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If you’ve been tasked with writing copy and you don’t know where to begin, “start where the reader starts” reminds us to think about what the consumer of the information would want. Looking at your brand through your customers’ eyes is an important exercise for any writer.

In today’s digital and online world, a significant component of marketing is social media. By combining traditional PR tactics with strategic social media efforts, you can ignite awareness and begin to convert prospects. We show you how with this example....

How well do your customers know you? Not just your brand but YOU … you as a person? How much do you share of your personal life, not only on social media, but in person? And are those messages consistent?

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.

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.

This feature also unlocks a big opportunity to not only understand what consumers are feeling, but why they are feeling it.

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.

The idea of Twitter probably sounded far-fetched and a little insane when its founders pitched the website, but as of 2014 there are 271 million monthly active users. So, how can your business create a Twitter presence that is responsive, engaging and brand worthy? We‘ve got 7 tips for you.

Pew respondents painted a pretty interesting picture of how the Internet of Things will evolve in the next 11 years ...

As the importance of content marketing continues to grow in 2014, marketers need to be smarter and more strategic about execution.

Real-time marketing, powered by social media and technology, has the potential to take messaging to a whole new level.