Owned, earned, and paid media refers to three distinct categories of marketing channels that a business can use to promote itself. Owned Media: Here a business creates the content and distributes it on channels it controls. Owned media can include a company’s website,...
Where Does Storytelling Fit in Your Branding Strategy?
A branding strategy is a framework that helps a business establish its identity, define its market, and create a unique value proposition. Branding involves developing a name, logo, and other characteristics that distinguish it from competitors. Effective branding...
Is Branding Important to Your Local Business?
Branding is the process of creating a distinct identity for your business in the minds of consumers. Branding involves developing a company’s name, logo, colors, visual identity, and tone of voice. In many ways, branding involves and goes beyond visual elements and...
Connecting Media Tactics to Business Goals
In today’s technologically driven marketplace, the customer’s path-to-purchase features multimedia as consumers research the best options on where to spend their hard-earned money. This process includes consumers actively gathering information about a product or...
Should You Cut Your Marketing Budget in a Downturn?
Business uncertainty and economic downturns can lead to difficult decisions and high levels of anxiety when trying to preserve profits and liquidity. In these situations, the marketing budget can often be an easy target for reduction or elimination. As a local...
How Much Should Your Local Business Invest in Marketing and Advertising?
How much you spend on advertising and marketing depends on several factors including your industry and position within that industry, your target customers, the competitive environment, and your goals and aspirations. Your marketing plan is the foundation of your...
What is Marketing Attribution?
The consumer path-to-purchase includes complex engagements with multiple media as consumers research to learn more about the product and service options available to them; and the best business to meet their needs. These customer touchpoints are interconnected,...
Understanding The Customer Journey Toward Business Success
Understanding The Customer Journey and How to Use it to Grow Your Business What is the customer journey? The customer journey is a series of steps a person will take, often including interaction with multiple media, that lead to a purchase and eventually customer...