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.

Online jerks, bullies and trolls are everywhere. We recently covered simple approaches for community managers to deal with trolls with the goal to reduce the anxiety that comes with trying to figure out how to handle mean comments on a brand platform.

Nielsen’s 2018 audience report shows that 18-34 year-olds now spend more time on their phones than television, which means that we, as marketers, need to think about how to connect with younger audiences via mobile platforms.

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.

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.”

Tuesday, April 21, 2015. That’s the day that will go down in history as Google’s “Mobilegeddon.” On April 21, Google rolled out its mobile-friendly update globally. This means that Google is now boosting the ranking of mobile-friendly pages on mobile search results. In other words – when someone uses Google to search on their smart-phone […]