Must-See Unsung Landmarks in Minneapolis
Slow your scroll for just a moment, and let us offer you a few spots you should know about in our beloved hometown.
What Is UX/UI and Why Does My Website Need It?
UX/UI is the process of creating a positive experience for users when they engage with your website.
You’re Doing Social Media Wrong. Here are Four Common Social Media Mistakes Your Business May Be Making.
Many an article has been written about social media mistakes in business (yes, we’re about to write another one). Social media platforms are not all created equal, and yet too often businesses treat them as if they are.
Laugh, Cry, Think: A Checklist for Valuable Creation
As children, we’re natural creators. Our child brains constantly absorb the world around us. With free imaginations and open hearts, children turn new knowledge and the connections they make into games of pretend, fantastical drawings and wild stories. As we get older, we’re often trained out of the impulse to create freely. It’s harder to…read more.
WTF: Navigating the Ever-Changing Digital Landscape
The average age of business owners in the United States is just over 50 years old. As they entered the professional world as young adults in the mid-90s, this is how America’s most trusted morning show discussed the internet. (Take a minute to watch it; it’s pretty funny.) Flash forward 28 years, and we’ve gone…read more.
Scary Stories for Marketers
The Curse of the 10 PM Slack Message It seemed like just a normal Thursday evening when Jessica gently pressed the sheet mask to her face and sipped her 750th milliliter of Vinho Verde. That’s when she heard it come in: the 10 PM Slack message! Is a client unhappy? Did a task go unfinished?…read more.
A Day in the Life of a Copywriter
If you’ve ever seen an advertisement, marketing blast, or product packaging, you’ve encountered the work of a copywriter. While copywriters are prolific, you will likely never put a name to the words they produce. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 131,200 writers are currently employed in America, many of whom work in relative anonymity…read more.
Wait. Is Advertising…Art?
Fighting over the definition of “art” is as ancient as the human subjectivity that makes the fight impossible to resolve. It is the opinion of this advertising artist that the endless argument about what constitutes art is, in itself, an art form. But I digress. The crux of the debate about art, and whether advertising…read more.
In a Clickbait World, Why Quality Content Still Wins
As the human attention span continues to shrink, and as every end user is bombarded with colorful content from several devices for the entirety of the waking day, the question of which content you should produce becomes an important and urgent one. It is difficult to cut through the noise while still retaining the voice…read more.