Mark Kolier
Mark got started writing product profiles and music as well as producing in-house training videos for Manufacturers Hanover Trust back in the early 1980′s. After a short stint writing and pitching jingles for a music house, Mark spent almost three years working with advertising agencies representing several commercial photographers.
Mark founded Canterbury Graphics in 1996 as a print management company. Today as president of CGSM, Inc. Mark is responsible for overseeing the strategic evolution of the company from a traditional print production agency into a full-service marketing organization that offers strategic consulting, creative services, digital marketing, printing and mailing, and media services. CGSM takes a media neutral approach to its client’s business needs.
Integrated marketing by use of pURL’s, website and microsite development, email marketing, Facebook page builds, and a variety of ecommerce applications also are included in the services CGSM provides to its customers. In 2008 CGSM acquired an equity stake in Tri-Media Integrated Marketing Technologies effectively adding more than 75 full time web designers and e-commerce specialists to its team.
Marketing agencies are beginning to consider owning their own products and servicing them as an agency-client relationship. In 2000 Mark founded ecommerce application YourCover.com which has evolved into a leading provider of online user generated personalized magazine covers as well as ancillary products for a host of life stage events.
Mark writes regularly and has been published in a number of business and professional journals and has a blog that can be found at http://blog.cgsm.com
He lives in Wilton with his wife Michele and has two children Gordon (21) and Haley (nearly 17)
- Location
- New York
- Languages
- English, French, Chinese
- Education
- USC
Fun Facts
Recent Posts by Mark
Dominique Strauss-Khan, Elliot Spitzer, Mark Sanford, and more recently Anthony Weiner. My guess is those four names conjure up a pretty clear idea in your mind Read More
Groupon and Living Social are red hot as the two of the most successful online social Read More
Since I am of a certain age (I was born when Ike was President of the U.S.), I have friends that refuse to engage on Read More
Despite all the talk about marketing via social networks, mobile marketing and digital display, the ‘traditional’ consistently performing channel – good old direct mail – Read More
Having opened an office in lower Manhattan in November, I have joined the ranks of commuters from the New York City suburbs- even it if Read More
I’m writing this on a mid-Monday afternoon just after the end of the Christmas Day Blizzard here in the Connecticut. We’ve had more than Read More
For years, advertising agencies have worked to help their clients get a compelling message out to prospective customers in the hope that these prospects will Read More
After a somewhat encouraging Black Friday and ensuing holiday shopping weekend (up 6% over 2009) today is Read More
Running a company has many rewards. CEO’s and company Presidents are rewarded with impossibly long hours, dizzying responsibilities in Read More
Many people I talk to remark that they see me all over LinkedIn . I am always posting blogs, recommending people, Read More
I’ve been ‘using’ Foursquare’s location based application for about 9 months now. People ask me all the time WHY do I use Foursquare to let people Read More
It isn’t even the China I grew up learning about. China is a country with a more than 5,000 year old history. Americans (and Westerners in Read More
Now that the 33 men trapped in a mine in San Jose, Chile for 69 days have been rescued the world Read More
Some time ago I posted that I wanted our company to be more global in scope – http://wp.me/pJX7l-Q . This afternoon Read More
In thinking about today’s post I was determined to not post about what’s dominating my thoughts lately – China. I was having a little trouble and then Read More
Note: Since I am in no way any kind of economist my perspective is that of a layman.
It seems to me that economists and Read More
I’ve been a fan of the HBO show ‘Entourage’ since it debuted more than 5 years ago. It’s a half hour fun respite which offers Read More
I’ve been on a flight or maybe two that offered internet access this year but they were short flights – under 3 hours so it did Read More
Like many of us I find that there hardly is enough time in a ten (ok 13 sometimes) hour work day to get Read More
The better question might be why haven’t I? The cable company that delivers our cable TV and internet service has been advertising a triple option Read More
If you live in a major city, (or even smaller town with a really hot restaurant) the process of making a reservation can be onerous, Read More
Are you getting what you pay for when it comes to marketing?
As U.S. and world economies bump along the bottom, customers repeatedly ask Read More
Activision/Blizzard’s online role playing game World of Warcraft (WOW) continues to amaze me. With more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers it is one of the most Read More
Full disclosure – first and foremost, I am die-hard Met fan. It is not really possible for me to ever root for the Yankees although as Read More
If you read the article in the NY Times this past Monday http://nyti.ms/cLeFl6 you saw that Dell Computer had a series of problems with its computers Read More
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