A few marketing ideas and trends have popped up onto my radar. Because sharing is caring, here are five I’ve been thinking about. Brand love as content marketing strategy I came across this article about how companies are creating “brand love” content to get engagement on Twitter....
User generated content (UGC) is not a new concept in marketing, but 2021 might be the time we all finally embrace it. Many of the reasons are related to – you guessed it – the pandemic. I recently read that UGC is more trusted than brand-led...
As a marketer and business owner, I keep my eye on content marketing trends. This year, many of the trends I’m most intrigued by come courtesy of the pandemic. These trends were already brewing in the background; the pandemic thrust them into the spotlight. Five content...
Millennials have conditioned us marketers to communicate in very specific ways. Gen Z is already flipping everything we’ve been doing on its head. In fact, Gen Z is changing marketing in some really big ways. My kids are Gen Z, so I’m seeing these trends play...
As I was writing my annual blog post about marketing trends that are most relevant to small businesses, I began to wonder about predictions from years past. Which past marketing trends evolved from a trend to a best practice, and which ones disappeared? I opened up...
You’d think it would be easy to stay on top of marketing trends when you’re in the marketing industry. But just like you, I am inundated with information and short on time. I am currently cleaning through all the blogs and newsletters I subscribe to, so...
I’m sure you’ve heard about using SMS text for marketing. And, like me, you probably ignored it. Well, I have reason to believe that text marketing is The Next Big Thing for small businesses. Just look at these numbers: Text is the most widely and...
Are trend and prediction listicles flooding your inbox? Same here, so I created my own specifically for small business owners. You may not be ready for, say, virtual reality, but these are the 10 biggest marketing trends that will affect small business owners as we...
It’s that time of year when predictions, trends, and hot/not lists start proliferating like Santa hats. Never one to miss out on a party, we’re jumping in with our own list of four big marketing trends for 2017 that we’re watching. But before we get there,...