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Keep Your Team Focused with KPIs
https://youtu.be/mx1wEPkoeTA It sucks to have to manage your team closely, especially when most good people want to grow. So how do you let them know why they’re here,...
How to Tell a Remarkable Brand Story
This is it, remarka-fans. How to tell a remarkable brand story This month, I’m cutting right to brand story—the heart of a brand’s posture toward the world and its...
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Marketing is simple, but it can feel complicated with all the BS you have to cut through. Let me simplify the checklist for a coherent strategy. Because if you...
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The 4 Essential Truths of Content Strategy
Some plans are just wishes. Other plans define the task and the purpose, pointing the team’s individual work into a coordinated effort. This post will tell you about...
Protip: Pretest Your Brief
The creative brief tells anyone touching or reviewing the piece—whether it’s a blog post or set of social media posts—exactly what the piece is supposed to do. So how...
4 Reasons You’ll Have To Rebrand This Year (Part 2)
In our first part of this series on rebranding, we covered the first two reasons you’ll need to rebrand your company: You have a new vision You’re scaling up Both of...
The One-Page That Will Focus Your Content
Much of the unfocused marketing crap we see in the world comes from a lack of focus and discipline. This post is about a document that will change all that, creating a...
4 Reasons You’ll Have To Rebrand This Year (Part 1)
It’s a new year, and I’m sure for some in your company, that means they’re bandying about the ‘R’ word in your latest strategic planning meeting. You know the word:...
Protip: Close Your Laptop and Think
How to discipline your research: avoid bottom-up thinking. Bottom-up thinking, in research, puts you at the mercy of the information you’re seeking. It might mean...
Five Steps to UX-Proof Your Website: Part 5 Sitemap and Navigation
We’ve all been to websites with triple dropdown navigation menus, extensive lists of blue hyperlinks in a sidebar, and overcrowded headers full of items. We’ve all left...
Building Creative Strategy: Researching Connection
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” - Zora Neale Hurston There is science in connection with your audience. After you’ve...
Five Steps to UX-Proof Your Website: Content Organization
Well organized websites feel like your hometown: you generally know where you are in relation to what is around you. You don’t need to search for directions to find...