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Crisp Media
Marketing Services
Vancouver, BC 4,178 followers
Fractional CMO and contract marketing services for growing businesses. We're not an agency. We're your marketing team.
About us
Crisp solves marketing problems. Founded in 2009 by Christine Pilkington, we’ve been providing fractional CMO services and custom marketing solutions to growing businesses for nearly a decade and a half. But we’re not an agency. We’re your marketing team. And we’re here to demystify the often confusing and challenging world of digital marketing and provide a clear roadmap for your success in the short and long term. Our fractional marketing services include custom, scalable solutions that can meet your growing company where it’s at right now. Get peace of mind knowing your marketing has purpose and is being managed the right way. Our services: - Fractional CMO and fractional marketing leadership - Canadian Digital Adoption Plan (CDAP) approved digital advisor - Marketing strategy and support, including marketing roadmaps, funnels, website optimization, content strategy, SEO audits, tech stack audits, organizational audits, digital marketing, social media, web development, lead generation, email marketing, performance advertising, and more - Marketing coaching and advisory
- Website
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http://www.crispmedia.ca
External link for Crisp Media
- Industry
- Marketing Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Vancouver, BC
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2009
- Specialties
- digital media, online advertising, social media, local advertising, small business, facebook ads, fractional cmo, contract marketing consulting, demand generation, content strategy, fractional marketing, marketing strategy, marketing tech, copywriting, design, web development, CDAP, canada digital adoption program, digital advertising, and SEO audits
Locations
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Primary
Vancouver, BC V5K 1Z1, CA
Employees at Crisp Media
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Christine Pilkington
Fractional CMO serving ambitious entrepreneurs craving practical marketing leadership that works | Forbes Business Council
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Molly Millar
Connecting businesses with outstanding fractional marketing services
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Adetope Obasa
Executive Assistant at Crisp Media
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Cyril Kowaliski
Fractional Marketing Director | Positioning brands and people for success
Updates
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A quick and insightful watch! Check out Christine Pilkington and other industry experts talking about their keys to running a successful business on Plooto's podcast highlight.
As we close out #SmallBusinessMonth, join us for a video compilation packed with insights from successful entrepreneurs and industry experts like Christine Pilkington, Jami Monte, Tal Schwartz, Sean Freedman, Noah Maislin, Omar Visram, and Ryan Lazanis, CPA. Watch to learn about the three essential keys to running a successful business: gaining a deep understanding of your finances to manage them effectively, adopting tools that save time and money, and ensuring access to capital to fuel growth. Their advice is invaluable for any business owner! 🎙️ Explore the full season of Greater than the Sum, a series that help small business owners and operators remove the guesswork from their finances and reclaim the time to focus on what truly matters: https://lnkd.in/g9Tg6WGn
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Happy #Halloween! Here's a video of Christine Pilkington talking about something scary: marketing department chaos 👀
Fractional CMO serving ambitious entrepreneurs craving practical marketing leadership that works | Forbes Business Council
Our clients often turn to Crisp Media when their marketing isn't functioning properly. Upon investigation, we frequently uncover a "chaos and panic" culture within their marketing teams. While the appearance of "hustling hard" may prevail, this often hints at underlying operational challenges that can significantly impact your business. Here’s why this warrants your attention: 🔥 Burnout & Turnover: Reacting constantly instead of planning leads to burnout and high turnover rates, resulting in costly talent recruitment and training. 🚪 Lost Opportunities: Chaos promotes short-term thinking, causing your team to overlook strategic, long-term opportunities crucial for brand differentiation and substantial growth. 🚫 Inefficiency: Absence of structure gives rise to inefficiency, with bottlenecks, last-minute changes, and poor communication squandering time and budget, leading to missed objectives and diminished ROI. 😬 Damaged Reputation: Rushing through tasks results in errors, from inconsistent messaging to public blunders, tarnishing your brand's reputation. 🎯 Misalignment with Business Goals: A reactive marketing approach veers off course from long-term goals, resulting in campaigns that fail to drive growth or success. 🚧 Inability to Scale: Persistent chaos hinders scalability, exacerbating issues and complicating management as your business expands. Bottom line: Tackle the root cause of chaos promptly. By prioritizing operational structure, you safeguard your company from burnout, inefficiency, and missed opportunities, while paving the way for sustainable success. #MarketingOperations #BusinessLeadership #OperationalEfficiency #MarketingTips #LeadershipGrowth
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What differentiates a CMO from a marketing director from a marketing manager? Our CEO Christine Pilkington breaks it down in this video 👇
Fractional CMO serving ambitious entrepreneurs craving practical marketing leadership that works | Forbes Business Council
Everyone's a fractional CMO these days, right? Marketing leadership roles can be confusing - what sets a CMO, director, and manager apart? Let's break it down: 🔹 **CMO** - Focuses on the big picture, shaping company-wide marketing strategy, and connecting marketing with business goals for long-term success. Can broadly speak about non-marketing specific issues facing the business at the executive level. (This last point is key!) 🔹 **Marketing Director** - Acts as the bridge between strategy and execution, turning big ideas into actionable plans, leading teams, and driving campaigns aligned with the broader strategy. 🔹 **Marketing Manager** - The executors on the ground, owning projects, optimizing performance, and working with teams to deliver tangible results. 🎯 Pro tip: Watch out for title inflation! Clear role definitions are crucial to avoid mismatched expectations and potential hiring issues in the future. Understanding these distinctions is key to aligning responsibilities with business needs, whether you’re structuring a marketing team or navigating leadership roles. #marketing #CMO #marketingdirector #marketingmanager #leadership #titleinflation #marketingstrategy #teamwork #hiring
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Last chance to grab your FREE ticket for tomorrow's breakfast panel! We're excited to delve into all things AI for business with Kris Krüg, Mitch Dodd, Mo Dhaliwal and Christine Pilkington. Get your ticket here: https://lu.ma/gar4uc25 (waive the fee with code CRISPMEDIA_VIP 🎟️)
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With the end of the calendar year fast approaching, #Q3 / #Q4 presents a final opportunity to make your mark in 2024. While looking ahead is important, taking effective steps forward often requires reflecting on past performance. That’s why identifying gaps in your Q1/Q2 marketing strategy is essential for building a strong marketing roadmap going forward. Ultimately, you want to streamline your marketing strategy so the areas that need attention get attention. By analyzing performance data, you can pinpoint specific projects and actions to address any gaps in your Q1/Q2 strategy, transforming these insights into actionable initiatives. For more guidance on how to turn your marketing gaps into your marketing strategy, check out our blog: https://lnkd.in/gXKjuyYT #MarketingRoadmap #QuarterlyPlanning #MakeYourMark #MarketingPitfalls #FractionalCMO #MidYearReview #ProjectManagement #MindTheGap
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Got breakfast plans this Friday? If not, now you do 👇 Join us at Skyrocket Digital HQ for an insightful panel discussion on how AI is revolutionizing talent management, acquisition, and collaboration in 2025. Our CEO Christine Pilkington will be speaking alongside AI expert Kris Krüg, Mitch Dodd, COO of Kintec: Footwear + Orthotics, and Mo Dhaliwal, CEO of Skyrocket Digital! Grab your ticket here: https://lu.ma/gar4uc25 (and waive the fee with code CRISPMEDIA_VIP 🎟️)
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Thanks for your kind words, Felicia Lee! We love showing up as Clarity Planning Inc.'s marketing team.
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We're looking forward to this panel event at the end of the month! Join our CEO Christine Pilkington and a panel of AI and business experts for an insightful conversation. Link to register below 👇
Join us for an event powered by coffee, fueled by breakfast, and sprinkled with a little AI magic! ✨ Skyrocket Digital and Crisp Media have partnered to bring you a panel of experts for an insigthful discussion on how is AI revolutionizing talent management, acquisition, and collaboration in 2025. Join industry experts Christine Pilkington, Founder of Crisp Media, AI expert Kris Krüg, Mitch Dodd, COO of Kintec: Footwear + Orthotics and Mo Dhaliwal, CEO of Skyrocket Digital as they explore how AI is revolutionizing the workforce. Get your ticket now: https://lu.ma/gar4uc25
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In the latest edition of Fractionally Speaking, we share why a fractional CMO can be a huge asset for a small business - and share some exciting team and client news.
Uncertain about your marketing? Hire a fractional CMO.
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