This weekend, you’ve got a fantastic meal planned for some friends: you’re making your grandmother’s world-famous spaghetti. You’re at the market, and you’ve grabbed all the ingredients to make her sauce. Next is the pasta. With the basket about full, you grab just a few more things, then head to check out and work your way back home. Continue Reading →
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Aug 2019
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Spaghetti is More than Sauce and Noodles: Personas for Your Marketing Strategy
Posted on Aug 07, 2019 by John Paulsen
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Apr 2019
Why Apple’s New Ad Is Absolutely Genius
Posted on Apr 11, 2019 by Johnny Jeffers
This week Apple released a new ad that is, quite frankly, as unlike Apple as can be. While Apple has for years been acclaimed for its eloquent, clean, inspiring, and rather calculated advertisements featuring its products, this week’s ad featured products in a much more realistic setting. Though the popularity of products from iPhones to AirPods is so prevalent that Apple no longer has to reiterate its slogan of “think different,” Apple has always been rooted to this famous catchphrase. Continue Reading →
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Mar 2019
Marketing & Advertising: Can You Name the Difference?
Posted on Mar 27, 2019 by Johnny Jeffers
Although advertising and marketing are often used interchangeably, the two terms represent different aspects of the business process. While marketing encompasses the entire process of selling a product or service to a certain audience, advertising focuses on a particular facet of this process. Continue Reading →
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Jul 2017
Why Your Business Needs a Marketing Strategy
Posted on Jul 18, 2017 by Johnny Jeffers
There are many complex components that make up a well-developed marketing strategy, and without direction, these components will have no connection to one another, and thus lose purpose. Your business’ marketing efforts can get lost in the shuffle of aimless ads and marketing tactics all too easily if your strategy is not well devised. A marketing strategy’s purpose is to bind each component seamlessly; to connect the dots of your objectives, audience, and methods all in a cohesive manner.
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Jun 2017
Five Tips for Branding on Social Media
Posted on Jun 13, 2017 by Johnny Jeffers
Brand strategy as a concept can often be bit murky or esoteric. Whether you’re an established business or an individual searching for a more prominent way to self-brand, it can be difficult to identify a starting point and select a course of action. Social media offers endless opportunity for engagement, so maintaining a cohesive presence across platforms can be daunting. It’s important to remember that your strategy is your anchor, and keeps your team in sync with how your brand interacts with the world.
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Apr 2017
How Influencers Have Impacted Marketing
Posted on Apr 13, 2017 by Johnny Jeffers
Influencer marketing seems to be taking the lead as this year’s most “influential” marketing approach. Have you ever noticed someone you follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or Snapchat mention different products from time to time? I hate to break it to you, but that influencer you follow was more than likely paid to mention that product on their personal feed. This approach gives companies access to thousands, if not millions, of people they would not have otherwise been able to reach.