Don’t Get Lost in Translation When Doing Business Overseas
As the world becomes smaller, the opportunities for companies to do business overseas get bigger. But accessing other markets demands more than a perfunctory knowledge of geography and a phrase book. Cutting corners can trip up the most well-intentioned efforts. Our marketing agency has helped clients do business globally for years, and we've learned many lessons along the way. Some [...]
Lessons Learned Through Another Company’s History
A few years ago, one of our agency's longtime clients asked us to develop a coffee-table book celebrating their company's centennial. In bringing that project to fruition, I learned a lot about the company, but learned even more about running a business. The company is Western States Manufacturing, a Cincinnati-area maker of centrifugal devices for the sugar, chemical, and [...]
Buckaroo Commemorates Company’s 100th Anniversary, Creates Book
When Deborah Daily and her husband, Ken, started Buckaroo Marketing New Media out of their home in 1999, they strived to create a business customers could rely on. Daily, president of Buckaroo Marketing, said they wanted to get away from working in corporate America. “We didn’t care for marching to the beat of someone else’s drum,” she said. “We thought [...]