Bob Armour, the CMO of Jellyvision, is the third oldest person working at his company. “As you can see, I’m not a millennial,” he told the audience at the AMA’s 2018 Marketing Week Live conference. Even though he isn’t a millennial, Armour manages mostly millennials at Jellyvion, a Chicago company that has been lauded for Read More…
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Nike and the Arrogance of Moral Certainty
Image source: Sole Collector Social impact is not a strategy; it’s a responsibility. It’s a moral imperative, not a marketing plan. Should my words fail me, I want to first establish that I am against police brutality, racism, bigotry and intolerance in absolute and unconditional terms. What follows is not a political statement on my Read More…
How to Create a Great E-mail Marketing Campaign in 2018
5/30/2018 By: Hal Conick Consumers’ inboxes are inundated by spam, trash and malware disguised as marketing messages. How can marketers differentiate their content and connect with consumers? E-mail is a marketer’s greatest tool and greatest conundrum. E-mail gives marketers access to the potential attention of nearly 4 billion consumers across the world, but it also fills Read More…
What You Have to Say Isn’t Unique
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash How You Say It Can Be Here’s a scenario that probably happened in 1988: A bunch of marketers sitting around a table talking about a campaign they were going to do for a certain shoe business called Nike. A guy pulls up an easel and puts a board on Read More…
The Best SEO Tools and Strategies for 2018 – Interview with Sean Hecking
The Best SEO Tools and Strategies for 2018 – Interview with Sean Hecking By Chris Karel In this interview, I dive into website health and the best SEO tools you can use to improve Search Engine Optimization. I sat down with Sean Hecking of Interactive Cleveland to get his expert insights on the topics. Sean Read More…
Learn Marketing Tools for the New Digital Age
Digital marketing is one of the fastest-growing careers and is quickly becoming an essential part of marketing in virtually every business. Marketing professionals and small business owners need these digital tools and skills to be successful. Tri-C® can help prepare you with our Digital Marketing Boot Camp and our Digital Marketing Manager online courses, designed Read More…
Patrick Zangardi on How to Get Started with Marketing Automation and Why It Matters to Customers
How to get started with marketing automation and the reasons why it matters to your customers. Interview with Patrick Zangardi. By Chris Karel Chris: So if someone is new to Marketing Automation, where do you think they should start? Patrick: What I think it comes down to with Marketing Automation is that it’s not something Read More…
Kathie Kinde Clark on How to Grow Your Content Marketing Audience by 30%
By Chris Karel In a career spanning 25 years, Kathie has marketed products ranging from insurance to t-shirt transfers. She got her start in traditional direct marketing, and has successfully transitioned to focusing on content marketing. Kathie is currently the Content Marketing Strategist for Stahls’ Transfer Express, a leader in the apparel decorating industry. In Read More…
Jeff Leo Hermann – Where B2B Marketers Should Be Focusing in 2018
Video, Video, Video, Video, Video! Jeff Hermann is a B2B showrunner and president of Madison, Michigan, and Market. Content Marketing writer, speaker, and mobile marketing pioneer, Jeff loves helping CMOs align their content marketing strategies to a winning sales process. Jeff has an intense belief that organizations are better off engaging their audiences with educational Read More…
Why One Exec Thinks Infrastructure Is the Future of Advertising
By: Hal Conick Marketing News Oct. 2, 2017 Former Droga5 CEO Andrew Essex says that in advertising, “there are many that are hanging onto old models by their fingertips and they’re about to fall off the cliff.” To have a future, he claims, advertisers must think in terms of bridges, not banner ads Sometime between Read More…