Content is easy and other lies

In the late-stage digital marketing landscape, content is king. Brands everywhere have begun to realize that they will need to provide content to their customers to keep them engaged and generate revenue. But marketing gurus and ad agencies seem to talk about content like it’s easy. Like anyone can do it. So why is it so hard then? The answers, and ways to produce better content, inside.

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Why Does Everything look like canva?

Like many other new tech solutions, Canva seems poised to revolutionize brand design and marketing with simplicity. But is it actually doing the work design should be doing? What should CEOs, conscience of every penny they’re spending, do to maximize their design?

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Does This work?

A few months back we stumbled across a series of ads for the state of Nebraska, that we hated. We thought they sucked and were going to write a piece about that. Until we found out that the ad was an unmitigated success. What did we get wrong, that the state of Nebraska got right?

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People like me do stuff like this

Many brands only have a vague sense of who their ideal customer is, and even more of them are unsure of how to speak a language that centers their customer, rather than themselves. We’ll break down some ideas for how to find your ideal customer, and speak straight to them, in this piece.

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