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Can Your Brand Join the Cult of Cults?

February 22, 2018/in Marketing /by Martin Fredricks

In branding, “cult” is anything but a four-letter word.

Achieve cult status with your brand, and you’ve found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow – word-of-mouth. Can you do it?

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Tip Tuesday – Advertising Copyriting: Keep It Brief

February 20, 2018/in Advertising, Tip Tuesday /by Martin Fredricks

Enough said. Or, if you want more (but not much more) of the skinny on brevity and advertising/marketing copywriting, here it is….

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Almost More Than an Advertising & PR Word Dink Can Take

February 14, 2018/in Marketing /by Martin Fredricks

It’s almost over English-major advertising & PR word dinks like me can take. Wait. That makes no sense. Read it again…I’m over happy to help… What? What!?

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Tip Tuesday – Listen Up!

February 12, 2018/in Consulting, Tip Tuesday /by Martin Fredricks

If your marketing copywriter isn’t doing these 10 things when gathering information about your business, products and services, it’s time to find a new one.

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XXX, The End of a Press Release

XXX in Press Releases

February 7, 2018/in Marketing /by Martin Fredricks

Not every press release that ends with -XXX- has something to do with the adult entertainment industry. In fact, I’d guess very few, if any, do. So what the heck does it mean?

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Blog Posts: Topic, Interview… Airwaves?

January 31, 2018/in Marketing /by Martin Fredricks

Blog posts for clients can get started just about anywhere, from topic to key personnel interviews to… radio interviews? Yep, even there…

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Nasty Philly Fans and the BlackRidgeBANK Brand

January 23, 2018/in Marketing /by Martin Fredricks

The Philadelphia Eagles’ star quarterback is the BlackRidgeBANK spokesperson. Will despicable behavior by Eagles fans hurt the bank’s brand?

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Three Phone No-Nos for Relationship-Driven Businesses and How to Turn Them into Customer Service Yes-Yeses

January 18, 2018/in Marketing /by Martin Fredricks

Owners and employees of a lot of small to mid-size companies are out there every day building strong brands by working their tails off and insisting on customer service that leaves people feeling like royalty. As self-defined “relationship-driven companies,” they take pride in it. And they should, because it takes a lot of pride to […]

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"About Faces" Masthead

Real People. Real Stories. Fargo-Moorhead.

January 12, 2018/in Marketing /by Martin Fredricks

Fredricks Communications and Darren Gibbins Photography are proud to present a new Fargo-Moorhead community project collaboration. “About Faces.” is a collection of profiles – in both images and words – about people who make Fargo-Moorhead and the surrounding regions what they have been, what they are and what they can be. Check out the first photo/story installment….

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