Marketing is for Humans: In 2020 this is what matters.

It’s 2020 and time to really look at how we use marketing and branding to connect. Not just with products and cool tech solutions but communicating and connecting with individuals, not just as customers but as people – the ones who are supposed to buy our brands and care about the company that makes them…

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User Experience is Way More Than Designing for Online Engagement

User experience is often thought of as an interaction that occurs online through your computer or mobile devices. We frequently use it to discuss eCommerce navigation, where the UI or UX shopping experience can leverage sales and customer engagement, or mobile app navigation, where the UX relates to how enjoyable the app is to use.

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Retail’s Not Dead Yet. The New World of Experience Retail.

Like all changes in economic behavior shifts in technology empowering access to global markets have changed the retail world we’ve known. its a dramatic period of redefinition, new competition, evolution, and extinction. But actual shopping is not going away it’s just changing…

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Business Strategy or Brand Strategy?

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|true|false”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] The Power of Aligning Your Business Strategy and Your Brand. In developing business strategies executives often focus on key metrics related to growth, personnel, and finances. Obviously, these are critical to a company’s survival in today’s complex business environment.…

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Eat a Bar, Drink a Beer and Go Climb A Rock

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|26.3125px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|13.1562px|0px|false|false” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″] Three companies who have souls and sales. How innovative, mission driven-brands can collaborate on consumer values. ClifBar, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and REI have something in common– their values and their customers.  What’s this mean though? Having a product with a significant market share…

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Flying Dogs and Electric Cars – How brand value is shaped by our emotional connections

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding=”0|0px|0|0px|false|false”][et_pb_row custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Baily loves great dog treats Although we believe we make good choices based on rational thinking, most everything we react to is based on emotional perceptions. These emotions are more powerful than we think. They shape what brands…

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