Next to glowing customer comments, employees rave about the brand or their company’s service rank up there for credibility and favorability. Why? One of the reasons is that they have insider information that consumers don’t. They know more about...
New media has opened a plethora of communication opportunities that allow marketers to craft, target, distribute, and track messages and the results of those messages like never before. Parallel to those advancements, though, there's been a shift in what...
Business owners, as well as marketers, are constantly looking for ways to improve and are always prioritizing the newest trends to promote brands and corporations. It’s essential for any business looking to remain a relevant competitor within their own...
One of the most important priorities for hedge funds should be asset growth. However, with the pool of capital investors allocated being in decline, there have been plenty of notable names that have suffered losses in the industry in...
“Awareness is fine, but advocacy will take your business to the next level.” That quote by Joe Tripodi, Coca-Cola’s CMO, pretty much sums up the success of the 135 -year-old beverage. Developed in 1835 by a wounded Confederate colonel,...
After Elvis Presley was discharged from the Army, he decided to make movies instead of recording songs since he already had a stockpile of recordings that were being released.
He made movies for seven years before deciding on a “live”...
Cultural norms are shifting in America. This change is reaching into many different industries and taking many different forms. Recently, NASCAR banned the Confederate flag at its events. Many major American companies are coming out, making political statements and...
Before making an online purchase, most people tend to look at the reviews first. As they can’t touch the product that they’re looking to buy and are not entirely familiar with the business, they are taking a risk by...
There’s absolutely no way American singer/composer and activist Bob Dylan could foresee the marketing changes going on today when he wrote and performed “The Times They’re a-Changin’.” Yet, here we are 56 years later wondering how to manage a...
COVID-19 continues to challenge every aspect of our lives, personally and professionally. Many brands are in crisis, and many communicators are looking ahead at plans that just won’t work in the current environment and are not adjusted to what...