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Pinterest was the 60th most-visited website in the US last month, with total visits growing from 10 million to 17 million since the start of the year.

Social media is not a fad. It's a significant shift in how consumers want to interact with companies and brands. A company's participation in social media - or lack of participation - sends a clear message to consumers about their willingness to connect.

There are countless tools and websites out there that can make it much easier to pull together content in creative ways. We’ve pulled together some that we find particularly useful:

The searing hot bottle designs for Mississippi River Distilling Company have won yet another award by an industry organization.

Your employees are your primary brand communicators. Do you know what they are communicating?

Content marketing is the art of communicating with your target audiences without selling. Yup, WITHOUT selling.

The 6th annual office technology makeover was a blazin' success. For the first time since the contest's inception, RK Dixon opened the MMNPRB contest to 80 counties across eastern Iowa, Illinois and southern Wisconsin simultaneously.

If employees don't understand and believe in your organization's brand, they can't deliver on the brand promise. And you can't deliver on the brand promise without their help.

Just recently, HARO founder and entrepreneur Peter Shankman, was boarding a flight to New York City after a long day of meetings. Shortly before shutting off his phone for the flight, he jokingly tweeted about how much he wished he could have Morton's ste

It used to be so easy. You build a great ad campaign. You figure out how to achieve the needed frequency and reach with the right mix of TV, radio, newspaper and/or outdoor. Then, you wait to see how it all works.

The steamin' hot Mississippi River Distilling Company bottle labels are heating up the pages of a brand new coffee table book called "Labels and Bottles of the Craft Spirit Industry."

It's easy for a marketing director to fire an agency. It can be tempting to throw in the towel when you have your differences. But there are lessons to be learned and benefits to gain from successful long-term agency/client relationship.