If you’re marketing a crypto project, you know how difficult it can be to keep up momentum. The space moves incredibly fast, attention spans are fleeting, and there’s always some new coin or token vying for the spotlight (or maybe some scandal stealing the headlines)....
3 ways to use generative AI to craft an impactful PR strategy
PR professionals spend countless hours curating content, ensuring consistent messaging, and engaging with stakeholders across various channels. This process, while effective, is often time-consuming, requiring a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of the...
Is your data AI-ready? 2 out of 3 data leaders have serious doubts about their own—but feel pressured by the C-suite to move forward anyway
Data preparedness has become the next critical obstacle in a long queue of generative AI-implementation roadblocks. But unlike the skills gap, responsible use, inaccuracies, job threats and other hurdles we’re still working on getting past, this one looks to be more...
Innovative branding: 6 unconventional strategies for brand recognition and promotion
With consumers being bombarded with advertisements and marketing messages at every turn, standing out can feel like an impossible task. The market is saturated with brands all vying for the same fleeting attention. Traditional branding techniques often fail to create...
Using athletes as brand spokespersons can be risky—why Olympians are not the best choices
If history repeats itself, and it certainly will during the Summer Olympic Games in Paris (from July 26 to August 11), some athletes will not only take home gold medals, but will win another type of gold—lucrative endorsement deals with brands. Also if history repeats...
According to Gen Z, your brand is a joke—but also an opportunity: New academic research digs deep into their unique idea of engagement
Generation Z is a pretty savvy group—these highly informed digital natives have been exposed to marketing messaging all their lives on their cellphones, so they learned young what brand authenticity looks like—and they can smell a rat from a mile away. So traditional...
Why your marketing emails are being sent to the spam folder—and how to stop it
You have scrutinized your sales and marketing strategy, created a well-thought-out bulk email, and the next thing you know your email open rate doesn’t meet your expectations at all. What could possibly have gone wrong? There are some pitfalls of mass email...
Tips for managing brand reputation with eco-friendly practices
Environmentally conscious consumerism is the driving force behind branding choices for many major businesses—even those that are not directly working within a sector that’s related to ecological issues and ethical considerations. Because of this, managing a company’s...
6 methods for showcasing company culture in the digital era
Fostering a strong and vibrant company culture to enhance the employee experience is more important than ever. As well as establishing a positive reputation and image for your business, you can attract and retain top talent. Company culture is shaped by many...
Alignment needs a tune-up: New business research finds that 4 of every 5 commercial activities is done with no marketing/sales collaboration
If you were a working professional in the 90s, you likely remember how rare it was for any cross-functional collaboration, because communication was essentially primitive before the internet came along. How we got it all done I don’t recall, but unless you were in the...
Tapping the power of storytelling in marketing and public relations
Storytelling in marketing refers to the art of crafting compelling narratives that resonate with the target audience, transcending mere product promotion to evoke emotions and forge lasting connections. In today's digitally saturated landscape, where attention spans...
Most Patriotic Brands in America: 2024 is littered with partisan politics in a divisive election season, but 4 of 5 consumers agree that patriotism is important
Patriotism is complicated these days—there are lots of values and definitions of it, depending primarily on which side of the country’s dividing line you’re on. For communicators, brand loyalty is a complicated concept now as well, because there are a host of...