Elaine Fogel
Elaine Fogel is a marketing, branding, and customer experience evangelist, professional speaker, and author of Beyond Your Logo: 7 Brand Ideas That Matter Most For Small Business Success. People in 100+ countries regularly read her blog, Totally Uncorked on Marketing and her articles have appeared in many publications.
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How Diverse is Your Marketing Communications Program?
Western nations are growing more diverse than ever. And the definition of diversity has expanded and evolved as well. It now includes many factors including age, cultural background, disability, gender, linguistic differences, race, religion, sexual…
How Marketing Has Changed in a Coronavirus World
With few exceptions, most small-medium businesses and nonprofits have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve had to take an adapt-or-die approach to operations, and that includes marketing. In my recent post, “Don’t Stop Marketing:…
Don’t Stop Marketing: 3 Basics to Market Through Crisis
For many small-medium business and nonprofit professionals, a crisis can zap everything out of you. You can barely manage everyday tasks, let alone manage marketing. But, if you want to recover when a crisis is…
This is One Important Reason to Communicate With Your Customers
It shouldn’t take a study or report to emphasize the importance of customer communication. It’s one of those duh things to do. After all, you can’t succeed without customers. Yet, lack of communication is rampant, whether in…
At This Critical Time, Are Your Emails Reaching Your Customers?
Many of us rely on emails to regularly communicate with our customers and prospects. But, how many of them are getting through? According to a new study by Validity’s latest annual Email Deliverability Benchmark report, inbox placement…
Is GenZ the Most Creative Generation? They Say Yes.
Generation Zers (born between 1997 and 2012) claim that they are the most creative generation – more creative than previous generations. What’s Next: Generation Antidentity, a new report by Complex Networks’ insights and research solution,…
Update Your Website with These 7 Easy Design Trends
Websites can easily become stale and dated. I know. I just updated our agency’s site to better reflect current trends. (When you’re busy working on client projects, it’s challenging to look after your own.) According to a…
Are Companies Using Philanthropy for Altruistic Purposes?
Many companies give cash or in-kind donations to charities. In fact, corporate giving in 2018 increased to $20.05 billion—a 5.4% increase from 2017. (Giving USA 2019) Even small businesses contribute. According to a study by…
How to Tick Off Journalists with Your PR
Garnering media coverage today can be challenging. Sure, you can flood the Internet with social media posts and upload news releases through online services, but, there’s no guarantee that journalists will pick up your story….