Category: Strategy

Ben Kniffen, director of campaign management for LinkedSelling.com, was the featured speaker at a recent meeting hosted by the BMA-St. Louis. He and his team help organizations increase sales by teaching them how to use LinkedIn effectively. Some of Ben's top suggestions are included.

Moms spend more than 2.5 trillion dollars per year …yet 91% of them feel that advertisers don’t understand them. Marketing to moms occurs across most industries. However, healthcare is an industry where moms are very specifically targeted. With healthcare prices rising, consumers getting smarter and reviews online influencing purchase decisions, healthcare marketers have an opportunity to lead […]

Google’s SEO astroid hits the Web Google’s search algorithms are changing to benefit the user. This means mobile-friendly websites are now coming up at the top for mobile searches. This has caused a bit of an uproar, known as Mobilegeddon. Here are three critical points you need to know about Mobilegeddon and your business: 1. THE […]

TRENDING NOW FROM G/L Every Monday morning, the G/L office starts our week by meeting together and updating everyone on new business, old business, this week’s needs, last week’s successes – all the good stuff. We always take time at the end of these meetings to discuss what is trending now in our marketing and design world. We […]

Marketing, PR and advertising all aim to tell stories of the brand. Telling a story digitally can be a challenge – especially in an industry where the audience is knowledgeable and looking to connect personally in a digital experience. The Equine industry is one that features many great stories of the relationships between humans and […]

Marketing to High School Students While high school seniors are making their final college attendance decisions in the spring, higher education marketers are planning to connect with students attending college in 2016. Student visits start in the fall and the search for the perfect school is underway. Thinking about this process, the amount of options […]

The Event I recently attended ProductCamp 2015, organized by the St. Louis Product Management Group, a not-for-profit organization based in Saint Louis that coordinates regular in-person meetings and events focused on product management among other product related topics. Out of hundreds of attendees, most of the ones I met are involved in product management. The […]

The strategy, planning and impact of digital media advertising opportunities have a large payoff in visibility and overall business. We created a webinar and presentation with our partner, Goodway Group, about tackling the opportunities digital media advertising presents.

Property insurance, product liability insurance, business interruption insurance… you probably have policies in place to help with those risks, but what about protecting your brand during and after a crisis? A crisis management plan becomes a necessity when dealing with the public eye and brand awareness. Review our advice and download our checklist to see how your crisis management plan would hold up in a crisis.

For many companies, especially those in niche industries that have a loyal following such as equine or manufacturing, there’s an ongoing struggle to raise their brand to the top. We evaluate the best way to build your brand whether you're starting at the beginning or looking to refresh. We have included a digital marketing audit that will help guide you through the process.