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11 Simple Ways to Enhance Your Social Media Images

Humans are, by nature, very visual beings. In the brain itself, there are hundreds of millions of neurons devoted to visual processing, nearly 30 percent of the entire cortex, as […]


Posted: October 27, 2019 | View More »


Cross-Channel Marketing and Data Attribution

As consumers interact with your brand across a growing number of screens and channels, it becomes increasingly difficult to know which parts of your marketing strategy are working. Did you […]


Posted: October 7, 2019 | View More »


Facebook Advertising in 2020 And Beyond

Facebook offers substantial reach, defined targeting, and engagement opportunities. That combination makes it a powerful tool to reach your audience. However, as with other mediums, there may be changes to […]


Posted: September 9, 2019 | View More »


Gen X’s Attitudes Towards Advertising and Digital Device Usage

There’s a lot of focus on both the older audience – Baby Boomers – and the younger audience – Millennials and Gen Z. But what about those in the middle? […]


Posted: September 9, 2019 | View More »


The Right Measurement is Key to Achieving Business Outcomes

Years ago, businesses thought ahead to organize their brand around the customer. But what does that look like? If you can’t measure it, it’s hard to justify it – or […]


Posted: September 9, 2019 | View More »


Logos and Marketing

Did you know that 90% of all the information transmitted to our brains is visual and is processed 60,000 times faster than text? Armed with this knowledge, it’s no wonder […]


Posted: August 14, 2019 | View More »


Facebook Ads: How Engagement Differs

Social media ads aren’t going anywhere; it’s a scalable way to reach a targeted audience, and users are spending more and more time on social apps. When it comes to […]


Posted: August 7, 2019 | View More »


Podcasts – Who's Tuning In?

The media landscape is constantly evolving with new technologies and ways to consume information. One of the more recent additions to the audio space is podcasts. With a huge number […]


Posted: July 8, 2019 | View More »


Central States Media Receives 10 Awards

Central States Media was recently recognized for its work with several partners receiving a total of 7 national and 3 local awards. On April 1, 2019, Higher Education Marketing Report […]


Posted: June 11, 2019 | View More »


Best Practices for Facebook Ads

Have you ever been scrolling through your Facebook timeline and come across posts for pages you don’t follow? How many times have you seen a Facebook post with the word […]


Posted: June 11, 2019 | View More »


What Makes A Great Landing Page?

Your landing page is the page a visitor arrives at on your website after clicking your ad, whether that’s a paid search ad, display ad, Facebook ad, etc. Specific landing […]


Posted: June 11, 2019 | View More »


What is Visual Hierarchy?

Visual hierarchy is the order in which a user processes information on a page. By assigning different visual characteristics to sections of information, a designer can influence what users will […]


Posted: May 14, 2019 | View More »


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