If your agency or marketing team is anything like Borshoff, you’ve got thoughts about AI. If you’re a lot like us, you’re curious, intrigued and maybe uncertain about how to leverage these new powers. Our team has embraced the technology and we enjoy experimenting with Generative AI in just about every capacity, from content to imagery to strategy briefs to research and discovery. There is value and demand for this technology and tool, but how do we get the most out of it to ensure authentic human connections? How can it help us inspire, move and motivate real human behavior?
At the beginning of each year, the Borshoff media team compiles our research – historical campaign performance, reporting insights, data from the previous year – to provide predictions around media trends that will guide strategy and ultimately success for our clients. Here’s what we predicted late last year, and an update on how those predictions are playing out.
Most business executives would tell you what they want from public relations is visibility. But what they’re really seeking is credibility. They want third party validation. They want trust.
Public art, placemaking and the use of art in business settings are not new concepts but in recent years, a new push to include diverse artists in these efforts and deeper integration of the arts into the community has emerged. It’s a trend arts community leaders and artists alike are celebrating. But greater use of art in the community has real impact for brands who embrace the trend, too.
During a prospective client’s agency vetting process, the question sometimes comes up – “Are you working with any other (insert industry) clients?” The way I see it, people ask this question for different reasons…
Now more than ever, prospective employees value transparency and authenticity as they consider where they want to spend their careers. Smart employers recognize that they can and should control their employer brand through their own website, job postings, social media and other channels, but what about channels you can’t control, like Glassdoor?
TikTok has emerged as one of the hottest platforms today, with more than 1 billion users worldwide. In the US alone, there are more than 80 million active users, and 60% of those users are Gen Z.
Customer journey mapping isn’t a new concept, and there are several philosophies about how to go about it. But for many brands, the exercise is done when launching a new product or a re-brand and is typically not considered again until another major change in business strategy. However, this tool provides clear insight about your internal and external stakeholders – making it a worthwhile, ongoing exercise to reveal new ways of thinking about your audiences and how you connect with them.
Have you reached the point of needing to hire an agency? Or, perhaps you already have one, but feel the need to make a change? What do you do now? Conventional thinking might suggest an RFP is the right way to go to find a new agency partner. That’s one way, but not the only way, and it might not reveal what you hope or need, relative to potential partners.
When it comes to the finished sound of a story told through video or audio broadcast, there’s a huge difference between “ok” and “great!” Our most recent Shoff Chat guests shared their insights on the power of audio and how to get the most from the audio portion of your storytelling tactics. The team at Earshot Audio Post in Indianapolis has nearly a century of collective experience and a keen understanding of the classic as well as the cutting-edge in this area. Our guests from Earshot included Brice Bowman, Rick Such and Ben Ericsen.
