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Approximate reading time: 2.5 minutes Most of our clients have mastered prompt engineering—crafting effective queries to get better AI responses. But the real competitive advantage lies in the next evolution: context engineering. What’s the difference? Why Context Engineering Matters: Think of it as the difference between hiring a consultant who asks good questions versus one […]
Approximate reading time: 2.5 minutes Michael Vigeant is the CEO of Great Blue research. He’s a 25-year veteran of consumer and B2B research and a longtime ally of drinkcaffeine. He knows things. That’s why we interviewed him. DC: What should brands know about research right now? A: Research is not an external function or luxury. […]
As video conferencing has become a primary means of communication, there’s a new space ready for branding. And it’s right behind you. Zoom Virtual Backgrounds are useful for a number of reasons. They can increase a sense of professionalism, block out distractions (or messes!), and work as an icebreaker. Here are a few things to […]
Who’s there? Someone entering your website. Someone entering my website who? Someone entering your website doesn’t use the home page. It’s no joke. While many marketers still think of their home page as the front door to their site (and, perhaps, the foyer), in reality visitors are getting more and more accustomed to entering sites […]
In the past, Connecticut needed therapy. Somewhere along the way, flanked by 2 world class cities, CT became a 2nd class state. The Atlantic did a nice job explaining why. So let’s face the music. Connecticut has been the smart, attractive one (Yale, an educated workforce, bioscience, household income) who has some really troubling personal […]
Marketers often sit atop a mountain of content. Some of it is very valuable, some not so much. Which is why it’s a good idea to delineate categories as you develop content marketing to fulfill inbound interest. Plus, going forward, having a clear idea of the value of different types of content will keep you […]
It takes 1/5 of a second for someone to form an impression of your site. In another 2.6 seconds, they will have located the content that interests them. In that time span of 2.8 seconds the user has scanned the page, made some judgments, and is ready to move deeper into your site. Or move […]
Few professionals are more reluctant to market to their peers than healthcare providers. [Although lawyers, for the record, are a close 2nd.] It’s not that healthcare providers don’t see the value of marketing to other providers to develop their brand and build their patient base. It’s just that marketing isn’t in their DNA. It sometimes […]
Did you hear about the Zoe Kravitz Super Bowl ad for Michelob Ultra? The spot uses the sounds of near-silence – whispers, tapping finger nails, carbonated fizzing – to draw viewers into the ad by their ears as much as their eyes. The auditory phenomenon Michelob was leveraging is called ASRM, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian […]
Understanding online degree-seekers We recently conducted a research study of student personas for a leading, nonprofit, online college headquartered in the northeast (formerly part of the SUNY system). The results reveal 8 distinct types of online students (which scale up to larger groups of potential students), each with differentiating life challenges and personal characteristics. While […]