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
June 2, 2009

We’re getting really excited about TweetCampSA, which is right around the corner on July 18th. Creative Noggin has sponsored this great educational business camp because we are fired up about microblogging and how it can help people and businesses to develop their brand. Although microblogging has been around for a [...]

Tracy Marlowe
May 28, 2009

I’m giving a talk next week, June 4th at 8:00 am, on blogging for your business, sponsored by the San Antonio chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA). It’s free to members and only $25 for non-members. Here’s the skinny on what I’ll be talking about… Even in a floundering [...]

Tracy Marlowe
May 27, 2009

We have a client who had a long-time website that had, like most website, stood out there on the web as basically a brochure for the company. Who was going to the site? Mostly people who had heard about the company and were seeking additional information. Most of their traffic [...]

Tracy Marlowe
May 22, 2009

At a meeting the other day, Tracy and I were asked a question we had never really been asked before. “So, when can we stop ‘branding’?” the client asked. This particular client had really stepped out of its comfort zone and ramped up branding efforts in order to make its [...]

Tracy Marlowe
May 11, 2009

Creative Noggin was recently featured in an article in the San Antonio Business Journal, written by Marketing and Media writer Andi Rodriguez, that discussed our agency’s unique business structure and the benefits that a full service virtual agency can bring to clients, large and small.

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Tracy Marlowe
May 6, 2009

Have you ever wondered about the power of typos and why, in the grand scheme of things, there is this power given to such a minute oversight? We’ve all had those times when we’re reading an article, a book, a brochure or a resumĂ© and we come across a typo. [...]

Tracy Marlowe
May 4, 2009

I was driving my kids to school this morning when I happened to reach for a piece of paper (ie. gum disposal) in my console. My hand came back with a discarded receipt from a well known big box drugstore. I noticed the top of the receipt said “I’m Gerry. [...]

Tracy Marlowe
May 1, 2009

I attended yesterday’s #SAMPRB (for those who don’t know, that stands for San Antonio Media, PR and Business) Tweetup at Paloma Blanca. I’d say that, overall, it was a huge success. Representatives from each faction stood up to talk a little bit about personal branding and how you can use [...]

Tracy Marlowe
April 30, 2009

I have that picture in my mind of the ape evolving into the human, and it has made me think about my time as an art director. When I first got into this business, I would sit in a room with a writer and have fun—think of ideas, write headlines, [...]

Tracy Marlowe
April 28, 2009

There are so many businesses that start out on a shoestring and have to cut corners, understandably. But if you’re starting a new business, make it a priority to hire an experienced designer to create your logo for you. Require that they create a VECTOR based logo. If they don’t [...]