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As Industry Marketing Manager, Financial Services at Microsoft Canada, I have a mandate to provide knowledge-based communication that will generate business opportunities for our sales teams. The target market is very niche within the Canadian Financial Services industry and as such, we often require the services of an agency that specializes in strong vertical relevance.

Kaleidoscope has been a valued marketing and communications partner in delivering results for the Microsoft Canada Financial Services team for a number of years. At this year’s OTX we were able to provide insight to attendees by showcasing valuable solutions that deal specifically with today’s changing financial services industry. Kaleidoscope, as an integral marketing partner pulled it all together for us. I would like to thank Kaleidoscope for their strategic vision and management of the Microsoft sponsorship of this event. This resulted in us obtaining a record number of qualified prospects which helps demonstrate the value of future sponsorship investments.

Derek Gooderham
National Industry Marketing Manager Financial Services
Microsoft Canada Co.

John Corrigan engaged Kaleidoscope to produce a brochure and postcard insert for our cross border investment business. We chose Kaleidoscope for their experience in the financial services sector and their reputation for innovative marketing.

Kaleidoscope’s talented team had the vision to create a design that reflects success, wealth, and lifestyle. Our goal was to attract high-net-worth clients to our business and the result is high quality, top notch marketing pieces that we are proud to show to both current and potential business. We highly recommend Kaleidoscope.

John Corrigan
CIM, FCSI, Investment Advisor
RBC Dominion Securities
I just wanted to thank you for getting the rest of the jackets and additional clothing to me so quickly. Everyone loves the jackets.

Jamie L. Morin, B.Sc. (Env.)
Environmental Specialist
RiskCheck Environmental Ltd.
Kaleidoscope develops and creates marketing programs on behalf of Microsoft Canada that target the financial services industry. They were able to quickly pull together an interesting and creative solution for our business objectives. They have developed a "Smart Solutions" brand that complements the Microsoft brand and has integrated it into an educational series of seminars targeting the enterprise divisions. They have taken a fresh approach to driving revenue within the financial services vertical, delivering relevant information to the audience. Their expertise was invaluable and was exhibited in the development of a robust database, to the development and production of all marketing collateral, to the project management of multiple third parties, through to their on-site event management. The blend of knowledge of the technology industry and the financial services industry make them a highly valued marketing partner.

I recommend Kaleidoscope to deliver powerful creative and audience-specific content in their marketing initiatives.

Susan Sharp
Senior Marketing Manager, Financial Services
Microsoft Canada
Yvette's management expertise and mix of strategic marketing, tactical strengths and creative energy have contributed to our success in maintaining the straight-forward investment messaging of “Invest early, invest regularly and stay invested”. Your varied strengths have certainly been an asset to our team and I hope to work with you in the near future.

Barb Kerfont
Director, Marketing Investment, Day-to-day and Electronic Banking
Scotiabank
We used Public Relations (PR) as a tool to increase industry awareness and the public profile of Basis100 Inc.

Kate’s PR knowledge and strategic direction of the Basis100 PR initiative helped us accomplish both of those objectives. In fact, it would be fair to say that without her driving our PR programme, we would not have been as successful in those initiatives, nor in our corollary initiatives in the Investor Relations area.

Lance McIntosh
CFO and Manager, Investor Relations (former) 
Basis100
I would like to take this opportunity to recommend Kaleidoscope Marketing and Communications in the area of Marketing and Brand Development.

They have provided our firm with a professional, tech-savvy look that now positions us competitively in the marketplace. The way in which they manage the business is unique and creative. I especially appreciated the brainstorming sessions. This made me feel as though they really cared about our business.

The creation of our taglines for Hanco Enterprises - Knowledge beyond Technology hits my business plan precisely. Being in the service industry these three words convey a “cutting edge” company, not only in the area of technology, but also in servicing our clients.

A second tagline which Yvette and Kate created for the barcode development and management division is Hanco Technologies – Maximizing Business Solutions. Introducing a concept of personalized barcode systems to meet the needs of ERP and AM software platforms which have become an increasingly growing area of our business. Our brand positioning displays an extraordinary value proposition.

Kaleidoscope has been our agency for some time now and they have positioned Hanco’s vision through their marketing genius. They developed our brand and created all of our B2B marketing material, including our two websites, brochures, tradeshow presentations and material, training brochures. They developed an internal system that has expanded our customer service area immensely. 

Carol Hanley
Hanco Enterprises and Technologies
I'd like to convey my appreciation for your great value-add approach and for being part of the team to create and develop the direct marketing piece for Scotiabank Young Investors Fund.  Reaching an 8% response rate reflected the success of the program.  Thank you and I look forward to the next opportunity to work together.

Woodrow Pelley
Vice President marketing (former)
Scotia Securities

From a simple logo, Kate took Basis100 to a national brand, incorporating separate business lines and products across Canada and the United States into a cohesive brand strategy.

Gary Bartholomew
Chairman and CEO
Basis100

 
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