Every organization is different, so the decision to work with an agency depends on many factors. That said, a few common challenges push brands to find the right marketing partner.Continue Reading
What does strong content look like? That’s the million-dollar question. If you can create strong content for your readers, you will get back as much as you put in. Strong content brings in ROI you can’t argue with: More people reading your content from start to finish. More people actuallyContinue Reading
As agencies continue to adopt principles of Growth-Driven Design, their client service-offerings must shift to reflect the new needs of this approach. Continuous improvement cycles — the structured, on-going validation process within Growth-Driven Design — is one of the primary advantages for clients and agencies over a traditional web design andContinue Reading
It’s finally, finally summer. To celebrate the sun emerging (and the temperature in our offices dropping to subarctic extremes), I attempted to find some summery ads to feature in this month’s roundup. Instead, I ended up with a weird chatbot, a novelty phone, and several ways to kill bugs. RegardlessContinue Reading
You technically can’t skip these ads. But you wouldn’t want to anyway. Last year at Sundance, YouTube unveiled a new ad format to brands: the unskippable, six second “bumper” ad. To prove it was possible to cram a compelling story into such a short window, they recruited a handful ofContinue Reading
Every time I try a new recipe for a dish at a party, I try a little sample before I serve it to my guests — and not just because I’m always hungry (which I am). I do it because I would never want to serve something new to myContinue Reading
In May, agencies got creative with alternative advertising mediums. While there were still plenty of traditional video and print ads on our radar, some crafty designers and copywriters turned to apps, bottled scents, modeling clay, and even an icy road trip to get their messages across. Among other things, this month’sContinue Reading
According to the latest Radicati report, the total number of business and consumer emails sent and received in 2017 is likely to reach 269 billion. And that number is expected to jump to 319.6 billion by 2021. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere. But there’s a big catch. With so manyContinue Reading
I’ve seen the inside of hundreds of marketing agencies over more than a decade, including my own. Most marketing agencies struggle to generate recurring revenue. Many suffer through the ups and downs of the cash-flow roller-coaster because they never make the switch to recurring-revenue engagements. Some inch their wayContinue Reading
No other B2C industry has thrived on Instagram quite like the fashion industry. Between their carefully curated photos, expertly targeted ads, and decisive adoption of Instagram Stories, fashion and beauty brands have become masters of consumer engagement on the visual content platform. And brands from any industry could learn aContinue Reading
As marketers, capturing buyer attention is everything. Without it, we’re just throwing more content, emails, ads, and offers into the abyss. Yet, there has never been a harder time to earn buyer attention. Thanks to advances in technology and the abundance of information on the internet, today’s buyers have a lotContinue Reading
Don Draper wouldn’t know what hit him. Gone are the decadent days of the liquid lunch, three-piece suits, and Madison Avenue dominating the marketing landscape. Modern marketers have to be a jill-of-all-trades, with one foot in the real world, and one in cyberspace. We live in an age of digitalContinue Reading
It’s one thing to read thought leadership on where a certain industry is going, or to talk about theoretical best practices in a given role or situation. It’s another thing entirely to get tactical, practical advice on what to do today about a specific problem — delivered by someone who’s actuallyContinue Reading
Sometime in early May each year, search volume for “When is Mother’s Day” begins to reach a panicked spike. Consider this article your official reminder: Mother’s Day is this Sunday (May 14th), and we have a selection of hilarious and heartwarming ads about moms to get you in the spirit.Continue Reading