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Are You Leveraging These 2019 Print Marketing Trends?

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, Jul 08, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in creative print ads, print ads, print marketing, trends, customer engagement

After years of defending this marketing channel, we are happy to say that print marketing seems to be having a moment right now. Finally, business owners are catching onto print’s numerous benefits and integrating print into their marketing mix.

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Is the Future of Marketing More… Human?

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, Jul 01, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in building your brand, marketing, customer experience

If you’re like a lot of marketers, you’re guilty of looking at your business through a very narrow lens: and that is you’re labeling the relationship between your brand and customers as either B2B or B2C. This kind of labeling has been effective for...

5 Multi-Channel Marketing Tips for Local Business Success

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, Jun 24, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in traditional advertising channels, multi-channel marketing, media planning, Media Mix

The marketing landscape continues to evolve and become increasingly fragmented. This makes it tricky for business owners to ensure their message gets in front of their target audience.

Gone are the days of relying on just one channel to effectively...

What Crappy Father’s Day Gifts Can Teach Us About Effective Advertising

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, Jun 17, 2019 @ 09:43 AM in targeted advertising, effective advertising, target audience

Father’s Day, if we’re all honest, this is probably the one holiday with the crappiest gifts. Why is it when it comes to our fathers or husbands, most of us have phoned it in over the years? Don’t deny it, you know at one point in your life you have...

5 Reasons to Use a Media Buying Agency

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, Jun 10, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in advertising agency, media buying agency, print media buying, media planning agency

Whether you’re a SMB or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, you undoubtedly recognize that advertising is necessary for sustaining sales and achieving growth. And, despite what you may have heard about the value of “earned media” or “owned media” or...

5 FSI Rules for Successful Summer Advertising

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, Jun 03, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in newspaper advertising, preprints, print marketing, FSI

Whenever we speak to a new client and talk about free standing inserts (FSIs), we can’t help but notice their eyes glaze over a bit. We get it, FSIs aren’t as sexy as tapping social media influencers or using chatbots, but we’re here to tell you...

Use OOH to Target Busy Consumers Who Tune Most Messaging Out

By Jenna Bruce on Tue, May 28, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in traditional advertising channels, outdoor advertising, out-of-home advertising

Are you finding it harder to gain your customers’ and prospects’ attention through your regular digital media channels? It’s no wonder. On any given day, consumers are being bombarded with messaging and doing their darndest to tune it out.

For...

5 Reasons Your Magazine Ads Aren’t Converting

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, May 20, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in magazine readership, magazine advertising, target audience, ROI, conversion rate

You may have heard that the magazine industry is dead and gone. Well, that’s what digital marketers have been saying about the newspaper industry for years, so it doesn’t surprise us that this myth is being passed around.

And that’s exactly what it...

How Can Startups Create a Marketing Plan?

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, May 13, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in integrated marketing plan, marketing, data research

When you’re just starting a business, you’re required to wear a lot of hats. From HR manager to payroll, tech support to bookkeeper, you are responsible for whether or not your business can get off the ground and thrive.

Another big responsibility...

3 Ways to Spring Clean Your Marketing Plan

By Jenna Bruce on Mon, May 06, 2019 @ 10:00 AM in advertising campaigns, marketing goals, budget

If you’re like me, you spent much of this weekend spring cleaning your house and hating just about every second of it. After the major clean is done, however, you feel amazing and love your home even more. It smells better, windows are sparkling,...