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5 Ways to Make Your Nonprofit Marketing More Fun
The frozen food aisle felt great yesterday, offering a delicious reprieve to a 113 degree Arizona Saturday afternoon. Then I heard the announcement over the PA system: “We just got…
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“Got green?” and 10 other brand-curdling clichés to avoid in your green marketing
I have a love/hate relationship with the “got milk?” campaign. The campaign itself is brilliant branding and marketing. It’s become an iconic movement around a basic product. As an advertiser,…
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The 15 characteristics of “Rudolphs” and how they can help steer your company thru the fog of the recession
This economy certainly has companies looking inward. Just to survive, let alone be sustainable, means questioning every practice and how you do business. We have built our agency primarily on…
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Within each letter are the shattered lives caused by a red light runner
As you race toward the intersection, the green light suddenly flips to yellow. How long do you have? Do you nudge the brakes? Or do you run it? We’ve all…
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Public pianos offer “Your Keys to the City” in Denver
I was chomping down a buffalo burger at an eatery in downtown Denver on Tuesday when a hand-painted, upright piano sitting on the curb caught my eye. My heart jumped,…
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Goodwill’s thrifty online marketing strategy for its new “Donate Movement”
THE most powerful brand strategy in green marketing is not found in what you say, but in what you do! Goodwill International’s new “Donate Movement” is a model of online…
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Sustainable Storytelling: How a Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures
When was the last time you found something shopping and mentally yelled, “Scooooooooore!”? You pictured yourself knifing your arms above your head like a Super Bowl ref signaling a touchdown.…
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10 Sustainable Brands that Turned Green Marketing Campaigns into Movements
How To Nurture Life-Long Customers through Green Marketing It’s not enough to just run ad campaigns anymore. Your customer has WAY more control over your brand story than ever before.…
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How a 16-Foot Pyramid of Milk Jugs Sells Water Conservation
The best stories aren’t written. They’re experienced. And when you’re selling sustainability, sometimes you need to startle people, grab them by their lapels, and shake them awake. One chapter in…