7 Things We’re Excited About for Fall That Are Not Pumpkin Spice
Sure, we’re lamenting summer’s end, but we are more than ready to embrace the cooler temps, hot drinks, crunchy leaves and boots, boots, boots that…
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10 Signs You Should Invest In Communication Strategy
A communication strategy really does serve a purpose, it isn’t just something you read once and set on a shelf. It should be your roadmap…
Grandwich, Beer & Yoga
The 4th Friday of every month is when we party with GR’s finest for Your Biz Your Town. This past week, Shelley and I chatted…
Pokémon Pandemonium: The More You Know
Unless you live your life under a very large boulder (possibly a mountain), you have inevitably heard something about Pokémon GO, the viral mobile game…
Marketing to Millennials
Over the past few years Millennials have gotten a bad rap when it comes to making their way into the workplace. They’re “entitled”, corrupted by…
What we can all learn from Kanye
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, chances are you have heard Kanye West’s name this week. In his latest Twitter rant, West asked Facebook founder Mark…
With 100 Million People Watching, Your Messaging Better Be Good
As marketers, advertisers and public relations practitioners, we are constantly building strategy around messaging. How to send the right message to a consumer, how to…
6 Tips to an Effective Website
Your website is usually one of the first places people will go for more information about your company, your products and your services. We know it,…
Blogging: It is NOT Just a Marketing Trend
We talk a lot about blogging here at 834, and there are many benefits of blogging. We create content for many of our clients, and ourselves,…
Breathing Life into Stale Fundraising Events
This is the first blog of a three-part series chronicling our recent participation in the West Michigan Public Relations Society’s Nonprofit Workshop held Wednesday, September…