Get the most from your YouTube Channel With 2 billion active monthly users, YouTube is far more than a video archive. Yet, it still requires continual effort to stand out in today’s crowded content market. Optimize your YouTube presence by focusing on three key components. Create a Stronger Connection from […]
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What’s On Our Screens
READ: Fresh produce to add to your digital marketing fruit bowl. PODCAST: Are you using Instagram Stories to market your business yet? VIDEO: SNL humorously details how to speak to children with via a handy new app. READ: A classic NY Mag article on the importance of the SEO resurgence. […]
Read MoreBranding Gone Agile
Agile Branding is a key component of a successful business strategy. Treated as a living entity, agile branding is an iterative process that allows brand strategists to rapidly respond to changes in industry and consumer behavior, keeping organizations closely aligned to their customers. The Agile Triumvirate: Strategy, Messaging, and Design […]
Read MorePeanut Butter Drive Kicks Off Giving Season
Collin County Mayors Target Food Insecurity One in six people in our community suffer from food insecurity. Collin County, specifically, accounts for some of the highest rates of hunger in North Texas with 130,000 food insecure residents. To address this critical issue, the mayors of Collin County teamed up to […]
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The Power of Personalization If you’re concerned your message isn’t reaching your audience, personalize it. Tailoring content and experiences to individual members of your audience increases open and click-through rates, and multiplies ROI five to eight times. The question is not whether you can afford to personalize, it’s how […]
Read MoreWhat We’ve Been Up To: Freedom Day
North Texas Businesses Commemorate 9/11 Another September 11 has passed, commemorating a tragedy that will forever be remembered. Freedom Day, hosted by Communities Foundation of Texas for Business, is a community-wide day of volunteer service designed to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11. DHD proudly participated in this […]
Read MoreTrish Hall Preaches the Power of Persuasion
Persuasive Writing in All Forms of Communication As the previous op-ed editor at the New York Times, Trish Hall knows you have an opinion. In fact, she’s probably read one identical to it. Her years of editorial experience offer insight into what it takes to sway an audience. As Hall’s […]
Read MoreNorth Texas Giving Day Leans Into Video
The $50 Million Dollar Day 2019 was a record-breaking year for North Texas Giving Day (NTGD), with $50 million dollars raised. The fundraising endeavors to reach that number required a dynamic team effort and an emphasis on digital media. To achieve this the NTGD team deployed broad-spanning video efforts across […]
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READ: Will Smith’s Gemini Man shifts the cinematic focus from narrative storytelling to technical specs. LISTEN: Reenergize your email list with the help of copywriting teacher Belinda Weaver in this short podcast. READ: Fortnite’s intentional blackout serves as an ingenious marketing move. WATCH: Rhett and Link are back to review […]
Read MoreComponents of a Strong Brand
All it takes is a quick dusting of your fingers across the keyboard to enter an inquiry into Google. By filling in your company’s city and industry, the results reveal a host of companies just like yours. These like-minded competitors exist in the same region, produce the same products/ services, […]
Read MoreBack on The Beat of Authority Marketing
Last month’s extensive feature on authority marketing introduced this powerful marketing strategy as the premier way to gain influence and establish a larger base of clients. As you are now well-versed in the art of authority marketing, we look to the best ways in which to implement it. Tie it […]
Read MoreAdvantages of Early Holiday Marketing
Everyone is familiar with the traditional work slow-down around the holidays, so why not flip the script and put the holidays to work for you? The annual calendar is scattered with essential days of historical and cultural significance. Rather than let them pass idly by, leverage holidays to your benefit […]
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