The Banter Bulletin

You’re passionate about your small business or nonprofit, but let’s face it – budgets can be tight. The good news? You don’t need a bottomless wallet to elevate your brand. In this post, we’re diving into cost-effective branding and marketing strategies tailored to the savvy spender. Get ready to supercharge your brand without breaking the…

Download the Free End of the Year Checklist Click Here Towards the end of the year, like most of you, we are reflecting on our progress. We review various aspects of our business operations, such as sales, marketing, and customer service.As a brand agency, we also conduct a thorough evaluation of our work, analyzing both…

Retro Rebrand for In Context In Context, Inc., helps digitally inexperienced business owners with their content marketing by giving them a framework to build their presence online. After several years in business, CEO and owner, JC Cheney, knew the brand needed a change.   A Little Background In Context has been serving small businesses for…

What Makes a Strong Nonprofit Brand? Your nonprofit has a compelling story to tell, but it’s currently not resonating with your audiences. What is the best way to tell that story? Brand Strategy! Nonprofit organizations need a solid brand strategy to create brand recognition. It’s not just a logo, colors, fonts and icons. It’s not…

Let’s Be Social  Ah, social media. It was supposed to be the cheap, easy way to promote your business. But, if you don’t have it setup right from the beginning, it becomes an inefficient burden. Here are several ways to make your social media work for you: 1. Decide which social media outlets are right…

Good branding is foundational to a good business. Consumers make most decisions based on emotions. Harvard Business School professor Jerry Zaltman says that 95% of our purchase decision-making takes place subconsciously. It’s science!   How can your brand connect emotionally with your customers? The answer is storytelling People connect deeply to stories. They can see…

Being part of your team We have been collaborating with Urban Learning Collaborative as their design, communications, and marketing vendor since 2018. Our partnership has involved launching new event series, introducing new products, a full rebrand, and maintaining brand consistency across various platforms and audiences. A Little Background Founded in 1996, Urban Learning Collaborative (ULC)…

What’s in a Name.com?  Remember the good old days when you could name your business just about anything and you never had to worry about SEO? Or worry that companies in other countries had that name? Yeah, that doesn’t happen anymore. Even if you do not have a web-based business, available domains have to be a consideration…

The Importance Of Process  Many people outside of the creative and communication fields seem mystified by how we get our ideas. In their eyes the process seems quick and painless. But as we know, it is actually long and painful. Creativity is a process and we need to do a better job of sharing it. Here…

Importance of Goals & Benchmarks We have lived and learned from this quote, “Having a clear, compelling goal mobilizes your focus toward actionable behavior.” We found it on Forbes.com in an article titled 5 Reasons Why Goal Setting Will Improve Your Focus.   Back in the day, before we started making clear goals for our company, we…

I am all about rebranding. It’s what I do for a living. As organizations evolve, grow, change their products, or have a better understanding of what they are offering, a brand refresh is a must. Sometimes that means changing or modifying a logo. But, not always. NYC is launching a new campaign to encourage New…

Be A Man – or Woman – With A Plan  When you have a great idea that you want to share with the world, you want to share it with the world as soon as possible. (Remember the end of “Harry Met Sally”? Yeah, it’s like that.) Our current “Fail big, fail often” culture certainly encourages rushing to…