Blog If You Need To Know It, We’ve Got It Categories Archives (171) Blogging (1) Branding & Design (86) Case Study (5) Causes We Fight For (31) Client Love (27) Content Marketing (4) Current Events (109) Digital Marketing (104) Grand Rapids Networking (38) Marketing Strategy (75) Public Relations (80) Social Media (73) Team 8THIRTYFOUR (120) Uncategorized (22) Website Design (41) Websites (3) Search 15 Jan 2021 The Ridiculous, the Insane and the Absolutely Bananas We’ve slid into 2021 with our pants on fire. Now we’re crossing our fingers it will be incrementally better than 2020. We couldn’t enter this new year without reflecting back on the absolutely ridiculous, insane and absolutely banana-type shit we left back in 2020. Here are our picks for the top batshit crazy happenings of last year. Murder Hornets As … Read More 13 Jan 2021 Planning for 2021 Marketing First thing’s first. If you missed part 1 of this blog, check it out here. Good to go? Okay. Preparing for a new year is always stressful. Hell, we’re popping TUMS like our lives depend on it. They probably do. To help ease you into 2021, we’ll map out the key components you need to factor into your marketing plan … Read More 08 Jan 2021 Healthy Battle Creek Case Study Part 2 First off, if you haven’t read part one of our Healthy Battle Creek case study, go do that now. We’ll wait. All set? Good. Let’s continue. Like we said last time, Healthy Battle Creek is an awesome initiative in Battle Creek designed to help provide PPE and food for the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s no wonder we’re so … Read More 06 Jan 2021 Marketing Trends in the New Year 2021 is here, and we ask that everyone be real quiet. Tiptoe into it. No “Happy New Year.” Avoid any hoopla or celebrations. We all know how 2020 went, so we’re just sneaking into the coming year in hopes of saving ourselves a repeat of the year that shall remain unnamed. There are some important things we need to discuss … Read More 30 Dec 2020 The 8THIRTYFOUR 2020 Recap We shared with you our favorite stories of 2020, cause we all needed to remember that 2020 wasn’t ALL bad. We did some really cool stuff this year, from launching several campaigns on a one-week timeline to working with South African women artisans to bring their products to the U.S. through a new gift box service…and you might’ve heard we … Read More 23 Dec 2020 You Are What You Drink: Holiday Cocktail Edition Nothing says holidays like a raging hangover. Since 2020 has been…a year, we wanted to help you along in your journey to a horrible next morning. We’ve compiled what we feel is the holiday gift guide everyone truly wants. Don’t come empty-handed to a Zoom celebration. Bring one of these babies. Also, let’s be real. What you drink says a … Read More 18 Dec 2020 Building SEO Through PR We’re all working towards great SEO and a high domain authority, aren’t we? There are so many ways to get there, but a lot of people only think of SEO as its own thing…like it has to go sit by itself in the corner instead of playing with the rest of the integrated communications bunch. Okay…that metaphor got a little … Read More 16 Dec 2020 Work from Home Color Palettes We know the phrase “work from home” has taken on a new meaning in these last several months…or has it been years? We usually write our color palette blogs around seasons, which if you think of it…WFH kinda is. Since it would appear none of us are going anywhere for a while, we present to you our Work From Home … Read More 11 Dec 2020 Healthy Battle Creek Case Study If you haven’t noticed by now, we really love PR. In fact, the only things we love more than that are integrated communications as a whole and helping out our community. Go figure that we’d get the chance to do all three of those things at once! When we heard about Healthy Battle Creek and the impact it could have … Read More 09 Dec 2020 The Worst Fictional Female Role Models Everyone Loved We know that is a long and slightly confusing title. We’re pretty fired up, so just bear with us. Okay, so maybe it isn’t related to marketing, but it is focused on women role models, which is something we can relate to. Most of our team identifies as women. A few years back, Kim wrote an article called, “The Entitled … Read More Pages: 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374Last Page