thought leadership
Welcome to our blog …a space designed for Fifteen4 news, advice, commentary, storytelling, and well, how our entire team of leaders think. Here is where we keep all the content that gives you a clearer picture of who we are, what we do, how we think [about the industry we love] and the many ways to tell a brand story, without resorting to buzzwords like “data-driven paradigm shift” or “brand story.”
Attention Spans Are Short (And My Toddler Just Proved It)
I'm sitting at my kitchen table on a chilly Thursday afternoon, wrestling with the challenge of writing about video and animation while recovering from a family bout of Norovirus. Ms. Rachel's voice blares from the TV, my toddler punctuates the background noise with...
Attention Spans Are Short (And My Toddler Just Proved It)
I'm sitting at my kitchen table on a chilly Thursday afternoon, wrestling with the challenge of writing about video and animation while recovering from a family bout of Norovirus. Ms. Rachel's voice blares from the TV, my toddler punctuates the background noise with...
Award Season: Where Creativity Meets Impact
It's that time of year again – and no, I'm not talking about abandoned New Year's resolutions: empty treadmills at the gym, or dry January turned wet. I'm talking about award season in the creative industry, where agencies and clients unite to celebrate the year's...
Maximizing Production Value: The Power of Piggybacking Video and Photography
When was the last time you piggybacked? No, not the college-days kind of piggybacking. I’m talking about the strategic kind—bundling video and photography services during a single production to squeeze every drop of value from your investment. Production days are no...
Your Website Has 3 Seconds to Impress—Make It Count
Your website is more than just a collection of pages—it’s your brand’s digital handshake. Research shows that users form an opinion about a website in just 50 milliseconds. That means your digital presence must immediately communicate trust, clarity, and value. If...
The Science of Simplicity in B2B Marketing
Picture trying to distill a chalkboard of quantum physics into a children's book. That's how complex B2B marketing can feel sometimes. But here's the thing: your audience shouldn't need Einstein's brain to understand how your product or service will transform their...
Beyond Different: Your B2B Brand’s Yearbook Moment
What makes you different? Now, what makes you exceptional? This might feel like Brand 101, but these are some of the most important questions you can ask yourself about your B2B brand. Differentiation versus distinction is a conversation that might raise...
From Data to Disruption: The Human Side of Alchemy
Alchemy: any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value; a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with...
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