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Is your brand feeling creatively stifled? Try these steps.
February 19, 2020 | Caroline Schweitzer
We often create rules that aren’t even there, or we’re trying to work within a box that has been set by our colleagues. So, the question becomes a matter of “thinking outside the box.”
A taste of website accessibility
January 14, 2020 | Tony Nagy
Is your website accessible to everyone who browses it? If you can’t answer that question confidently, you may want to consider reading this. 
How packaging design affects choices
December 16, 2019 | Kyle Krier
Different brands use different colors, photos and fonts along with a variety of other design elements to stand out on that shelf. At MindFire, we use a wide variety of design elements to help positively affect our clients’ target audiences – to essentially make our clients stand out.
What [em]powers MindFire – a glance at our technology
November 18, 2019 | Tony Nagy
It seems like businesses often consider technology as a major burden – like it’s some unfortunate necessity. At MindFire, we embrace it because we know it's a conduit through which our [rather expansive] brand-building ideas can flow freely.
When inspiration amps up creativity
October 7, 2019 | MindFire Team
At MindFire, we’re always searching for ways to create emotional responses in our clients' target audiences. How do we inspire them to take a specific action?
Account-Based Marketing – personalized marketing on steroids
September 9, 2019 | MindFire Team
Are your divisions stuck in silos, making it difficult to connect to appropriate leads? Enter one of 2019’s most buzzworthy phrases: Account Based Marketing, or ABM.
Mind the (digital) gap
August 5, 2019 | James Patrick Schmidt
With so many places to spend your advertising budget, it can feel impossible to decide which mediums are best. The onslaught of digital ads is even more confusing, but instead of playing it safe with tried-and-true approaches, it's time to start getting digital.
Your personal brand can help boost your business brand
June 28, 2019 | MindFire Team
Your personal brand has the potential to add value to your organization’s brand. In fact, there’s often a very fine line between a company’s brand and the personal brands of its leadership and team.
Grill the Arsonist – Elliott K.
June 6, 2019 | MindFire Team
Elliott spent a summer at MindFire as a design intern and then agreed to officially join the gang full-time. Let’s see what Elliott has to say for himself when we put him in the hot seat…
A day in the life of a marketing arsonist
May 31, 2019 | Amanda Bertolozzi
For the past year, I’ve been working at MindFire and have had the joy of being called a Marketing Arsonist. While the job title (and matchbook business card) is sure to get some attention and positive reactions, it also raises a few questions.
Four favorite marketing resources
May 13, 2019 | Caroline Schweitzer
As digital marketing strategies have continued to evolve over time, we’ve discovered little tricks of the trade. I decided to compile a few of my favs in a handy little list.
Dealing with jerks, bullies and trolls on social media
April 29, 2019 | Inga Rundquist
Online jerks, bullies and trolls are everywhere. We recently covered simple approaches for community managers to deal with trolls with the goal to reduce the anxiety that comes with trying to figure out how to handle mean comments on a brand platform.