
Big
Thinking

Why SEO still matters – and what you should be doing about it
SEO isn’t the flashiest of marketing strategies. But it works hard in the background to help your business grow. And in today’s noisy digital world, that matters more than ever.

Digital, SEO, content, social and design resources to up your game
Enhance your marketing skills with expert-recommended resources covering SEO, design, social, analytics and video production.

Why metrics matter in marketing
Learn why tracking metrics is key to smarter marketing. Discover how data-driven insights boost ROI, optimize campaigns and elevate your brand.

The importance of a campaign refresh…and how we do it
You’ve seen it before…that marketing campaign that’s run a little too long and has been promoted a little too often. Ad fatigue occurs when an audience sees ads so often that they become bored and stop paying attention. At MindFire, it’s our job to prevent ad fatigue by keeping campaigns fresh and exciting. Here are a few ways we get started.

The cookie-less future and what it means for your business
Prompted by increased user privacy concerns, third-party cookies will be blocked by Google on its Chrome browser sometime in 2023. We dive into what this means for your organization's marketing efforts.

Is your website secure?
Attacks on web assets come from all angles, especially those we least expect. Your website is one of the main ways your audience interacts with your brand, which is why you should make web security a priority.

Marketing during a global crisis
About one year ago, our nation went into a lockdown to help slow the spread of COVID-19. While where we worked and how we worked changed dramatically, the need to quickly create good work did not. Now, we’re taking a look back and sharing our key learnings.

A taste of website accessibility
Is your website accessible to everyone who browses it? If you can’t answer that question confidently, you may want to consider reading this.

What [em]powers MindFire – a glance at our technology
It seems like businesses often consider technology as a major burden – like it’s some unfortunate necessity. At MindFire, we embrace it because we know it's a conduit through which our [rather expansive] brand-building ideas can flow freely.

So you think you need a new website…
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.

360° media: opening up possibility
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.

Track advertising ROI with UTM links and conversion tracking
There’s a famous quote in the advertising world by John Wanamaker, the first retailer to place a full-page ad: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”