Why Simple Marketing Messages are So Darn Effective

[vc_row padding_top_multiplier=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]Well, well, well. It turns out that all those fancy marketing techniques, buzzwords, and jargon that you learned in your MBA program aren’t so effective. According to some painfully obvious statistics, simple marketing messages are actually the most effective way to reach customers. Who knew? Let’s take a look at some of these stats.[/vc_column_text][fildisi_empty_space][vc_column_text] […]

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Brand Voice, Story, Audience

Branding / Marsh Williams

[vc_row padding_top_multiplier=””][vc_column][vc_column_text] With apologies to Rod Stewart – “every company tells a story.” Every company has a story to tell, one worth listening to, but for the most part, one that exists in pieces all around the office. Oh, it’s all there, it just has not been gathered and assembled into a single cohesive message,

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Podcasts and the Art of Storytelling

Branding / Shout Out Studio

Storytelling is the oldest and most effective method humans have to pass along knowledge. It’s how we’ve developed cultural values and passed history from generation to generation. We are wired to remember it. This is why learning how to tell your story is just as important as what it is you have to say. If your

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Brand Building: Attracting Your Ideal Audience

Branding / Shout Out Studio

Whether you are establishing a new brand or taking a closer look at an existing brand, one key aspect to take into account is your audience. Furthermore, are you attracting the audience you want? Successful brands are able to identify and align with their audience in a way that is both natural and genuine. The

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Is There a Formula for Viral Content?

Free For All Friday / Shout Out Studio

Over $46,ooo and counting for potato salad on Kickstarter. For potato salad. Zack (Danger?) Brown decided to make some potato salad and enlisted the help of Kickstarter to raise funds. Whether it was the sheer curiosity of where it could go, or the entertaining description and goals set by Zack, or that hungry people really

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Identify Your Story

1 Comment / Branding / Marsh Williams

In earlier posts, we’ve referred to storytelling as a key component of marketing, regardless of the distribution medium. Most companies know they have a story of some kind but it’s not always easy to tell it in clear concise terms. We recently discovered this for ourselves in redoing our company About page. In asking everyone

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