Trends: Insights & Trends

Weekly Recap – July 27, 2015
Social media is constantly evolving, with vigilant bloggers following every new app, rule and Facebook flicker. We sift through hundreds of blogs weekly to keep on top of developments and seek out new … Read more

4 popular Instagram formats to tell your brand story.
From cave paintings in Lascaux, frescos in the Sistine Chapel and Campbell’s soup cans with a dash of Warhol to billboards, commercials and now Instagram, visual storytelling has always been popular a … Read more

11 signs your in-house marketing team needs the help of an ad agency.
These days, we’re all expected to wear a lot of hats. We juggle many jobs every day, and often, we need to learn how to do more with less: less time, less help and less money. That’s often why compani … Read more

7 ways to grow your small business on Instagram.
Owning a business can be hard. Growing a business can be even harder. Large businesses may have significant media budgets. But what small businesses lack in size, they can more than make up with custo … Read more

Inspiring examples of Real Time Marketing #4: The Royal Baby.
When Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge was born, the Internet went wild. Twitter recorded more than one million tweets mentioning the birth, and “royal baby” was the most searched term o … Read more

The first rule of brand authenticity: Know your audience.
Authenticity is an important, though fuzzy concept. Important because most consumers opt for authentic brands over and above their competitors. And fuzzy because authenticity can be difficjult to defi … Read more

Weekly Recap – July 20, 2015
Social media is constantly evolving, with vigilant bloggers following every new app, rule and Facebook flicker. We sift through hundreds of blogs weekly to keep on top of developments and seek out new … Read more

6 ways your nonprofit organization can be successful on Instagram.
They say a single image is worth a thousand words. This adage has helped make Instagram popular among retail brands. But what about nonprofits? Can a picture capture the power of a cause? Oh yeah. Fro … Read more

University Marketing 101: Centennial College proves print ads still have potential.
If you work in the advertising industry, you know print ads in magazines and newspapers have been on a steady decline since 2007. Marketers are increasingly turning to mobile, social and digital—anyth … Read more

Inspiring examples of real time marketing #3: The Dress.
#TheDress tore just about everyone in the world apart, including the Brogan & Partners office. Was it blue and black? Was it white and gold? We all had a different opinion, and so did the marketin … Read more