The Remote Effect: Branding and Marketing the New Work Place.

How will people work and live? That’s the big question post-pandemic. Remote working with Zoom, email, Slack, and more allows almost half of the U.S. remote-capable workforce to work at home at least part of the time. What does this mean for urban centers and downtowns that depend on being the center of the working…

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Placemaking: Orchestrating Perceptions of Place.

When you see sky-high real estate prices and rents going out of sight it reflects a perception of incredible value and a fear of missing out on that opportunity. Demand increases as prices go up because demand for that location, that building is exceeding available supply. As a result, prices are driven up by someone willing to pay just that much…

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Really Understanding the Audience is the Key to Brand Marketing.

How do you know your brand positioning connects with people? Having a cohesive brand strategy helps you communicate with your customers more clearly. The more consistent your messaging, the more likely you are to attract and maintain loyal customers. It also dictates your marketing strategy. It provides a clear purpose for why you are engaging…

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When Less is More –

Brand Identity and Marketing Work Best When They Are Visual And Simple. What do you remember? It’s always those brand identities connected with a highly visual campaign that conveys a simple, emotional, and evocative connection. Whether B2C or B2B customers. The visual image associated with the brand creates a powerful connection. It’s how humans work.…

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Building Traction

The value of engagement is in staying connected. No, traction is not the treads on your tires or the treads on the bottom of your hiking boots. Although it is about building a strong connection with your customers through your brand. In the start-up, world traction means the success you’ve seen so far or the proof you…

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Endless Possibilities…

In Today’s World, Marketing isn’t About Doing Everything. Marketers continue to be hyper-focused on customer-centric marketing but it must be done in a more nuanced, tactical fashion that reflects lifestyle-focused behaviors and networks in this new world. The pandemic threw the previously predictable ways of doing things into new modes of acting and thinking. This…

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The New Workplace – Hybrid Everything

Where will people work and live? The big question post-pandemic, if there is really a post-pandemic, is where people will work and live? Ongoing discussions on workers returning to the office continue while occupancy rates for office space in downtown Manhattan, the Chicago Loop, and Downtown SF remain well below pre-pandemic levels. Where’s this all…

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