Think INSIDE the Box Direct Marketing Conference
 
This year's Think INSIDE the Box conference offers a rich program of expert speakers. 

This year's focus is on three key elements: Connectivity, Data and Physicality. Each speaker will share their experiences, insights and case studies, which will help inspire you to get smarter with your marketing. 

Keynote Speaker
Michael Chase
Chief Marketing Officer, St. Joseph Communications

The Hybridization of Content: How to merge marketing, content and technology in bold and exciting ways

The way consumers engage with brands has dramatically morphed. They can access products and product information instantaneously, and they can intermingle with a brand in a cacophony of ways. Michael Chase will share with you how to be a storyteller in this connected world and how to merge marketing, content and technology in bold and exciting ways. Using powerful examples from St. Joseph’s recent
Print in a Digital World publication, Michael will inspire you to mix, match and marry the worlds of print and digital to find your own marketing nirvana.
 
Keynote Speaker
Stephen Brown
President, FUSE Marketing Group

60 Days of Direct Marketing

Join Stephen Brown as he shares tales of the Direct Mail Quest he and his team went on for 60 days. They wanted to find out who’s actually winning in the DM game. By logging 50+ mailboxes of FUSE staff, Stephen and his team saw who’s doing mail right, what opportunities are being missed, and what brands are using direct mail most effectively. He will share with you some of the best, and maybe even a few misses, that they found along the way.
 
CONNECTIVITY
Eric Reynolds
Director of Marketing, Jelly Marketing

Mixing Offline and Online Strategies for Maximum Impact

Experts in digital and PR, Jelly Marketing knows how social media, online ads and digital PR can mix with your offline, print and mailing strategies. Join Eric Reynolds as he shares case studies and results for e-tail, e-commerce, B2B and B2C clients when mixed with PR, online ads, social media and direct mail. 


 
DATA
Julio Tavares
Vice President, Database Marketing & Insights

How-To Thrive in the Changing Landscape of Direct to Consumer Marketing 

 The rate of change in consumer marketing accelerates every year, as does the cycle of product adaptation to declining usage. With a wide range of choices, marketing messages and marketing options, consumer interaction is ever-present; add rapid declines in the performance of marketing initiatives, and we have a recipe for complexity and chaos. In this noisy environment, the key to success is understanding how to be effective and how to attract focused attention. Julio will share how companies are effectively marketing directly with consumers and how they are converting interaction into sales by moving to a marketing omni-channel environment and by leveraging big data at an individual level.
 
PHYSICALITY
Mark Michaud
Senior Vice President, Ariad Communications

Are you suffering from "premachurn"? How to fix onboarding, keep customers, and get more from your marketing dollars.

Losing customers during onboarding is something that we see all too frequently, across all business verticals. Ariad Communications even has a special name for it: premachurn™. Join Mark Michaud as he helps you take the lead on fixing premachurn for your business by helping you understand how to use the skills, insights and tools you already have.
 
Master of Ceremonies
Linda Regier
Senior Advisor, Direct Marketing, Canada Post Corporation

Linda Regier has worked with prominent international, national and modest enterprises in all areas of Direct Marketing over the last 20 years. She is the Past President of the Canadian Marketing Assoc MB Chapter, as well as co-author and teacher of Relationship Marketing course of U of W; instructor for Ad Assoc Media Buying course, and teaches Direct Marketing at Red River College. Linda also teaches The Power of Direct Marketing course for CPC from coast to coast. 
 
Canada Post Speaker
Jennifer Campbell
General Manager, Enterprise Marketing, Canada Post

A Bias for Action -- Neuroscience Research – What your Brain Responds To
 
Canada Post Guest Speaker
Mike Badour
General Manager, Direct Marketing Sales, Canada Post

Making Mail Smarter; Get Your Brand into Your Customers and Prospects' Hands