Leveraging Brand Purpose in the Age of Apathy

Leveraging Brand Purpose in the Age of Apathy

Over the last few years, advertising has reached a fever pitch of content. If you have a brand with any kind of online presence, you’ve felt the pressure. Because as everyone else turns on the production jets, it’s almost become imperative for brands to keep an...

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AI Without Your Brand Is Just Noise

AI Without Your Brand Is Just Noise

If you’re anything like me, reading one more article about how AI is “reshaping the marketing landscape” is likely the last thing on your to-do list — right below cleaning out your inbox, surely. For years now, marketers have been inundated with think pieces about AI...

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Using AI (Responsibly) in Creative Development

Using AI (Responsibly) in Creative Development

Well, friends. After years of warnings from sci-fi movies, the robots have finally entered the chat. And apparently, they brought instant illustrations, coding skills and copy decks with them. Just scroll LinkedIn for five minutes, and you’ll see that everyone is a...

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Navigating The Rise in AI Search

Navigating The Rise in AI Search

For years, SEO felt like sailing a well-charted route: set your keywords, optimize your pages and let backlinks carry you toward higher rankings. But lately, it feels like the winds have changed. The emergence of AI-powered search engines, like Google’s AI Mode and...

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5 Signs Your Brand May Be Overdue for a Refresh

5 Signs Your Brand May Be Overdue for a Refresh

You know that feeling when you look in the mirror and realize something’s… off? The haircut you’ve had for years doesn’t quite hit the same anymore. Or maybe your go-to outfit suddenly feels more “meh” than “me.” The times have changed. Hell, you have changed. But now...

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Credit Union Marketing: Campaign Ideas That Work

Credit Union Marketing: Campaign Ideas That Work

In today’s climate, promoting credit unions is like trying to play poker with half the cards in your hand hidden. You’re dealing with compliance restrictions, tight budgets, skeptical audiences and competition from both big banks and fintech startups. Every place is...

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A Practical Guide to Customer Journeys: Part 2

A Practical Guide to Customer Journeys: Part 2

Putting Your Customer Journey Map to Work Every marketer has felt it — the tug-of-war between chasing ambitious goals and managing the details that make campaigns run. Too much attention to the details, and the broader objectives fade from view. A documented customer...

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A Practical Guide to Customer Journeys: Part 1

A Practical Guide to Customer Journeys: Part 1

Building Customer Journey Maps That Work Today, marketing leaders are no strangers to navigating audiences who expect seamless, personalized experiences at every touchpoint. But when you’re juggling multiple priorities — campaign deadlines, budget pressures,...

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The Power of Defining Your Target Audience

The Power of Defining Your Target Audience

It’s not your imagination—we spend a lot of time talking about the audience in this industry. Brand audience strategy is a whole discipline in itself, and there are obvious reasons why. When push finally comes to shove, the audience for your brand or message really...

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Accelerating Production Potential: AI in the Creative Process

Accelerating Production Potential: AI in the Creative Process

Trying to discuss anything to do with AI (artificial intelligence) feels like trying to hug a tornado. There is a presence that seems as poised to transform society as thoroughly as the internet itself. And the rate of development ensures that my thoughts on this will...

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Our Top 10 Marketing Conferences

Our Top 10 Marketing Conferences

Whether you’re an agency marketer looking to level up your skills or part of an in-house team seeking growth in the new year, marketing conferences are a great way to expand your knowledge, stay updated with the ever-changing marketing landscape, and network with...

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Unlock the Power of Creativity and Results with BBR Creative

Unlock the Power of Creativity and Results with BBR Creative

At BBR Creative, we believe that great marketing is more than just campaigns—it’s about transforming ideas into impactful stories that drive measurable results. Our case studies showcase the innovative strategies, bold creativity and tailored solutions that set us...

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6 Email Marketing Tips for Staying in the Inbox in 2025

6 Email Marketing Tips for Staying in the Inbox in 2025

As marketers, we know there is no shortage of channels to advertise your business; from social media’s instantaneous virality to the slow and steady churn of SEO. But the channel that’s probably flying under your radar is also the one likely to give you the best bang...

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Marketing FAQ: How Much Should I Budget for Marketing Annually?

Marketing FAQ: How Much Should I Budget for Marketing Annually?

Some of the most frequently asked marketing questions I hear from business leaders are “what should I spend on marketing this year?” or “How do I make an annual marketing budget?” or “How do I know if I’m investing in the right things?” In fact, nearly 60% of...

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PPC Mistakes to Avoid This Holiday Season

PPC Mistakes to Avoid This Holiday Season

Q4 is quickly approaching, bringing with it the usual chaos of shopping, annual planning, holiday travel and events. For many businesses, this is also a time of hastened marketing pushes and looming deadlines to meet annual sales goals. Business owners often look for...

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Our Modern Media World: 6 Effective Advertising Trends

Our Modern Media World: 6 Effective Advertising Trends

As advertising trends continues to evolve, so do the intricate media buying strategies that tie all of its moving parts together. Cost effectiveness. Audience targeting and adaptability. Technology adoption. Campaign optimization. New advertising trends are forming...

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Navigating Social Media for Your Healthcare Brand

Navigating Social Media for Your Healthcare Brand

Love it or hate it, social media is a necessary part of connecting and engaging with today’s consumers in any industry. Yes, it’s time-consuming to do it right (or even at all). With all the platforms, algorithm changes, privacy considerations, trends, posting...

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Our Top 10 Marketing Conferences

Our Top 10 Marketing Conferences

Need help choosing the right conference for you and your company? Take a look at our top 10 picks for the best marketing conferences in 2024! Marketing Conferences in 2024 1. MozCon June 3-4, 2024Seattle, WA Prices Livestream Ticket: $299 Post-Event Recording Bundle:...

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An Expert’s 2025 Guide to Crushing Marketing Goals

An Expert’s 2025 Guide to Crushing Marketing Goals

As a new year begins, we know all too well the frustration that comes with planning for annual marketing goals. Perhaps you’re recycling an old plan or maybe you’re starting from scratch. Either way, we’re here to provide you with a professional perspective on annual...

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Our POV on Marketing Trends in 2025: A Guide to the New Year

Our POV on Marketing Trends in 2025: A Guide to the New Year

As we close out another year, marketers everywhere look to the horizon of 2025—a year brimming with both opportunities and challenges. For marketing professionals, a new year is far more than a symbolic date on the calendar; it’s a chance to refine strategies, harness...

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A Summer With BBR: Tips from a Sales and Marketing Intern

A Summer With BBR: Tips from a Sales and Marketing Intern

Internships provide college students with many tools that allow them to thrive professionally once they graduate college. Not only do they allow students to gain experience in the workforce, but they also provide avenues to build connections with people in their...

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Our 10 Favorite Marketing Conferences

Our 10 Favorite Marketing Conferences

Trying to decide which conference fits you and your company’s needs? Check out our top 10 picks for the best marketing conferences in 2023-2024, organized by date! Marketing Conferences in 2023   1. Inbound 2023 September 5 - 8, 2023 Boston, MA Prices: General...

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Google Analytics 4 vs. Universal Analytics: What to Know

Google Analytics 4 vs. Universal Analytics: What to Know

As you likely know, Google sunsets its traffic & engagement measurement service, Universal Analytics (UA), at the end of June. Taking its place is Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which Google describes as “the next generation of analytics.” Built to provide more data...

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3 Pro Tips When Building a Marketing Team

3 Pro Tips When Building a Marketing Team

Building the best marketing team possible can be crucial to the success of your business. As seasoned marketing professionals, the team at BBR Creative has the proven expertise to help. If you’ve been wondering how to build a marketing team but don’t know where to...

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How Clear Brand Messaging Can Elevate Your Business

How Clear Brand Messaging Can Elevate Your Business

Before you start marketing your business this year, ask yourself these three questions. What does your business do better than anyone else? Can you make a killer argument to prove that you do it better? Are you clearly and concisely communicating your distinction?...

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Elevating Your Brand: A Guide to Building Long-Term Value

Elevating Your Brand: A Guide to Building Long-Term Value

Most entrepreneurs start a business built on their own, individual skill or talent and grow their business through grit and hard work. Usually marketing is not the entrepreneur’s first skill set, so not much intentionality is placed on the act of branding. Aside from...

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Leadership Communication Tips:Building Better Internal Teams

Leadership Communication Tips:
Building Better Internal Teams

Back in 2020, when the BBR Creative team was forced to work from home due to the pandemic, we recognized a need for more intentional and effective leadership communication. After thinking on it, upper management came to me with the recommendation that I should carve...

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Recruitment Marketing in 2022

Recruitment Marketing in 2022

5 Tips for Enhancing Your Recruitment Marketing Strategy So a hot button in business now is recruitment marketing. My c-suite friends all talk about the difficulty of attracting “good” candidates and hiring the “right” people. HR departments are working night and day...

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Why is SEO So Important for Sales?

Why is SEO So Important for Sales?

Back in the day, sales folks knocked on doors, made cold calls and played a lot of golf. As we all well know, the world has gotten way more complex since then and in-person sales calls as a first touch point is a rarity. Companies and organizations still rely on word...

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How Six Remote Work Tools Changed the Game at BBR

How Six Remote Work Tools Changed the Game at BBR

An interview with IT Director and Tech Whiz, Eddie Talbot, on the tools that allowed us to move agency operations to an offsite work environment without missing a beat.  Eddie Talbot has been with BBR since 2006 as our agency’s very own MacGyver.  He’s the guy who...

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Tried and True Marketing Trends for 2022

Tried and True Marketing Trends for 2022

7 MARKETING TRENDS THAT ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW.  Things are changing in our world of marketing faster than ever. There are so many new channels and tactics to learn about that it can be a bit overwhelming – even for us seasoned marketers. Additionally, there are some...

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How to deliver constructive feedback

How to deliver constructive feedback

Ask any art director or designer and I am sure they will tell you that there is an art to giving good feedback. There is nothing worse than being given direction, going forth and putting your heart and soul into creation, only to deliver – and then get feedback that...

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Establishing a Brand Platform: 3 Things You Need

Establishing a Brand Platform: 3 Things You Need

The abundance of marketing messaging in the world today is astounding. During my career, I came from a time when clever was king and as marketers we strived to be as clever as possible. Now clarity rules. We all need and are seeking products and services, but it is so...

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24 Business Lessons Learned after 24 Years in Marketing

24 Business Lessons Learned after 24 Years in Marketing

So the other day I woke up and realized that BBR has been in existence for very close to 24 years —  since June of 1997. For a person whose parents chastised her for quitting every high school club that she ever joined, I asked myself, “How did I last this long...

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Putting Muscle Behind Your Marketing Plan

Putting Muscle Behind Your Marketing Plan

Clients who come to us are not all that different in what they need, want and desire.   Whether you are a CEO who handles the marketing for your organization, a marketing director who leads an internal team or a marketing specialist or coordinator trying to...

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Eight Ways to Ensure Peak Performance from Your Website

Eight Ways to Ensure Peak Performance from Your Website

Websites, social media and the digital landscape change constantly. It feels like new technologies, algorithms and issues to address have appeared every day over the course of this pandemic. As a marketer or business owner, you know the importance of your brand’s...

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3 Ways Marketing Can Be Your Life Saver

3 Ways Marketing Can Be Your Life Saver

These are trying times, but if you’re going to Be A Marketer, optimism must be in your skill set. Your business is likely going to change through this season, and now more than ever it’s important to lean into the principles of marketing to maintain brand awareness...

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Making Your Message Stick With Consumers

Making Your Message Stick With Consumers

Right about now, you are probably focusing your sights on upcoming goals and achieving success in the new year. Sales and marketing teams are working on the acquisition of new clients and upselling existing clients. This challenge to sell more isn’t unique — in fact,...

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