Category: Best Practices

Helen Buford, President & COO, Denneen & Company has Answers to your Marketing Questions

Helen Buford, President & COO, Denneen & Company has Answers to your Marketing Questions

1.       What advice do you have regarding effective assessment of a market? There are many keys to conducting an effective market assessment. A lot of research and investigation is required to do the fundamentals properly – evaluating historic category trends, projecting future category growth (which can be a challenge if data is limited for niche or […]

4 Tips to Make the Most of Strategic Planning

4 Tips to Make the Most of Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is a business activity that has major implications for an organization’s growth, given that it is the bridge between an organization’s high-level business strategy (e.g. vision, mission, over-arching strategy) and its annual financial planning activities. Without it, an organization is at risk of under-delivering on its vision and growth potential, as well as […]

How to Grow By Diversifying Your Business

How to Grow By Diversifying Your Business

For companies and brands that seek growth, the topic of growth through diversification will eventually arise. Imagine an apparel brand that sees opportunity in a new category. Or a restaurant chain that is eyeing a new geography. Or a brick-and-mortar retailer that is thinking about selling its goods online. All of these companies are considering […]

2nd Annual Denneen & Company Super Bowl Advertising Review

2nd Annual Denneen & Company Super Bowl Advertising Review

As a growth strategy consulting firm, Denneen & Company is fascinated by Super Bowl advertising, including the strategic decision to advertise during the big game and the potential business impact that communicating your message to over 100M engaged viewers can deliver.  Rather than rank the exhaustive list of 63 ads, we focused on identifying the […]

SunTrust and the Super Bowl

SunTrust and the Super Bowl

*Please note that this was originally written the week prior to the Super Bowl and supplemented with the post-assessment comments following the game. View: SunTrust Super Bowl Ad Joining the ranks of perennial Super Bowl advertisers Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Snickers, Doritos, and a slew of automobile manufacturers this year will be SunTrust.  According to Ad Age, the […]