Equal Pay Day may have started 13 years ago, but where has it gone since then? According to some reports, not very far. And that doesn’t include the federally-enacted Equal Pay Act of 1963. In November, Bloomberg reported that even media people at various news...

A look inside the engine of an influencer marketing agency
According to recent reports, the field of influencer marketing is predicted to quickly become an industry that’s worth $6.5 billion, with over a thousand different influencer marketing agencies in the world. And the number of agencies just keeps growing—which means...
How the Kardashians knock digital marketing out of the park
The Kardashian clan started out small, and then, thanks to Kris Jenner, ended up becoming a global phenomenon. With a total of six children, each of them being a trending topic on social media at different points in the week, one would think they’re doing something...
Generating leads is marketing’s top priority—here’s what’s working
What’s the #1 priority of B2B marketers? According to Content Marketing Institute’s recent research, it’s lead generation. A whopping 85 percent of respondents said so, while only 41 percent reported feeling confident generating leads. Having no leads is like picking...
When is crisis a four-letter word? Just ask Nike.
Crisis communications befell Nike this year when the sports apparel manufacturer rang up not one, but two crises. Managing one can be an onerous task, but two? Crisis One Duke University’s rising star freshman basketball player, Zion Williamson, fell during a big game...
4 critical steps to creating an effective influencer marketing strategy
Influencer marketing has been helping brands to widen their audiences and, consequently, their profits. For a business to reap the full rewards of influencer marketing, however, there are some essential steps to follow. Below are four of the crucial ones. 1. Defining...
3 pro tips for perfecting the art of product descriptions
The marketing copy that explains what a brand’s products are, and why they are worth putting in a shopper’s basket, is often vastly underrated. Entrepreneurs, marketers, and even professional copywriters can easily fall into the same trap: writing a product...
Organic searches are fertilizer-free—how’s your SEO gardening?
In the food world, organic means grown without fertilizer. In today’s cyber community, when used with the word “search” in a marketing context, organic has almost the same meaning. It means that the results discovered in a search are unpaid, or not fertilized, so to...
Thriving in the new workplace—the argument for flexible work schedules
It seems that the trend in the workplace currently is that more flexibility is beneficial for employees. The research shows that allowing employees more flexible work schedules actually improves working conditions, morale, and productivity. But is this something that...
Employee apps boost internal comms—and brand consistency
The right digital tool will not only boost your branding, but will have invaluable use among your employees if they have an employee app. If you haven’t yet provided your employees with one, consider these benefits. RPM A couple of decades ago, “rpm” meant...
Employee activism is alive and well—are you prepared for a strike?
The strike by General Motors workers will be over sooner or later and business will return to normal—sort of. Even if your company doesn’t expect to experience a strike because it’s not “organized,” think again! Recent incidents of employee activism and walkouts for...
What Japan’s new Robot Buddhist Priest means for marketing
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.” That’s one of the ten favorite quotes of Buddha whose followers founded the Buddhism religion which today has more than 480 million followers in...












