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Advertising and Marketing
Digital Media Trends to Watch in 2019
Modern, effective marketing requires a digital presence. For marketers used to the tried and true tactics of ‘traditional’ marketing, that can be daunting. Luckily, evolving marketing platforms provide our industry more touch points for reaching audiences—rather than making previous efforts suddenly useless. As digital becomes more integrated into marketing mixes, it’s important to look ahead and watch for trends. As [...]
Marketing is Evolving: How Integrated is Your Marketing? The Future Blends Digital and Direct
Traditionally, direct marketing has fallen into three areas: outbound calling, direct mail and email marketing. These channels are the go-to choices for marketers looking for response. Marketing is evolving quickly in the digital world, though, and making a big impact on direct marketing. Every business must acquire new customers for continued growth. Deciding on whom to target usually comes from [...]
Building a Data Rosetta Stone
I love analyzing data. For some clients that means taking data from one source. For others, it means sorting through multiple data sources with different formats from different data platforms. When that happens, a once easy data analysis project becomes a bit more difficult. More difficult, but not impossible. Luckily, one thing I love as much as analyzing data is [...]
A Recap of MozCon 2018
MozCon 2018 was a busy event for me. There were smart, charismatic speakers on stage and opportunities to network with SEOs from around the world. I quickly made it my goal to not only attend the sessions and learn from the speakers, but to also see what other professionals in the industry were doing. I was suspicious that the pros [...]
The Intern Experience
This summer, we were lucky enough to welcome four great interns into our office. Jamie, Maria, Wes Rosie were great additions to SA. We believe in making our interns part of our team—no busy work around here. Now that school’s back in session, it’s time to take a look back at their time at SA. Jamie, Public Relations After my [...]
Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Brand Ideation
By Sheryl Rinker The best companies have a brand that speaks to its customers beyond the transaction. A good brand connects with an emotion, evokes a lifestyle or presents a company as a friend that looks out for its customer. A few things that all strong brands should have are: a clear understanding of who they are, what makes their [...]
Effective Media Mix Strategy
If it takes 7-13 touches by at least three marketing channels to impact a consumer to buy – how do you know if you have the right marketing media frequency and mix? This is what I spend the majority of my day focused on; testing, measuring and analyzing channel performance. Knowing your customer is paramount. And creating an integrated marketing [...]
Four Tips to Improve Your Writing
Writing. At Strategic America, writing can be as simple as a blog about writing, or as complex as a white paper used to reach a very specific, niche audience. However, there are a few general truths about all writing at an advertising agency. Here are four truths that are important for all writing: 1. Know your audience Obvious? Sure. Easy? [...]
Creative Collaborations: The Client/Agency Relationship
Design has always been my passion. Early in my career, I realized that I could apply that passion to a much larger purpose: Making a difference in people’s lives and building valued relationships. And while I’ve witnessed many changes in the advertising industry over 30 years, the importance of a strong relationship between clients and their agency, built on trust [...]
What the December 1963 copy of Life magazine taught me about advertising
Galleries of shockingly tasteless “Mad Men”-era ads are often posted on social media, but I wasn’t sure what I’d find in the copy of Life magazine covering the funeral of President Kennedy, dated December 6, 1963. Even its mailing label shows it comes from a different era, addressed to “Mrs. John S. Welch.” As a current ad agency employee, I [...]
