The Shultz Hour
In April, David Leonhardt at the New York Times wrote a column about the need to take a Shultz hour. For those unfamiliar, it comes from George Shultz, who was the Secretary of State under President...
View ArticleHow to Create Animated GIFs for Twitter
Video content is great and wonderfully compelling, but it sometimes can get lost in the mix. So if you’ve got great short-form video content, how do you make sure it gets seen? Animated GIFs might be...
View Article3 Data-Driven PR Proof Points
We talk a lot about data-driven PR, but what does it really mean? It’s easy to learn how to use tools like Moz or Google Analytics, but how does it tie into the larger mission? Like with any program,...
View ArticleData-Driven Media Relations Resources
Here at SHIFT, we pride ourselves on our data-driven approach to communication and public relations. So, it stands to reason that we extend that thread through into our media strategies for our...
View ArticleHow Could CRM Change In The Next Decade?
The most important factor determining the success of a business belonging to any industry is the customer flow. As the art of marketing flourished over the years, so did the methodology of building a...
View Article3 Reasons Why Your Brand Should be on Pinterest in 2018
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are typically the “big three” social channels a marketer has to look for when crafting a social media strategy. But as the social media landscape changes and evolves,...
View ArticleBack to School – Employee Communication Edition
September is here – and as students go back to school, it’s time for us to follow suit. Let’s take a few minutes to reeducate ourselves on a subject that’s more and more important in the tech-driven,...
View ArticleHow To Work With Opposite Audiences In One Business
Companies are frequently obsessed with the idea of appealing to “everyone”. Doesn’t matter whether it is required by a battalion of stakeholders, or an absolutely incompetent chief marketing officer,...
View Article3 Places to Surf Ahead of the News
For centuries, humans rode waves as a form of transportation, from ancient Polynesian cultures onward. Surfers swim out into turbulent waters and find a wave to match speeds with. The basic idea then...
View ArticleWhat Once Was Old, Now Is New – The Reinvention Of The Chatbot
Today’s blog is a guest post from Jeffrey Freedman, AXON – enjoy! In terms of technical innovation, society’s driving force has always been to increase efficiency. We aim to cut out the middle-man,...
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