Working with a full-service agency brings a lot of benefits to clients.

The advertising industry has evolved since the days of the Mad Men. Full-service agencies have given way to specialty shops. These shops usually focus on one marketing tactic — PR, SEO, website design or maybe inbound marketing. And they tend to concentrate on only one or two industries.

I heard this line over and over at a recent conference:Read full post...

Pennoni Associates Inc. is headquartered a few minutes from the AB&C Philadelphia office.

PHILADELPHIA, PA—Pennoni Associates Inc. has selected Aloysius Butler & Clark, a full-service marketing communications agency, to conduct initial work on a brand discovery and development initiative, which will help Pennoni prepare for its 50^th anniversary celebration in 2016.Read full post...

AB&C will conduct an employment branding discovery initiative for VCU.

BLOOMSBURG, PA — MCV Physicians Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center named Aloysius Butler & Clark, a full-service marketing communications agency, as its physician recruitment partner. AB&C will conduct an employment branding discovery initiative and create a physician recruitment website for the Richmond, Virginia, medical center. Operating from the agency’s Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, office, senior strategist Shawn Kessler leads the AB&C physician recruitment team.Read full post...

Put in the time and effort to develop your business social media brand. Three-quarters of the adult world is waiting to hear from you!

Social media is a powerful way to build brand awareness and get your message out to millions. Three-quarters of the adult world is on social media every day! Here are some essential tips:

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Explaining a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedure is best left to the experts. But promoting the life-changing benefits of the procedure is easy when you have the proof.Read full post...

A website portal is an excellent way to brand your organization and offer members something more specific then the general information on your website. We recently updated one of our client’s physician recruitment portals by asking these three simple, strategic questions:Read full post...

Conferences are still a good marketing tactic

Conferences come in all forms and sizes. They can be cheap or expensive, close or far away, worthwhile or totally pointless. As a marketer, should you still attend?Read full post...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects approximately 400,000 Americans and 2.5 million worldwide.

WILMINGTON, DE — Aloysius Butler & Clark was named the marketing and advertising agency-of-record by the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA), a leading resource that focuses on improving lives for people living with MS through vital services and support.Read full post...

The covers

What began as freelance project to illustrate a book cover turned into an opportunity to design the entire book.

The owner of a small start-up publishing house, who is familiar with my work and has also bought a few of my paintings, asked me to illustrate a cover for a book she was putting together. She had held a contest, inviting local writers to submit short stories about their experiences revolving around a beach house — any beach house — in the Rehoboth Beach vicinity. Read full post...

10,000 marketers from all over the world attended Inbound 2014 in Boston.

I spent all of last week in Boston at Inbound 2014. The conference was full of ridiculously smart speakers — Martha Stewart, Malcolm Gladwell and Simon Sinek were all wonderful keynotes. It was impossible to leave a session without being fired up. But I don’t want to go on about how awesome every session was (I’m sure a few other fellow attendees will do that), or how strongly I believe inbound/content marketing is the way to go (that’ll be a separate post), or even how great the beers and bars in Beantown are. I really want to comment on some interesting things I noticed about the people.  Read full post...

AtlantiCare branding banner

When AtlantiCare originally established their corporate brand, the theme “Taking You Well Into The Future” became the expression that captured the brand experience. Since that time, the organization has grown significantly. It has fulfilled its promise of wellness with many programs and initiatives. But the marketing leaders had questions.Read full post...

It’s smarter and less expensive to invest in your own employment brand identity, rather than depend on outsiders to fill your pipeline.

The best physicians deliver better care. But what’s the best way to find those physicians?

Investing in locum tenens to fill vacancies can certainly deliver the physicians your patients need, and there will always be a need for them. But at what cost? The physicians’ longevity and loyalty are uncertain, and they’re only a short-term solution.Read full post...

Abby is a recent grad of Tyler School of Art, Temple University, with a BFA in Graphic & Interactive Design (2014). Abby has joined the team to shake things up in the design and interactive world.

“Design is the perfect combination of communication and art that allows you to solve problems in a creative way. I have an odd range of interests, but I like to use them to connect with people, or even just to help spark some ideas. Whether it’s drawing, going to concerts, finding new places to eat, hanging outside or getting sucked into some history facts, I think it’s crucial to be present and to be able to connect real-life experiences back to graphic design,” says Abby.Read full post...

AB&C and Newark Natural Foods discuss the store’s rebranding.

WILMINGTON, DE — Aloysius Butler & Clark, a full-service marketing communications agency, is now the agency of record for Newark Natural Foods. As the organic grocery store moves to its new, larger location (also in downtown Newark), Newark Natural Foods asked AB&C to undertake its rebranding effort.Read full post...

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This week, the folks at Facebook have released some major updates to their algorithm that will affect us as marketers.

Click-baiting

First, they’re targeting click-bait posts.Read full post...