We Can ALL Be Creative
We all can apply creativity to our jobs and to our everyday lives. Creativity is where an idea begins, and who can say where it ends?
Does Your Brand Have Lasting Power?
Successful brands evolve with changes in the marketplace when new technologies, trends, and ways of doing business emerge. Does your brand have that kind of lasting power?
When Opportunity Knocks, Do You Answer?
How does opportunity show up in your life? Do you create opportunity, or do you wait for it to come your way?
Are You Planning for Success?
Guesswork and worry are huge energy drains. Imagine what removing those drains through planning would do for your life, your business, and your career.
Language: It’s in the Way That You Use It
Language serves as a potent tool, capable of fostering empathy, building bridges, and transcending barriers. How do the words and attitude you use impact your brand story?
Does Your Content Give Consumers What They Want?
The job of connecting with consumers these days can be tough—but it’s not impossible. How can marketers communicate with people who don’t want to be interrupted?
Know Your Communication Style: Time, Place, and Audience Matter
The authentic, genuine YOU that you present to an audience should NEVER change, but your communication style should change to suit the context and ensure optimal connection and understanding.
Is This the Year You Get Serious About Social Media?
Businesses must engage prospects and customers where they consume information for work and for pleasure. If you’re not there but they are, you could be (and most likely are) missing out.
The Right People for the Job: Employee Engagement Revisited
Post-Labor Day weekend seemed like a good time to reflect on work, employee engagement, and how hiring the right people for the job who are happy and passionate about their work affects your brand. The Barrel O’Monkeyz team consists of engaged individuals dedicated to serving the Monkeyz mission and all our clients. Simply put, we’re…
Carving a Niche That Represents You
These days the marketplace is becoming saturated with new brands, and so many are approaching this problem by casting the widest nets and diluting their brand identity to hopefully appeal to new markets. It’s important to remember what makes your brand unique. I explored this topic a few years ago and I think you’ll find…
Give Them Reasons to Believe in Your Brand
The tools may change over the years, but the fundamentals of brand building do not. Your brand story depends on giving your customers reasons to believe you can deliver. Nowadays it’s easier than ever to get your message out there. Let’s take a look at a blog from a few years back for some proven…
Taking a Look Back for Independence Day
Sometimes it’s interesting to look back over a certain span of time to see how much things have changed or how much they’ve stayed the same. The United States turns 247 years old on July 4. That’s ancient in people terms, but quite young for a country. What have we learned in our nearly 250…
