ELECTIONS around the world could bring more political earthquakes as Brexit talks and Donald Trump’s presidency begin. Last year was dominated by the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s election as well as terror attacks in Europe and the Zika outbreak. Here is a look forward to landmark elections and other key events that could bring political upheaval and change the world in 2017. January: Donald Trump takes office  After being

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NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Casey Scheidegger is now 1-for-1 in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling. Scheidegger capped her incredible series debut at the Meridian Canadian Open winning the title by stealing a point in the eighth end for a 5-4 victory over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni in Sunday’s final. The Lethbridge, Alta., team of Scheidegger, third Cary-Anne McTaggart, second Jessie Scheidegger and lead Stephanie Enright earned $30,000 for the victory.

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With the infographic below, you’ll access a 2017 version of social media image sizing, keyboard shortcuts, useful tools, platform updates, and headline best practices. 48 days until 20,000+ global leaders come together for SMW February Conference. Learn more.   Today, people share 1.3 million pieces of content every minute on Facebook, Tweets including images have 5 times the engagement, Pinterest has 100+ million active users who spend 75% of their

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There is no scientific way of telling what digital marketing trend you should be following in 2017. Instead, you can look at what the experts say and hope they are right. As you will see in this blog, though, the experts do not always agree with each other. Consequently, my advice to you regarding the digital marketing trends of 2017, is this: read this blog and be aware of the

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The Toronto Raptors return home Thursday night and if you want another reason to show DeMar DeRozan some love just remember what transpired this morning in Cleveland. DeMar DeRozan is what happens when a player really wants to stay in a city; it’s what happens when management and the player and his agent are committed to a common goal. The rest is just noise. That’s not to pillory Edwin Encarnacion

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MONTREAL – You had to feel a special sense of dread when Nicolas Roy skated up to the puck sitting at centre ice at 11:15 p.m. It was the worst possible situation. More than 19,000 at the Bell Centre and millions across Canada tracking every shift through 60 minutes of regulation, 20 minutes of overtime, and nine-tenths of a shootout. And it’s your turn. Roy didn’t have a chance to

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Mattel’s digital marketing manager says the toymaker spent 2016 focusing on building relationships with influencers, and now plans to move full-steam ahead in terms of marketing spend and original content output. It has been a big year for YouTube influencers and the brands that work with them. Largely driven by the rise of user-generated content and its most popular platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, there has been a major influx

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Are your digital marketing campaigns falling short of your expectations? Sometimes all it takes is a little tweaking to your existing campaigns to give them that extra push. image: http://cdn2.business2community.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/DigitalMktgMistakes_Blog_Title.jpg.jpg In this blog post, I’ll list the top 6 mistakes that I often see people make when managing digital marketing campaigns in each of the five major categories. Then, I’ll tell you how to avoid them. Not engaging with people

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BRISBANE, Australia — Angelique Kerber predicted that 2017 was going to have a different feel for her, considering her phenomenal breakout season last year. It certainly started differently, with the top-ranked German losing to sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Brisbane International quarterfinals on Thursday.  Kerber reached the final here last year and fine-tuned to precision for the Australian Open, where she beat Serena Williams to claim her

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“We’ll see,” coach Dominique Ducharme said. That was Monday, when Ducharme was asked about the starting goalie against Sweden that was to be played two nights hence. Wednesday night, Ducharme tapped Connor Ingram for the start but the coach saw all he needed in a little over eight minutes and a total of three shots, just one of them stopped by Ingram. When I asked an NHL scout about Ducharme’s decision

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