Industry Insights
Ideas to Inspire
- The Business Journals
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
Dominated by the global pandemic and the accompanying economic disruption, 2020 has been a challenging year for businesses across industries, and uncertainty is impacting planning for 2021.
- The Business Journals
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
It’s often said that “perfect” is the enemy of “good.” While it’s important to take pride in the quality of your work, a goal of perfection sometimes means too much extra time, resources and energy invested into a project.
- The Business Journals
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
With many companies continuing partial or fully remote operations, virtual meetings will remain the standard for many professionals for the foreseeable future.
- AdAge
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
Email marketing remains one of the most popular, consistent marketing platforms around. Entrepreneurs and businesses big and small depend on their email lists as a source for their leads.
- Forbes
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
Consumers quickly lose interest in brands that they sense aren’t completely genuine. Honesty and trust are table stakes for modern marketers, and when it comes to branded podcasts, audiences demand authentic value.
- The Business Journals
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
A remote workforce means no face-to-face interactions, break room chats or in-person office activities. This can sometimes equate to your employees losing their sense of community and camaraderie.
- AdAge
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
Evergreen content is useful in a number of ways: it can be used at any time, it saves content creators from having to constantly generate new ideas and it is easy to refer back to when needed.
- The Business Journals
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
It’s not unusual to see professionals focused on growing within their company through vertical movement. After all, “climbing the ladder” to leadership and a C-suite position is often seen as the ultimate goal in a person’s career.
- The Business Journals
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
Pitching to a potential big client for the first time is an exciting milestone for any entrepreneur or business leader, but it can be intimidating.
- Forbes
- Jessica Hawthorne-Castro
When search engine algorithms change, businesses typically try to adapt their search engine optimization (SEO) strategies to deal with the shift as soon as possible.

Resources
Hawthorne has been a leader and pioneer in Brand Response Advertising and Direct Response Marketing for 35 years.
Our rich history of measuring audience response and applying data-driven attribution and analytics to optimize campaigns provides us with an unparalleled depth and breadth of experience. Some of that experience is shared below in this Resources section.
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