Category: Brand Strategy
Content Strategy: 5 Tips to Direct Your Brand
January 31, 2018
So you’re ready to re-vamp your content strategy to build your brand but where do you start? What are the current best practices in brand building through content strategy? In this article, we review leading edge content strategy tips and tactics to build your brand more effectively across social media platforms. We assume that you… [read more]
4 Guidelines to Achieving Great Advertising Creative
April 19, 2017
The importance of starting with brand strategy The conversation with clients about how to get great creative often starts with the client asking something along the lines of “I want a brand and a great video that will be a social media viral success”. The conversation then quickly gets bogged down with executional details. The… [read more]
5 Steps to Making Data Insights More Actionable
March 31, 2016
I had the opportunity to attend the CMAInsights Conference last year. The conference theme was built around “how true insights express the best of data and marketing”. The following is a summary of key conference takeaways for marketers on how to leverage data and analytics in the development of successful marketing campaigns. An insightful case… [read more]
METEORIC CHANGE IN MARKETING
January 31, 2016
Marketing continues to be transformed – or is it? The discipline of marketing has fundamentally changed as a result of the massive amount of consumer information now available. Not a new theme but the point is that we now know more about our customers than ever before. The ability to connect the dots with big data… [read more]
6 Branding Tips for Canadian Associations
August 17, 2015
Did you know that there are 70, 000 associations registered in Canada, the vast majority formed within the past 10 years. Most Canadian associations are member-driven, with members paying an annual fee and or contributing their time on a volunteer basis to further the goals of the association. Given the size of the association playing… [read more]
How to Build Brand Ambassador Programs in Your Organization
November 27, 2014
There is a lot of talk about the need for employer branding programs to ensure recruitment and retention goals are met and to build and communicate brands especially in this age of digital and social media. The following article outlines the fundamentals of building an effective employer branding program through a Brand Ambassador program. Employees… [read more]
Leverage Market Research to Build Content Strategy
May 30, 2014
In todays online and socially connected business world, leading organizations know that developing a successful brand involves access to timely market research. Market research can help you understand the needs of your customers, define their attitude toward your brand, and ultimately help you successfully execute your content strategy. There are four key criteria for successful… [read more]
5 Tips to Build Your Digital Brand
April 30, 2014
Staying relevant and engaged in the digital world is a must for today’s marketers. Yet how to be effective when the digital landscape itself is so rapidly changing? Furthermore, the tools and tactics to effectively manage B2B versus B2C digital marketing and social media programs vary greatly. Don’t worry – here are five digital marketing… [read more]
How to Build Brand Through Storytelling
March 27, 2014
We are constantly bombarded by information in our daily lives. Information abounds, facts and statements shape our opinions. In this environment it is essential to form an emotional connection between your brand and your customers. As branding experts, we can benefit our customers with effective storytelling. Stories resonate with us on an emotional level. They… [read more]
Brand Management 101
February 26, 2014
Brands are critical to business success. They define your identity, they are how customers view and think of you. They convey your customer/consumer promise. As such it is essential to manage your brand proactively. Yet where do you start? What do you consider? How do you act? Never fear, this is Brand Management 101. What is… [read more]