With a struggling economy and dynamic workforce conditions, today’s organizational success depends on agility and resilience. Hiring contractors can be a critical component of a company’s labor strategy to ensure business continuity and manage risk. Leveraging contractors can help fulfill a marketing team’s short-term needs as well as drive [...]
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) in marketing has been around for a while, the topic exploded into the mainstream in December of 2022. The match that ignited the explosion? ChatGPT. After ChatGPT’s release and the subsequent widespread coverage, many businesses began to wonder how their marketing strategy would be affected [...]
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Is love in the air? Or is that just the familiar tone of a cash register? Shop anywhere during the first 45 days of the year, and you’ll be assaulted by displays of Valentine’s merchandise and offers. Department stores, supermarkets, drug stores, [...]
At Ceres Talent, we live at the intersection of marketing and recruiting. So, we have seen some brilliantly crafted communication on websites, press releases, resumes and more. We have also seen our share of mistakes. While typos and grammatical errors might not be life-changing, they can tarnish you’re company’s [...]
Let’s face it, celery is not the sexiest vegetable in the drawer. In fact, it’s so unloved that it was the only vegetable left on the shelves during a global pandemic. But it is more versatile than you think. You can’t make Bloody Marys, Ants on a Log or [...]
Remember that time? When we gathered? In a group? For an in-person marketing event? Perhaps it’s still a vague memory? The pandemic decimated last year’s conference, convention, and special-event landscape. And it’s not looking hopeful for this year either. Marketers who relied heavily on small- or large-scale in-person events [...]
Little Baby’s Ice Cream in Philadelphia has a reputation for being the most surreal food company in America. With flavors like balsamic banana, pizza, and (founding recipe) Earl Grey Sriracha, this ice cream company is bound to be a bit wacky. Even their physical locations feature décor reminiscent of [...]
The first rule about Olympics marketing is that you can’t talk about the Olympics in your marketing—unless, of course, you’re an official sponsor. That’s right, only the brands who shell out the $100-200 million for sponsorships are allowed to mention the big games in their marketing efforts. This means, [...]
It happens more than you would think. A person becomes so impassioned about a business, company, or product that they get the logo permanently tattooed onto their skin. Now that’s customer loyalty. But what happens when workers start a movement to get tattoos of their employers’ logos? According to [...]
Recently, my son’s high school marketing teacher mentioned the 5 P’s of marketing. All I could think was “Wait—5 P’s? Isn’t the marketing mix supposed to be 4 P’s: price, product, promotion, and place? What is this new 5th P all about?” When I asked his teacher that very [...]