The science behind decision making has come a long way in the past decade. Yet, for some reason, many marketers haven’t shifted their messaging strategies to address this simple fact:
Human decision making is based on emotion and not reason/rationality
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“Our goal is to create synergy that will help us pivot to new strategies when we utilize the talent of our right-sized organization while also finding quick wins.”
Wait, what? We’ve all read these things in internal memos or heard them come out of the mouths of leaders. And something happens when we hear these words and phrases used over and over – we check out. For me, I immediately start creating my grocery list or mentally reciting the lyrics to the last song I heard on my way into the office.
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For the past few decades, we’ve seen the size and scope of our clients’ internal marketing teams ebb and flow. Some have even gone as far as branding their in-house teams to feel more like an agency. Regardless of the size of your internal marketing teams, there’s always a need for an outside perspective – an objective point of view that only an external agency partner can provide.
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“We’re a category of one...”
“There’s nobody who does what we do, the way we do it...”
“We’re reinventing the market...”
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Having worked for multiple agencies over the past two decades, I’ve seen many approaches and styles to winning new business. Knowing how important this decision is, and how difficult it can be to make, these key questions can help you choose the agency partner that is right for you.
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People with disabilities make up the largest minority in the United States. One in four adults lives with some type of disability. I actually have a learning disability, so I understand the experience of growing up struggling and fighting to adapt to learning and work environments that don’t create a safe or accessible experience for the way my brain functions.
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The early days of COVID-19 were a frightening scramble for all, but nowhere more-so than the hospital and healthcare setting.
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Indy leaders Tamara Cypress and Bob Schultz were problem solvers well before the pandemic hit, but the dual challenges of COVID-19 and the racial justice crisis put their skills into overdrive, resulting in the creation of two new powerful entities: Black Businesses Matter/Indy Accompliceship and the Downtown Indy Recovery Taskforce.
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The news media has been one of the industries most challenged during the past few months. Pandemic-fueled newsroom layoffs, furlough weeks and frenzied, 24-hour news cycles, have overwhelmed the journalists that remain.
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In a recent post, we talked about why organizations should reexamine their Corporate Social Responsibility strategies to ensure they are authentic, meaningful, and resonant with employees. In this post, we share three ways to embed CSR efforts into your culture and sustain it over time.
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