Anytime you interact with your audience, they have an emotional response—to your behavior, your message, your brand, or the issue you’ve brought to their attention. They may experience delight, disgust, surprise, desire, disappointment, joy, or other emotions that shape how they respond to your content and what they associate with [...]
Say your sales reps have a booth at a conference they’ve never been to before. They prepare to spend plenty of time introducing people to your brand, explaining what your organization does, and discussing how your product or service helps people. But before they even get started, everyone says, “Oh, [...]
Every brand has a story. It’s the reason you exist. It’s what you do. It’s the problem you help your customers solve and the aspirations you empower them to fulfill. Maybe you inspire people to have a positive impact on their community. Or you equip pastors to lead their congregations. [...]
While most other forms of advertising disrupt a consumer’s reading or viewing experience in some way (like a forced a commercial break or a popup ad), native ads are designed to imitate the natural ways people expect to find content. Native ads blend in with the sites, apps, and platforms [...]
As strange as it may sound, expertise can get in the way of your marketing. When you know a lot about a topic, it can be hard to talk to someone who knows nothing about it. Where do you even begin? How much do you have to explain? The challenge [...]
You have an overwhelming number of advertising options. So how do you ensure that you’re connecting with the best possible audience in the best possible ways? Today’s digital advertising heavily emphasizes the power of data—which is important, because it helps you connect with the right people and produce the most [...]
As your brand explores what to do with your advertising budget, someone will inevitably ask, is print advertising still worth it? Why invest in print ads when you have so many great digital options? Digital advertising has some major strengths that print ads can’t replicate. It’s far easier to measure [...]
Banner ads have been around for more than 25 years. And while the way we think about digital advertising has changed a lot since then, banner ads remain one of the most popular ad formats. You have a lot of options when it comes to spending your ad budget. Between [...]
Not every advertising campaign has to directly move the needle and drive sales. Sometimes it’s more helpful to get your brand on people’s radar before working toward other goals. Brand awareness is hard to measure. But it certainly has value. Whether you’re launching a dedicated brand awareness campaign or simply [...]
2018 promises to be a busier year than ever with the changing marketing landscape and increasing pressure for results. Here are 5 New Year's Resolutions you should make for a successful 2018: 1. Think Outside the Box We all tend to have favorite ways of doing things. Or maybe we’ve [...]