Environmental issues are increasingly carrying more weight with consumers, but brands and businesses may not be aware of just how much influence the issue has on brand loyalty. Globally, more than a quarter of consumers (28 percent) believe the majority of businesses...
Rise of the content creator economy—and how it can promote business
During the COVID-19 pandemic, internet commerce became more essential to our lives than ever before. With everyone quarantined, businesses had to find a new way to promote their products virtually. Social media became a huge source of entertainment and apps like...
3 reasons PR is essential for your small business
Running a business isn’t easy. There are many limits placed on business owners that make trying to grow their business more of a struggle, including limits on their budgets, their time, and their expertise. Put all this together, and it’s clear to see why not all...
Journalists say the fake news epidemic isn’t improving—and they don’t know how to fix it
The fake news epidemic continues to be a major threat to media and communications, and journalists are not only frustrated by the movement, but also at a loss on a strategy to corral it, according to a new study from strategic comms firm Greentarget. As fake news...
What we learned about events during COVID—and 5 ways to prepare for what’s next
It’s hard to believe that after the past 18 months, we are still trying to navigate the best approach to staging an event amid the seemingly never-ending COVID-19 pandemic. But as it stands today, for every step we take forward, we seem to take half a step backward....
Travel is back, but expectations have changed—4 insights for marketers
New research from vacation rental hospitality firm Evolve makes it clear that travel will return in 2022—but with some important shifts. The firm’s newly released 2022 Travel Trends Forecast finds that while consumers are making travel plans—multiple at a time in many...
4 ways virtually any job in digital marketing will advance your career
Technology and automation have allowed businesses to streamline both their processes and their workforces. Because of this, 21st-Century job seekers may notice a recurring theme as they look for work. Employers are expecting candidates to be specialists in several...
The smartest companies thriving post-COVID: How businesses turn threats into opportunities
The COVID crisis brought out the best and the worst in brands and businesses. When the global economy buckled under the pressure of the pandemic, companies sought new ways to stabilize and grow. While organizations large and small struggled to weather its effects,...
4 tips for turning a crisis situation into an opportunity
Most of the time, when a crisis strikes, business owners resist making any necessary or even smart changes. However, crisis situations are one of the best times to create a sense of motivation and urgency for companies to finally make some long-awaited positive...
Best practices for improving digital customer experiences
With CX playing such a make-or-break role in brand and customer loyalty now, unified customer experience management (Unified-CXM) platform Sprinklr recently unveiled its Industry Benchmarking Reports for Digital Unified-CXM. The research surveyed more than 1,500...
5 modern ways to market your website
If you operate a business or offer a service to provide to others, making a website is the first step toward raising visibility of your image. After you have designed your website, the next step is getting traffic. Getting your name out into the public eye can be a...
With record holiday spending on tap, consumers will use AI to mitigate supply chain issues
As consumer spending is set to eclipse last year’s record numbers, retailers are under enormous pressure to deliver a seamless shopping experience amid rising concerns of supply chain disruptions that have and will impact inventory, according to new research from...












