by Ashley Przybyla | Jan 29, 2024 | Blog, Digital Marketing, FiredUp!, Marketing, PR
Cavemen had rocks tied to sticks, the Mesopotamians had tools hand-forged from bronze, medieval knights had swords, Shakespeare had a quill pen, and we…well, we have just about everything else. And in a world dominated by digital, some of our tools are (almost) as...
by Shane Jordan | Jan 18, 2024 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing, SEO
We’ve all heard the term “Content is king.” When it first emerged, the term referred to the internet’s future as a content marketplace. Roughly 30 years later, this statement still rings true. Read on to explore how blog content can be integral to a successful content...
by Alastair Nee | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PPC
For better or worse Google Analytics 4 (GA4) has fully rolled out, replacing the beloved Universal Analytics (UA / GA3) promising enhanced insights and a more user-centric approach. One vital aspect that has left many scratching their heads, however, is the seemingly...
by Kristina Leal and Theresa Carper | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PR
Welcome to the Firebrand Tech & Media Culture Awards 2023, where we’re taking a break from writing useful content to reflect on the chaos and trends that defined our little corner of the universe. To be clear, this isn’t exactly a year-end round-up (this is much...
by Friends of Firebrand | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog, Business, Friends of Firebrand, Marketing
Your 2024 guide to launching a podcast Launching a podcast for your business can feel overwhelming, but with the right plan in place and tools by your side, it’s not as complicated as you might think. With over 460 million worldwide podcast listeners (Statistica,...
by Lucy Allen | Dec 5, 2023 | Blog, Content, Marketing, PR
As a marketer, you’ve likely heard of the 12 brand archetypes and maybe even used them in your work. The premise came from Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s personality archetypes in the 1940s. Each Jungian archetype takes certain innate human...
by Bridget Weingart | Nov 28, 2023 | Blog, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Social
How often does your startup Tweet? (Or is it X now?) When’s the last time your startup gave more than a passing thought to LinkedIn? After all, the whole world is active on social media (well, 4.2 billion of us anyways). Are you missing out on brand awareness,...
by Patrick Brady | Nov 21, 2023 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Whether you’ve launched a new marketing program or have inherited a legacy account passed down from marketer to marketer, an audit can be invaluable to ensure you are maximizing both your team’s budget and time. While a paid media audit is not a substitute for a...
by Morgan McLintic | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, PR
It’s predictions time. Be warned, we underestimated the hype around GenAI last year. In fact, I called it a ‘non-factor’ alongside the metaverse when it comes to marketing. As a figleaf of defense, we got the substance correct: “AI copywriters might provide a path to...
by Chris Ulbrich | Nov 8, 2023 | Blog, Marketing, PR
Any PR professional will tell you. Funding news is aces. Thought leadership is essential. But nothing succeeds like data. Well-planned data campaigns pay dividends in the short and long term. We knew it from experience, but we didn’t have hard numbers to prove it....
