We decided to start a new feature on our blog where we share with the rest of our audience all the questions we get when speaking and working with small businesses. As a full service marketing agency, we get a wide variety of inquiries and many of them are the same. So we know other […]
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5 Social Media Mistakes
Well, we are delving into a subject that many people have addressed before: Social Media mistakes. I hope that what we have learned here at Encite working on clients’ social media strategies is at least a little useful and unique to those small business owners out there. As an advertising agency, we have spent a […]
Soliciting the public for their creative feedback. It takes guts!
Feedback is great. It helps from both a personal and professional perspective for individuals and corporations to grow, develop and mature. Now one has to be prepared because feedback, whether it is requested or not, can be humbling. This is why the majority of individuals don’t ask for it. From a marketing agency perspective, we […]
Incomplete marketing initiatives
Empathy. Frustration. Compassion. Annoyance. I think every marketing and advertising agency experiences these feelings when working with clients. In fact, any marketing agency that is worth anything must at some point feel personally connected with the work they are performing, so these emotions will inevitably appear. At times, I can become really frustrated with clients […]
Kay Jewelers-Starting to segment their messaging
Competing advertising agencies don’t always have the same opinions on strategy, tactics or creative. That is pretty common. However, some don’t see eye to eye at all. I have heard stories of marketing agencies that have been downright confrontational and abusive during the bidding process for a large account. I can understand the passion behind […]
Inspirational creative work
As a marketing and advertising agency, we here at Encite see the value in a cohesive and coherent visual identity and branding system. A branding system is the foundation of the message you are communicating to your audience, how well they are receiving that message and whether they are responding to it. Over the course […]
The many lists of improvement
Whenever a new year starts, there is an influx of self-improvement articles, commentaries and lists. We here at Encite have been guilty of this although we can see some value in it. So we are going to provide one here today! In marketing and advertising, improvement is the key to successful initiatives, campaigns and programs. […]
Best work all the time
The marketing and advertising industry is pretty unique. Marketing and advertising agencies can struggle with the varying dichotomies of the trade. This industry is objective given that clients are expecting a return on their marketing investment by seeing real gains in revenue, market share and brand recognition. It is also subjective on the creative side […]
Sacrificing quality because of budgets
You get what you pay for. We have all heard that cliché. But there is some truth to it. As a Denver based marketing and advertising agency, Encite works with many small businesses on a variety of projects including website creation, direct mail and social media management. One of the biggest challenges in working with […]