Royal Roads University’s Interactive Marketing Stunt, The Future of Advertising

Everybody knows that a testimonial can work wonders for acquiring new business, but anyone who has seen their fair share of late night infomercials would agree that they often seem overly scripted and forced. Through conventional media outlets, such as TV and radio, testimonials lose a lot of credibility because the audience does not have an opportunity to challenge what …

The Perfect Crossover of Angry Birds and Well-known Brands

Along with the rapid growth of technology and contemporary art, competitions between tops brands are kind of fierce. The marketers work with artists and come out with extraordinary ideas and features to suppress other brands. Being creative is the key to success here. Recently, a series of pictures designed by a Russian graphic designer has caught my attention. The pictures …

Top 5 Ways to Tweet Your Business to the Top

Nowadays when social media has been entirely taken to the next level, the Twitter-verse is a blood thirsty arena where small-business and mega corporations battle it out for consumer attention. So how do you level the playing feel to make sure that your business gets a chance and isn’t lost in never ending world of hashtags and twitpics? Here some …

Tips for Effective Cross Cultural Communication

Usually when we find ourselves posting to Facebook or Twitter, we have an ideal audience in mind that we want to reach, impact, and connect with. As social media marketers, it’s a goal to captivate an audience full of diversity to effectively share your product or idea. The largest social media outlets may be global, but at times its difficult …

5 Things Internet People Need to Stop Doing

The internet is a wondrous place. You can find almost everything known to mankind and many things that mankind would be better off not knowing. I spend time there now and again, and I’ve noticed that sometimes people get so wrapped up on being part of the internet that they sort of forget how people interact in the real world. …

Let Typography Set the Mood

Typography does more than just communicate messages with words. While the actual content of the copy is the main means of communication, the typography of the copy can be just as significant. Typefaces, fonts, and positioning of letters and words are important elements of typography that allow you to convey emotional messages.   Sans Serif & Serif Typefaces Typefaces are especially important. …