
SongBird Spotlight
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5 reasons why customer loyalty is so important in 2024
Here are 5 reasons why customer loyalty is so important in 2024 and what that means for your overall marketing strategy.
Navigating Challenges in the Luxury Market: Lessons from Successful Brands
Every brand, whether luxury or not, is going to face challenges, especially now that people are more conscious about their purchases and when so many markets are saturated with competing brands.
Let’s take a look at how luxury brands are navigating current challenges.
Crafting Compelling Stories: The Role of Narrative in Luxury Branding
You need to leverage storytelling and narratives in your own branding to capture some of the magic and cache that luxury brands do. Here’s why – and how to do it.
Marketing strategy: Creating luxury on a budget
Your business may offer luxury products or services, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you have a massive budget - not every luxury brand is going to have the budget of Chanel, Chrome Hearts, and other popular luxury brands. Here are a few ways to create luxury marketing on a budget.
The Art of Luxury Branding: Creating an Irresistible Image
When it comes to luxury branding, it is all meticulous attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to excellence – regardless of what you are selling. Crafting an irresistible image for a luxury brand is about more than just selling products – it's about selling an experience, a lifestyle – it’s aspirational.
Are you building or hoping to build a luxury brand? Here are a few elements to consider.
Luxury in the Age of Social Media: Navigating the Digital Landscape
As a business, your social media presence should reflect who you are as a brand - but how do you convey and uphold an air of luxury across social media?
New Year, New Brand: 5 small brand changes with big impact
Here are five small changes you can make to your brand to refresh things without going through a full rebrand.
Brands and Social Issues: Should Companies Take a Stand?
Many businesses will likely start the year out saying they want to make a difference and if you’re a business owner, you may be wondering how you can do that in a way that aligns with your brand and your target audience.
One way to do that is to take a stand on important issues - and there are many ways you can do just that - but you may also be wondering IF you should even take a stand. Here’s what you need to know first.
What can you learn about marketing from your favourite Christmas Divas
This year, when you hear these songs pop up on the radio or while you’re shopping, I want you to associate them with some helpful marketing tips!
So, here are three Christmas Divas and what you can learn from their career and their roll out through Christmas.
How small businesses are using social media
Social media has become a massive part of our everyday lives, so it’s no surprise that it’s an important tool for all businesses - even small ones! Let’s discuss how small businesses can use social media!
The Power of Emotional Marketing: How to Evoke Holiday Sentiments in Your Campaigns
Here are 4 ways to incorporate holiday sentiments into your marketing campaigns to finish out the year.
How to run a gift guide campaign for the holidays
The holiday season is often the busiest time for many businesses. While there are a lot of ways for businesses to stand out with their marketing, getting included in gift guides can create a bigger push for sales. It’s also great for general visibility among your target audience.
So how do you get your product included in holiday gift guides? Here is everything you need to know.
8 ways to spice up your social media content
Sometimes status quo works, but if you’ve already stepped onto the social media roller coaster you’ll know that the platforms are constantly changing and the way users consume content is also constantly changing. So how do you keep up? How do you make sure that your content stays “spicy” enough that it can continue to engage your audience in different ways?
Here are 6 things you can try today to help spice up your social media content.
Free tools to use in your marketing
We’ve compiled a list of free* marketing tools to use in your marketing, each addressing a different need!
Threads: hype or here to stay?
The question you SHOULD be asking is whether you should be on Threads for your business.
There are a number of pros and cons if you’re considering using Threads for your business. While every business’ marketing needs are unique, here are a few things to consider.
How to use AI in marketing (with caution)
The use of AI (artificial intelligence) tools has been growing over the past several years and has become a hot topic across several industries, especially since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022.
You may already be using AI in your marketing, or you may be wondering how you can incorporate it into your marketing or if you should even begin to use it.
Like everything, there are pros and cons to using AI, so let’s talk about how you can use AI in marketing (with caution).
Top social media platforms to consider in 2023
The question should no longer be “should we be on social media.” Instead you should be asking what platform(s) to be on. And that depends a lot on your audience and your goals.
So let’s take a peek at some of 2023’s most common – and popular – social media platforms.
What social platforms are parents on?
Parents, like other demographics, tune into social media for product recommendations and tutorials, advice, and more. We’ve said it time and again, as a business, you want to be where your audience is, so let’s take a look at what social media platforms parents are on - based on the stats!
4 ways to get more quality product reviews
Product reviews can make or break a company. So, here are 4 ways to get more quality reviews of your products and services.
5 stats about marketing to parents in 2023
If you’re thinking of marketing to parents, particularly parents of young children in 2023, chances are many will be millennials or those who are older Gen Z’s (think mid 20’s). Let’s take a look at some stats and what they may mean for you!