Category Archives: Content Marketing

3 Apr

Why is influencer marketing so… influential?

By Victoria Knepp, Consultant April 2024 The one and only. The infamous. The irreplaceable (apparently). The Stanley. No, not from The Office, although he’s a star in his own right. Not the NHL trophy either, that’s way outside my wheelhouse. The cup. That’s it. That’s all it is, is a cup. Right? Wrong. (Kind of.) With […]

14 Mar

Steps to a Strategic Masterpiece You Might be Forgetting

By Savannah Hedges, Account Associate March 2024 During college, I discovered a (rather shocking) passion for painting, which I accredit to Bob Ross. The following years have been full of canvas purchasing, trying various paints, and attempting to make my vision/s come to life on canvas. What does this have to do with marketing? I’m […]

10 Oct

In Our Taylor Era: Why Good Brand Stewardship Makes Good Business Sense

My older daughter Shelby became a Swiftie right around second grade. We were watching live when Kanye snatched the mic from 17-year-old Taylor. The Red Tour at Rupp Arena was Shelby’s first big concert. When Swift surprise-dropped folklore in the middle of quarantine, she brought a smile to my girl’s face for the first time […]

20 Sep

Five Marketing Déjà vu Moments I Had While Buying a New Home

  I recently bought a new home (yay!) and sold my first home (*insert mixed emotions emoji here). It’s been incredibly exciting, but also insanely overwhelming. In case you didn’t know, the real estate market is WILD right now. It is for sure a seller’s market, and let’s just not have a conversation about those […]

15 Jun

Trip Advisor―An Unofficial Guide to Effective Travel Marketing

  My husband and I recently took a road trip to my home state of Minnesota to visit family and friends, covering five states and logging just under 2,000 miles in seven days. Along the way I was struck by how effectively relatively simple marketing grabbed my attention as co-pilot, from interesting roadside signage and […]

14 Sep

Mastering Short-Form Videos in 2022

By Lauren Reed, Intern   Since the development and growth of TikTok, short-form videos have become the next big thing. These videos catch users’ attention and have no problem keeping it due to their snack-sized length. One of the first apps to feature short-form videos was Vine, released in 2013. The internet loved Vine’s simple […]

10 Aug

Shark! Gaining attention quickly

By Elyn Buscani (Account Manager) and Lauren Reed (Intern)   Since 1988, viewers have anticipated the annual terror premiering on Discovery Channel: Shark Week. Shark Week is the longest-running cable television programming event in history. Every year, people anxiously wait to see the latest shark shows such as Tyson vs. Jaws and Air Jaws. The […]

15 Dec
1 Dec

Practice Makes (Email Marketing) Perfect, Part I

By Libby Esterle, Senior Account Executive

Over the summer I shared some best practices and recommendations for leveraging social media at events and figured a nice follow up would be to do the same for email marketing. Much like websites, email marketing is here to stay and, when used strategically and thoughtfully, it can be a vital resource to maintain and build a loyal customer base and generate and convert leads.

3 Nov

Small Marketing Budget? Try This Easy Hack

By Erika Turan, APR, Senior Account Executive

Marketing budgets are among the first to be trimmed when organizations need to tighten their belts. Then there are companies whose marketing budgets are tight no matter what, sometimes due to the nature of their finances, like non-profits or small businesses, sometimes because leadership or finance doesn’t yet see the value of allocating for marketing.