A well-crafted style guide can serve as a roadmap for how your brand consistently presents itself—online, in print, and across marketing and sales content. But what exactly does a style guide include, and why is it such an important tool for your business? Hubspot defines a style guide this way: “Brand guidelines, also known as […]
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Earlier this month, Venture Atlanta, one of the country’s largest and most prestigious investor conferences, celebrated its 17th year with another sold-out event at the High Museum of Art and Atlanta Symphony Hall. With 1,500 attendees and 450 funds from across the nation, this year’s conference continued to set new records and raise the bar
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Email Marketing Best Practices, Part 1 Email remains an essential component in the marketer’s toolbox, as it enables the delivery of targeted content to drive engagement and nurture business relationships. In fact, half of marketers identify it as their most impactful channel. However, simply composing and sending an email isn’t enough. For starters, even the
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Even the most driven professionals can run low on energy and enthusiasm at times. But when job pressures create an unrelenting level of stress, it can lead to a state of physical and emotional exhaustion known as burnout. If your job is leaving you feeling this way, you’re not alone. In fact, 65% of workers
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Imagine you’re panning for gold—you dip a pan in the water, then swirl it around until the sand and silt wash away. If you’re in the right prospecting area and repeat this process enough, you might eventually see some glimmering nuggets. This same prospecting principle applies to leads. While some will always be just names
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Think about it—just a few years ago we were in a global pandemic, with remote working and social distancing the new norms for conducting business. Webinars exploded in popularity as companies scrambled to maintain engagement in a world that had suddenly gone virtual by necessity. While this led to some temporary webinar fatigue, it would
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If you’re on LinkedIn, you likely receive regular messages requesting a connection from someone you’ve never met. And, once you’ve accepted the connection—whether out of curiosity or kindness—it’s quickly followed by a meeting request or sales pitch. Yeesh. Such requests typically have the opposite effect than the sender intended, making it less likely they’ll establish
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Hi, Andy! What can you tell us about yourself, career-wise? I’ve had a diversified career path as over the last 30-plus years I’ve done outside sales, commercial photography, co-founded a food/tech company (recently acquired by ButcherBox), and managed several successful runs in agency PR and marketing, where I am now. The work I enjoy most
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Establishing solid relations with the reporters covering your industry can yield numerous benefits for your brand, from greater visibility and access to new audiences to accurate communications during a crisis. But be aware that forging such coveted relationships requires consistent, long-term effort. For one, just consider how many others are vying for a reporter’s attention.
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PR Week recently ran an interesting piece about how TD Bank and its agency partner has created a dog ATM. Yes! In this case, the ATM stands for “automated treat machine” and is part of the bank’s ongoing initiative to welcome dogs (and by extension, their owners) by offering water bowls and biscuits. While this
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