With 2020 just around the corner, the design community is wondering what next year will bring. Research shows design is trending in many different ways. Here are some of the trends you’ll be seeing. Monochromatic Simple is in! Do you remember the enthusiastic use of duotone from a few years ago? Well, there has been...
How creatives see the landscape shaping By Alyssa Ruane Modern times call for new approaches to decades-old practices. Anyone in the marketing landscape today realizes this-with AR and VR disrupting reality and consumers’ tastes shifting with a single tweet-the brand playing field has never been more robust, crowded or exciting. As a full-circle brand experience...
Practicing the grand old art of reinvention Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Donald Duck. Goofy. Winnie The Pooh. Tigger. You can come up with scores of reasons as to why Disney World is known as the happiest place on earth. Who could walk away not feeling that way? Look at the Disney business model. When you...
Your 3-step plan for aligning marketing and sales Brands everywhere can swap stories about what it takes to keep their sales and marketing departments on the same page. According to a Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and LinkedIn survey, only 46 percent of marketers describe their sales and content marketing teams as well-aligned. That means 54...
When it comes to eliciting your customers’ interest, nothing works better than direct mail. If you want the truth, people love mail. That is why more marketers are returning to the art of the direct mail piece. To help get your pieces to the front of the pile, so to speak, here are seven direct...
Why awareness is the most critical part of the funnel Let’s say you are a hair product loyalist. Or maybe you only buy OLED TVs. What brand do you prefer? Your choice is built on trust. That much we know. That’s why in a saturated market, brands are scrambling to stand out from their competitors...
It seemed pretty easy. You write a New York Times best-selling book, and then sit back and wait for people to knock down your door. That’s not quite the way Harrison Monarth remembers it. After writing his first book, “The Confident Speaker,” his profile rose when The New York Times put it on its best-seller...
The NextPage team continues to grow with the additions of Lori Wiesner and Cheryl Myers. Lori Wiesner Lori was destined to work in the print industry. After attending a Graphic Arts program in high school, and graduating from the University of Central Missouri with a degree in Commercial Art, she began her career as a...
