The Future of Work Is Here: How To Manage Your Team Effectively

What will the future of work and managing teams look like as we navigate our new normal? We shared tips with Wundamail, and their design team turned them into sweet graphics! How To Manage Your Team Effectively Ask Your Employees for Feedback Communicate with Your Team (But Let Them Work) Share Working from Home ExpectationsContinue reading “The Future of Work Is Here: How To Manage Your Team Effectively”

4 Retro Ways to Connect with Modern Audiences

Everywhere we look lately, from entertainment to business, what’s old is new again. Well established franchises are selling out movie theaters, the toy aisle is straight out of the eighties and businesses everywhere are turning back the clock to stand out in this fast-paced, digital world. How can you go retro to connect with customers andContinue reading “4 Retro Ways to Connect with Modern Audiences”

4 Tips to Communicate Clearly With Emojis

When emojis burst onto the scene, people rejoiced. These colorful characters were fun and broke through language and cultural barriers. In 2015, the Oxford Dictionaries cemented their place in our language by selecting an emoji — the Face with Tears of Joy — as the Word of the Year. Predictions of a future with little toContinue reading “4 Tips to Communicate Clearly With Emojis”

Evaluating Feedback: How to Listen to What’s Not Being Said

In our last post, we talked about how the gift-giving process makes you a better marketer. The final similarity discussed was evaluating your feedback, which is crucial to your success in marketing. The problem is that it can be difficult to evaluate your feedback. Prospects and customers are human, so they’re complex. Perhaps they fit yourContinue reading “Evaluating Feedback: How to Listen to What’s Not Being Said”

The Art of Follow-Up

It’s an integral part of the marketing process yet most marketers don’t do it. Unfortunately, not following up on your marketing efforts leads to missed opportunities and sales. How do you consistently follow up with people without being annoying?

Facebook’s Next Stop: World Domination (and That’s a Good Thing)

When I was growing up, my friends and I used to talk about what we wanted to achieve. No matter what occupation came up or what route someone wanted to take, it always ended with ‘world domination.’ That’s what Facebook wants too, and it may get there. The stats are already ridiculous, but the socialContinue reading “Facebook’s Next Stop: World Domination (and That’s a Good Thing)”

Peanutized: How to Encourage Fans to Engage With Your Brand

Have you been Peanutized? I took the plunge this afternoon. After seeing the fun creations in my Facebook News Feed the past few days, I couldn’t resist anymore. (Ah, the power of social media…) Get Peanutized is a cool microsite that 20th Century Fox is using to promote the upcoming release of The Peanuts MovieContinue reading “Peanutized: How to Encourage Fans to Engage With Your Brand”

Facebook Pages: Now Open for Communication

Facebook for Business announced updates to Pages’ messaging capabilities earlier this month, and we’re all for making communication between brands and their audiences easier. But can it be too easy? “Over a billion people visit Pages every month looking for more information from businesses.” -Facebook for Business We’re always fans of helping brands and consumersContinue reading “Facebook Pages: Now Open for Communication”

Is Gossip Good for Business?

Gossip is a dirty word. It’s condemned by parents, community leaders and business professionals the world over. Yet, here’s an interesting tidbit: it’s essential to our way of life. What?! “Even today the vast majority of human communication — whether in the form of emails, phone calls or newspaper columns — is gossip. It comesContinue reading “Is Gossip Good for Business?”

Are You Being Heard? Communication Tips For Your Brand

Communication. It’s so simple, right? We learn to do it at a young age, and it’s second nature. So why is it so difficult to communicate effectively with your customers, business partners and employees? Sure, you blast out emails to your customers and employees, blast out promotional social updates and blast out glossy hyperbole inContinue reading “Are You Being Heard? Communication Tips For Your Brand”