Adweek ranked Mindgruve as one of the 75 Fastest Growing Agencies. The annual feature honors agencies large and small from all over the world that have achieved exceptional growth over the past three years. This marks the third time the San Diego-based agency has been recognized. “The success of these agencies during a historically challenging time…
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6 Tips for Managing Client Relationships Remotely
It’s no surprise that things have changed since remote work became the norm after the 2020 pandemic. People had to rearrange their living space to accommodate their desk setup, make sure roommates or partners weren’t in the background during Zoom calls, and continuously manage new distractions they didn’t experience in the office (in my case,…
Read MoreMindgruve Selected As Agency of Record for First Horizon Bank
Mindgruve, one of the fastest-growing digital marketing agencies in the U.S., has been selected as the Agency of Record for First Horizon Bank. First Horizon Bank is one of the top 10 banks in the U.S. with approximately 417 locations across the southeast. First Horizon Bank partnered with Mindgruve’s team of strategists, creatives, engineers, media…
Read MoreOptimize Your Blog: 5 Writing Tips for SEO
As modern trends continuously shift across all industries, it’s important to stay ahead of your competition. One of the most prominent ways to outperform your competitors can be through your business’ blog posts. Keeping SEO top-of-mind from the start of your content outline makes Google SERP boosting efforts easier down the line. Below are five…
Read MoreData-Driven Attribution: The Backbone of a Modern Marketing Optimization Strategy
Data-driven attribution has reigned prominent among marketing buzzwords for years. While mentioned across many conference rooms during future planning meetings, many organizations have yet to truly embrace the technology given its inherent complexity, historically high costs, and difficulty in winning long-term adoption as a source of truth for meaningful decision-making. However, many of the hurdles…
Read More3 Tips to Refine Communication Strategies
Data is the golden ticket to effective marketing and communication. As the need for understanding customers has heightened, so does understanding analytics in real-time. In 2022, everyone has the power to have a platform, go viral, and become the monthly trend. The challenge for communication strategists is to make sure their clients are not getting…
Read More2022 Holiday Shopping Trends
The growth of ecommerce sales coming out of the 2020 pandemic contributed to the fastest retail spend growth rate in 20 years, reaching upwards of 16% in 2021. This increase in spend was shown most profitable during the 2021 holiday season, with Black Friday sales growing 3% to hit $10.9 billion, and Thanksgiving sales growing…
Read MoreHow to Leverage Access on Youtube and CTV
The cord cutting movement has been on the rise since the day videos became available on the internet. Now audiences can watch any of their favorite shows on platforms like Hulu, Amazon Prime and Peacock. For advertisers, that means shifting with the audience from traditional TV buys to CTV and OTT. Whenever there is a…
Read More5 Tactics to Create a Winning Holiday Marketing Strategy
It’s never too early to get a headstart on your holiday marketing plan. Last year, 31% of shoppers began searching for products as early as June. As an advertiser, your plan should align with the trend of holiday shoppers starting earlier year after year. Shoppers have also become increasingly aware of global supply chain issues…
Read MoreA Guide to Project Managing Effectively When Working Remote
A strong marketing project manager is organized, pays attention to detail, has good time management skills and is a good “multitasker” — someone who can juggle multiple balls at once. Putting these skills to good use in the frenetic pace of your average marketing department can be a challenge, even when everyone is physically working…
Read MoreMindgruve Makes the Inc. 5000 List for a Fifth Consecutive Year
For the fifth consecutive year, Mindgruve has earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Published by Inc. Magazine, the list celebrates innovation and entrepreneurial success within the most dynamic segments of the country’s economy. Once again, Mindgruve can count itself among this elite group, which over the…
Read More4 Small Steps to Big Consumer Insights
Your customers are the heart of your company and the key to its success. Therefore, gathering information about their needs and preferences is imperative. Conducting market research allows you to get to know your customer better, creates more definition in your audience, and can even help you make key marketing and branding decisions for your…
Read MoreHow to Build a Cult Following for Your Brand
There’s having a successful business. And then there’s building a brand so powerful that it gains a cult following. The difference lies in the voracity of your customers—are they engaged, and will they keep your profits up regardless of a volatile market? A cult brand is able to stoke powerful emotions in its followers, drawing…
Read More11 Ways to Measure SEO Success
What exactly is going on in your SEO department? That question is one of the most common—and most challenging—questions to answer since “it depends.” A variety of factors impact rankings. For a single webpage, you may use several tools with dozens of metrics each, depending on the area of search engine optimization you would like to…
Read MoreData Hygiene: The Importance of Clean Data
The volume of data that companies collect continues to increase every year as more businesses rely on data to make strategic decisions. To extract actionable insights, simply collecting data is not enough. Clean and properly managed data is the foundation of any business or marketing strategy. Reporting, analysis, campaign management, and strategic decision-making are only…
Read MoreWhat Journalists Want in 2022: Four Tips for Building Better Media Relationships
The relationship between public relations (PR) specialists and journalists has always been a delicate dance. With the ever-changing pace at which audiences are digesting media, the need for public relations partners who understand journalists’ struggles and goals has become more crucial than ever. So what is the best way for the PR world to engage…
Read MoreThe Pros of Advertising on Pinterest
Pinterest differs from other social media platforms in that its users aren’t updating their peers about changes in their lives. Instead, they’re sharing new ideas and interests through ‘pinning’ videos, photos, and lifestyle inspiration visuals to their pages. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social media platforms, allowing marketers to leverage a large market…
Read MorePrime Day 2022: The Ultimate Seller’s Guide
Amazon has become such a massive brand presence in all our lives—claiming the mantle of the largest retailer in the US, raking in $386 billion in net sales in 2020 alone—that they’ve more or less created informal holidays for the rest of us. Ergo “Prime Day,” an annual event that Amazon rolled out in July…
Read MoreProject Management: Timelines and How They Lead Projects to Success
Effective project managers know there are several steps to lead a project successfully, but they always begin with this: A detailed, thorough timeline. It confirms the scope so everyone is aligned, laying out a clear path of what needs to happen and when, and makes the hierarchy of the project straightforward. Doing this prevents bottlenecks…
Read More9 Tips for Creating Responsive Search Ads
The era of Expanded Text Ads ends June 30th, 2022. Advertisers will no longer be able to create or edit this existing ad type, and instead must utilize Responsive Search Ads (RSAs). RSAs have been available for some time now, and most advertisers have probably already begun testing and adopting them. That said, a refresher…
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