As we are still amidst a global pandemic, change and innovation remain top-of-mind. In early 2020, lockdowns swept the world and our typical way of life came to a halt, […]
2020 Food and Beverage Marketing Hall of Fame (and Shame)
No one needs to tell us that 2020 was a year like no other. Not only did it affect life as we knew it, but it also affected virtually every […]
4 Consumer Shopping Trends Making the Leap into 2021
In 2020, COVID-19 created shockwaves across our daily lives and habits—including our shopping behaviors. Foot traffic in retail and grocery stores took a hard hit when the pandemic initially started, […]
Tick Tock What?
With yesterday’s deadline seemingly avoided, the saga does not end. What a wild ride, but in the middle of the rollercoaster, don’t lose the bigger picture. We were headed for a collision, but […]
Coronavirus: What Marketers Should Be Thinking About
The topic currently on everyone’s mind, (whether we like it or not) is Coronavirus. It might be the only thing that could overshadow politics in a U.S. presidential election year, […]
Get the Most from Your Data
Padilla recently hosted a POV webcast event about how to use data to uncover communication insights, and as the SMS Research Advisors lead, I had the pleasure of moderating the […]
Is Wine PR the Right Job for You?
Amazing trips to breathtaking wine country, unforgettably lavish meals and a lot of complimentary drinking sound like the makings of a dream job, right? They are! But the title of […]
Doing Black Friday Differently
There is no better example of our country’s crazy consumerism than Black Friday and in more recent years, Cyber Monday. I’m not here to comment on the folks who lined […]
Reaching the Five Generations on the Farm
I grew up on an average farm in Nebraska. We’re not the biggest or the smallest. We’re not the oldest farm family in my area, and we’re certainly not the […]
The Evolution of Technology & Marketing in Higher Ed – Q&A with Maryville University’s Marcia Sullivan
Marcia Sullivan is vice president for integrated marketing and communications at Maryville University in St. Louis. Padilla supports the university’s media relations efforts. We asked Marcia about her role, how […]