Tag: marketing
Following guidelines to effective advertising
By Nancy Garberson / Guest Column
Marketing and advertising are critical to the goals of your organization. But with limited resources it is important to...
How to find the right marketing channels
By Sherry Bonelli/Guest Column
If you run a business, leads are the lifeblood of your company. (OK, clients are really the lifeblood, but without leads...
Brand focus makes you matter
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Column
In this fast-paced, saturated marketing and advertising world, you have only seconds to convince a potential customer to pause...
Opening up the conversation
Symon Sanborn of TPS Media poses in a podcasting studio at Vault Co-Working in Cedar Rapids. Businesses are experimenting with podcasting as way to...
The lyrics (and stats) of loyalty marketing
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Editorial
Make new friends, but keep the old; those are silver, these are gold.
There’s a good chance composer Joseph Parry...
Positioning your message for success
By Nancy Garberson / Guest Editorial
Segmentation, targeting and positioning – known by many marketers as ‘STP’ – together comprise a three-stage marketing process built...
Consumers want simplicity in marketing
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Editorial
Being a consumer is complicated. It’s overwhelming. Sometimes, it can be exhausting.
What are you, as a marketer, doing about...
Merger energizes agencies
By Angela Holmes
CORRIDOR—Looking toward the future financially and structurally, two of the area’s top advertising firms decided to pull their resources and talents together...
No. 5 Small Company: de Novo Alternative Marketing
By Angela Holmes
Although the red ping pong table and group lunches at de Novo Alternative Marketing are pretty groovy, the coolest part of working...
First strategy, then tactics
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Editorial
Most marketers want solid strategy behind their marketing and branding efforts. But wanting strategy and making it happen are...