Data is more valuable than ever as marketers continually move to be data-driven decision makers. Losing data can mean losing important historical records and campaign insights, which is a major problem for improving and maintaining effective marketing solutions. The importance of data collection and ownership is higher today than ever before as companies need to have their valuable data assets and insights secured and available for use.

Back in 2020, we sought out to predict the impact the COVID-19 pandemic would have on our culture and identified seven key consumer trends - indicators of future behaviors and beliefs.

But the situation has proven to be anything but predictable.

One year later, we took a fresh look at how consumer has behavior changed during and as a result of the global pandemic.

Our take? The global pandemic was a magnifier – drawing everything, including our culture of division, into sharper focus. Read on to learn how this culture of division, magnified by COVID-19, has and will continue to shape the way consumers think and what they do and how brands should engage.

But how do you find the right influencer for your brand? Go back to your goals. If reach is what you desire, Doe recommends searching for a macro-influencer who mainly posts content on the platform your audience is on. (Gen Z would prefer TikTok while Millennials might prefer Instagram.) However, if you desire more engagement, we recommend searching for smaller influencers – micro or midtier – because we find their audiences feel a lot more connected to the influencer and are more likely to strike up a conversation in the comment section (or enter a contest) than they would with someone who has millions of followers.

“You can have it fast, cheap or good. Pick two.” This familiar expression has been kicked around by the video production community for decades to explain the obvious confines of budgets and production timelines. While you can have it either cheap and fast, cheap and good, or good and fast, you can’t have all three at the same time. In many instances, the cheap-and-good option has always felt a bit like an oxymoron – at least in a traditional sense of the expression. In the last five years, with video production quite literally at everyone’s fingertips, it seems having things fast, cheap and good can finally happen. Not only is it an option, but it is also expected.

When it comes to DTC, you don’t need to be the newest pup on the block to learn a new trick. See how we helped established brands Carrier, Feeders Pet Supply and Maker’s Mark create virtual storefronts.

Over the past year, illustration became a powerful tool within the world of graphic design and advertising. The surge began as a solve for crafting a campaign during a global pandemic when shooting film and photos wasn't an option. A year later, illustration and design are more entwined than ever and I don't see that changing any time soon.

User experience design centers all decisions around the user. Some could say that people have been informally using UX since the beginning of time, continuously trying to improve the process of an experience. However, UX design as a defined field has only existed within the dot-com boom so let's explore more about what it is, what it's not, why it's important, and how it's evolving.

The pandemic's impact on the growth of connected TV cannot be overstated. See what’s in store for the future of TV streaming and what it means for you.

The longer your page load time, the lower the conversion percentage. This holds true across all types of websites but none more-so than ecommerce sites.

Media relations, staple of the Public Relations toolbox, usually doesn’t make for the most riveting segment of a marketing presentation to a client about potential tactics. Yet public conversations about pretty much everything often start with someone – a reporter or blogger or website editor or just an individual with a viewpoint and a social media following – putting something out there for the world to read, see or hear. The skillful media relations practitioner can seed these ideas and influence many of the subsequent conversations – with a virtual cloak of invisibility.