Marketing KPIs: January 2024 Trends

Want to discover the latest industry developments for January 2024? Gain valuable insights with in-depth analyses from more than 100 diverse brands, uncovering key trends shaping the landscape. January 2024: Robust Performance Entering the New Year, consumers are adjusting to heightened prices, growing personal debt, and prevailing economic unpredictability, coming to terms with these conditions […]

Branding Abroad: Madrid, Spain

Welcome to a series where culture meets branding insights, delivering quick and practical thoughts that redefine your understanding of brand identity. From Madrid Spain, Brent encourages us to not only think about the past, but also the future. As a brand it’s important to know your history but it’s equally important to spend time talking about where your brand is going.

Branding Abroad: Italy

Join Brent Niemuth, President and branding expert, as we hop across Europe’s cultural highlights in a fast-paced journey to Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain. In each short episode, Brent draws a branding lesson from the local landscape. Welcome to a series where culture meets branding insights, delivering quick and practical thoughts that redefine your understanding […]

Branding Abroad: The Swiss Alps

Join Brent Niemuth, President and branding expert, as we hop across Europe’s cultural highlights in a fast-paced journey to Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain. In each short episode, Brent draws a branding lesson from the local landscape. Welcome to a series where culture meets branding insights, delivering quick and practical thoughts that redefine your understanding […]

Branding Abroad: The French Riviera

Join Brent Niemuth, President and branding expert, as we hop across Europe’s cultural highlights in a fast-paced journey to Switzerland, France, Italy and Spain. In each short episode, Brent draws a branding lesson from the local landscape. Welcome to a series where culture meets branding insights, delivering quick and practical thoughts that redefine your understanding […]

5 Crucial Omnichannel Metrics

Omnichannel Marketing Part 10: Measure It Any seasoned direct marketer knows the importance of understanding the numbers side of the business. You have to know both the left-brain (analytic) and right-brain (creative) rules for maximum success. My philosophy is “know the rules before you break them.” People often ask me for the most important direct […]

Women of Adventure

Omnichannel Marketing Part 9: A Powerful Human Narrative Garmin’s Women of Adventure campaign has been a bastion of the company’s sports, fitness and outdoor recreation division since it launched over 5 years ago. Recognizing the growing trend of predominantly male customers in their outdoor segment, Garmin launched an initiative focused on engaging the female community, […]

Campaign Building Blocks

Omnichannel Marketing Part 8: Big Idea Campaign Why are marketing campaigns so effective? What is the secret behind the good ones that people remember and talk about (REI’s “Opt Outside”)? Quite simply, a BIG IDEA. The best marketing and advertising over the decades have always been driven by a singular great idea (“Got Milk?”). A core idea […]

The Power of Disrupt, Delight, and Drive

Omnichannel Marketing Part 7: The Campaign Formula Want to make a huge difference in response across all your channels? In this fast-paced digital era, capturing and retaining customer attention requires a thoughtful and strategic approach. But sometimes, we create complicated marketing programs without a true understanding of the consumer or what we ultimately want them […]