It’s Okay to Disagree!
July Thoughts That Count: It is certainly okay to disagree. Dudley Field Malone said, “I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” Spread the love
Revitalizing Trust in Marketing
Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s wedding isn’t the only interesting news coming out of Great Britain this month. Marketing Week published an interesting article from London-based Mention Me CEO, Andy Cockburn, highlighting the consumer decline in social media trust and avenues to grow brand trust. At NextLevel Thinking we wholeheartedly agree with the first suggestion: “One of […]
5 Secrets to Use Storytelling for Brand Marketing Success
Storytelling is central to marketing. Susan Gunelius contributed a great article to Forbes in 2013 that is still a great read five years later. While many of the platforms have evolved, her “five secrets that brand storytellers understand and use to intrigue, engage, and connect emotionally with consumers” all still apply. Click here to discover the “Five Secrets.” […]
Einstein’s Simplify Wisdom: June 2018 Thoughts That Count from NextLevel Thinking
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” -Albert Einstein Spread the love
GDPR or General Data Protection Regulation, What Is It?
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has been rolled out after four years of discussion and planning. This new EU framework applies to organisations in all member-states and has implications for businesses and individuals across Europe, and beyond. At its core, GDPR is a new set of rules designed to give EU citizens more control over […]
Happy Memorial Day from NextLevel Thinking!
Happy Memorial Day from NextLevel Thinking! When having a Happy Memorial Day, please consider this quote: “Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our […]
This Is So True!
This quote is really so true. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — {Maya Angelou} Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights […]
Podcast: Effective Email Marketing – The Marketing Menu
Effective email marketing is a topic we could talk about every month and applies to 99% of our clients and prospective clients. Recent research states that open rates for promotional email still averages 22-25%. This is, of course, good news as it means that email is still a powerful marketing channel you can use to communicate with […]
Reaching Your Destination…
April 2018 Thoughts That Count: “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” — {Winston Churchill} Spread the love
9 Trends That Will Define Marketing in 2018
MarketingDive put together a great list of trends they believe will define marketing in 2018. It will be interesting to see how their thoughts play out over the coming year. 1. Transparency opens a ‘can of worms’ 2. Quality content becomes king 3. One-to-one marketing at scale edges closer 4. Voice will be big but won’t boom quite yet […]