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The power of content marketing in the new normal There is no doubt about it-the new normal will bring challenges and continuous change. Businesses will need to step up their game in order to stay on top. Above all else, they will need to provide value to their customers. One
How custom content makes your business shine Remember the last time that a salesperson called you without warning and yakked about their product? Most likely, they lost the sale and you avoided their products. Everybody would rather read about stuff that they care about than hear a salesperson go on
Survey shows consumers ready for normalcy In March, the United States joined many other countries in shutting down. Brands pivoted their messaging to be appropriate and sensitive for the pandemic. Consumers were flooded with daily COVID-19 emails, which 58% of consumers appreciated, according to a survey by Mitto. The survey,
8 Points to justify your content budget in a crisis Departments everywhere are fighting tooth and nail for their budgets, and marketing is often first to see cuts. How do you defend your spending when the chips are down? According to the Content Marketing Institute’s “2020 Content Management &
Smart. Relevant. Authentic. When it comes to helping her clients create the perfect messaging for their brands, Shahla Hebets believes the aforementioned attributes are critical to telling the whole story. That last one-being authentic-is the one Hebets says every brand should embrace fully, especially in a time when consumers are
Earlier this year, Larry Fink, CEO of Blackstone, caused a stir in the business world when he published a letter highlighting the positive relationship with purpose and profits, suggesting that CEOs should rethink their business model to deliberately link purpose with profit. “Unnerved by fundamental economic changes and the failure
Direct mail works. Think about it. In today’s over-saturated digital landscape, are people really reading your digital direct marketing pieces? We’ll wait. Okay, now printed pieces. That’s a whole different ballgame. Sending a personalized piece in the mail is going to get attention—and always has. Here, Hallmark Business Connections and
When your brand is more about the cause than the money During the 2011 Thanksgiving shopping season, outdoor gear and apparel designer Patagonia ran an ad that turned more than a few heads. In big, bold letters, the ad read, “Don’t buy this jacket.” A closer look at the brand’s
A brand is the face of a company or a business. The logos, fonts, and colors used are what people will associate with your brand. Brand consistency is crucial and it needs to be distinct and consistent, meaning all things associated with it should share similar qualities. It should be
In their best-selling book, “Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant” and “Blue Ocean Shift,” world-renowned professors Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne argued that cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Embraced
