Andrew Ballard

Getting a bigger bang from a small budget as costs climb

Business

Getting a bigger bang from a small budget as costs climb

Four myths of your marketing budget and what to do when that budget inevitably starts shrinking.

Big ad agencies make decisions that often aren’t the best for your firm

Business

Big ad agencies make decisions that often aren’t the best for your firm

Here are three examples of the wrong and right ways of developing marketing communications program.

Marketers, take a lesson from manufacturing

Business

Marketers, take a lesson from manufacturing

Most of us associate Six Sigma with improving the manufacturing process. Originally developed by Motorola, Six Sigma is…

Status quo is the enemy of success

Business

Status quo is the enemy of success

Recently, I had the honor to being one of the Sno-Isle Libraries TEDx Talk speakers.

Time promotions for biggest impact

Business

Time promotions for biggest impact

Properly timing your promotion is vitally important to producing a positive return on your marketing investment. Reaching the…

Have you created your customer persona profile?

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Have you created your customer persona profile?

A few years ago I wrote a column — The Four Secrets to Marketing Success — that generated…

Column: Marketing tips you can learn from the Blue Angels

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Column: Marketing tips you can learn from the Blue Angels

I was among many that enjoyed the Blue Angels’ performance this summer during Seafair.