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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 MoreWIGCOT 2017 Sheds Light on Big Social Data
The 30th Annual Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Tourism took place last week at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee. Close to 1,000 attendees converge on a city once a year to learn what’s new in the tourism industry and, of course, catch up with old friends. This year Andrew McCarthy – yes THAT Andrew McCarthy…
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 MoreQuit Social Media?
While scrolling through Facebook at work last week, I came across a New York Times opinion editorial imploring readers to quit using social media if they want to advance their careers. Although I agreed with many of author Cal Newport’s points – particularly about social’s addictive, distracting, narcissistic nature – I immediately considered writing a…
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 MoreSix Tips for “Pitch” Emails
Unsolicited emails are an annoying fact of life. I begin every morning by wading through dozens and dozens of them, deleting at least 90 percent. Ironically, once I’m finished, I often begin sending unsolicited emails myself. This is probably true for many businesspeople. While person-to-person networking, inbound marketing and social media interactions are all important…
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