By Libby Esterle, Senior Account Executive Back in the day when I started in this industry, paid marketing (advertising) and non-paid marketing (PR, editorial/media relations/etc.) were separate animals and, as a result, advertising wasn’t typically something a traditional PR agency was involved with. In fact, when I moved to Cincinnati in 1999, I worked […]
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 […]
By Sam Taylor, Intern At the time of this writing, my father — a man who prides himself on having read fewer than a dozen books in his lifetime — has just started his next book series. He’s indulging in fiction for the first time ever, and has selected the Percy Jackson & The […]
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 […]
By Victoria Knepp, Consultant Recently I was doing research for a client about company culture. Here’s what I found. This time last year, Gallup reported: 48% of U.S. employees were actively job searching. 74% of employees said they experienced burnout on the job at least “sometimes.” This year, Gallup reports: Fewer than 1 in […]
By Lynn Corbitt, Account Executive Instagram can be an important tool to have in your marketing strategy, especially if your audience is between the ages of 18 and 44 and lives in a suburban or urban area. There are plenty more demographic insights to explore, if you’re into that sort of thing. If you […]
By Lynn Corbitt, Account Executive Whether you’re an Instagram expert or just getting started, it’s no secret that the app can be a great place for businesses to connect with their audience and thrive. When you use Instagram for marketing, though, it’s a little different than using it for fun on your personal account. […]
By Elyn Buscani, Account Manager In February, our entire agency did something rarely found these days: we spent most of a day in-person, working on long-term strategic planning. (To illustrate the difficulty in focusing on the long-term, a spike in COVID-19 positivity rates pushed this event a month later than intended.) If you’ve also been […]
By Erika Turan, APR, Senior Account Executive We help many healthcare clients tell compelling, engaging, and important patient stories. In my decades of doing this work, I’ve never grown tired of it. I started at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in the mid-1990s, interviewing physicians about vitamin E research and anesthesiology protocols and […]
By Libby Esterle, Senior Account Executive Back in the day, newsboys relied on the simple and effective phrase “Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” to sell papers, in particular, “extra” editions that ran apart from the usual publishing schedule. Running in the streets wearing cute newsboy caps probably helped as well. However, given that […]
