The business landscape is changing faster than ever before. Across all industries, changes are occurring in technology, communications, product and service delivery, workforce expectations and the demands of customers. Competition is increasing, and newer, more innovative companies are taking market share from those who are more established. For your business to thrive in this evolving environment, you must pay attention to…
Read MoreA recent article in the New York Times outlined a unique approach to education called the Big History Project. David Christian developed this unconventional way of teaching history in order to help students make connections between multiple different disciplines and the multiple different causes and effects, which are generally not made through the current, conventional…
Read MoreWhether you are CMO at a fortune 100 company, or a Sales and Marketing Director at a smaller organization, you face many of the same challenges in your daily activities. This category of our blog is dedicated to current marketing trends Today’s current marketing trends article focuses on perspective and mindset rather than tactics. It…
Read MoreBecause of the sweeping changes in the reach and role of marketing in successful organizations, we’ve put together this guide to help our clients take a more strategic look at how they define and plan their annual marketing budgets and the related activities. Back in the day, a marketing budget was largely equated to a…
Read MoreI want to begin this post with a simple challenge. Take a look at your website, your print ads, or your brochures and answer this one question, “Are you pitching a product or service, or are you telling people who you are as an organization?” Let’s explore these subtle differences: Product Focus If the images…
Read MoreAs a Denver advertising agency, on a regular basis, we are asked, how can I get this negative review of my business removed from the web? The answer, nearly 100% of the time is, you can’t. However, the good news is that you can prevent this from ever happening again. The only truly effective strategy…
Read MoreIn late October, Starbucks announced their new Tweet-a-Coffee program, yet another way they are enhancing customer loyalty via mobile apps. This allows their loyalty club members to connect their Starbucks’ cards with their Twitter accounts and tweet a coffee to someone. Once received, the recipient can download a Starbucks gift card and redeem this at…
Read MoreWith the advent of a more empowered consumer, many companies are raising the bar on the specific customer service experience that they seek to provide. Specifically defining how key customer touch points are to be handled is an important part of the experiential marketing process. Every customer service experience, and frankly, any interaction with anyone,…
Read MoreCurrent Marketing Trends – Content Marketing is a Must Part1 Outlined the nature of content marketing, including the following topic areas: Creating vs aggregating Non-selling content Delivering on a consistent basis Engaging a community around your brand Providing value This second post, of this three part series on content marketing, outlines best practices for the…
Read MoreAs a Denver marketing agency, with a focus on developing best practices in current marketing trends, we find that the notion of content marketing is something foreign to most businesses. This post outlines key content marketing elements and why content marketing is so important in today’s world. Part two of this series (July 2013) will…
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