Craig is a husband, a father, team leader, senior youth group coordinator, designer, brander, community builder, volunteer, blogger, and social media manager. Craig likes to go camping, travel, go on road trips, watch movies, read with his girls, build stuff, operate the grill, and play bass guitar. In June 2017, PR firm Cision identified Craig as one of Canada’s top 10 most popular male bloggers in the parents and family space. Known as Big Daddy Kreativ, his blog specializes in travel, lifestyle, food, automotive, events, parenting, movies, tech, recipes, health, pets, reviews, and giveaways.
January 9th was a very early start. We departed for Cobo Center in downtown Detroit at 7am. Upon arrival, we settled in to our own private lounge. Out the window was as a beautiful view of Windsor, Ontario (Canada): Next we headed over to Joe Louis Arena for a Ford press conference. This was the official unveiling of the 2013 Ford Fusion. Now I have...
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On January 8th, I flew out to Detroit with approximately 150 other online influencers (bloggers and micro-bloggers) to attend the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) on behalf of Ford Canada. These online influencers included car enthusiasts, automotive bloggers, art, lifestyle, technology, design, fashion and parenting. It was a very interesting blend of people from 16 countries around the world. Our first stop was the...
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Last month, I was invited to attend the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) with 149 other bloggers by Ford Canada. Well the day has come! I’m really excited, as this will be my first time to the auto show in Detroit – the Motor City (or as I like to call it – Detroit Rock City – Yes, I’m a huge KISS fan)! I...
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When I originally set out to write my 140 characters conference speech, I had put all my thoughts down, and then started to write about each point. My wife Wendy asked me if I was recording it or timing myself. The thought hadn’t occurred to me yet. Once I felt I had enough written, I timed myself. 3 1/2 minutes. I either had to slow...
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Last week, I received a package. I opened it up to find a box of orange pekoe goodness… except, it wasn’t normal tea. It was called Tetley Perk. As stated on the box, “All the natural goodness of tea with the caffeine of coffee”. Now for anyone that knows me, I love tea. Steeped, chai, hot, cold… love it. But… it has to be convenient....
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