Tag: marketing
Network connections
How do you effectively network when everyone is staying at home? It’s a question that has challenged all corners of the business community to...
Learning from ICR’s failure
The joint economic development venture between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City was supposed to attract businesses and talent, foster cooperation and ultimately create an...
CR goes it alone for a win
CBJ Editorial
There had been tacit agreement that the region should collaborate on three priorities: business recruitment, workforce development and regional marketing. That was the...
Banking on public relations in a digital world
By Betsy McCloskey | Guest Column
Banking used to be simple. Consumers maintained accounts and loans at banks conveniently located near their home. There weren’t digital...
The only message customers want from you
By John Graham | Sales Column
While our experience of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely just getting started, it has already upended entire industries and...
How will your branding communicate ‘quality’?
By Betsy McCloskey | Guest Column
Traditionally, manufacturing marketing is focused on sales. While business development is the number one concern for most industries, in...
Location matters equally in online storefront
By Jen Neumann | Guest Column
In an increasingly online world, does location still matter?
Let’s revisit one of the oldest principles of marketing: “place” or...
Attention-grabbing signage doesn’t always mean ‘good’
By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate
Your business’ most overlooked media format might be the most visible one you have – the signage out...
Perfecting your marketing mix
By Betsy McCloskey | Guest Column
According to Marketing 101, effective marketing comes down to getting the right offer in front of the right person...
Channeling energy into an office makeover
Channel Fusion CEO Pankaj Monga shows visitors around Moe's Lounge, part of the employee break area in the company's fully updated and renovated Hiawatha's...