Have you ever had a fruit tree? Or a garden? Nature can be humbling. As the first hint of spring hit weeks ago, fruit trees began to show their blossoms. If you do have a fruit tree, you are well aware of what comes next. You step up and practically...
There is a biological, self-preservative instinct in our need to go back to the same creek or well. Our reptilian brain makes the connection that we have drunk from this water source before; it’s safe to do so again. We all experience this feeling, even in...
A great recipe somehow always becomes greater than the sum of its parts. We mix together some flour, butter, sugar and water and you have a crust. Mix berries, sugar, juice and some corn starch and you have the filling. Throw it all in the...
Lost among much of the justifiable social media hoopla, Email has been the forgotten mare back on the farm. Often underappreciated, much too often ignored, this work horse continues to deliver. Open rates are up 12.6% year over year according to Epsilon and the Direct Marketing...
Imagine you are a third grade elementary school teacher. One student turns in his math homework neatly completed with all extra work on an attached sheet of paper (because they are asked to, "Show their work"). The next student turns in a sheet with some questions answered,...
As time runs out on the year of 2011, many of us have a tendency to take the foot off the gas pedal. I'm speaking up in defiance of that tendency. At Swift Media, we're finding that these times can be the most rewarding. The end...
Food advertising on television increases automatic snacking on available foods in children and adults, according to a series of experimental studies conducted by researchers from Yale University. (for more information on the study: http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6770) Many conversations I have with clients and friends will include a variation...
Mobile may not replace the wheel, but its functionality changes the way we work and play. We are entering a truly exciting time in the development and maturation of the 'online world'. The fact is, the online world is expanding beyond the personal computer into mobile....
More than 48% of U.S. adults believe that a lack of advertising by a retail store, bank or auto dealership during a recession indicates the business must be struggling. Likewise, a vast majority perceives businesses that continue to advertise as being competitive or committed to doing...