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  • New Boston Wins Best of Show for Meadowlark Hills Campaign

    by Susan Religa on March 1, 2014

    On Feb. 15, we were honored to receive three Gold ADDY awards — including Best of Show for our Meadowlark Hills integrated marketing campaign — and two Silver ADDYs at the American Advertising Federation of Topeka's annual awards dinner. Each year, the AAF holds this competition...

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  • What $20 and a Snowstorm Can Buy You on Facebook

    by Kristin Brighton on February 21, 2014

    A few weeks ago, our community was shut down for roughly two days as we dealt with a major winter snowstorm that resulted in more than a foot of snow. Schools, Kansas State University, and many private businesses closed. Which meant a LOT of people were home with unexpected free...

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  • Survey Says: Local Businesses Need Good, Quality Websites to Compete

    by New Boston on February 18, 2014

    “I’m a small local business — do I really need a website?” Yes, yes you do. But don’t just take my word for it…

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  • Regional Branding: Let's DO This!

    by Lisa Sisley on February 12, 2014

    Around these parts — the central Flint Hills-ish — for the last few years, regional branding and marketing has been like the weather. Everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it. Well, to their credit, the big thinkers who planned the 2014 Leaders Retreat, a...

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  • 2014: The Year of YOUR Digital Revolution

    by Kristin Brighton on February 11, 2014

    Next year, I’ll turn 40. And while you can pacify me with lovely metaphors related to cheese and wine and sex getting better with age, we all know that no matter how old we are, we all still sometimes feel like sweaty-palmed teenagers. In my nearly 20 years in this industry (...

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  • Get Your Website Found: Local Search SEO

    by New Boston on November 4, 2013

    Ever searched for yourself on Google? C’mon, you can admit to it…we’ve all done it! Because we all want to know what’s out there, floating around in the webisphere, with our name on it. And it goes without saying that if you’re an owner / director / highly–invested employee of a...

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  • 5 Steps to Getting Top-Notch Testimonials From Your Clients

    by New Boston on October 23, 2013

    A well-written testimonial can be a huge asset for your organization. But asking your best clients/customers/advocates to take the time to sit down and write something this important is quite a request! If they say yes, they’ll be doing you a big favor and potentially impacting...

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  • Don’t Be a Dirty Plagiarist

    by New Boston on October 4, 2013

    It’s a deceptively simple piece of advice: Don’t be a dirty plagiarist. But it’s applicable no matter what line of work you’re in, and no matter what kind of content you’re writing. For our purposes, we’re talking about your marketing content — the words that show up on your...

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  • Behind the Scenes: Meadowlark Hills Video Shoot

    by Kristin Brighton on August 16, 2013

    Picture the scene: I’m sitting in a darkened bar after a long day of video filming, enjoying an end-of-day chardonnay. My cohorts are telling stories, sipping drinks, gossiping and spilling dirt on one another. There’s lots of laughter; so much, in fact, that I don’t want to go...

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  • Playing Well with Others. It Just Makes Sense.

    by Lisa Sisley on July 19, 2013

    I just got back from an amazing conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo. I met people there from lots of professions, from all over the country. I felt smarter just by osmosis, so time well spent, right? I was on a panel to discuss how nonprofit organizations can breathe new life into...

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