Gianfagna Strategic Marketing, Inc. has been recertified to provide advertising, public relations, and direct marketing strategic and creative services to Cuyahoga County, Ohio as a prime contractor or subcontractor through September 2020. Gianfagna has worked on multiple County projects since receiving its original certification in 2007....
View MoreIf you sell products or services to college students and teens, head’s up: The new Marist College Mindset List is out, and it offers valuable insights for your smart marketing strategy. Previously associated with Beloit College, this is the 22nd edition of the Mindset List and the first year that it has been affiliated with Marist College. The Mindset List shares fascinating facts and findings about the incoming class of college freshman and how they see the world. This is the first college class born in the 21st century. Everyone who markets to...
View MoreArtificial intelligence, or AI, is the hottest technology in marketing. But do you need artificial intelligence to develop good creative for a smart marketing strategy? Or do you just need a talented, insightful creative team? Cleveland marketing consultant Jean Gianfagna shares some perspective....
View MoreUnderstanding and articulating the unique value your organization delivers to your customers – your value proposition – is crucial for smart marketing. Here are seven ways to use the value proposition insights gleaned from customer interviews in a smart marketing strategy....
View MoreWhy the things people say about your business matter far more than what you say about yourself in your advertising -- no matter how much you spend on marketing. ...
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If you sell products or services to millennials – the 70 million Americans born between 1982 and 1999 – understanding the core values and experiences they share as a generation is crucial to success. Chuck Underwood, who helped develop and popularize the field of generational study, recently offered fascinating insights on generational marketing in a presentation to the American Advertising Federation in Cleveland. Here’s why viewing your marketing and advertising through a generational values lens -- especially if your target market is millennials – is so important to a smart marketing strategy. America’s...
View MoreEven if you have the budget to execute marketing projects and a marketing agency standing by to help, there’s another factor that can impact your success: Your internal marketing bandwidth. Someone on your team has to make all that marketing happen -- and it's easy to get in over your head. Here’s how to prevent this problem in your smart marketing strategy....
View More“Can you hear me now?” Without thinking, you can probably picture the person speaking and know the reason why. It’s the spokesman from Verizon’s old advertising campaign demonstrating via countless ads in many different locations the power of Verizon’s vast nationwide network. It’s a tribute to Verizon’s marketing team and agency that this phrase became iconic for Verizon’s network reliability. Which makes it even more impactful from a marketing standpoint that Mr. Can-You-Hear Me-Now himself, Paul Marcarelli, has switched to Verizon competitor Sprint. In the new Sprint campaign, Marcarelli quickly dismisses Verizon’s position as...
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The beginning of a new year is also an ideal time to make some resolutions to improve your marketing. Here are 9 resolutions that can help you produce better results from your marketing investment and develop a smarter marketing strategy in the coming year....
View MoreIs the Walgreens nude beach ad the worst ad on TV? Here's why this cringe-worthy campaign is a creative failure and how to avoid similar mistakes in your smart marketing strategy....
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