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Friday
Jun172011

How your brand can be an honest shade of green

The last few years have seen an increase in environmental awareness among consumers. More and more people are opting for eco-friendly labels and there’s been a huge surge in demand for everything clean and green

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Tuesday
Jun142011

Four forces that changed advertising forever

Up until a few years ago, advertising had changed little from the days of the Mad Men. But 3-4 years ago, forces started coming into play that fundamentally

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Friday
Jun102011

What's lost in translation is found in adaption

As an international advertising agency, we are often asked by clients to help them extend their marketing message across borders. In fact, adapting marketing messages, campaigns and websites

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Tuesday
Jun072011

Is it time you made a promise to your customers?

In the classic marketing book, Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, authors Al Ries and Jack Trout discuss how the challenge for marketers is to create a singular and favorable position in the minds of consumers for your product.

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Friday
Jun032011

Will Tout be bigger than Twitter?

On Wednesday, Shaquille O'Neill announced that he is retiring from the NBA via social media app Tout. This is a big score for the internet startup that launched its service on April 12 of this year

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Tuesday
May312011

15 examples of very creative advertisements

I read a book a couple years ago by called 'Juicing the Orange" by Pat Fallon and Fred Senn of the the Fallon Agency. And while many books written today talk about leveraging technology to help increase sales and improve the bottom line

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Friday
May272011

Everything I know about marketing, I learned from the Three Stooges

Considering that they created their first short over 70 years ago, you might think using the Three Stooges as a guide to better marketing might seem strange. But the Stooges have shown that their enduring charm and wisdom transcends time and technology.

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Tuesday
May242011

How you can help the people of Joplin, MO

I'm sure many of you have heard about and seen the devastation in Joplin, MO after a monster tornado measuring 3/4 of a mile wide ripped through the town this last weekend. It was one of the deadliest storms to hit in the US in the last 50 years.

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Tuesday
May242011

Why customers hating your brand could be a good thing

In today's social media world, brands are focusing on connecting with and engaging their customers. Customers are asked to become fans, to "like" Facebook brand pages, and to follow brands on Twitter.

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Friday
May202011

“Digital behavior” creates new opportunity for brands

The Duffy Agency extends its digital offerings through formal partnership with US-based online agency

We’re pleased to announce that The Duffy Agency has entered into a joint business partnership with Digital Day

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Thursday
May192011

“Digital behavior” targeted as new opportunity for brands

The Duffy Agency forms international partnership with US-based online agency.

Malmö, Sweden /Boston, MA — The Duffy Agency, a full-service international branding and advertising agency, with offices in Malmö, Sweden and Boston, has entered into a joint business partnership with DigitalDay, one of Northeast Ohio’s premier online marketing agencies

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Tuesday
May172011

Social Media: A Brave New World for PR Firms

When social media (as we know it today) first arrived on the scene back in the mid-2000s, there was a lot of internal discussions at companies as to which department was responsible for social media.

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Friday
May132011

Why Facebook and not Apple is the big story of the BrandZ Top 100 survey

Each of the last six years, Millward Brown Optimor has conducted their BrandZ survey, TheTop 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, which calculates the value of each brand according to economic and competitive dynamics. And yes, there is an app for that—a BrandZ Top 100 app, that is. 

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Tuesday
May102011

7 simple rules for great customer service

I recently had an experience with an online mattress company that got me thinking about customer service. Of course, we often hear the details of great customer service stories.

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Friday
May062011

Don't believe everything you read about social media

Last month Michael Stelzner's The Social Media Examiner put out the 2011 Social Media Marketing Industry Report. The report starts with a bold statement "Social media has gone mainstream. And for business it represents an unprecedented marketing opportunity." 

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Tuesday
May032011

3 things social media can't do and 1 thing it can

I was meeting with a new client a few weeks back and we were talking about a new product launch. I asked them if a marketing strategy had been formulated yet.

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Friday
Apr292011

9 ways to repurpose your killer content for social media

It has been said that in today's world, content is king. Recently, I have heard the more specific, optimized content is king. Either way, producing engaging content is the lifeblood of the social media universe.

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Tuesday
Apr262011

5 New Ways to Use QR Codes

A few weeks back, we looked at some innovative uses for QR codes. And it got us thinking. What are some other places we'd like to see QR codes that would add value, as opposed to just for promotional use.

 

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Thursday
Apr212011

10 Cool Social Media Infographics

In the age of the 30-second attention span and a 24/7 information availability, you need more than plain words and ordinary graphics to communicate to the social masses.

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Tuesday
Apr192011

WeFeedback: Sharing Food, Changing Lives

After several months in the works, we are very pleased to announce that the United Nations has officially launched a new online campaign to raise awareness for its World Food Program.

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