Posts by Nick Zinkie
Digital Marketing in Healthcare: Trends and Best Practices for Growing Your Company
Healthcare companies are facing competition and growing pains from just about every angle. While increasing competition in many markets is pitting healthcare organizations against one another in the battle for patients, many of those companies are operating with staffing shortages among both providers and administrative staff. As a result of these constraints, patient satisfaction rates…
Read MoreClient Success: Helping a Government Agency Promote Local Tourist Destinations Through Long-Form Storytelling
The COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life across the United States and around the globe, but few businesses experienced as dramatic a short-term disruption as those in the tourism industry. Almost overnight, tourism reservations and other plans were abruptly canceled. Even as other industries gradually opened up and resumed operations, tourism lagged far behind: the International…
Read MoreAdvertising Around the 2024 Paris Olympics: Who Will Be Watching, and Why?
In July 2024, The Paris Olympics is set to kick off—and billions of fans around the world will be tuning in to watch the action across a record-setting 329 medal competitions. As the biggest television event on the 2024 calendar, and with thousands of hours of programming slated for U.S. audiences alone, the 2024 Paris…
Read MoreHyperlocal Advertising: 3 Tips for Reaching Local Audiences
The relevance of your advertising is directly related to your campaign ROI. When ads are delivered to consumers who fit the profile of your target consumer, you’re inevitably more likely to turn that prospect into a customer. A wide range of data points may be used to define that ideal consumer, but for local businesses,…
Read MoreThe Impacts of Increasing Streaming Services Prices
The Hollywood writer’s strike is officially over, and the ongoing actor’s strike could be nearing an end after several days of amicable negotiations between studios and the Screen Actors Guild. But the changes brought by these negotiated deals is only beginning—and consumers may soon feel the impact in their bank accounts. According to recent reports,…
Read MoreThe Pulse on Programming: November 2023 Preview
Welcome back to our monthly programming spotlight! We know that, as a local business owner, it’s imperative for you to reach your target audience now more than ever. That is why we have put together a monthly preview highlighting three cable programs that represent exciting advertising opportunities for local businesses. We’ve rounded up information on…
Read MoreAudience Insights: Monday Still a Fun Day for ESPN
Mondays. They always left the Carpenters feeling down. The Mamas and the Papas said you can’t trust them. The Bangles spent theirs wishing it was Sunday. Even Garfield the cartoon cat famously loathed them. For football fans, though, Mondays – more specifically, Monday nights – have long been a high point, with marquee NFL matchups…
Read MoreThe Professor’s Perspective Episode 6: Political Advertising
In this episode of The Professor’s Perspective, we unpack the breakdown of political advertising spend during past election cycles and highlight the anticipated shifts in spend leading up to the 2024 presidential election.
Read MoreDigital Marketing for Small Businesses: Strategies for Long-Lasting Success
It’s easy for marketing and advertising experts to sing the praises of building brand awareness and driving conversions through targeted digital campaigns. For small business owners, though, the potential value of digital marketing must be considered alongside the realities those local brands are facing on a daily basis: slim profit margins, endless competition from rival…
Read More2023 Q4 Sports Preview
As the leaves start changing colors, we officially get into the best sports season of the year. Yes, Q4 brings us right into the middle of peak sports with the MLB Postseason, the bulk of the NFL and College Football regular seasons, and College Bowl Games. Beginning in October, advertisers have access to the MLB…
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