Top Visual Marketing Trends

By Becca Peterson Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Tumblr… the list goes on and on. What catches your eye when on these social media platforms? Is it the text? Or is it the images, gifs and videos that make you stop and pay attention? It’s essential to make personal connections…

How to Create and Maintain a Strong Online Community

Launching an online community may seem like an overwhelming task, but could be one of the most essential investments your company will make. With planning and a clear vision, you’ll be on the right track for a successful launch. How to get started building an online community: Know your purpose,…

Top Workplaces Require Top-Notch Employee Communication

Landing on the Star Tribune’s Top Workplace list is highly coveted. And, while the obvious benefits and perks matter, there’s a big one that’s often overlooked: multichannel consistent, persistent and responsive internal communications. Activated Growth agrees, and we believe it’s an essential employee recruitment and retention tool, one of our…

The Value of an Online Community

As social media grows, customers are seizing more power and influence. We are now living in the age of the customer, a time when customers have a huge influence on businesses and want to have a voice. Companies are beginning to create or leverage online communities — groups of people…

Want to Reach Millennials? Master What Makes Them Tick

Today’s marketers are highly motivated to reach millennials ages 18 to 34, and rightly so. They’re a diverse group with enormous buying power. But harnessing those dollars requires a marketer to understand generational nuances. Molly Holper, Activated Growth’s millennial intern, shares her insight. “Millennials want to feel a personal connection…

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Activated Growth Wins Gold Creative Award for Design of Food Industry Website

Exciting news! The Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (AMCP) has presented Activated Growth with a 2017 Hermes Gold Creative Award. AG won for the caliber of its work in redesigning the Healthy Food Ingredients (HFI) website. The overhaul was just one element of AG’s larger role in the recent…

Latest Branding Efforts: Activated Growth Helps Name Innovative Food Safety Process

When Healthy Food Ingredients (HFI) was ready to name and market their latest advancement in food safety, they turned to their trusted partner Activated Growth. Leveraging our knowledge and understanding of HFI’s target audience and their food safety needs, we went to work utilizing our strategic naming process. The team…

AG Helps Battery Council International Establish Narrative and Key Messaging

Battery Council International (BCI) is a trade association for the lead battery industry. To grow awareness of the essential nature, safety, reliability and innovations of lead batteries and the unprecedented recycling rate, BCI partnered with Activated Growth. We began by providing strategic support on their messaging and consulting on campaign…

AG Welcomes Communications Student, Molly Holper, as Our New Intern

We are pleased to introduce Molly Holper to our team at Activated Growth as an intern. Molly will be entering her senior year at the University of Wisconsin-Stout studying Professional Communication and Emerging Media with a concentration in journalism and an applied field in social media marketing. Molly’s experience with…

AG Partners with West Lakes Dentistry to Refine Brand

Activated Growth is excited to be working with West Lakes Dentistry to refine their brand in preparations for some exciting announcements coming up. As a first step, we’re focused on defining their mission, vision and values that will set the foundation for the brand. From there, we’ll be working on…

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