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Liveblog: The future of Facebook in Canada

Nov 30, 2010   //   by admin   //   Media blog  //  No Comments

Jordan Banks, Managing Director of Facebook Canada. - Photo by DigitalJournal.com

At nextMEDIA in Toronto, Facebook Canada managing director Jordan Banks talks about Facebook’s role in Canada and how businesses can leverage social media to boost their brand. This is a liveblog running from 2 p.m. to 2: 45 p.m.

DigitalJournal.com is once again a media sponsor of digital media conference nextMEDIA. Taking place on Nov. 29 and 30 in Toronto, nextMEDIA features speakers from leading companies such as Facebook and Torstar Digital.

In this one-on-one conversation, Achilles Media CEO Robert Montgomery sits down with Jordan Banks, managing director of Facebook Canada. Banks is discussing where he sees the future of Facebook in Canada and how businesses can take advantage of Facebook to help their company reach more people and increase their revenue.

Banks manages all commercial operations at the Facebook Canada office based in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, Banks was CEO of Jump TV, a leading broadcaster of sports and international television over the Internet. He was also the head eBay Canada. He is a member of the Young President’s Organization and was previously named one of Canada’s “Top 40 Under 40″ honorees.

For more on Facebook’s role in Canada, follow Bank’s discussion via our liveblog below. You can also see a sit-down TV interview Digital Journal did with Jordan Banks.

Banks is scheduled to speak from 2 – 2:45 p.m. (Eastern). Anyone can view and comment on the liveblog:

Liveblog: Facebook, AOL and Rogers debate marketing in modern age

Nov 2, 2010   //   by admin   //   Media blog  //  No Comments

Digital Day Conference 2010

Toronto – How should marketers adapt to new technologies and demographics online? How should they view content creation? This liveblog follows a panel discussion between Facebook, AOL and Rogers as part of Digital Day in Toronto.

The 13th Annual Digital Day Conference is presented by the Canadian Marketing Association and Marketing Magazine, and DigitalJournal.com is there covering it live.

This panel discussion takes place between Afredo Tan, Senior Director of Sales, Facebook Canada; Graham Moysey, General Manager, AOL Canada; and Claude Galipeau, Executive Vice-President, Digital, Rogers.

The discussion aims to explores and debate content creation, content distribution, and audience engagement as they relate to how marketers and agencies should be thinking about the marketing mix.

Moderated by Veronica Holmes, President of Zenith Digital, the discussion is scheduled to take place between 10:35 – 11:35 Eastern.

We’re at Digital Day and covering the panel talk in a liveblog below:

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