have taken the leap into social media and have been eager to talk about their successes and their shortcomings with the social media community. To save you time, but still give you as much info as possible, I’ve broken down one session, Social Media Week Toronto: How do you raise #money if you’re not @BarackObama? into a 4 part blog series, so that you can get short, but valuable insights into how some not-for-profit organizations are using social media to promote their causes. This post is part 5 of a 5 part series.

From Feburary 1st – 5th, 2010 bv02’s social media manager Shannon Harvey attended Social Media Week in Toronto (SMWTO). SMWTO was a series of events hosted by various groups who have taken the leap into social media and have been eager to talk about their successes and their shortcomings with the social media community. To save you time, but still give you as much info as possible, I’ve broken down one session, Social Media Week Toronto: How do you raise #money if you’re not @BarackObama? into a 4 part blog series, so that you can get short, but valuable insights into how some not-for-profit organizations are using social media to promote their causes. This post is part 4 of a 5 part series.

From Feburary 1st – 5th, 2010 bv02’s social media manager Shannon Harvey attended Social Media Week in Toronto (SMWTO). SMWTO was a series of events hosted by various groups who have taken the leap into social media and have been eager to talk about their successes and their shortcomings with the social media community. To save you time, but give you as much info as possible, I’ve broken down one session, Social Media Week Toronto: How do you raise #money if you’re not @BarackObama? into a 4 part blog series, so that you can get short, but valuable insights into how some not-for-profit organizations are using social media to promote their causes. This post is part 3 of a 5 part series.

From Feburary 1st – 5th, 2010 bv02’s social media manager Shannon Harvey attended Social Media Week in Toronto (SMWTO). SMWTO was a series of events hosted by various groups who have taken the leap into social media and have been eager to talk about their successes and their shortcomings with the social media community. To save you time, but give you as much info as possible, I’ve broken down one session, Social Media Week Toronto: How do you raise #money if you’re not @BarackObama? into a 4 part blog series, so that you can get short, but valuable insights into how some not-for-profit organizations are using social media to promote their causes. This part is post 2 of a 5 part series.

This year, bv02 is proud to be supporting the Boys and Girls club through building their website (at www.skiathon.com) and submitting a team into the skiathon fundraiser in Mont Tremblant. The goal for this year is to raise $90,000 to purchase a 24-seat bus, and to support their community outreach program.

From Feburary 1st – 5th, 2010 bv02’s social media manager Shannon Harvey attended Social Media Week in Toronto (SMWTO). SMWTO was a series of events hosted by various groups who have taken the leap into social media and have been eager to talk about their successes and their shortcomings with the social media community. To save you time, but still give you as much info as possible, I’ve broken down one session, Social Media Week Toronto: How do you raise #money if you’re not @BarackObama? into a 4 part blog series, so that you can get short, but valuable insights into how some not-for-profit organizations are using social media to promote their causes. This post is part 1 of a 5 part series.