by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel  From types of clientele to subject matter expertise, practice areas and menus of services, every agency has its particular differentiators that help it stand out in a crowded field and appeal to its target audience. Facing stiff competition to win clients, agency owners need to take note of […]

by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel  Marketers today understand that personalizing a campaign for the target audience is the best way to ensure it will generate the desired results. Of course, “personalizing” a mass email blast by only changing each recipient’s name isn’t going to do the trick. Sending out generic messaging to many […]

What do you do when the old way of doing business isn’t working anymore? How do you know when small adjustments to the way you and your team work will suffice or when sweeping changes are needed? Every situation is different, so I can only speak from my point of view, but when I recently […]

by Christopher Tompkins | ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR There will always be forces that throw your plans by the wayside and recalibrate — whether they take the form of political changes, a natural disaster, a cultural shift or a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. So for marketers, the question is not “How can we plan for the new […]

by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel  The only way a marketing or advertising agency can run successful campaigns is by learning as much as they can about their clients’ audiences first. While some agency clients may come armed with plenty of demographic and even psychographic information about their existing customers and prospects, others come […]

by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel  Brands are always looking to leverage the “latest thing” in terms of social media trends to help amplify their marketing and advertising, and this holiday season, the latest and greatest thing is TikTok. While many brands have begun to consider ways to make the most of their presence […]

by Christopher Tompkins | ENTREPRENEUR LEADERSHIP NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR Social media marketing can all be a bit of a haze, especially if you’re going into it with an untrained eye. Your posts are getting interactions, but are they getting enough? What could you do to make them perform better? Are the conversions you’re making off of […]

You take on a new client: an ice cream brand that isn’t quite on the level of Ben & Jerry’s, but it’s on the rise and has serious potential to disrupt the industry. But, before you can start thinking big, you need to get a better picture of the landscape for the product to find […]

by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel  Diversity has been a hot topic in the business community for decades. Today, many companies are doing more than just talking about increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in their workplaces; they’re taking action, putting policies and practices in place that they hope will open new doors, eliminate bias […]

by Forbes Agency Council | Expert Panel  If you are old enough to remember the Fuller Brush salesperson knocking on your door, you may have noticed that certain marketing maneuvers that were once ubiquitous seem to have disappeared. Given the buzz and energy around digital and social media advertising in recent years, some old-school tactics […]