Threlkeld Communications Blog

The King is Dead! Long Live Content Marketing!

For many years, conventional wisdom, and the mainstream media has told us that “Content is King.†In other word, producing great content is what a strong brand should do. But…

Is Your Marketing Creating Sales for Your Competitors?

In a perfect world, awareness marketing drives customers to take a desired action. This action could be a top of the sales funnel activity, such as clicking on a link…

Content Marketing in the Age of the Disloyal Customer

It’s no surprise that many traditional marketing efforts don’t work today. But what is surprising is how small the gap has become between what can be considered “traditional” versus “progressive”…

To Set Your Heading, Get Your Position

Marketers talk a lot about positioning. Usually, these conversations focus on positioning as an action or activity – something you do a product. Such as, “Let’s position our new X-7…

Three Marketing Mistakes You’re Probably Making

Three marketing mistakes many people make have to do with the areas of Public Relations, Social Media, and Blog Posts. In this blog post, I’ll discuss these three problem areas…

A Fresh Look at Strategic Thinking

Success in marketing relies on contrarian thinking. Put another way, the most successful marketing campaigns are ones that break from tradition to bring attention to the brand or product, in…

Marketing Tools of the Tirade

A bold claim: Customer Service is the New Marketing. Now that I’ve gotten that big rock out of the way, let me drill down a little on the statement. Effective…

SEO and the New Era in Inbound Marketing

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is the top topic on marketers minds for the second year in a row according to Hubspot’s recently published report The State of Inbound 2016.…

Pirate Marketing

Marketing is much like pirating. Let me explain. Remember the line from “Pirates of the Caribbean” when Geoffrey Rush, as Captain Barbossa, explained to Elizabeth, who was trying to bargain…

The First Law of Marketing

When companies talk about positioning, whether it’s a product, service, or the company itself, it’s often done from a faulty perspective. Many marketers think that their job is to convince…