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What Is Brand Hierarchy?
Brand hierarchy describes how a company organizes its specific brands to best represent its services and meet the needs of its customers. Establishing a clear brand hierarchy can improve marketing performance, brand trust and authority, and each brand’s communication with its customers. Effective brand hierarchy is built on a strong strategic foundation. Grab your hammer….
Client Snapshot: HomeSteady Rebrand
Oneupweb began working with HomeSteady (previously Shazam Home Services) in December 2020. They asked us to help them create a new company name, logo, brand voice and brand guide. We also conducted user testing to refine branding recommendations and rebranded two customer journey maps for them. Scope of Work Brand workshop Brand name selection Logo…
Why Writing a Digital Marketing Case Study Will Convert All the People
Okay, maybe we took some poetic license with using the word “convert all the people.” However in a recent survey by B2B Marketing, of 112 marketers, two-thirds (66%) stated that case studies were “very effective” at driving leads and sales, and a further 32% found case studies to be “quite effective,” making case studies the…
ROI of SEO
Showing the ROI of SEO is tricky for a number of reasons, but mostly because it can be difficult to tell if the positive results we’re seeing in organic search can be attributed to something we did or is a result of a favorable algorithm update or some other marketing initiative. That said, it’s imperative…
How Market Research Helps Higher Education
Higher education is a rapidly changing industry. As a higher education marketer, you need to be armed with insights before making decisions. Market research for higher education allows you to make strong decisions that show your college or university is a thought leader who already knows your students. “Market research” may sound like a buzzword…
Why You Need Market Research
Market research is an important tool that solves marketing problems before they even happen. Many of the most successful marketing campaigns are backed by market research. In fact, the role of market research is to provide a business with pertinent data before that business embarks on a particular marketing strategy, therefore ensuring that strategy’s relevancy,…
Three Examples of How to Use Market Research
In today’s world, it’s crucial that small business owners understand everything about their business. Three important pillars of any successful business include its audience, its website and its brand strategy. Understanding these three pillars by conducting market research helps businesses better serve their consumers. Invest in market research in these three areas and watch your…
Now It’s Personal: 4 Tips for Personas in Higher Education Marketing
For digital marketers, few industries are as challenging and rewarding as higher education, particularly when it comes to driving enrollment. Through all steps of the journey, reaching and connecting with qualified prospective students is difficult — and that’s to say nothing of actually getting them to apply. Personas bridge the gap by connecting marketers with…
Why UX Research, Design and Testing Are Important for Your Business
A design student’s take on the value of UX by Liv Bishop As an advertising and branding student working with Google Maps on a UX-focused design project, I’ve learned quite a bit about what drives relevant web design and services that positively impact a business and its customers. Starting with expansive research and ending with a dynamic…
3 Healthcare Personas for Effective Healthcare Marketing
Healthcare is about choices. When making healthcare decisions, consumers are becoming more and more reliant on the internet and on their own social networks to determine the best options. Whether to research symptoms and treatments or to look into healthcare service offerings, consumers are increasingly going online to find medical solutions. In light of this…
Market Research Is Boring (No It’s Not)
Truth of it is – most people want to crawl under the table and hide from these thick compilations of numbers and analyst jargon. Who has the time, the wherewithal or the secret decoder ring, for that matter, to make it through a 70 page study on the key metrics of digital marketing without throwing…
Up Close & Personal : 3 Insights About Today’s Business Buyer
Someone called last week and said, “Carly, your blog posts are ridiculously awesome, but they all have a recurring mandate; know your audience. Can you please help me with that part!?!” No, actually, no one called and said that. Or emailed. Or left it in a comment. (But that’s ok, I will keep writing for…
