Blog Archive
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The Next Big Thing in Social Media is Happening Offline
February 22, 2016
It’s time for anyone trying to start a social conversation to look at experiential as a key driver for creating meaningful online conversations. Most experiential brand managers would argue they are doing this already. So what is the difference?
In the past, we tried to amplify (or justify, in …
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Adobe Training in Small Doses
February 01, 2016
A year ago, I was thrilled to learn that Adobe had become a member of this amazing organization called IHAF and I could not wait to get involved. From IHAF Huddle events to the IHAF Annual Conference & Awards Show, it has been great to connect with the creatives and marketers that are so crucial to …
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Looking to Hire? Know Your Audience.
March 06, 2015
Know your audience. Every good marketer understands this. And it’s a principle that directly applies to hiring and retaining talent, as well. Every day, I speak with candidates looking for jobs and considering job offers. And I can attest that if you want to attract the best and brightest at all …
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Ready, Set, Goals!
February 02, 2015
A little over a year ago, Forbes published an article entitled “Can In-House Agencies Ever Be Great?” Now, I’m not one to obsess over things (or maybe I am…), but that question and the assortment of editorials that followed debating both sides really stuck with me.
One of the things I see in-house …
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Tools for Marketing Tools
August 18, 2014
One of my favorite print ad headlines for a new, more powerful Macintosh computer read, “So you’re a hack. Now you’ll be a much faster hack.”
While a Mac won’t make you more creative, it is a wonderful tool. You could argue that it allows you to get things done quicker allowing more time for …
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What Will Your In-House Agency Look Like in 2025?
August 11, 2014
The year 2025 is a little more than 10 years away, right? Ten years doesn’t sound like that long. But think about it—in technological years, 10 is several generations. Ten years ago was 2004, and if you’re like me, your cellphone was just that, a cellular telephone. You may, or may not, have owned …
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Controlling Content
August 06, 2014
It’s estimated that companies will spend up to $135 billion on content marketing by the end of this year. So what is content marketing? And why are brands shelling out so much money for it?
Content marketing is the creation and sharing of relevant subject matter with targeted audiences—typically …
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Finding Nirvana
August 04, 2014
Finding the right workflow tool is a popular pursuit with in-house agencies. It’s the one tool we hope will bring nirvana to our everyday work. (Ah, if only…) While workflow tools can help tremendously, they also pose real challenges—especially when you’re trying to switch from one to another …
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Tools Are Not Strategies
July 28, 2014
Each and every day there are new platforms, new tools, and emerging technologies designed to capture the all-elusive consumer in more engaging, entertaining, and less-invasive ways. Certainly we have witnessed game-changing, paradigm-shifting developments over the past few years that are so …
