The classic chicken and egg, but this time, the brand. After all, the authentic brand must reflect the company culture...but the culture must live up to the brand. Hence the constant run-around about what to build first: company brand or company culture?
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Marketers constantly scrutinize search results and news feeds to figure out how to hack their algorithms. When these automated decision-makers decide how many people see your content, the importance of understanding algorithms comes to the forefront. But how much should we cater to algorithms when designing our marketing strategy?
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Think your branding feeling stale? You’re probably right. All brands benefit from the occasional refresh. Customers like doing business with brands and people they believe have a thumb on the pulse of the industry. Periodic brand updates keep the messaging with the times. Besides a gut feeling, what other signs prove you’re overdue for a brand refresh?
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Internet searches started as typing questions on a search engine like Yahoo. The field transformed with Siri and Alexa into voice queries. How do you level up from there? Hello, visual search. The real estate industry is uniquely positioned to leverage visual search capabilities. To see benefits, you’ve got to start optimizing now.
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Individual real estate agents: yes, you are a brand! Even though you are not a global corporation, you still promote a unique service. Don’t your prospective clients regularly ask, “how are you different from other real estate agents?” Well, that answer is your personal brand value statement!
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Meet the CREators focuses on individuals in the commercial real estate space crushing digital marketing. To be a CREator means delivering consistent, creative content that dominates their niche. They are forward-thinking leaders applying best practices, trying new strategies, and smashing the box.
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The first time I heard animation was the next big thing, there was this, “really?” moment. Then I started thinking about it and realized not only does it make complete sense, but that we’ve been experimenting with animation in the business world for years. Animation in digital marketing conveys serious information in a way that is fun and sticks with your audience. Why does it work?
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What’s short and sweet and summarizes your company culture? Hello, brand positioning statement. This little sentence captures your purpose and culture. You may never advertise it or share it externally, but it's the foundation behind the rest of your branding work.
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Have you heard about the big change on Instagram? If not, what I'm about to say is going to shake your social media world. Ready?Instagram is experimenting with getting rid of likes. Think about it: the whole concept of “liking” something has been around since Facebook launched. Remember the poke? What does the digital world look like without lit-up heart symbols and thumb-ups and like counts?
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People have shifted how they prioritize the things they buy. Yes, we're always going to be looking for a good deal and for quality. But now we’ve added a third question: “How does this make me feel?” Your brand is not exempt. How you or your company makes someone feel about them giving you their money does matter.
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Fun fact: around 82 percent of consumer research online before buying products. Another 79 percent of people shop online. Clearly, we live in a digital world. So why are we still talking about the pros and cons of digital marketing? Common sense says to reach your people, you need to be online. Here are five reasons breaking down digital marketing’s not-so-secret advantage.
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Talking about branding can sound like hocus-pocus. Our emphasis on what you want customers to feel and company values make branding discussions delve into gray areas more akin to psychology. This is partly because tracking the data on how brand beliefs translate to revenue is not a A to Z endeavor. Clearly measuring how a brand belief impacted sales numbers is trickier than tracking a social campaign. It’s no wonder plenty of professionals doubt the power of a strong brand.
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We can’t look to the future of digital marketing without talking about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. It’s revolutionizing every industry. The use-cases for marketing and advertising translate to a better understanding of our audience. With machine learning, it’s possible to not just stay on top of trends but to be ahead of them!
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A well-known brand name is priceless. So how do you get your name to be synonymous to your market as with a name like “Visa” and credit cards? It boils down to brand equity, an understanding of your clients’ emotions and feelings about your brand positioning. At its best, a good brand name leaves consumers referring to your product for the entire category, like “Jet-Ski” for personal watercraft or “Coke” for any soda beverage. But even if your real estate brand doesn't become the name for the market, the strong brand equity still helps customers feel confident about working with your company. How do you get there?
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I am beyond excited to announce that The Content Funnel and ATYPICAL are now one. We are a full service marketing agency focused in commercial real estate. I can’t help but think of the iconic sitcom, The Brady Bunch. I know it’s a little cheesy but hear me out… In The Brady Bunch, two families came together and created one of the first blended families we saw on TV. Just like The Brady Bunch, we are two groups that came together to create a new amazing family.
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Union will combine animation, gaming and immersive technologies with targeted marketing campaigns for the real estate industry.
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Interested in gaining more traction through your Facebook advertising? Or maybe you heard about the Facebook Pixel, but you're not quite sure how it works? You've come to the right place. We're going to break down the Facebook Pixel, how to use it, and recent changes that impact current pixel users.
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Digital marketing promises limitless potential. The endless creativity combines with new ways to reach and engage people. Today’s digital marketing isn’t limited to social media advertising. These innovative ways to use digital marketing in CRE are making us more excited for the years ahead.
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You’ve specialized in something and fine-tuned an awesome product or service. But you know staying stagnant is how great businesses lose to the competition. Expansion by adding new services that help customers and augments the great work you do keeps attracting your brand running. Only one hitch: these new services or products alter your identity, which in turn impacts your brand. What do you do?
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The Content Funnel Will Rebrand as ATYPICAL; Sarah Malcolm and Mark Kalkwarf to Co-Manage Operation
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Early on, when search engine spiders were less sophisticated, writers gamed the system. Article after article hit the web with stuffed with precise long-tail keywords great for SEO, but painful to read. Some brands pushed back by not caring about keyword utilization at all. The problem? Over-optimizing for keywords is as damaging as not considering them at all. Let’s solve some keyword problems and find the middle ground.
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People like stories. More real estate professionals should embrace the new marketing trend to communicate with customers. A basic biography, the “we do ‘x’ because ‘y,’” like “we make the data visual so real estate investors see opportunities,” is a fine summary, but will it really resonate with your target audience?
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“An ebook is just a longer blog, right?” Wrong! Well-written ebooks and white papers aren’t extended blogs. This original content must stand on its own. The amount of work behind creating an ebook or white paper catches people off-guard their first time. Here’s the work you don’t see when you click, “download.”
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A large portion of the discussion in content marketing revolves around blogging. That discourse is changing, and probably for the better. Blogging is just one technique under the content marketing umbrella. Content marketing for commercial real estate gets spicier when you go beyond the blog.
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Tagline me here, tagline me there. Taglines are everywhere! Do you really need a tagline as part of your branding package?
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Not using any social media video in your commercial real estate market places you at a disadvantage.
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This month, we’re spotlighting industry reporters and editors. Let’s recognize the wordsmith professionals slaying the content game.
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Whether you’re a commercial real estate agent or a CRE service provider, don't neglect the importance of LinkedIn in your social marketing efforts.
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Our top highlights from the annual DNA of #CRE survey by theBrokerList and Buildout.
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When it comes to social media, you need to have the right mindset and goals. We have to be constantly changing our strategy because social media is constantly in a state of flux.
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Our Meet the CREators series focuses on individuals in the commercial real estate space crushing social media and blogging. This month we highlight the Tenant Advisor, Coy Davidson.
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Knowing the best ways to promote your brand’s story is essential to marketing on Facebook.
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Think brand protection doesn't apply to commercial real estate? Think again. When someone copies your brand elements, they dilute your message.
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We are so excited to share memories and highlights from this years #LetsGetSocial19 AT #ICSCRECon in Las Vegas! Lets Get Social is an annual meetup for ICSC RECon attendees to connect with old friends and meet some new ones, too!
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Our Meet the CREators series focuses on individuals in the commercial real estate space crushing social media and blogging. They are leaders not necessarily because of the number of likes, although their work often has a loyal following. To truly be a CREator means delivering consistent, creative content that dominates their niche.
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Let’s Be Honest. Social media marketing is tough. Potential clients have countless businesses competing for their attention. Fads come and go within days. Social networks constantly tweak their news feed algorithms, their features, and their paid advertising options. Driving social media results requires the commercial real estate professional to stay on their toes. We talk a lot at ATYPICAL about best practices and what commercial real estate industry-specific tactics generate results.
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