Stop, Pause, Go: Language Guidelines for Communicating During a Crisis
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Stop, Pause, Go: Language Guidelines for Communicating During a Crisis

Words matter now more than ever. Take two words that, when put together in any given March, evoke excitement and competition: March Madness. Those same two words put together in March 2020 have an entirely different meaning and tone. For marketing and business unit leaders, words and language present both a blindspot and an opportunity…

A Framework For the Communications Journey Ahead
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A Framework For the Communications Journey Ahead

Five guiding principles and a framework to help companies thoughtfully navigate from crisis communications to the new normal. “We’re here for you.”  Of course, this is a critical message that by now most brands have communicated to their communities and one that we know to be effective and engaging based on running millions of language…

3 Principles to Guide Initial Customer Communications During COVID-19
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3 Principles to Guide Initial Customer Communications During COVID-19

Even though conditions are changing rapidly, three operating principles can help brands communicate effectively in this phase of the crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic represents a world-wide crisis that impacts all of humanity. We will be sharing a range of practices and principles for communicating effectively during the various stages of this event, from crisis communications…

The Year of You
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The Year of You

We analyzed 18 million messages across 180 brands looking for the words and ideas that make a difference. This is what we found. Predictions can be made based on guesswork and gut-feel or they can emerge from millions of data points and actual observed behavior. We prefer the latter approach. How else could the Greek…

Data Dictionary of Technology and Marketing AI Terms
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Data Dictionary of Technology and Marketing AI Terms

Speak data fluently. CMOs need to be skilled in the language of marketing technology, AI and customer data to deliver value.