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Achieving Growth Conversion Rate Optimization with Philip La from @Figure1 at @BitmakerLabs #money - Culture Toronto

Achieving Growth Conversion Rate Optimization with Philip La from @Figure1 at @BitmakerLabs #money - Culture Toronto

by Phil Reiter

Growth is marketing, Philip La explains, but it’s “more about process” than the direct sell. And, Philip, as the User Growth Manager at figure1 – effectively Facebook or Instagram for healthcare professionals –, knows more than a thing or two about Growth.

 

The Story So Far: @UTSC Theatre Kids @CahootsTheatre in TO #Art - Culture Toronto

The Story So Far: @UTSC Theatre Kids @CahootsTheatre in TO #Art - Culture Toronto

by Jasmine Williams

“It was a daunting concept at first,” says Rowntree. “It was hard because theatre isn’t usually a solo thing.”

@AtomicLollipop 2015: The 90’s All Grown Up with Culture Toronto #geek

@AtomicLollipop 2015: The 90’s All Grown Up with Culture Toronto #geek

by Culture Toronto Team

If you could look at this event with respect to the other big anime/cosplay events in TO, Atomic Lollipop is a lot like the rebellious little sibling in the family; slightly less popular with less experience, yet more willing to do crazy things, make mistakes and potentially die in a glorious James Dean-esque explosion.

#perpetuallysingle with Culture Toronto

#perpetuallysingle with Culture Toronto

by Sheba Arifullah

“Why don’t you get married?”

“Why don’t you find anyone?  You know so many people?”

“Aren’t you looking?”

“What about that guy?” (this is pretty much directed to any breathing male)

[BOOK REVIEW] The Night Circus by @erinmorgenstern with Culture Toronto

[BOOK REVIEW] The Night Circus by @erinmorgenstern with Culture Toronto

by Amanda DelaCruz

I devour books, but this is a novel that made me read slowly. I tried to savour every paragraph and take in every moment, and when I finished, I read it again. 

 

Wunderbar! Das ist Uber -- Drinking the Kool-Aid with @Uber's @LucSamuels @BitmakerLabs

Wunderbar! Das ist Uber -- Drinking the Kool-Aid with @Uber's @LucSamuels @BitmakerLabs

By Phil Reiter

With Uber's launch of their car pooling service this week amidst Pan Am insanity, the company's never had so much attention. Bitmaker Labs invites Culture Toronto to meet Uber's senior marketer at their home base.

[Interview] How Toronto girls got celebs like @Beyonce to use their product: That @VelourLashes hustle with Culture Toronto!

[Interview] How Toronto girls got celebs like @Beyonce to use their product: That @VelourLashes hustle with Culture Toronto!

with Sherif Badr and the creators of Velour Lashes 

The Velour Lashes story is one about team work, a dream, the hustle to travel the world to push a product and wielding the power of social media. #BeyonceUsesIt

Traveling to Dorne from @GameofThrones; Fighting pits, water gardens, Volantis and more with Culture Toronto!

Traveling to Dorne from @GameofThrones; Fighting pits, water gardens, Volantis and more with Culture Toronto!

by Darren Bachan

A stunning photo journal of one of Game of Thrones' most beautiful shooting locations accompanied by insider  knowledge and lore. Step into the mind of GOT directors with a true fan!

[VIDEO] @AMDRadeon ExtravaLANza & @ESCHAMP | Star Craft II, Countestrike GO and DOTA with Culture Toronto

[VIDEO] @AMDRadeon ExtravaLANza & @ESCHAMP | Star Craft II, Countestrike GO and DOTA with Culture Toronto

by Culture Toronto Team

Hidden in a non-descript industrial area close to Yorkdale mall is the Hunter and Lucas eSports club, where the AMD Radeon ExtravaLANza was held. As a giant LAN party, it was a chance to compete in either DOTA 2, Starcraft II or Counterstrike (Global Offensive) amongst a cozy coterie of the growing subculture of eSports enthusiasts. 

[Video] @LeagueOfLegends, Mega Man, 5th Element, and Attack on Titan Cosplays with Culture Toronto!

[Video] @LeagueOfLegends, Mega Man, 5th Element, and Attack on Titan Cosplays with Culture Toronto!

by Sherif Badr

Anime North was flooded this year with epic League Of Legends cosplays. We saw some outstanding megamen, Attack on Titan ferrets, one Diva Plavalaguna (5th element) that you just couldn't miss, and a Rick Grimes that made our day.

This @E3, Square Enix Saves Sony (Again): FFVII, Doom, Kingdom Hearts, Mario Maker and VR with Culture Toronto

This @E3, Square Enix Saves Sony (Again): FFVII, Doom, Kingdom Hearts, Mario Maker and VR with Culture Toronto

by Garnet Nagato

At E3, a spectacle of new electronic things, it was the recruitment of the old that drew the most attention. After much fan harassment Square Enix has announced the remake of Final Fantasy VII, a seminal piece in the canon of video game history (Like Doom, which was also announced). 

Hate Speech Or Free Speech? The Action Bronson debate with Culture Toronto

Hate Speech Or Free Speech? The Action Bronson debate with Culture Toronto

by Jasmine Williams

The controversy is an example of an archetypal debate. Which offensive acts qualify as freedom of expression, and which fall under the category of hate speech?

[INTERVIEW] with #MILLIEMAROTTA - ILLUSTRATOR OF ADULT COLOURING BOOKS with Culture Toronto and @SterlingBooks

[INTERVIEW] with #MILLIEMAROTTA - ILLUSTRATOR OF ADULT COLOURING BOOKS with Culture Toronto and @SterlingBooks

With Amanda DelaCruz

"The idea with Animal Kingdom was to create a beautiful book which people would enjoy colouring as much as I enjoyed putting together. Something people would love to look at and want to show others and which once finished they would want to keep afterwards." - Millie

Here's @MarkForwardd, @MattBaram and @gracelynnkung Talking @naardfilm, #Acting and "Making It" With Culture Toronto!

Here's @MarkForwardd, @MattBaram and @gracelynnkung Talking @naardfilm, #Acting and "Making It" With Culture Toronto!

With Sherif Badr

This is a movie about coincidence where two men with the same name will make you question your beliefs.

Boot Camp On A Budget: A Review of UrbanCore’s Outdoor Fitness Class

Boot Camp On A Budget: A Review of UrbanCore’s Outdoor Fitness Class

By Jasmine Williams

In reality, this boot camp class is like a good Swedish massage. Seems like fun when you start it, hurts like a bitch going through it, but you feel so much better after it. 

[BOOK REVIEW] A Thousand Pieces of You by @claudiagray with Culture Toronto

[BOOK REVIEW] A Thousand Pieces of You by @claudiagray with Culture Toronto

By Amanda DelaCruz

What makes up the identity of a person? What traits are at the core of our being? What is unchanging and constant within you when all other variables are not? These questions are at the center of Claudia Gray's latest novel A Thousand Pieces of You. 

 

[Tutorial] Building the Winged Armors of Ashari's Incredible Costumes

[Tutorial] Building the Winged Armors of Ashari's Incredible Costumes

Sherif Badr with Ashari

Amidst the cosplay events in Toronto, you may see giant, stunning (sometimes glowing) wings in the distance above the heads of a crowd of photographers - that heroine in the middle is often Ashari (cosplay alias). 

#suicidesquad in #Toronto through the images and vids of Torontonians

#suicidesquad in #Toronto through the images and vids of Torontonians

By Garnet Nagato

Only a few things can turn an entire city into the paparazzi - Batman is one of them.

Crazy Cosplays at @anime_north 2015 with Culture Toronto

Crazy Cosplays at @anime_north 2015 with Culture Toronto

By Amanda DelaCruz

Just some of the craziest cosplays at Anime North 2015!

[BOOK REVIEW] All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

[BOOK REVIEW] All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

By Amanda DelaCruz

How much of our lives are dictated by where and when we are born, by the interests of the time?