Trends: Insights & Trends
Weekly Recap – May 18, 2018
Facebook is empowering youth…or is trying to at least. While the Book might need to use some more complex tactics to stay alive among teens, ads don’t. Why some of the best ads are the most simple. … Read more
Weekly Recap – May 11, 2018
Microsoft is testing tech to bring offices the ultimate meeting assistant. Need a volunteer to take minutes? Fuhgetaboutit. Now if developers could only teach AI to keep meetings on task. Retailers ar … Read more
6 insights marketers should know from Iconosphere 2018.
“Be brave in this new world,” proposed Kate Muhl, CEB Iconoculture’s Principal Advisor to a room full of brand strategists and advertisers. This quickly became the theme for the two-day Iconosphere 20 … Read more
4 key takeaways from the MSHPM conference.
Aka (/mish pim/) or Michigan Society for Healthcare Planning and Marketing, which is of course, the Michigan counterpart to SHSMD, aka (/shish med/), or Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Deve … Read more
Weekly Recap – May 4, 2018
Talk about multitasking. Sometime in between testifying before Congress and managing a PR crisis, Facebook hit Snapchat right in the Story. Speaking of success stories, digital success starts with a g … Read more
Click-surfing helps marketers turn ZZZs into dollars.
Night owl. Nocturnal. Insomniac. Maybe you know one, or maybe you are one. While the idea of forgoing sleep to read another chapter or watch another episode is nothing new, consumers’ options are. We’ … Read more
Shave and a hypertension check? How barbers can help lower blood pressure.
Hypertension threatens about one in three adults in the U.S. Black men are particularly vulnerable and underrepresented in traditional studies. So, to reach this at-risk population, researchers went t … Read more
Weekly Recap – April 27, 2018
Not all e-waste recycling is created equal. As we give brands greater access to our data and wallets, we expect more from these relationships. Speaking of personal data, there’s a reason for the flare … Read more
Weekly Recap – April 20, 2018
Shoppers love the convenience and efficiency of the online experience, but they still like to get physical. Brick and mortar remains a fundamental part of the consumer journey. If they want one channe … Read more
Productivity: The psychology and strategy behind getting more done.
We all know the feeling: you get to the end of the day and realize you’ve accomplished about half of what you were planning to do. Or less. Maybe you procrastinated, or maybe you just couldn’t focus. … Read more






















