Marketing & Media

Jeff Sherman and Andy Tarnoff, the founders of OnMilwaukee.com, say their company is looking for new investors.

I can feel the rush of embarrassment as he walks out of the bathroom into a crowded restaurant with an overhead alarm ringing “Didn't Wash Hands!” I still smirk at that image Gary Larson created for his The Far Side comic series.

Meyer & Wallis, a marketing agency founded in Milwaukee, announced today it is changing its name to Mortenson Safar Kim Inc.

Demographics don’t lie. They are one of the few external trends shaping organizational outcomes around which there is little if any controversy. The baby boom is aging. The voting electorate is getting more diverse. A critical question facing business models therefore is “What will be the impact of demographic trends on our future success?”

A lesson to be learned from the Nov. 6 election is that we all need to diversify our sources of news and analysis.

I recently met someone who used the term “social business” instead of the common “social media” vernacular. Whichever term, social media activities must be strategic extensions of a business' marketing and communications plans. If not, it's a waste of time and resources.

If you thought that the move from the Industrial Era to the Digital Era was the last major economic...

If there was one bipartisan issue that resonated with both national political campaigns that descended upon Wisconsin this presidential election season, it was the need to create jobs and increase productivity for American businesses. One answer may come from a surprising source: applying social technologies and behaviors to companies can deliver jobs and provide step-change growth to businesses of all sizes.

It’s safe to say Wisconsin has a mixed record when it comes to slogans and brands.

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