BroadBased Welcomes New Clients

Getting to know new clients is one of the most exciting aspects of the marketing and communications business, and we’re pleased to extend a warm welcome to our five newest — The Blood Alliance, Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation, W.W. Gay Facility Automation Solutions, Paper Retriever and MDI Holdings. We look forward to featuring…

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Specialty Papers on the Eco Side of Green

Check out Jacksonville-based Mac Papers’ new line of environmentally responsible papers. Eco-Varsity, developed specifically for educational institutions, provides a high quality, reasonably priced paper selection for schools pre-K through college that support a commitment to environmental stewardship. “BroadBased was extremely helpful in crafting the right message for this piece,” said David Bowers, director of marketing…

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Off the Wall

Facebook has its Wall. We have our Wall of Windows. Our conference room windows are etched with a mini-library of inspirational quotes on marketing, design, and communications. We hope to never keep you waiting in the lobby long enough to read them all, so we’d like to share one of the quotes with you in…

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What We Did On Your Summer Vacation

It’s been a busy summer at BroadBased and – judging from the pace we’ve been maintaining — a busy year for our clients too! We’ve been branding, planning, auditing, strategizing and implementing all season long. We’ve seen many organizations revert back to the basics of business development by re-evaluating strategy and outreach. We’ve also assisted…

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Woman of Influence: Maria Coppola

The Jacksonville Business Journal each year identifies 20 Women of Influence in the North Florida community. This year our own public relations director, Maria Coppola, is the recipient of one of the prestigious awards. CEO Jan Korb thinks Maria was a natural choice. “I’m not surprised,” said Korb. “Maria is the best in town at…

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Pssst!

Although we cannot reveal a name or many details at this time, a large international company will soon be making its Florida debut in the Jacksonville and Orlando markets. Through planning and relationship-building, BroadBased is helping the managers in their preparations to launch their business ventures. We’re working with them to develop roll-out plans for…

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Socially Speaking

Speaking of women of influence, a 2008 award recipient, BroadBased CEO Jan Korb, was recently quoted in the Jacksonville Business Journal (JBJ) on the topic of social media. In short, Korb’s advice for taking the leap into social media: Not so fast. Korb believes that instead of jumping in with both feet and trying to…

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Beyond the Hits

Using Google Analytics to shape the response to your Web site. Your Web site is one of the best promotional tools you’ve got. But more and more often we’re finding that some clients aren’t really using this tool to see how well their site is working for them. So with this special issue of BROADcast,…

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Benchmark Effectiveness With A Communications Audit

In this period of shifting markets and changing tastes, it may be time to audit your marketing tools and processes. A strategic communications audit is an assessment of a company’s marketing communications materials and practices. It is an invaluable tool in determining if marketing materials embrace current corporate branding and key messages, or if the…

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Marketing Allocations Shifting in ’09

It may come as no surprise, but according to a survey of U.S. business-to-business marketers, dollars budgeted for a wide range of marketing tactics are quickly shifting into digital territory. As Steve Ellis reports in his blog at thenewmarketing.com, the following are some of the budget winners and losers so far this year, and the…

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