Nikki and Mark start season 2 off with a reflection on the first year of A Little Marketing and their favourite episodes, featuring special appearances by Guest Experts Kristy Carruthers, Steph Goldman, Steph Wharton, Dr. Isreal Puterman, Kirstin Siggins, and Michelle Leech.

We'd love to know what your favourite episodes were - was it some of the ones highlighted here? Let us know in the comments.

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About Nikki Gillingham and ⁠⁠Blue Whale Communications⁠⁠ in Vernon, BC

Nikki gained valuable experience in change management, stakeholder and employee engagement, content marketing strategy and development, social media and digital marketing, and branding from a career that started in the corporate world; working for public and private sector organizations of all sizes.

In 2017, Nikki founded Blue Whale Communications, a boutique marketing agency that has helped more than 75 small-medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs improve their online brand awareness, reputation, and authority. With so many fish in the sea, we help you position yourself as the leading industry expert in your waters.

Services include:
+Marketing Strategy and Fractional CMO Services
+Review Management Services
+Google Business Profile Management and other local listings strategies +Done-For-You Content Creation (including social media management, blog writing, email marketing, and more)
+Coaching (ask about our low-cost Marketing Expert On-Demand membership or one-on-one strategy calls)

Blue Whale works with businesses in all industries, with experience in metal recycling, laser and aesthetics, marketing, aviation, employee benefits, workplace safety, insurance, financial services, real estate, information technology, theatre, film, pool and spa, warehouse logistics, leadership development, and many more.

About Mark Goren and ⁠⁠10|20 Marketing⁠⁠ in Montreal, Quebec:

Mark is passionate about helping small business owners succeed online. Throughout his career in marketing and communications strategy, analysis and content creation, some of his biggest accomplishments have come from showing local business owners that little wins can add up to big ones when you work through an online marketing strategy.

Mark has also gained great satisfaction helping these same clients solve problems that they have discovered while examining their own web presence, whether it be coaching them on how to respond to reviews, moving misplaced pins on online maps, suppressing inaccurate or dated listings, or simply being there to lend an ear. Mark is a specialist in using online software tools to enhance his skill set and has relationships and licenses with vendors across several disciplines – including Uberall, BirdEye, Brandwatch and others – which he uses to the benefit of his clients.

He currently spends his time helping business owners with 1 to 49 locations claim their online business listings, listen to customer feedback via online reviews and social media listening, and build their web presence through local directory marketing, social media, and online marketing strategy development.