Erica Hakonson, the Principal and Founder of Maven Collective Marketing an award-winning, BC-based, B2B Digital Marketing Agency, is a finalist for ‘Business Woman of the Year’ and ‘Technopreneur of the Year’ at the annual CanadianSME National Business Awards. Canada’s leading magazine for small to mid-sized companies, CandianSME Business Magazine, is holding the first-ever annual… Continue reading Maven Collective Marketing Principal, Erica Hakonson, is a CanadianSME National Business Awards Finalist
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Maven Collective Marketing Founder Wins Silver Stevie Award for Women in Business
Erica Hakonson, Principal and Founder of BC-based award-winning B2B Digital Marketing Agency, Maven Collective Marketing, has won a Silver Award at this year’s Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
2019 Women in Business Stevie Awards
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run – worldwide. They considered by many to be the world’s premier business awards.
This year, over 1,500 entries were submitted for consideration in more than 90 categories, including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Company of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women Run Workplace of the Year.
The 2019 awards were presented on November 15th at a dinner event in New York City.
Erica Haksonson Wins Silver Award
Erica Hakonson won a Silver Award in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year category for Business Services with less than 10 employees
“I am humbled to be recognized by the Stevie Awards, especially alongside such an outstanding group of female entrepreneurs from around the world,” Erica shares. “This award is an acknowledgment of the excellent work of every Maven at Maven Collective Marketing.”
Since founding Maven Collective Marketing in 2012, Hakonson has grown the agency specializing in partnering with B2B technology companies to help them succeed in all areas of digital and traditional marketing. Maven Collective Marketing has grown and strengthened year over year with Principal Erica Hakonson at the helm, achieving 230% growth over the last year.
Additionally, Hakonson is acknowledged as an expert in the field of B2B technology marketing, including recent international publications in Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, CMSWire and Canadian SME Business Magazine.
Hakonson is also passionate about giving back. In addition to donating two percent of revenue to charities, she also encourages women to enter entrepreneurship and the technology sector. Hakonson served as a volunteer on the Board of Directors for Simon Fraser University Alumni Board, the Aligned Collective Society and currently serves on the Board of North Shore Connexions Society.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more at http://www.StevieAwards.com.
About Maven Collective Marketing
Founded in 2012, Maven Collective Marketing is the multi-award winning digital marketing agency and partner to B2B software and software services companies to help businesses redefine their marketing strategies to thrive in the oversaturated marketplace of B2B software sameness.
Maven Collective Marketing has worked with B2B Fortune 500 companies launching/relaunching new products to SMB start-ups in the earlier stages of their business. Maven Collective Marketing brings the expertise and experience to translate, navigate and execute the complex world of online marketing to produce meaningful and measurable ROI. Learn more about our work and services today!
Erica Hakonson, Principal and Founder of BC-based award-winning B2B Digital Marketing Agency, Maven Collective Marketing, has won a Silver Award at this year’s Stevie Awards for Women in Business. 2019 Women in Business Stevie Awards The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run – worldwide. … Continue reading Maven Collective Marketing Founder Wins Silver Stevie Award for Women in Business
Principal, Erica Hakonson, named as Stevie Award Finalist
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business have named Erica Hakonson, our Principal & Founder, a finalist for Female Entrepreneur of the Year. The world’s premier business awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees and the companies they run. “It is a great honor to be recognized… Continue reading Principal, Erica Hakonson, named as Stevie Award Finalist
Maven Collective Marketing Wins Prestigious PR Daily Content Marketing Award
Maven Collective Marketing is excited to announce that we’ve been awarded PR Daily’s Content Marketing Award for redeveloping BONZAI Intranet’s website and significantly increasing traffic, leads and revenue. Maven Collective Marketing, was recently chosen from a wide pool of entries and named a winner of PR Daily’s 2019 Content Marketing Awards in the “Website”… Continue reading Maven Collective Marketing Wins Prestigious PR Daily Content Marketing Award
Be Kind: Maven Collective Marketing Paying It Forward Initiative 2019
So, unbelievably, it’s that time of year again! The holidays are nearly upon us, the weather’s turning and our favourite tradition needs to be upheld – the Maven Collective Marketing Paying It Forward Initiative. ‘Pay it forward’ is an expression for when a person receives an act of kindness and instead of simply accepting the… Continue reading Be Kind: Maven Collective Marketing Paying It Forward Initiative 2019
Maven Collective Marketing Wins MarCom Gold Award for B2B Website Overhaul
The multi-award-winning B2B Digital Marketing Agency, Maven Collective Marketing, has won a MarCom Gold Award for Creating a Stress-Free Brand and Website Overhaul its client, BONZAI Intranet. The MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals.
“We are thrilled and honored to receive such a competitive marketing and communications award. We couldn’t have done it without the skills, hard work and dedication from everyone who contributed to this rewarding project,” shares Erica Hakonson, Principal of Maven Collective Marketing.
BONZAI Intranet, an Aurea Company, needed a new website to showcase the features and functionality of its Digital Workplace solution. Maven Collective Marketing led the website overhaul project with design and development support from Creative Engine. The result was a one of a kind website that is not only aesthetically pleasing, it has also led to a significant increase in website traffic and qualified leads for the client.
“We couldn’t be happier with how the BONZAI Intranet’s brand and website overhaul turned out. Receiving such a prestigious award for this project is an affirmation of our team’s expertise as well as the high level of service our clients have come to rely on from us,” adds Hakonson.
MarCom, sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) is one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious creative competitions in the world. Judged by industry professionals, the awards recognize outstanding achievements in marketing and communications materials and programs. Judges look for individuals and companies whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. There were over 6,000 entries from around the world in contention for the 2019 MarCom awards competition.
If you’re ready to redefine your brand and transform your organization with superior digital marketing services from a multi-award-winning agency, contact Maven Collective Marketing directly at maven@mavencollectivemarketing.com.
The multi-award-winning B2B Digital Marketing Agency, Maven Collective Marketing, has won a MarCom Gold Award for Creating a Stress-Free Brand and Website Overhaul its client, BONZAI Intranet. The MarCom Awards honors excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals. “We are thrilled and honored to receive… Continue reading Maven Collective Marketing Wins MarCom Gold Award for B2B Website Overhaul
Maven Collective Marketing Wins Gold for a B2B Website in the dotCOMM Awards
We are pleased to announce that Maven Collective Marketing has won the prestigious Gold B2B Website dotCOMM award for the website and brand overhaul for their client, BONZAI Intranet.
There were over 2,000 entries from across the United States, Canada and fourteen other countries in the 2019 dotCOMM Awards competition. Entries came from corporate marketing and communication departments, digital shops, advertising agencies, PR firms, production companies, designers, developers and more.
“We are honored to win a Gold dotCOMM award for the BONZAI intranet B2B website, the award reflects the hard work and dedication of the mavens and creators that worked on this rewarding project,” shares Erica Hakonson, Principal of Maven Collective Marketing.
BONZAI Intranet, an Aurea Company, needed a new website to optimally showcase the features and functionality of its Digital Workplace solution. Maven Collective Marketing led the website overhaul project with design and development support from Creative Engine.
The prestigious dotCOMM Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of thousands of marketing, advertising and communication, advertising and public relations professionals.
“We are delighted to receive this accolade as it endorses our creative and strategic approach to B2B website overhauls. Winning Gold in the B2B website category of the dotCOMM awards is an outstanding achievement and validation to the strategies, best practices, methodologies and trusted experience our clients have learned to rely on,” explains Hakonson.
AMCP judges are industry professionals looking for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. Winners were selected from 241 categories for websites, videos, social media, paid media, owned media, earned media, and digital marketing and communication programs.
If you are ready to redefine your brand to stand out in a category of one and jet out of the sea of software sameness, get in touch with us today at maven@mavencollectivemarketing.com.
With over 2,000 entries across 16 different countries, discover why Maven Collective Marketing won a dotCOMM website award.
And the International Creative Award goes to… Maven Collective Marketing!
Maven Collective Marketing is pleased to announce that it has won a Summit Creative Award for creative website work on a B2B website, for their client BONZAI Intranet. Out of more than 4,500 submissions from 27 countries, Maven Collective Marketing is named a Bronze winner in the 2019 Summit Creative Award competition for its… Continue reading And the International Creative Award goes to… Maven Collective Marketing!
Empowering Female Entrepreneurship: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women’s Day, Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business tables a Women’s Panel of Entrepreneurs to bring greater awareness to females running their own businesses successfully today.
On Friday, March 8th, 2019 at 5:30 PM, Director of Entrepreneurship at Simon Fraser University, Sarah Lubik (@SarahLubik), will host this women’s panel in celebration of International Women’s Day.
Women in Entrepreneurship
Maven Collective Marketing is excited to announce our Principal, Erica Hakonson, will be a panelist at the “Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: A Panel Event in Celebration of International Women’s Day” on Friday, March 9th, 2019 at 5:30 PM at Simon Fraser University’s Segal School of Business in Vancouver, BC.
“It is an honor to be asked to participate in this outstanding panel of Female Entrepreneurs. I look forward to being inspired by each of the women on the panel as well as by the experienced host, Sarah Lubik, from Simon Fraser University,” shares Erica Hakonson, Maven Collective Marketing Principal.
This diverse panel of entrepreneurs is assembled and hosted in alignment with the Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business calling to develop innovative and socially responsible leaders.
The Female Entrepreneurship Panel
Joining our Maven Collective Marketing’s Principal, Erica Hakonson (@EricaHakonson), on this Women’s Entrepreneurship panel is an eclectic segment of Female Entrepreneurs, including:
- Susan Chapelle: Co-Founder, Aligned Collective (@SquamishSusan)
- Stephanie Jhala: Founder, A Mother’s Movement (@StephJhala)
- Poala Ardiles: Founder, Bridge for Health Co-operative (@Poala_a_Ardiles)
The organizations run by these female entrepreneurs span not-for-profit, technology, healthcare, and wellness communities.
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
The Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Panel Event is open to attend by all entrepreneurial-minded (and entrepreneurial curious); a free event sponsored by the Beedie School of Business. To save your seat, register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/empowering-women-entrepreneurs-a-panel-event-in-celebration-of-international-womens-day-tickets-55526601560
This exclusively Simon Fraser University MBA Alumni Panel will share their diverse paths as female entrepreneurs, highlighting the successes and failures that have brought them to run their businesses today. The panel discussion will be followed by networking and will give you the chance to ask questions and make connections.
Of course, this is only one of many events celebrating International Women’s Day (March 8). We hope you take the opportunity to participate/attend a local event that inspires you and the women that are leading and progressing social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
Learn more at: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/
In honor of International Women’s Day, Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business tables a Women’s Panel of Entrepreneurs to bring greater awareness to females running their own businesses successfully today. On Friday, March 8th, 2019 at 5:30 PM, Director of Entrepreneurship at Simon Fraser University, Sarah Lubik (@SarahLubik), will host this women’s panel… Continue reading Empowering Female Entrepreneurship: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
That’s so Maven: Maven Collective Marketing’s Annual “Paying it Forward” Initiative
Here at Maven Collective Marketing, we love the holidays. But for more reasons than you’d think! Learn about the the Maven Collective Marketing Paying it Forward Initiative. As November rolls around, three things come to mind. First, how the heck is it already November? I’m still getting used to the idea that summer is… Continue reading That’s so Maven: Maven Collective Marketing’s Annual “Paying it Forward” Initiative