Posts by Boelter Lincoln
Influencer Marketing: How to Find Quality Brand Friends
Influencers are essential to marketing in the digital space. These social figures develop and engage with a community of followers around a certain topic of interest (for example, healthy eating, outdoor adventure or even topics as narrow as claymation). As brands try to tap into these hyper-focused communities, ”influencer marketing” has emerged as a valuable…
Read MoreSnapchat Making Ads Fun For Millennials
Social advertising just keeps growing and growing! It can be a little overwhelming to keep up with all the platforms and new ad technologies coming out month after month. Everyone knows about – and many of us use – top social networking apps like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. From an advertising perspective, budding platforms…
Read MoreMilwaukee, a City You Should “TOTALLY Work In”
In the eyes of some seasoned professionals and colleagues, there is a stigma of Milwaukee. To those individuals, Milwaukee (like many other “Rust Belt” cities) is seen as old, cold and rather stodgy, not a destination that upwardly mobile millennials would want to relocate. To be fair, I have heard my fair share of woe…
Read MoreLocation-Based Advertising 101
Many Americans literally use their phone from the moment they open their eyes in the morning to the moment they close them at night—and making calls is only a fraction of that usage. Navigation tools have become particularly ubiquitous; phone GPS systems are now used to get us everywhere from the new coffee shop down…
Read MoreHollywood Sunday: A Brand’s Guide to Super Bowl Ad Success
For 364 days of the year, a majority of audiences have their finger on the mute button the moment “The Bachelor” or “This is Us” goes to commercial. Super Bowl Sunday is a different story. It’s simple: brands flock to attention. Attention is measured in eyeballs. 189 million pairs of eyeballs are expected to watch…
Read MoreHow do Packers fans #RunTheTable?
When it comes to fan experience, only one team with nearly 100 years of dedication, beer drinking, football-loving Americans has the liberty to say they’re The Best Fans in the NFL, according to Forbes. It’s no surprise that Packers fans thrive on voicing their emotions via social media. Whether it’s a green and gold selfie…
Read More3 Ways to Use Live Streaming Social Media
“If you didn’t put it online, it never happened.” It’s not a new idea that if you want your brand to stay relevant (especially with millennials) you need to find a way to keep in touch with the outlets consumers are using most often. Television is certainly not dead, but it doesn’t reach the masses…
Read MorePokémon Go: The Augmented Reality Show
Millions of people across the U.S. are trying to “catch ‘em all.” No, it’s not the ‘90s, but Pokémon Go has the all-so-coveted attention of the modern millennial consumer. What better way to intrigue a generation resisting the urge to plunge into traditional adulthood than to pique their childhood interests? Google startup Niantic, the studio…
Read MoreEducation a Key for Food Marketers
For many of today’s consumers, food has to be more than just calories to fill you up. It has to contribute to a healthy diet and overall lifestyle. Looking at the last meal you ate, do you know what it did for your body? How much protein it provided? How many carbs? Were there any…
Read MoreMillennials Surfing For Health Care Value
Millennials might not seem like the target audience for a health care marketing campaign, but the truth is, they should be. Millennials have surpassed Gen Xers as the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, according to the Pew Research Center, and they’re bringing unique health needs with them. Combine that with their $2.45 trillion…
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