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How We Rebranded a B2B Business in 90 Days
There comes a time when everything needs an update. Whether it’s a hairstyle, a home that needs a facelift, or a brand that wants to remain fresh and recognizable. Towards the end of 2020, we found ourselves in the latter situation. So, our team set out on a journey to reinvent our look. We learned … Continued
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5 B2B Social Media Marketing Strategies That Will Help You Kill It In 2021 [Infographic]
When it comes to social media marketing, many B2B companies feel that they’ve been handed the short end of the stick. Social media can be a challenging advertising medium, especially when it’s being used to promote an industry-focused good or service. It isn’t easy to develop content that will appeal to a wider audience. So, … Continued
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3 Employee Engagement Strategies That Can Save Remote EX in 2020
Let’s play a little game of word association. Summer: vacations. Workplace: cool coworkers. The year 2020: complete and utter craziness that disrupted everything under the sun, including the two things mentioned above. Even if your first two word associations were different, it’s safe to guess that we had similar ideas on the last one. And … Continued
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Brand Distinction for Your Website That Doesn’t Feel Fake
“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.” (The Velveteen Rabbit … Continued
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Why Live Chat Receptionist Services Reign Supreme
“Thanks for calling. We appreciate our customers, and your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line as all of our customer service representatives and serving others” I don’t know about you, but when I call a business and get a recording similar to this, I certainly do NOT feel like an … Continued
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9 (Non) Business Books to Read For Better Relationships in the Workplace
“Never trust anyone who didn’t bring a book with them.” ~ Lemony Snicket. Video might have killed the radio star, but it will never kill books. Even in the age of everything digital and many things automated, when it comes to real advice, people still turn to books. In the year 2019, 72% of adults … Continued
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How to Use Mindfulness Activities to “Hack” Your Procrastination
Mindfulness activities: Why do we need them daily? Procrastination is your brain being a whiny toddler. As we discussed in our recent article, How to Stop Procrastinating by Winning the War in Your Brain, when we procrastinate our brains turn on their pre-evolution instincts to avoid danger and unpleasantness. Some scientists call it the lizard … Continued
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Psychological Strategies in Marketing: 8 Principles That Actually Work
Hi, there. Do you need a tissue after watching this? I sure did. I’m sorry to make you emotional. But I felt that was the best way to start an article about psychological strategies in marketing. Duracell there employed one of the great marketing principles – emotional marketing. The connection between parents and children is … Continued
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Why Big Goals Don’t Work and Small Habits That Do
I have seen one man build an entire house with a glorified bowl and a stick. I know it sounds impossible, but there’s a video to prove it. For countless days on end, he works alone in the depths of the jungle. No electricity, power tools, or A/C. But with each pile of dirt, he … Continued
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How to Stop Procrastinating by Winning the War in Your Brain.
It’s 7 pm on a Friday and I’m going into panic mode. I’m pacing my living room floor, biting my nails and trying to calm down the feeling of a thousand butterflies in my stomach. What am I going to do? There is no time! I need to submit a story for peer review to … Continued