Our Thinking

24 Feb

Posted at 21:53h in Our Thinking

BY: BREANA BACON AND MIKA BILLINS Every month is Black History Month. Why? Because Black people don’t just make history, they are history. From the invention of the three-light traffic signal to the creation of peanut butter, Black lives and Black culture permeate our society.  When we celebrate Black History Month, we’re acknowledging the world-changing impact Black people have on the past, present and future.  Last month, in addition to honoring the life and legacy of  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., more moments in Black history were solidified. Rev. Raphael Warnock became the first...

08 Dec

Posted at 21:20h in Our Thinking

BY: CHARLOTTE NICHOLDS Last week I tuned into Web Summit’s virtual event to hear from a mix of world leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, sports stars, musicians, and actors on how they overcame the challenges of 2020, lessons learned, and what they’ll be striving for 2021. As an editorial strategist at M+M, I focused my attention on hearing how brands have been evolving their approach to storytelling this year - particularly across their digital channels - and how they’re increasingly using it as a strategy to connect with their customers. Here are some...

24 Aug

Posted at 08:00h in Our Thinking

BY: ZACK MIRSBERGER As medical professionals race to find a cure for COVID-19, Americans are facing a new crisis: the immediate threat to their finances. The pandemic is causing nearly 9 in 10 Americans financial stress as businesses continue to shut up shop and reduce costs across the board. It’s clear that customers need their banks to support them now more than ever. So, how can financial marketers better understand the mindset of their customers and deliver messaging, products and services that meet their needs during this challenging time? The answer lies in...

21 Jul

Posted at 17:50h in Our Thinking

by: Julia Schroeder Back to the drawing board. That’s where many brands have headed as a result of COVID-19. With a rapidly evolving global health pandemic that impacts nearly every part of day-to-day “normalcy,” brands have been forced to throw out their crisis playbooks and grapple with what they can do to shift both short and long term business strategies. And for good reason. There are few blueprints that show how the pandemic will impact consumer mindsets and behaviors long-term — but we do know that consumers are acting differently now than they...

09 Jul

Posted at 23:32h in Our Thinking

We love it when clients like YouTube and IBM bring us complex, hairy challenges. It pushes us to create groundbreaking approaches and stretches our small, but mighty team. Yesterday, we attended the virtual 2020 AMEC Awards and brought home five wins. Check out the work from our award-winning teammates: Methods+Mastery & YouTube – Bringing Coachella to the World WINNER: Best use of measurement for a single event or campaign - SILVER You’re nine years into one of the world’s biggest livestream partnerships. The second year of your backstage artist lounge. The first year...

18 Jun

Posted at 22:10h in Our Thinking

Methods+Mastery stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. The killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and countless Black and Brown people before them, is unjust and inhumane. The continued systemic racism that Black and Brown people face, both in the US and globally, must be dismantled.  And we all have a part to play in dismantling it. Over the past weeks, our team has grieved together, learned together and collectively, we have all been galvanized and moved to do better, to do more. Improving diversity, ensuring equity and...

20 Dec

Posted at 17:49h in Our Thinking

This article was originally published on Just Marketing on December 3rd, 2019 According to the World Economic Forum, the entire digital universe is expected to reach 44 zettabytes by 2020. That’s 40 times more bytes than there are stars in the observable universe. But recent research by Campaign Monitor found that 81% of marketers think the implementation of data-driven marketing is somewhat to extremely complicated. And 42% say they can only run basic performance reports. Data-driven marketing, or the use of data to inform strategic marketing decisions, can seem a daunting task. We’re faced with...

14 May

Posted at 10:01h in Our Thinking

How many tabs are open on your browser right now? At Methods+Mastery we believe in setting aside specific time to say “yes” to difficult tasks that require everything you have cognitively....

09 Mar

Posted at 20:46h in Our Thinking

Women’s History Month might be over, but Methods+Mastery celebrates strong, smart women year round. At Methods+Mastery, over half of our team is comprised of women. This isn’t out of the ordinary given that PR is generally seen as a female-dominated profession. However, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that 58% of our junior staff are female and 60% of our leadership positions are held by women. Underrepresentation of women in the workplace is still a major challenge. Since 2015, an annual study of corporate America found that there has been almost...