by Full Spectrum Marketing | Oct 12, 2016 | Brand, Marketing
With so many highly measurable digital marketing tools and fancy mobile marketing programs and data-based marketing models it’s pretty easy to forget about the old standby marketing methods. For example, when was the last time you considered the value of...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Sep 28, 2016 | Digital Marketing
It’s planning season! Time to forecast next year, and build the marketing plan that will deliver the goods. If you’re building your plan, and the digital portion is underfunded consider restricting your approach. Here are a few digital marketing data points you can...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Aug 24, 2016 | Elections
By now you probably know how much I love marketing and communications. What you may not know is that I love politics almost as much. First it is a study in effective messaging. Politicians are putting out messaging everyday, and not just ads and other traditional and...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Aug 3, 2016 | Marketing
In all of the media hubbub of the Democratic and Republican Conventions it’s easy to forget what is actually the largest media event on the globe this year – the 2016 Rio Olympics. As a person who loves competitive sports, I definitely enjoy the Olympics. I enjoy them...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Jul 27, 2016 | Technology
Everyone is nuts for Pokémon Go right now. What began as a joint project for Niantic Labs (a Google company that also has many of the folks who designed Google Maps) and Nintendo has turned into a smash hit that people and company executives both love. For anyone not...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Jul 13, 2016 | Social Media
One of the trickier elements of being a communications professional these days is dealing with constant change in our channels of communications. When changes are made to Google’s algorithm, or the technology for building a website, we have to take note and adjust on...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Jun 22, 2016 | Marketing
Communications is separated into two parts – how we send information and how we consume information. I write a lot in this space about how we send communication. That’s a big part of what marketing is. I don’t, however, spend a whole lot of time on how we consume...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Jun 9, 2016 | Social Media
In marketing circles there are many befuddling things. Some are universal. Some are just learned pet peeves. Here is a short sample from my list… QR codes, pointless logo changes (I’m talking about you, Gap), pointless packaging changes (I’m talking about you,...
by Full Spectrum Marketing | Mar 9, 2016 | Customer Service, Social Media
Throughout my career I’ve had to hire folks (in fact, I’m hiring three right now!). I have a few favorite, “go to” interview questions I like. My favorite question is met with one of two possible reactions. Reaction one is puzzlement. You know, when the person across...
