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Rediscover and Reinvent the ‘Why’ of Your Brand
When brand performance begins to falter, the first place to look is whether the brand’s promise is aligned with the consumer’s top purchase decision drivers. Whether marketing a successful brand or managing a brand turnaround, the most important notion to truly understand is your consumers’ preferences and how they are evolving. Clearly understanding these preferences […]
How to Reach Today’s Customer: Blending Paid Search with AI & Staying Ahead
Rather than disrupting paid search, AI is supercharging it, making campaigns smarter, faster and more effective.
Brand Trouble? Start with the Truth, not the Tweak
The symptoms of brand trouble don’t reveal the root of the problem. They are just a sign that changes need to be made. But what changes?
How to Engineer a Brand Turnaround
This article provides a high-level overview of what it takes to change the fortunes of your brand for the better through a brand turnaround and how to do it as effectively and efficiently as possible. Along the way, there are links to additional blogs on some of the specific subjects mentioned.
To Turn Your Brand Around, First Rethink It
To engineer a brand turnaround, you’ll need to think of it differently. Look at your brand and organization through a productively critical lens.
4 Ways to Make the Most of Your Marketing Internship
Landing an internship in marketing is exciting, but maximizing it? That’s where the real work happens. Here are four takeaways from my marketing internship.
A Tasty Look Back at the 2025 Fancy Food Show
The Fancy Food Show reveals emerging trends for the specialty food and beverage market each year. Here’s what’s coming to a plate near you.
Build a Marketing Machine to Produce Growth and Profit
Look around. Machines are everywhere. Nowhere is this truer than in marketing. When designed and operated properly, machines produce more and make more money. Learn how to engineer your own humming marketing machine.
2025 Social Media Image Size Guide
Use our 2025 Social Media Image Size Guide to guarantee pixel-perfect images on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and more.
4 Scary Marketing Trends in 2024 and How to Avoid Them
From over-reliance on AI to data privacy issues and inauthentic influencers, these spooky trends could haunt your marketing efforts if you’re not careful.
Big Advertising That’s Public Relations Oriented
In my view, the Big Ad Show 2025 illustrated, for the first time, that the cultural art form of broadcast TV advertising is on the same declining curve as broadcast TV ad revenue. This is an increasingly “old school” advertising format, and it’s arguable that, to some degree, the ad creative is declining alongside the […]
Is Great Brand Marketing Just a Fantasy?
When involving higher-order brand development, it truly is. We must define and deliver the benefit In brand marketing, the messaging execution rises past details of product attributes and shallow descriptions. It’s about conveying an emotional experience that goes beyond mere utility or function, highlighting the transformative joy and contentment associated with the brand. It must deliver […]