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In addition to being an integral member of the Sage team, Alan Middleton is an author, frequent speaker and sought after marketing and communications commentator. Here are a few of his published works.

Ikonica

Published several year ago Ikonica explored the heritage and personalities of some of Canada’s most successful and well-konown brands. Alan Middleton co-authored Ikonica – a Fieldguide to Canada’s Brandscape with Jeannette Hanna.

Mentorship Matters

In a post-pandemic world where work-life balance is on the Mentorship Matters table, there is a need for mentorship as a way to humanize work relationships and improve organizational performance.

Association of Canadian Advertisers

Alan has also authored three reports for the Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA):

Improving the Marketing Communications Value Chain – A look at the role of Payment-By-Results Remuneration
Measuring Marketing Communications Returns- ROI or Dashboard?
Come Together – a guidebook for enhancing the value of the Client-Agency relationship in the marketing communications industry.

Marketing Matters for SMEs

Covers research and cases about the practice of marketing and its importance for Canadian small and medium enterprises.

(To be published, Fall 2022)

Advertising Works II

Written by Alan Middleton and John Dalla Costa, Advertising Works explores how advertising works and how to make it work harder.

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