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The Great Sparksheet Birthday Infographic
Sparksheet turns 3 this month. To celebrate we put together this massive infographic, which unpacks our content, community and design and how they’ve evolved – along with the rest of the media and marketing world – over the past three years.
Editor’s Picks
In Defence of Greenwashing: How Brands are Driving the Environmental Movement
Branding Funny: Q&A with Funny or Die’s Patrick Starzan
Why TV Still Loves Books
Crisis Mode: Four Travel Disasters and How Marketers Handled Them
Social Media’s Diversity Problem
Brazil Goes Social: The Rise of the Brazilian Digital Middle Class
Enjoy Your Steak: Why Hotel Brands Are Embracing the Celebrity Chef
Brand New Havana: On the Set of Cuba’s First Branded Film
The Sparkbeat
News and insights from our team.
- Everything Brands Need to Know About Google Glass
- C2-MTL 2013 Live Feed
- CTRL ALT Delete: Google+ Hangout with Mitch Joel
- Want to Join the Sparksheet Team?
- Sparksheet at Dx3 Canada This Week
- Help Us Make Sparksheet Better
Spark Quotes
The opportunity to find a culture or consumer that is right for your brand has grown exponentially. But that doesn’t mean marketers should blindly jump into the fray.
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Same Same, But Different: Understanding Emerging Markets
C2-MTL: Rethinking the Business Conference
Creativity, commerce, and the sweet spot where they meet were the focus of C2-MTL, an exclusive...
Brazil Goes Social: The Rise of the Brazilian Digital Middle Class
As Brazil’s “digital middle class” emerges, brands are scrambling to show these potential new...
The Future of Branding Is Human
Forget buzzwords like “brand voice,” “brand personality” and “branded interactions.”...
Mobile Marketers Are Not Listening to Mobile Consumers
People have different needs when they’re on the go and mobile users tend to want to buy things....
What Does Platform Agnostic Mean?
We’ve been using the term “platform agnostic” for years. But our recent feature article about...
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Return of the Editor: Why Human Filters are the Future of the Web
Before news aggregators, content curators, and Google’s omnipotent algorithm,…
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Mobile Marketers Are Not Listening to Mobile Consumers
People have different needs when they’re on the go and mobile users tend to…
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The Future of Branding Is Human
Forget buzzwords like “brand voice,” “brand personality” and “branded…
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The New Yorker On Brand: Q&A with Web Editor Blake Eskin
As The New Yorker's first Web editor, Blake Eskin has led the iconic…
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Five Lessons for Presenting to the C-Suite
Sparksheet is all about big ideas, but sometimes we need someone to tell us how…
About the Authors
Charles Lim is the Design Director of Sparksheet and the designer/developer of this website. As the Digital Director of Spafax Interactive, he comes from a mostly graphic design background, and is an aficionado of video games and pop culture. His personal site is at chedonline.com.
Dan Levy is the Editor of Sparksheet. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Boston University and worked as a research assistant at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard, where he studied and scribbled about online media. Follow him on Twitter @danjl
Sophie Woodrooffe is the Editorial Assistant at Sparksheet. She recently graduated from the University of Alberta with an MA in Philosophy and keeps busy curating the web, indulging in social media, and copy editing for local and international clients. Follow her on Twitter @dswdrff.
Accolades
Some of the awards we’ve won
Webby Awards 2013
- Webby Honoree for Best Email Newsletter
Folio Awards 2012
- Best Standalone Digital Magazine, B2B (Gold – Eddie)
- Best Online Column or Blog, B2B (Gold – Eddie) (Return of the Editor)
- Silver – Best Digital Edition/Digital Magazine Design (Silver – Ozzie)
Canadian Online Publishing Awards 2012
- Best overall online-only publication (Gold)
- Best website design (Gold)
- Best e-newsletter (Gold)
- Best mobile-optimized website (Gold)
- Best blog (Silver)
- Best use of social media (Silver)
- Best article of series of articles (Silver)
Folio Awards 2011
- Eddie Award, Best Online Column, B2B (Print in Digital Clothing)
National Magazine Awards 2011
- Silver for Best Digital Design
Webby Awards 2011
- Webby Honoree for Best Business Blog
W3 Awards 2010
- Corporate Communications (Silver)
- Public Relations (Silver)
- Blog Newsletter
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