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Unexpected Moments Make Brand Magic

Unexpected Moments Make Brand Magic

In life and in business, it’s often the unexpected moments that stay with us. These are the instances when something out of the ordinary catches us off guard, evoking joy, surprise, or awe. In ...
A new appreciation for Iceland, in customer care

A new appreciation for Iceland, in customer care

Last month, I visited Iceland for the fifth time. The landscape is majestic, and it feels like everything is raw and pure- clean air, clean water, and no McDonald’s (that I’m aware of). ...

Product packaging for a great customer experience

When releasing new products, packaging isn’t likely the first thing on a product manager’s mind. But from attracting new customers to creating loyalty- product packaging plays an important ...
Bring your heritage to life in your brand today

Bring your heritage to life in your brand today

How do you talk about your organization’s past? What is important and distinctive to you? What do you point to from your history to help people know you? Are there parts of your past that ...
Community branding shows us how to celebrate heritage

Community branding shows us how to celebrate heritage

Community branding is all around. We see tourism commercials on TV and online. Algorithms send us ads on social media and in our email of places they think we’d like. We can think of iconic ...

What makes effective marketing campaign management?

We all know the success of a company often centers on its ability to effectively market its products or services to the right audience. In my 20+ years of working with iconic brands, I believe ...

Creating opportunities to cultivate new leaders

Your most valuable company and brand assets are your people. But today, attracting and hiring quality employees is as challenging as ever. A recent study shows that 90% of employers struggle to ...

A Call for Ethical Marketing in a Conscious Buyer Landscape

In the ever-evolving realm of marketing, a profound shift has become apparent - It is now widely acknowledged that marketing extends beyond mere product promotion; it has evolved into a ...

Managing your product discontinuation effectively

Products are introduced, compete in the market, evolve, and are eventually discontinued. Product end-of-life happens and a variety of factors drive this decision.  Innovation never slows. New ...

2024 marketing trends SMBs should embrace

In the ever-evolving landscape of marketing, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are gearing up for an exciting journey in 2024. Every year there are new technologies, approaches to ...

How ChatGPT Can Improve Your Marketing and Its Limitations

As ChatGPT sprang into our collective consciousness this year, many of us in the creative professions realized it can help us do our jobs more efficiently. Whether you are a graphic designer ...

Creating a strong brand language

At Wild Plum, we're hyper-focused on creating strong brands. In this blog, we hear from a colleague and friend who is just as passionate about brand. In fact, he creates and speaks brand ...

Win new customers with well designed content

Whether you’re preparing marketing materials such as a presentation, designing an advertisement, making a video, or creating a webpage or brochure, design plays a critical role in determining ...

Seek inspiration from different places and people

Recently I was in the Olympic National Park revisiting a few of my favorite places, Hoh Rain Forest, and Ruby Beach. I marveled at the spectacular beauty of nature. But during my trip, a local ...

Unleash the power of social media

Social media has become integral to our lives, transforming how companies operate. So if you run a small business and aren't swimming in the social media marketing waters, you're missing out on ...

Be nimble with Agile Marketing

Customer expectations have changed over the past few years.  The pandemic, economy, policy changes, and even politics have dramatically shifted buyer behaviors such as information ...