PR: The budget-friendly option for driving brand awareness

Terri Waters
When planning budgets, marketing professionals sometimes overlook an important piece of the marketing pie, not realizing that it offers multiple advantages and can often be done for a fraction of the cost of print and digital advertising. What is this secret bullet that deserves your attention? Drumroll, please…it’s public relations, or PR for short. However […]

In 2023, empathy is more important than ever for brands to embrace in their marketing efforts

Geile/Leon Marketing Communications
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost three years. In 2020, the world’s history took a dramatic turn as the pandemic changed the way we lived our lives. It changed how people wanted to interact with businesses and in turn, pushed businesses to change the way they serve customers.  That also means that it’s […]

2023 Marketing Trends: The Geile/Leon List

Terri Waters
After a couple of years of tumult and chaos in the business world and the world at large, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to settle in and rely on some predictable outcomes in 2023? For instance, knowing that a targeted digital ad campaign is going to draw the right prospects to you? That […]

Why Brands Need to Choose Their Words Carefully…and Empathetically

Geile/Leon Marketing Communications
The world is changing in many ways. How we communicate is maybe one of the biggest changes we’ve seen. Not only the channels of communication, but also through drastic shifts in the tone and content of what we say and how we say it. In turn, copywriters have to adapt, as well. That means being […]

The Digital Download: Reframing the way you view influencers

Melissa Ross
Influencer marketing isn’t limited to celebrities anymore. Thanks to the rise in popularity of social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, anyone with a devoted following and curated community can hold influence.  But in a post-pandemic world, after so many people worldwide were forced to feed their social needs online … and everyone began evaluating […]

To keep your brand relevant, don’t blow it up. Get Dynamic Branding!

Geile/Leon Marketing Communications
B2B
The world is changing more quickly than ever. And so are consumers. With that in mind, do you know if your brand is still relevant? We’ve been working on a strategy to help brands be dynamic, so they can shift with behavior changes and stay aligned with consumer sentiment. We’re pretty excited about it. It’s […]

Opinion | St. Louis needs to build a new brand. Here’s what it should say.

Tim Leon
This article is featured in the current issue of the St. Louis Business Journal printed on April 1st, 2022. I recently received an email from the St. Louis Business Journal inviting me to fill out a survey regarding how St. Louis is perceived in the business community, the challenges of the region, and possible solutions for addressing […]

The Digital Download: A new blog series by our Digital Content Producer

Melissa Ross
Over the past eight years working in social media marketing, I’ve learned that it’s impossible to find success without staying relevant and up-to-date on trends in the social atmosphere. As Geile/Leon’s digital content producer, I know our client’s success depends on my dedication to staying on top of what’s happening in the digital space. That […]

Key Takeaways from a Year of Online Product Launches

Geile/Leon Marketing Communications
There’s something about a really well-executed product launch event that captures our attention and our imaginations. When it really clicks, the anticipation among consumers is electric. But during the pandemic this past year, packing a giant event space full of people for a product launch simply wasn’t an option.  Of course, necessity is the mother […]

How to evolve your target personas in higher education post COVID

Randy Micheletti
As most of you know, your target personas should be a living document. Because society experiences shifts in attitudes and external factors, these personas should change as frequently as necessary to ensure accuracy. Markets can change quickly, and effective marketing must evolve with it. Many industries have experienced a dramatic shift in response to the […]
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