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title: "Insights: Marketing, Brand and GEO from Toronto | Culture Cartel"
description: "Perspectives from Culture Cartel on choosing an agency, experiential marketing in Toronto, GEO and AI search, and what marketing actually costs in Canada."
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Insights

5 articles / RSS

# Straight talk.

Useful, specific, sourced. Written by the studio.

1. [01 Experiential marketing in Toronto: the complete guide Experiential marketing in Toronto, explained: formats that work, permits and alcohol rules, timelines, budgets, measurement and how to brief an agency well. Live / 8 min / Oct 5, 2026](https://www.culturecartel.ca/insights/experiential-marketing-toronto-guide)
2. [02 How to choose a marketing agency in Toronto How to choose a marketing agency in Toronto: what to check, what to ask, red flags, real market rates and how to run a short, fair selection process. Buying marketing / 7 min / Oct 5, 2026](https://www.culturecartel.ca/insights/how-to-choose-a-marketing-agency-in-toronto)
3. [03 Marketing agency pricing in Canada: what things actually cost Marketing agency pricing in Canada: hourly rates, project ranges and retainers from public data, what drives cost, and how to compare proposals fairly. Buying marketing / 7 min / Oct 5, 2026](https://www.culturecartel.ca/insights/marketing-agency-pricing-canada)
4. [04 We built a site that reads your brand and pitches you back We launched the Brand Teardown and the Cartel Lens: enter your URL, get a scorecard, then watch our site reskin itself and pitch three positioning ideas. Launch / 6 min / Oct 5, 2026](https://www.culturecartel.ca/insights/the-cartel-lens)
5. [05 What is GEO, and why your brand is invisible to AI What is GEO? Generative engine optimisation explained: how AI answers pick sources, what the research says works, and a practical checklist for your brand. Search and AI / 7 min / Oct 5, 2026](https://www.culturecartel.ca/insights/what-is-geo)

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