Monkeyz Blog: Marketing & Business Insight

Your brand is not just a clever logo, a catchy slogan, and what you say about yourself. Your brand—whether you’re an individual or large corporation—is how you act and behave and are perceived by consumers. It’s a story about you, your business, and your customers—a it’s built on hard work, offering great products and services…

Most websites serve as online showcases—virtual brochures detailing products and services offered, highlighting key members of company teams, and providing a platform for some sort of e-commerce. While that’s all well and good, business owners and marketers know deep down that their websites could (and should) be doing so much more, just as their competitors…

Everyone likes to play the word association game. For example, if I say “dog,” you might say “cat” or “poodle” or “Fido.” If I say “monkey,” you might say “banana” or “chimp” or “primate.” So let’s start this week’s blog by playing what I call the “Brand Association” game. I’ll mention a top brand below…

With 3 out of 4 marketers across the globe prioritizing inbound marketing as their primary approach to marketing these days, more than ever your marketing success relies greatly on the development of high quality content—and lots of it. Whether it’s in written form, audio (podcasts), video, or a combination of all three, without a ready…

Do you know what success looks like for your new project, product launch, sales/marketing campaign, or branding/re-branding efforts? Courtesy of Merriam Webster, the standard definition of success goes something like this: “the degree or measure of succeeding; a favorable or desired outcome; the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence; or one that succeeds.” As you…

There’s a great debate raging over whether organic results or paid results are better—especially as it relates to digital advertising efforts. While it’s long been assumed that web visitors tend to avoid clicking on search “results” they know to be ads or that are sponsored, the reality is nowadays it’s getting harder to get search…

Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg have been in the news recently—A LOT. Of course, the tech giant has been in the news for years, and usually around the unprecedented growth of Facebook and its reach around the globe and into our daily lives. For the most part, it’s been positive news. These past few weeks, however,…

My wife was sharing with me the other day a business concept and it got me to thinking about this week’s blog topic: capturing great new ideas and seeing them through from ideation to realization. We’ve all been there, and the process goes something like this: You’ve just come up with an idea—a really great…

A good design can bring a good idea to life in every aspect your brain can imagine and your eye can see, especially in business branding and especially when it comes to your website. How long has it been since you took a good hard look at the impression your website makes? In life and…

Inbound Marketing is the best way to turn strangers into customers and “brand fans” excited to promote your business, and at the center of this Inbound Marketing universe is your website. Companies are 3 times as likely to see higher return on investment (ROI) on Inbound Marketing campaigns than on outbound. 84% of small businesses…

The age of the virtual consumer is here. Through the power of whatever device we happen to be holding and using at a given moment, we can buy something, sell something, make an appointment, cancel one, leave a message, search for something (even if we’re not quite sure what it is), “listen” to and identify…

Are you one of those business owners or managers that dares to question the norm? Do you wonder about changing things up in the workplace because you’re not convinced that doing things the same way you’ve always done them is good for business, employee morale, or productivity? Ultimately as owner, CEO, or manager you’re the…