MANAGING DIRECTOR Rod Gregg CREATIVE DIRECTOR Carmen Fitzpatrick EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lee Ann Atwater RESEARCH TEAM LEADS Kate Carter Ashley Tanner
EDITORIAL TEAM Jamie Barrie Jordan Parker CONTRIBUTING WRITER Ceiledh Monk Dan Monk Jody Euloth John Allaire David MacDonald DESIGN TEAM Amy Chung Matt Erickson Natasha Griswold Denise Alison Jamie Barrie Janice Buckler
COMMUNICATIONS & ADMIN LEAD Calli Gregg MEDIA CONSULTANT Tim Kohoot Tanya Chedrawy VIDEO PRODUCTION
CONSULTANTS Brian Cottam PUBLISHER Spotlight on Business Media
I n this month’s issue we have our 3rd Annual Top 10 Summer Music Fes- tivals List with our picks for the best festivals North of the Border this Summer. There are some new faces on this year’s list as we research the fantastic festivals happening this Summer all across Canada and select the one that we feel best for both festival goers and businesses looking to get involved as a vendor, supplier or possible sponsor. Festivals are great ways for businesses in rural areas in Canada and the US to get exposure for their brand’s products and services. However, what happens if you do not have a festival to give your business exposure with thousands of people, what do you do? Well Brittany Pickrem asks four entrepreneurs with businesses in rural areas what their secrets are to building a brand in rural Canada and if they feel they are at a disadvan- tage for doing business from a rural community. When trying to connect and engage with current and new customers it is important to use all the tools that are available to us as an entrepreneur, but we don’t all have the massive marketing budgets like Fortune 500 companies. If you are looking to promote your business or event and have an idea for a social media campaign or want a commercial to get you message out to customers, then you need to contact Brian Cottam of Wild Lupin Media as he will have a solution to meet your needs and budget. In our conversation with Brian we also learn about his innovative side with NSLive.TV and how this project could be a real game changer for branding your business, organization or next event. The craft beer industry is one of the fastest growing industries in North America, so we thought that it was time for us to select what we believe to be the Top North American Beer Festivals so beer enthusiasts on both sides of the 49th Parallel know where to go to sample the best the
industry has to offer.
If you are going to have craft beer, then better have something to keep it good and cold and that is where Darren and Andrea Best of Acadia Refrigeration come in. We learn that whether it is Industrial, Residen- tial, Commercial, Recreational, Retail or Geothermal that truly their family business has the solution for you. We hope you enjoy the issue and we would like to thank all our featured companies for sharing your chal- lenges, successes and for inspiring others to follow their dreams and passion. We also thank all those involved in putting this month’s issue together along with our advertisers and readers as we look forward to telling more stories about successful businesses and the people behind making it all happen.
Lee Ann Atwater , Editor
P.O. Box 35007, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 0G3 P: 902 593 0533 E: info@spotlightbizmag.com spotlightonbusinessmagazine.com
3
APRIL 2019 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online