By Shane O'Neill, Vice President Video is quickly becoming the hottest marketing trend for businesses. Why? Simply stated, video on social can generate up to 1,200% more shares than static images or text. In addition, 9 out of 10 brands have reported a significant lift in brand recall when using 6-second bumper ads on YouTube. If you’re still...
By Ellen Fruchtman, President Don’t let the title mislead you. At quick glance, I bet you thought I was talking about getting some well-earned rest. Not that we all don’t need that. This article is about to address the generation behind Millennials. You know, Gen Z. Because truthfully, the oldest of that generation (starting in the year 1995 leading up to...
By Shane O'Neill, Vice President Ahh, Facebook, the most widely discussed social channel. Every trade show is packed with speakers on the subject. “How to get the most from Facebook”, “How to Sell on Facebook”, “Get More Fans on Facebook”, the list goes on and on. Yet, almost all of you are using the channel wrong and...
by Lori Mitchell Dixon, Ph.D., Great Lakes Marketing Research So, online shopping is undoubtedly having an impact on your retail operations. Whether your customers are buying online or just educating themselves, your customers have been “Amazoned.” In a recent survey of 1,000 adults, it was found that the vast majority researched online or read product reviews before they even went into...
by Shane O’Neill, Vice President In case you haven’t noticed, brick and mortar retail is, well, challenging right now. The list of stalwart retail stores closing their doors is growing, including Macy’s and JC Penney. Shopping malls are becoming so 2010 and people would rather Netflix and chill than head out and go shopping. Now, we can...
by Shane O’Neill, Vice President Google changes or updates its algorithm hundreds or thousands of times per year. These are mostly small changes, sure, but it just illustrates the ever-evolving search landscape. Organic traffic via SEO is a huge opportunity for independent retailers. A larger algorithm change in March of 2019 revealed that content, content, content is...
By Ellen Fruchtman, President Let’s forget Halloween and Thanksgiving. Because as you know, the biggest jewelry time of year is fast approaching. If you’re looking to make the holidays a little more profitable (and who isn’t?), here are some simple ideas you should be employing. Some seem rather elementary, but they work. 1. Make sure you have a plan. We have seen...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing Do you remember the last time a business did something unexpected for you? Something you truly appreciated? Of course, you do. Those are the moments that imprint themselves on our memories. For me, it was with a video messaging app called Bonjoro. My Wow Moment When I signed up for their...
by Angie Ash, Executive Vice President Even if you’re not a Harry Potter fan, (insert gasp here) you can appreciate a Times Square takeover to promote Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child expansion to new international markets and its new tagline, “Sometimes, Darkness Comes From Unexpected Places.” Developed and produced by agency AKA, the project required the cooperation of eight...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing The online revolution changed business forever. But more than that, it changed the way we operate in society. As a result, businesses have flocked to the new ways of doing business. If you ran traditional ads, now you run online ads. If you sent physical mail, now you send email....