This new year, we’re looking for things that inspire joy, hope, and creativity. Today we’re turning our creative eye to our own industry, and we have to say, we’re excited about the possibilities! Here are a few of the trends in design and marketing that inspire us.
Here's insight180's step-by-step guide on how to craft your own 12-month social media calendar tailored to your annual goals. Social media has become a cornerstone of B2B and nonprofit marketing strategies, yet creating content on the fly can feel overwhelming and lead to inconsistent posting. The 12-month social media calendar acts as a roadmap for strategic, organized, and impactful presence online.
Taking time for reflection can help personal and professional growth. As you head into the new year, make time to pause and reflect on the past year, the lessons learned, wins achieved, and goals you'd like to continue to work towards. These prompts can help you get started.
Throughout the 24 years we've been in business as a branding and design firm, we’ve seen many organizations refresh their brands with new websites, messaging, and logos. We’re no different. We’ve tweaked and refreshed the insight180 brand several times, as a way to commemorate a shift in focus or celebrate a new chapter for the business. Each time, we’ve approached the process similarly to the way we would advise our clients if they were considering a logo refresh. If you're considering refreshing your logo, read about when and why you may want to do this sooner than later.
UPDATED. Social media can be a valuable marketing tool for a brand, but only if you have a strong social media strategy in place. Read on for the social media guidelines we recommend to all of our clients.
Instead of a new year’s resolutions for your business, try setting a new year’s intention. A simple phrase that reminds you of your goals all year long. Here are five steps and some questions to get you started.
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month and what better way to acknowledge it than by brushing up on your WordPress security best practices?! After all, you’ve put a lot of time, energy, and money into your website over the years. Don’t you think it’s worth protecting? Here are five best practices for keeping your WordPress website safe from hackers.
In the ever-changing business landscape, a brand refresh can be a powerful tool for staying relevant and connecting with your audience. By embracing change, fine tuning your unique brand essence, engaging stakeholders, crafting a compelling story, and updating your visual identity, you can reestablish meaningful connections with your most important stakeholders.
When it comes to marketing and communications there’s lots of talk about brand alignment, core values, and brand authenticity. The truth is, those have always been important, but the more virtual and online our lives have become, the more we seek genuine connection and authenticity. Your customers, audience, or clientele need experiences that are transparent, real, and engaging. They want trust in the buying experience and the brands they support to – quite frankly, my dear – give a damn.
So much has changed in the past year. New things are catching our eye. The insight180 team has once again gathered a few design-inspired items that capture some of the movements and moments of today. From Disney World and the Olympic logos to generational aging trends and post-pandemic design trends, we hope these creative “finds” bring you some enjoyment and inspiration. What’s something you’ve been noticing?
As a business-to-business (B2B) company, it can be challenging to create fresh, purposeful social media content when selling a product. It can be even more difficult when your organization is “selling the invisible” (services, training, consulting, project management, fundraising, membership, and more). At insight180, we create, plan, post, and engage on social media for ourselves and our clients. Over 12 months, with three-plus posts to a variety of platforms each week and multiple companies to plan for each day, keeping content fresh and consistent requires discipline, creativity, and strategy. We know from experience that content block can happen to even the most seasoned social media content creators.
As a business owner, you already know that to serve your clients best, you must first understand them. Chances are, you do. You’ve crunched the numbers, analyzed the data, and modified your products or services time and time again to get them exactly where you need them to be. Or, rather, you’ve refined your services to specifically meet the needs of your clients.
