According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), last year’s total holiday season sales were 14.1% more than 2020, which set a new spending record of $886.7 billion, the most money ever spent despite of the challenges posed from inflation and supply chain issues. The NRF also saw that almost 50% of consumers started their holiday shopping earlier than usual because of the concern of slower shipping times.
Color is crucial to the design and branding of products and businesses. Color can communicate almost more than words can, and you definitely don’t want your color to convey the opposite of what you are trying to say. Where can you look to find the trendiest color for the most effective communication? The Pantone Color of the Year is the perfect place to start.
When a business develops a marketing strategy, the first thing it needs to keep in mind is budget. Margins are incredibly vital to an organization and knowing your marketing budget is critical to maintaining those margins. Understanding your budget and where your strengths and weaknesses lie are just the basics. Do the research so you are well aware of your capabilities.
The bar for web design is rising every year. Companies are investing heavily in their online presence and developing pages that are increasingly intuitive, accessible and engaging. Similarly, customers have higher expectations in 2022. Shopping online or engaging with a digital brand shouldn’t feel like a chore to them. To avoid falling behind, businesses need to be on the cutting edge of website design. Here are some signs that your website is due for an update.
We live in a world completely saturated with logos and advertising. They’ve become so common, that the general public often tunes them out. The question is, how do you make a potential customer look twice? Movie directors entice audiences to see a movie twice by hiding hidden details in their films you’d only notice upon a repeat viewing. It might surprise you to learn this, but marketers do the same thing.
Account based marketing, if used correctly, it can be one of the best tools for a brand trying to break into a new market. Identify four or five key prospects within that new market, and treat those individual accounts as markets in and of themselves.
Around 93% of online experiences go through a search engine and 70% of those searches are through Google. Of search engine users, less than 25% will click to the second page. Those statistics make it clear that Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is critical for building your website traffic. Your website needs to appear on the first page of a Google search and, ideally, up top.
Innovative Advertising was recently honored by the American Advertising Awards and the Ad Club of New Orleans as part of the annual ADDY Awards Celebration. Innovative’s work was recognized with Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. Additionally, six of the agency’s team members were awarded the prestigious Ad Persons of the Year honor.
These two terms and the concepts behind them set the foundation for how customers experience and interact with your organization through your website. UX stands for “User Experience.” UI stands for “User Interface.” User Experience and User Interface have become vitally important, as more and more brand interactions happen exclusively online or begin with online contact.
Pre-COVID-19, most industries were already moving away from brick-and-mortar–based operations and toward widespread adoption of digital technologies in manufacturing, sales and delivery of services and goods. There is ample evidence that the arrival of COVID-19 greatly accelerated the timetable and growing evidence that these new approaches and technologies will become permanent, as both supply chain and consumer demand pressures have changed in enduring ways.