Blog If You Need To Know It, We’ve Got It Categories Archives (171) Branding & Design (73) Causes We Fight For (23) Client Love (20) Current Events (95) Digital Marketing (78) Grand Rapids Networking (33) Marketing Strategy (58) Public Relations (67) Social Media (66) Team 8THIRTYFOUR (94) Uncategorized (7) Website Design (40) Websites (2) Search 19 Apr 2019 You Can’t Escape Social Media Maybe you’ve noticed it, maybe you haven’t. The latest trend in social media is apparently to not be on social media. Brands like Lush and even our favorite congresswoman are opting out and taking a break from social media platforms. (Side note: we find that super annoying. If you don’t care about social media, then why do you need … Read More 17 Apr 2019 Media: Maybe They’re Just Not That into You Picture it: you’ve got the story of a lifetime. You feverishly type out a pitch, send it to a million media contacts, and expect your inbox to explode. And then it doesn’t. Instead of media buzz, you get crickets. Sure, maybe there was an important breaking story that bumped your pitch out of the limelight, but there’s another reason you … Read More 12 Apr 2019 Our Top 4 Favorite Icebreakers Icebreakers are pretty much our favorite thing ever; we consider them a rite of passage for new staff members. With culture being the most overused word in our office, icebreakers have become an important part of team bonding. It’s forced togetherness, look it up. Over the years our team has found the four best icebreakers for (almost) all occasions. Whether … Read More 10 Apr 2019 How to Tackle Stress Like a Pro Truth be told, we are all stressed out. Like, a lot. Life isn’t going to get any slower and deadlines aren’t getting any further away. One of the biggest triggers for poor mental health is stress in the workplace. At 8THIRTYFOUR, we believe that you should feel rejuvenated by your work and that it shouldn’t negatively impact your mental health. … Read More 05 Apr 2019 Public Relations Survival Guide The reason that Public Relations is often ranked as one of the top stressful career fields in the country is, well… because it’s stressful. Being in charge of accurately telling a brand or company’s story in a way that pleases all stakeholders is like holding a tiny little bird in your hand; it takes care and patience, and if you … Read More 01 Apr 2019 Important: We’re Only Taking Canine Clients If you only know one thing about us, it’s probably that we love dogs. Currently, we have eight office dogs that we share our workspace with, but we have decided to expand. We can’t contain our love for dogs and we figured, why should we? A Furry Friends Agency While we have always been dog-friendly, we are thrilled to announce … Read More 29 Mar 2019 4 Ways a Chatbot Can Help Your Website Let’s face it: people are lazy. We don’t want to have to work hard to get information. No, people just want to grunt at an AI and have it do all the heavy lifting for us. Heaven forbid we have to actually talk to (gasp) another real, live human. It’s that new modern style of laziness mixed with introversion that’s … Read More 27 Mar 2019 How We Stay Current in Our Industries The world is a hectic place nowadays, isn’t it? It’s hard to focus on just about anything, especially anything remotely important. It seems like no matter where you are, you’re getting bombarded with useless information and cute animal videos (Seriously. If we see one more mildly-inspirational quote paired with a Minion, we’re going to lose our minds). So how the … Read More 22 Mar 2019 Why Design is Important for Writing If you couldn’t tell from our recent storytelling blog, all of us at 8THIRTYFOUR are huge fans of writing. We’re an integrated communications firm, after all, and one thing unique to our firm is that everyone on the team can write. But writing doesn’t always have to stand alone. (That’s the “integrated” part of that whole “integrated communications” thing.) In … Read More 20 Mar 2019 How to Tell a Captivating Brand Story The key to making a brand stand out from the competition is engaging audiences with a captivating story. We’ll use the 8THIRTYFOUR story as an example. Our story has intrigue, drama, adversity, failure, humor – all of the key elements to pull the audience in and keep them on the edge of their seats. Making a key point with a … Read More Pages: « 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10»
