The current economic climate has led to some tough times for growing businesses looking to stretch their marketing dollars. That makes a cost-effective integrated marketing communications strategy — one that encompasses a variety of media [Read More]

As marketers seek to capitalize on the latest technological advances to deliver their integrated marketing messages, they must develop strategies that not only grab consumers’ attention but also actively engage their interest in a significant [Read More]

In uncertain economic times, you need to find new ways to make integrated marketing work more effectively, get more out of marketing investments, and measure and account for marketing decisions. In short, you must make [Read More]

Mass media is dead. It shoots over the top of the intended audience, and with the advent of ad-skipping technologies like Tivo, most mass-media efforts are bringing back little in the way of measurable ROI. [Read More]

Companies large and small are going to great lengths to keep employees motivated, build camaraderie, and stimulate creativity. Some of the more curious team–building activities include team skydiving, team drumming, taking an improvisational comedy class, [Read More]

Employee newsletters, a critical component of any integrated marketing communications plan, get a bad rap, for good reason. They’re mostly bad. Their intent — to educate and to boost morale — may be admirable, but [Read More]

For an industry that pretty much fuels the whole capitalist engine, advertising is getting a sound snubbing these days — a Tom Petty-ish, “don’t come around here no more” message. Fatigued consumers, looking to free [Read More]

It’s really quite simple: Either your integrated marketing communications plan is delivering meaningful ROI or it just plain sucks. That may sound harsh, but integrated marketing guru Mark Stevens has been around the block enough [Read More]

Market research has shown that an animal mascot can elevate a brand’s identity. Consider the meteoric rise in name recognition for the once-obscure insurance provider Aflac. When President George W. Bush was introduced to Aflac [Read More]

Palomar Mountain Premium Spring Water has long relied on the Yellow Pages, billboard advertising, direct sales, and ad insertions for generating sales leads in what has become a highly competitive industry. Now, the Escondido, Calif.–based [Read More]