Interests allow you to target your true audience   Defining your audience by physical characteristics means that you’re telling everyone outside of those traits that they shouldn’t be interested in what you have to offer.This is a mistake marketing has been making for years. Think of the gaming industry, for example. When video games first became popular in the 1970’s, it was all about trying to make the same game… Read More »Are You Marketing to Demographics or Interests

It’s interesting how always-on the world has become. We live in a hyperconnected world and customers expect brands to educate them on why they should be using their products. Sometimes it can be tough to break through all the noise happening all around us on a daily basis. Customers expect every brand touchpoint to be immediate, personalized and proactive. There should always be consistency, personalization, and contextualization with customer interactions.… Read More »Delivering a Personalized Experience: Why It Matters

Millennials Value Experiences Above All Else This is a generation that cannot get enough of things like music festivals, trade shows, plays, exhibits – basically, anything that they can engage with, they will enjoy. With this in mind, it makes sense that they would desire this same kind of interaction with the brands that they know and love. “Experiential marketing is all about providing a consumer with a memorable experience… Read More »Millennials Respond to Experiential Marketing

Make it Quick A Guide on Marketing to Generation Z – It seems as if the average attention span is getting shorter and shorter with each generation. Industry experts estimate that Gen Zers have an average attention span of eight seconds, which means you have eight seconds to make a good first impression on these consumers. Whether a Gen Zer is reading your blog, watching your videos, or simply browsing… Read More »A Guide on Marketing to Generation Z

Capture Customer Data Programs that feature social media components make tremendous sense in establishing two-way communication and an ongoing consumer relationship. With mobile technology, it’s easy to set up a “hot spot” and connect with the internet, which provides a rich, multi media product experience. Importantly, this allow marketers to capture customer information and inspire sharing of positive social media (photo sharing and online reviews). Build Awareness and Momentum A… Read More »Connect Experiential Marketing Business Objectives

Nurture your creative team   Work to their strengths and know their weaknesses. Know where their passion lies and use it to your advantage. They need to feel as if their opinion and expertise are valued. Creatives are actually fragile creatures – basically they are the Worker Bees of the colony. If you leave them to fly in the sunshine and visit the flowerbeds, they will produce tasty honey.  … Read More »A Dummies Guide to Dealing with Creatives

No one could ever accuse life in activations of being boring. In fact, that is one of the things I love most about my job – every day is different, even activations we have done many times have enough variables for things to be completely different each time. There is something very special about taking the smallest nugget of an idea or brief from client, and managing its development through… Read More »A Day in the Life of an Activations Manager