Insights

A little bit of marketing advice. A little bit of trend surfing. A little bit of opinion. A little bit of ranting and raving. A little bit of, well… everything from our creative — and insightful — noggins.
Tracy Marlowe
September 26, 2014

The more time you spend online, more specifically on Facebook, the more it gets to know you and your likes, dislikes, habits, etc. It’s like a friendship that’s growing over time. And as Facebook gets to know you better, it takes what it learns about you and uses it to [...]

Tracy Marlowe
September 25, 2014

There’s a saying about commencement that gets used in lots of commencement speeches – it’s not an end, it’s a beginning. Media coverage is the same way – while it’s a goal of a media campaign to get stories in newspapers and on the air, it shouldn’t be an occasion [...]

Tracy Marlowe
September 16, 2014

My mother was big on teaching empathy as a way to nurture compassion for and a deeper understanding of other individuals. As a marketing strategist, I’ve realized how great of a lesson learning to empathize has been. Being able to imagine yourself in someone else’s place, whether that someone is [...]

Tracy Marlowe
September 11, 2014

In my last article, I talked about how a press release is merely a tool to get coverage, and how much of PR involves getting media people interested in reading a press release. But you do want to make sure that the press release gets read and has everything it [...]

Tracy Marlowe
September 4, 2014

With more than 1.3 billion users, there’s no wonder that Facebook has changed the way we view the world. But have you ever considered the idea that Facebook has turned you into a marketer? Keenly managing your Facebook brand? “A marketer of what?” you might ask. That’s easy. Of yourself! [...]

Tracy Marlowe
August 28, 2014

So, you’ve written a press release that you’re proud of – it tells your story, it reads well, and everything’s spelled correctly. You send it out to media, expecting them to call you once they’ve had a chance to read it, and recognize how they must cover your news – [...]

Tracy Marlowe
August 20, 2014

If you are on Facebook you may have noticed that your Newsfeed, as of late, has been taken over by videos of friends getting a bucket of ice dumped on their heads–all in the name of charity. One smart cookie of a charity, the ALS Association, as far as Creative [...]

Tracy Marlowe
August 18, 2014

The most common question when producing a broadcast commercial or video is “Why does it cost so much?” Even as an executive producer and production company owner, it’s tough to answer because it goes hand-in-hand with an understanding of what a client’s desires are in the way of purpose, worth [...]

Tracy Marlowe
June 18, 2014

To say that they made our city proud once again just doesn’t seem to do the Spurs’ latest Championship run justice. The truth is, it’s not just that they won their fifth NBA title, or that they’ve made the post season for the last 17 years. Although we delight in [...]

Tracy Marlowe
April 29, 2014

Once upon a time, to choose a field of journalism was a career decision to bring enlightenment to the public. No matter the cost, journalists sought the truth. They worked hard to build credible sources and they protected those sources. And truth trumped money, every time. The goal at the [...]