by Maura Lafferty | Nov 15, 2022 | Blog, Content, Marketing, PR
Search engines and the web are the most convenient and common starting point for journalists reporting on your company’s business trends in 2022. According to the MuckRack State of Journalism for 2022, 57% of journalists get their news from online newspapers or...
by Ian Lipner | Oct 6, 2022 | Blog, Digital Marketing, PR
Hiring a marketing agency can be a big milestone for a startup. It usually follows an intense period of creation and a rewarding series of hard-earned validations. Often, it signals a new set of aspirations. It means there’s a product that works, some customers who...
by Morgan McLintic | Sep 16, 2022 | Blog, Digital Marketing, PR
Firebrand turns six this month after another strong year. We’ve all heard of ‘Quiet Quitting.’ Well, I’d characterize this year as ‘Quiet Crushing’ – driving outcomes for clients deep in the trenches and making it happen. Doing it because you love to do it. Working...
by Maura Lafferty | Jul 18, 2022 | Blog, Content, Digital Marketing, PR
Gretchen Rubin and Oracle recently teamed up on a study that highlights some curious facts: 91% percent of people globally prefer brands with humor, yet 95% of business leaders fear using humorous marketing in consumer interactions. The report also found that 45% of...
by Morgan McLintic | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Marketing, PR
Buckle up – it’s recession time again. It’s been a while. The last one we had was the Great Recession, which in the U.S. was from December 2007 to about June 2009. If you started working after that, in the last 13 years, this is your first. We’ve had a pretty...
by Morgan McLintic | Feb 15, 2022 | Blog, Content, PR
2021 was a big year for Firebrand. We grew our team (to 20), our client roster (with 11 stellar startups), our services (added creative services, talent marketing) and our revenues (up 75 percent). And we grew as professionals: we perfected the art of the funding...
