Social Media Snacks: Bite-Size Advice for When to Post on Facebook to Maximize Efforts

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Social media is one of the most powerful and cost-efficient tools we have in our toolbox for getting our message out. You can reach people. You can communicate with them. Your brand can be shared and promoted. You can have a seat right in the…

Chartwell Agency Earns Six Awards for Website and Digital Work

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Chartwell Agency, an award-winning marketing firm based in northern Illinois, recently received recognition from the dotCOM Awards, an international competition honoring excellence in web creativity and digital communications. Among the…

Ask the Right Questions to Get the Best Content

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Developing a content plan helps keep your organization’s communications consistent and on track when workloads increase and times get hectic. But just getting started on a blog or an article can be a hurdle to following and fulfilling that…

Chartwell Agency Work Earns Gold and Silver Awards in National Credit Union Marketing Competition

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  MAC Awards, a national awards competition for credit union marketing, recently recognized work created by Chartwell Agency, an award-winning marketing firm based in northern Illinois. The MAC Awards are reviewed and issued by the…

Chartwell Logo Design: Keep it Simple

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As my teammate Jason Edlen wrote in his recent blog about logo design, a logo is just a small part of your overall brand but the impact it has on your business is huge. At Chartwell Agency we work hard to deliver our clients results that…
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Content and Creative: Marketing’s Power Couple

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When it comes to power couples, content and creative are like the Bennifer or Brangelina of the marketing and communications world. They go hand in hand, but we’re guilty of crowning content king and relegating creative to a lesser royal…
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Get Social: Tips for a Successful Social Media Strategy

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According to HubSpot’s annual, State of Marketing Report 2021, “the No. 1 way companies are approaching marketing is social media, suggesting that personalized marketing and conversational marketing is the preferred approach.” And according…

Olympic Marketing Trends: Gold Medal Strategies

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When it comes to Olympic marketing trends, there have been a few consistent themes that both the media coverage and advertisers have focused on: features with world famous athletes doing amazing things and telling stories of triumphs over adversity.…

The ABC’s of School Branding Efforts that Make the Grade

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https://youtu.be/QnYLfCzkSK0 Public schools, private schools, community colleges, and statewide universities all have one major objective in common: attracting students and increasing enrollment. But that’s where their similarities end.…

Know Your “Secret Sauce” – Craft Brand Messaging that Sets You Apart

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When people speak of their organization’s “brand,” they’re often referring to the logo or graphic identity, not the brand messaging behind it. At Chartwell Agency, we talk about “Brand” (with a capital “B”) being your organization’s…