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While the chances are good that your website needs a fresh redesign (what? No one uses Flash anymore?), it could also indicate that your company’s overall branding and marketing efforts could use some attention, too.

While the traditional methods of promoting events are still valid, social media has proven to be an incredibly powerful tool to fire up event attendance. The results are impressive considering the cost of advertising on social media, especially when compared to more traditional methods of advertising.

As a marketer, there are a lot of ways to take advantage of this new technology. It helps to be inspired by what others are doing. Here are just a few.

If you’re annoyed by all the bad TV commercials out there, you should be. Just about everyone else is annoyed by them, too. Sadly, there’s probably no quicker way to lower brand perception than creating low-budget TV spots. When was the last time you hired a lawyer who had TV commercials? Yep, never.

Music can create a powerful, nuanced emotional state. It can communicate feelings in a particular moment, the mood of a scene or the overall spot's tone. And it does it in a way that’s impossible with any other tools.

The world of social media has led to some pretty amazing interactive campaigns. (See here, here and here for some examples.) But as marketers we know that “the internet” can also tear poorly-judged campaigns to shreds … and they can do so very quickly and VERY publicly. Ironically, the worst campaign can get just as […]

Snapchat is different from other social media platforms because the app most accurately allows users to share real life experiences.

If you’ve been around any of us long enough – especially the lovely Amy Behning – you’ve probably heard us say, ”Audiences think in a blink.”

From empowering messaging for girls to a giant spider dog … if it seems like online videos are everywhere these days, it’s because they are. Audiences are shifting to prefer video over other content, and according to this MarketingProfs article, 2015 will be the year of video marketing! So let’s talk about the power of online video marketing. But first, […]

Why do we get hooked so easily by questions? We see headlines like, “What does your eye color say about you?” and instantly feel the need to click to learn more. The answer: Curiosity! Once piqued, it becomes a relentless force that must be satisfied. A natural instinct that stimulates and drives behavior and relationships. […]

Visual storytelling has been with us since the days of cave drawings, and it’s not going away. The platforms evolve over time, but the power of visuals to engage, inform and motivate remains constant. Are you using visual content in your marketing efforts? I’m talking about photos, infographics, graphs and charts, cartoons and comics, maps, videos and more. This is the content consumers are craving, consuming and sharing.

Your brand isn’t what you say it is. It’s what your customers say it is. You need to hear the truth from them. It’s risky to assume that you know everything about your customers or that your intuition is spot on.