A Tasty Look Back at the 2025 Fancy Food Show
Brian Bennett
Mar 10
Mar 10
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How to Develop Your Brand Story
Branding is more than a logo or packaging. Your brand should tell a story; one with characters, personality and a compelling plot. This storytelling makes the consumer connect and trust your brand. Read on to find out how.
Brian Bennett
May 17
May 17
Marketing Leverage is Found in Consumer Insight
Looking for marketing that yields a high ROI? The answer is right in front of you-it’s in your customers. Find out what makes them tick and leverage it in creative, media buys, PR and more.
Brian Bennett
May 8
May 8
Earth Day Is Every Day in Marketing
Earth Day is more relevant than ever given consumers’ increasingly eco-conscious mindset. It also is a prime example of the symbiotic relationship between environmental sustainability and marketing. Learn how brands reflect this in their advertising. You’re sure to be inspired.
STIR Staff
Apr 22
Apr 22
Strike an Emotional Chord
Consumer behavior research shows us over and over again the majority of purchase decisions are based on emotion not logic. Read on and discover why emotional marketing is so important to our agency’s core philosophy that we painted it on our walls.
Brian Bennett
Apr 18
Apr 18
Share The Benefit
It’s easy to market the features of a product or service, but you need to ‘Share the Benefit’ to build a brand. Learn how to write compelling messaging that converts customers. It’s our agency’s core philosophy.
Brian Bennett
Apr 3
Apr 3
You Have Three Seconds, Entertain Me: How to Create a High-Impact Ad Campaign
Three seconds. One. Two. Three. That’s all the time your ad campaign has to resonate. Here’s how emotion-provoking work, like this UPAF campaign, creates the biggest impact.
Brian Bennett
Apr 1
Apr 1
9 Ways to Measure Your Story’s PR Potential
Think about how many unopened emails are sitting in your inbox right now. Multiply that by at least 10 and that’s what a reporter’s inbox looks like on any given day. Here are a few tips from our PR team to break through the clutter and get your brand’s stories in the news.
STIR Staff
Mar 13
Mar 13
Client Collaboration: Our Secret Weapon
Isn’t it better to work WITH someone vs. FOR someone? Ad agencies thrive on the talent, creativity and collaboration of internal teams. But we found greater success happens when this extends beyond agency walls. Learn why the STIR business model is built on client collaboration.
Brian Bennett
Mar 8
Mar 8
Speak to the Persona
Your brand can’t and shouldn’t be everything to everyone. A successful marketing strategy starts and ends with personalization. We painted the phrase, ‘Speak to the Persona,’ on our agency walls to always keep this top-of-mind.
Brian Bennett
Feb 21
Feb 21
Be an Active Brand in Any Industry
Being an active brand takes confidence and commitment. Those who don’t shy away from the challenge reap the rewards.
Brian Bennett
Feb 14
Feb 14
Integration = Leverage
A key premise of our marketing philosophy is that integration generates marketing leverage.
Brian Bennett
Dec 26
Dec 26
Disrupt Mediocrity
At STIR we remind ourselves daily to ‘Disrupt Mediocrity.’ Expectations are defined by the usual, the routine, the mediocre.
Brian Bennett
Dec 13
Dec 13