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4 Rules for Cause Branding with a Case Study
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By Daniel Lally
Date
June 15, 2022
You don’t need a business school study to tell you that cause branding matters to your business. You can just ask your customers. Large percentages of consumers (and business customers are just consumers that have to rationalize their decisions a bit more) are heavily influenced in their purchase decisions by…
Maintaining Your Brand: Brand Style Guides 101
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By Antoine Percy
Date
May 18, 2022
Why should your company have brand guidelines, including a style guide? Let’s answer that with a quick exercise. Have you ever seen a blue McDonald’s arch? How about the Target bullseye: is it ever green instead of red? Or the Starbucks logo: is the mermaid sometimes green, sometimes yellow, and…
Public Relations for Banks and Credit Unions: Needed Now More Than Ever
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By Daniel Lally
Date
April 26, 2022
Financial marketing was never simple—and mobile and online banking have only increased the number and complexity of the challenges. That’s because banks and credit unions aren’t just competing against the commercial or community bank down the street, but against regional and national behemoths with the resources (and media budgets) to…
Google Analytics 4: Why You Shouldn’t Wait
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By Alex Webb
Date
April 9, 2022
In March, Google announced that as of July 1, 2023 Universal Analytics accounts will cease processing data. That means everyone will have to transition to GA4 (Google Analytics 4) or a Google Analytics alternative by that date. With that announcement, marketing departments the world over breathed a sigh of relief….
YouTube Content Ideas for Consumer Service Companies
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By Alex Webb
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March 7, 2022
Brainstorming ways to spread the word about your business? If so, YouTube should definitely be on your to-do list. Unfortunately, many companies, consumer service oriented and otherwise, shy away from the platform. That hesitation usually stems from either concerns about the time and skill commitment making videos would require or…
Linear TV vs. OTT vs. Addressable TV
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By Janet Slaughter
Date
February 7, 2022
Congratulations! You’ve decided that the best use for your marketing dollars is to run a television commercial. Whew! Hard decision made; now you can kick back and relax, right? Not quite; you still need to decide between linear, OTT, and addressable TV. Yes, thanks to the of rise streaming services…
Engagement Rate: Google Analytics 4 Feature
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By stgregory
Date
January 29, 2022
Google Analytics 4, also known simply as “GA4,” is the latest iteration of Google Analytics. (The previous version, which was technically Google Analytics 3, is most commonly referred to as “Universal Analytics.”) GA4 is drastically different than Universal Analytics; in fact, the differences could fill a book. Today, we’re going…
How to Come Up with Restaurant Content Ideas
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By Alex Webb
Date
January 7, 2022
Is your restaurant blogging or generating some type of onsite content on a regular basis? If not, it’s time to start! At St. Gregory, we know that content marketing is a bit like flossing—most people know they should be doing it regularly but the benefits aren’t always immediately apparent. Plus,…
What is Inbound Marketing?
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By Baihley Gentry
Date
December 21, 2021
When it comes to digital marketing, there’s no shortage of jargon—earned media, owned media, inbound marketing, content marketing. And don’t even get us started on the acronyms! Unfortunately, in order to effectively and efficiently reach your target audience you do need to know what options are out there. In other…