This week, I thought it would be great to recap on the JCPenney rebrand and what has happened since its launch back in early 2012 and what we can take away from it.
This week, I thought it would be great to recap on the JCPenney rebrand and what has happened since its launch back in early 2012 and what we can take away from it.

I was recently surprised to see a web development company I have a great deal of regard for move to marketing their services with plain text email over HTML email. In case you’re not sure of the difference, HTML email looks like ads or brochures with images and nice looking text. Text email is plain text without images, like email you use every day to correspond with business associates.

If I asked you if you were engaged in strategic marketing, you’d probably say, “Yes, of course I am.” But strategic marketing is more than just finding your audience and marketing to them.

I’m a pretty old dog. I’ve been in the branding and marketing business for over 30 years, so I tend to think I’ve seen most everything. But it’s been impossible for a while now not to notice a phenomenon that I really thought I’d never see — working for free. We’re surrounded with free access to really complex services. Facebook is free. Twitter is free. Even hosting has become practically free.

Are you just starting out with social media and interested in developing a content marketing strategy? After you’re done setting up your blog and numerous social media outlets, the next step is to create a clear and concise strategy for what types of posts you will make, and why.