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The 1 Thing You Should Be Doing to Improve CX Right Now

To truly improve customer experience, there’s one thing that the vast majority of brands aren’t doing, which not coincidentally is also the one thing that they should.

For Delta, Co-Creation is Child’s Play

We've learned that the spark for co-creation can also come from anywhere, so long as brands are open to a wide array of possibilities and ideas.

There’s More to Marketing Than Millennials

The younger generation, they’ll remind you, is increasingly more interested in acquiring experiences than acquiring things.

You Don’t Know Me, But I’m Amazing

We know that companies and individuals need revenue to grow their business and that people need jobs. But what we don’t understand is why so many inquiries lack basic business fundamentals.

So, You Think You’re an Expert?

Anyone today with a mobile device stuffed inside his or her pocket is a critic, an author, a photographer, a reporter and a whole lot more.

The Comcast “Call from Hell”

Comcast CEO, Brian Roberts, told the Fortune Global Forum today "We're going to make customer service our best product."

Brand Authenticity Is Everything

For years, Oliver has been crusading against obesity among children in the U.S. and U.K., and his message – and threat – primarily was aimed at food marketers, but the advice applies to all brands.

5 Brand Lessons from the Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals are now World Champions. In 2014, we featured the team in one of our most popular Brand Showcase posts.  So, why should a marketer care about the Royals?

7 Insights from INBOUND15

AE Marketing Group CEO, Brian Walker, spent last week alongside fellow industry leaders at INBOUND15.  What was all the marketing buzz about?

The Branding of Non-Profits

Brian Walker recently sat down with Branding Magazine for an interview on the challenges and opportunities facing non-profit organizations.

Brands Pouring On Personalization

When it comes to branding for Millennials, the unexpected has become the expected. And the beverage industry is really pouring it on.

How Not to Execute an Email Campaign

Email is one of many arrows that marketers use to target consumers, yet if your shot is executed poorly, an arrow can do more harm than just simply missing its mark.

We Tip Our Fedora to this Agency

For fans of the drama, the wait for the return of Don Draper was a lesson in patience as the show had been on hiatus since May 2014. For others, meanwhile, it was a great lesson in social media.

3 Data Hacks to Improve CX

Attend any marketing conference today, and you’ll find entire tracks dedicated to data and how it can be used to improve customer experience.

Using a Retro Medium to Market the Future

Promotion of the next chapter of the Star Wars saga, “The Force Awakens,” began earlier this month with the release of the film’s first official trailer, followed by tens of millions of views online.

#PizzaHasChanged, but has Pizza Hut?

Once a brand so iconic that it actually defined the entire notion of “pizza” for many of us who grew up during the 1960s and ’70s, Pizza Hut has now fallen flatter than a thin crust

Have Acronyms Become an Official Language?

We have redefined the meaning of “friend.” We communicate in less than 140 characters and there are enough acronyms Merriam-Webster could fill an entire new dictionary.

You Don’t Know Me, but I’m Amazing

In today’s digital age – what would make anyone think a cookie-cutter, generic “your name goes here” email is going to get you a sale, let alone a response?

The Art of Staying in Business

One of my business idols and fellow West Loop neighbor, Jason Fried recently wrote “there's something a lot harder than starting a business: staying in business.”

Airbnb Just Schooled You on Brand Authenticity

Some might argue that “being authentic” is Marketing 101, but the truth is most brands talk about being authentic, but don’t walk that talk.