Agency Overview – LEAD Marketing

By Micah Hill LEAD Marketing This week we shift the spotlight to LEAD Marketing, a Grand Rapids-based full service marketing agency, featuring a short email interview with LEAD’s Social Media Manager Morgan Shaffer. Morgan graduated from GVSU with Bachelors in Communications Studies and Advertising + Public Relations. She has been with LEAD for a year … More Agency Overview – LEAD Marketing

Agency Overview – Blue Flame Thinking

Written by Jessica Prestigiacomo Following LaFleur Marketing, our next stop is Blue Flame Thinking! Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Blue Flame Thinking is a marketing agency that “helps financial and manufacturing brands in the B2B2C space solve their toughest marketing problems” (BFT, 2020). This agency uses integrated marketing and traditional marketing services to help effectively … More Agency Overview – Blue Flame Thinking

The Unclear Future of TikTok and its Advertising

By Richard Doyle Tik Tok is one of the fastest growing social networking applications ever made, sitting with over 2 billion users and receiving more downloads in a quarter than any other app in history. However, it could all soon come to an end as the app has been banned in India, Indonesia (temporarily), and … More The Unclear Future of TikTok and its Advertising

Apple Ends the IDFA: Challenging the Status-Quo

By Richard Doyle Apple is challenging the status-quo of the ad industry, and it’s going to have massive impacts.  It killed the IDFA. What is the IDFA? It stands for “Identifiers for Advertisers” and it was a tool that monitored iOS users’ data to sell to advertisers in order to analyze their ads and make … More Apple Ends the IDFA: Challenging the Status-Quo

Podcast – The Next Big Thing in Advertising

By Richard Doyle Podcasts companies are growing, and sparing no expenses  Spotify has been making a lot of big plays in building up its podcast platform. As you’ve probably heard they made an exclusive deal for Joe Rogan’s podcast in May, for a rumored $100 million dollars. Last week Spotify has yet again continued its … More Podcast – The Next Big Thing in Advertising