Web, Social Media
Kari Arns
CMBell and Clients Win Hermes Awards

We’re pleased to announce that three recent creative projects have received awards from the 2024 International Hermes Creative Awards Competition.

CMBell and Clients Win Hermes Awards
Marketing, Design
Kari Arns
How to Make the Most of Your Big Announcement

Shady Grove Medical Center has recently introduced the construction of a new tower building, with a focus on providing patient-centric care and innovation. The advertising campaign by CMBell showcases the hospital's cutting-edge technologies and medical advancements through captivating visuals and compelling narratives, representing the hospital's transformative journey. 

How to Make the Most of Your Big Announcement
Web, Social Media
Kari Arns
The Secret Ingredients To Getting Better ...

How do you know if you’re getting the best possible results from your social media?

You should be getting leads (or sales, if your product can be purchased online), and your audience and engagement should be growing.

The Secret Ingredients To Getting Better Results From Your Social Media
Video
Kari Arns
What Kind of Video Will Your Business Need in ...

If you’re ready to level up your video content game, the next step is figuring out what kinds of videos will fit your goals.

Here are just a few of the video options to consider:

What Kind of Video Will Your Business Need in 2024?
Executive Communications
Kari Arns
20 Questions to Ask Your Next Communication ...

Looking to hire a new communication team leader?

Hiring for a communication position—and wishing you could dig a bit deeper than the standard interview questions? You know, the ones that ask about strengths and weakness, career plans, and why they are interested in this particular position.

20 Questions to Ask Your Next Communication Candidate—Before You Hire

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Take the First Step Towards Getting a Winning Website

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Take the First Step Towards Getting a Winning Website

Creating a new website can easily slip into the “not today” category, and for good reasons.

It’s easy to get caught up in a flurry of worries like: What if I can’t find the right vendor? How can I be sure that I’ll get a website that helps grow our business? What if there are cost overruns? What if there are delays? What if I haven’t managed an outside web vendor before? Or where do I even begin?

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How Two of Your Company's Web Pages Could Be Hurting Your Business [and What You Can Do About It]

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How Two of Your Company's Web Pages Could Be Hurting Your Business [and What You Can Do About It]

Why are the “Job” and the “About Us” pages so frequently lackluster on business websites?

For most, it's probably a practical reason. Once that content is developed, there's generally little reason to revisit it. It falls into that perilous category of important but not urgent, and there it languishes—missing untold opportunities to persuade, compel, and sell.

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How To Get More Than You Paid For From Your Web Vendor

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How To Get More Than You Paid For From Your Web Vendor

Creating a winning website is one of the most exciting and high-impact marketing tools you will make. And getting more than you paid for is the best outcome! 

As a client, you don't often realize how much you can do to help make this happen. The place to start is with an understanding about how web vendors estimate their costs and manage the project. Your web vendor typically allocates a set number of hours to create your new website.

Are You Losing Customers Because of Your Website?

Are You Losing Customers Because of Your Website?

If you’re in business, it’s likely that more prospective customers will visit your website than your actual storefront. In fact, your online presence is a vital determinant in whether visitors will buy from, support, work for, or donate to your cause.

Creators of great websites understand this and artfully use the tools that can convert your visitor into a customer. You can too.

Great Design Is No Longer a Luxury

In some circles, great design is still considered a luxury. But more often than not, this idea is a fatal flaw for a brand.
 
Today’s consumer has sophisticated visual tastes created by the most creative communicators in the world. Their reference point for this is not just your competitors—it’s every message they get from any industry.
 
This is why great design is actually a brand differentiator. Great design provides instant visual cues about your brand that affiliate it with other brands familiar to the viewer—allowing them to decide in as little as a second if they want to further engage with you. The more oversaturated people are with information, the more they rely on these cues as short cuts for adjudicating a product or service. It’s simply an efficient way of navigating information.
 
Here are some common mistakes brands make when they don’t embrace this important truth:

  • Spend heavily on a media buy, but use so-so stock images and design that send the viewer packing after one look.
  • Spend millions on a new building and cheap out on photography. A top-drawer architectural photographer will bring a wow to your image that will pay off handsomely.
  • Invest in new technology or services, then depict them on a visually inferior website.

It’s better to go with less in other areas than to settle for also-ran design.