by Andrew Herkert | May 17, 2022 | Content Trends, External Communications, Products and Services, Visual Storytelling
We learn a lot from mistakes, but those lessons aren’t free—unless, of course, they come from someone else’s mistakes. Today, we’ll examine some examples of bad brand storytelling, and learn what to avoid when creating and articulating the story of your brand....
by Andrew Herkert | May 12, 2022 | Content Marketing, Content Trends, External Communications, Products and Services, Visual Storytelling
Edgy marketing exists due to the kind of reasoning that sounds something like “This’ll really shake people up,” or “They’ll be talking about this for ages.” To a degree, those are both desirable outcomes for a brand… or are they? Welcome to the high-risk,...
by Andrew Herkert | May 10, 2022 | Content Marketing, Content Trends, External Communications, Visual Storytelling, Whiteboard Video
I think it’s pretty common for people to think of video—and certainly cinema—as considerably older than it is. We can trace the first ‘films’ to the 1890’s, but even this timeline is absolutely tiny compared to the lifespan of so many other forms of media. Opening...
by Andrew Herkert | Apr 21, 2022 | Content Trends, External Communications, Internal Communications, Visual Storytelling
What would it mean to tell a story without data? Immediately, we might think of a story that had nothing but emotions, or colors, or some other intangible concept that didn’t seem to merit the term ‘data.’ This definition, however, could use some...
by Andrew Herkert | Apr 12, 2022 | Content Trends, Human Resources, Internal Communications, Visual Storytelling
Which is more important to a business—internal communications, or external communications? Obviously, this is more thought experiment than sincere question, but the answer seems to be… neither. Or, maybe, both? However you want to phrase it, if...
by Andrew Herkert | Mar 30, 2022 | Content Marketing, Content Trends, External Communications, News, Visual Storytelling
Like seemingly everything during the pandemic, visual storytelling has required modulation and caution to continue to function as usual. Most long-term emergencies have this effect—with the gravity of the situation comes a new standard for what is appropriate...
