Hessie Jones
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Hessie Jones has a passion for technology and positions herself on the cutting edge of the Internet, social media, and video and how they impact marketers and advertisers as the media landscape morphs with these devices. Hessie is currently VP, Marketing at Jugnoo helping brands realize the value of social, plus developing technologies to take social media to the inevitable next level, while continuously testing and theorizing on the bleeding technologies and how this will impact the future of marketing.

With over 11 years in the digital space, and 10 years in advertising, Hessie worked within these disciplines: social media strategy, social audit/analysis, performance tracking and optimization, influencer strategy, content strategy and development, community management, application development for web and mobile, client management, search and online media strategy/marketing, product marketing, sponsorship marketing, direct and database marketing, loyalty/CRM, education, training, outreach, content management, and PR.

She has worked with/for brands including Second Cup, LCBO, 3M, Aon, Adidas, Citi, Yum Brands: Taco Bell, Pizza Hut; Absolut Vodka, Crystal Head Vodka, Directbrands: Columbia House, CH Canada, Bookscene.ca, Doubleday Books, Howsthepatient, Pork Marketing Board Canada, CIBC Credit Card Services, Yahoo! Canada (Answers, Music, FIFA, Entertainment, Mail, Messenger, 360, News, Finance) Overlay.TV, Juno Awards, Canadian New Media Awards, Salsa on St. Clair, Toronto Grand Prix, Formula 1, TELUS Ski and Snowboard Event, Canadian Athletes Now, Canada Soccer, Plaxo Welcomme, Fairweather, Braemar, UPS, Esso, Lexus, Ronald McDonald House, Sears, Scotiabank, Children's Miracle Network.

Hessie continues to stay current and continues to challenge the notion of complacency. Change is inevitable. These days it is happening at a much more rapid pace. We need to keep up or be left in the dust.

Blog Entries by Hessie Jones

Avoiding the Bullies in Cyberspace

(0) Comments | Posted April 27, 2012 | 4:18 PM

Some time ago I wrote an article titled: Cyberbullying Hits Home. Following that article I was approached by some organizations who had so much more information to provide. Trend Micro's Lynette Owens, who runs the Internet Safety for Kids and Families program, provided some amazing insights as part of...

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How I Turned My Corporate Life Around

(1) Comments | Posted April 6, 2012 | 8:04 AM

These days my life has gotten very busy. My weekends and weekdays have merged into a continuous stream of conversation via phone, text and email. Sleep is a luxury as I strain to get that last blog post up before the deadline. Many times my sleep is interrupted with an...

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Canadian Businesses Still See Social Media as "Wild West"

(0) Comments | Posted February 28, 2012 | 11:47 AM

I had the privilege of speaking at Podcamp TO #PCTO2012 recently and chose to provide a perspective on the state of Canada and its lagging adoption of social media. Julie Tyios, a colleague of mine, collaborated with me on this important subject.

Here's the premise: Why...

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Best and Worst of 2011 Social Media

(0) Comments | Posted December 29, 2011 | 1:33 PM

2011 has seen some pretty significant technological innovations, which in turn has enabled consumer creation and curation abilities. This has further proliferated content creation en masse.

While 2010 saw businesses dip their toes in the social media pond, 2011 confirmed that social media is here to stay. Facebook reached...

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Cyber-Bullying Hits Home

(4) Comments | Posted November 8, 2011 | 8:25 AM

A few months ago, I found out from my 10-year-old that a girl in her class has uploaded a video on YouTube about her. This girl was an on-and-off friend of my daughter, and I've questioned the friendship for some time. I could never have imagined that a small school...

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