Mike Trakalo

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Industry Advertising
Occupation Social Media Strategist
Location Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Introduction I'm a strategic thinker, I have a black belt in brainstorming, and I think social media is cool.
Interests Social Media, Advertising, Fanny Packs Snacks, Music, Comedy, Theatre, Movies, Adventuring, Nature, Balloonology.
Favorite Movies Art & Copy, Searching for Sugar Man, The Dallas Buyers Club, American Hustle, Con Air, Road House, Pulp Fiction, Top Gun, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, This is Spinal Tap, Office Space, Cool Hand Luke, Boondock Saints, Catch Me If You Can, Fight Club, Inception, Dazed and Confused, The Big Lebowski, Scarface, Little Miss Sunshine, I Love You Man, The Shawshank Redemption, The Wedding Singer, Anchorman, Goodfellas, Donnie Darko, Fast Times at Ridgemont, 300, Superbad.
Favorite Music AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Chromeo, Daft Punk, Deadmau5, Dr. Dre, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Eminem, Empire of The Sun, Foster the People, The Gaslight Anthem, Gogol Bordello, Guns N Roses, Hockey, Justice, The Knux, Kings of Leon, Lou Reed, Led Zeppelin, Mason Jennings, Mother Mother, MSTRKRFT, Neil Young, People Under The Stairs, Passion Pit, Penetrator, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Ryan Adams, Sam Roberts, The Scorpions, Skrillex, Slightly Stoopid, Steel Panther, Steve Miller Band, Sweet Thing, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Favorite Books The Idea Writers: Copywriting in a New Media and Marketing Era, The War on Art, Frindle, Scarred, The Lie, The Dirt, Wayne's World Extreme Close-Up, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, What Every Person Should Know About War, The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup, Animal Farm.