Buyer personas are the backbone of your marketing efforts. You spend hours crafting campaigns meant to reach specific targets according to their age, location, gender, and so many other identifiers. In fact, before you even begin the branding process, knowing your buyers is a key step. But is it possible that you’re missing an important key to understanding your buyers? [...]
For many, the Super Bowl ads aired during the game on Sunday were a big hit. For others, a miss and a reason to boycott. The hype surrounding the controversial Budweiser ad swirled early and strong, with hashtags forming on Twitter near the beginning of last week. The commercial from 84 Lumber, however, was a surprise offering that no one saw coming. [...]
It’s still January, but the year is already slipping away. Those goals you made to elevate your marketing in 2017 can’t be met if you don’t start putting plans into action. Your social marketing is just one factor to consider. We make it a little easier for you with these trends you could put into play right away. Facebook Live [...]
It happens more often than you might think: brand hijacking. Most recently, New Balance has struggled to maintain control of its own brand story, as the shoes have been dubbed “the official shoes of white people” by an influencer who truly believed the brand would be thrilled with the designation. Other brands have watched their own stories retold by consumers [...]
