
How most startups do events wrong…and 6 ways to do them right
When you’re in startup mode, awareness is everything. And event marketing combines awareness with message testing, audience...

Can digital kill the television star?
are shifting. The driving forces behind these shifts seem to be that people today are managing multiple screens (sometimes...

How to achieve the ideal state of marketing
I do believe, however, that achieving the ideal state of marketing should be something that drives every marketing organization. It...

How to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Pharma (part 5 of 5)
My goal has been to show advertisers how to embrace, not fear, the federal ad regulations governing them and their partners. In highly...

When you buy marketing software, know that you are buying into an ecosystem
While it may seem obvious that marketing technology makes companies more efficient, making the wrong choices, especially in favor of...

Hitting blind spots on the way to gold? Olympics ads remind marketers to sweat the data details
lazyllama / Shutterstock.com If you tuned into the recent Rio Olympics, you saw many inspiring acts of athletic transcendence — and...

Selling your agency, a how-to guide: Part 1 — Starting out right
About eight years ago, I founded 3Q Digital (initially named PPC Ad Buying, then PPC Associates). I founded the company mainly because I...

4 marketing trends you need to follow to sell to millennials
largest generation since the Baby Boom. By 2018, millennials will account for $3.39 trillion in spending annually. By 2025, it’s...

How to solve the event marketing data problem
In-person events have become a critical source of leads for B2B marketing and sales organizations. In fact, face-to-face events account...

How to manage ad partners in regulated industries: Education (Part 4 of 5)
The series is designed for advertisers who feel overwhelmed by government ad regulations and want tips on avoiding costly lawsuits. In...

3 tips for embracing martech
marketing technology, refers to the technology-based initiatives and tools that assist marketers. Some are in the cloud, while others...

Perfecting the pass from marketing to sales
Hut… hut… hike! “Marketing’s got the lead! He signals to sales! Sales is in the end zone! Could this be it? The pass is up and… nope,...

The best marketers know more about their customers
But here’s the brutal and honest truth: We don’t really know our customers at all or nearly as well as we should. As marketers, it is...

How CRM brings control and collaboration to advertising & media agencies
Recently, Insightly (my employer), worked with TechValidate, an independent third party, to conduct a survey of creative professionals,...

7 ways to get to know your audience better
With the great diversity of marketing styles and strategies out there, it’s easy to lose sight of some of the fundamentals inherent to...

4 tactics you can use today to become a better listener
I think we all can agree that it’s paramount to listen to our clients. They know their businesses the best and are crucial in helping us...

3 ways marketers can use speed to their advantage
You traditionally don’t think of speed and marketing as being tightly linked. Today, speed is becoming a hot topic in marketing planning...

8 tips from 7 months of local sponsorship marketing
This blog post series is not subtle about its advocacy for local sponsorships. But based on current local marketing inventory, it’s clear...

Customer journeys, blind spots & burgers: Lessons from fast-food marketing
For marketers, customer journey analysis often results in accidental narcissism. Analytics are supposed to illuminate our blind spots,...
























