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7 Marketing Predictions: What Will NOT Change in 2023
In a month filled with posts about 2023 trends and predictions, we’re turning the tables to talk about 7 marketing “trends” we predict will always be in fashion. 1. Good content will always win. How content is delivered, its format, where it’s delivered and how...
Thrive PR Wins 4 PRSA Dallas Awards and Small Agency of the Year Finalist
Thrive PR, a Dallas/Fort Worth-based strategic communications and creative agency founded in 2003, won FOUR Pegasus Awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Dallas and was honored as a Small Agency of the Year Finalist during the PRSA Dallas 2022...
Thrive PR wins PRSA Awards for Integrated Communications and Social Media
Thrive PR has helped clients apply for and win countless awards during our nearly two decades in business. We finally did that for own company this year, when we applied for a Greater Fort Worth PRSA Worthy Award in two categories: Integrated Communications and Social...
Thrive PR Wins Two Dallas PRSA 2021 Pegasus Awards
Thrive PR won TWO Dallas PRSA Pegasus Awards of Honor for our strategic communications work on the Vote for Better Transit Campaign for Tarrant Transit Alliance (TTA). We won in 2 categories: SOCIAL MEDIA and MOST EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN ON A BUDGET. The Project: Tarrant...
Is it Time to Rebrand Your Business?
Sooner or later, almost every business or nonprofit faces the question: is it time to rebrand? If you’ve ever entertained this thought (and even if you haven’t), consider the following: When it may be time to rebrand…. Your founder created your logo based on their...
10 Tips for Getting (and Staying) Top of Mind With Customers
We all want more clients, but how do we get them? And then, how do we keep them? If they don’t know about you, they can’t buy from you, so building awareness is key to gaining clients. If they don’t remember you, they won’t buy from you, so being “top of mind” is...
Don’t Waste a Conference Experience: 6 Lessons Learned
I attended a business conference earlier this month, and I had to drag myself there, kicking and screaming. Why? Oh, I was busy…I had too much work to do…I had family members who needed me… The excuses went on. Luckily, I hate to waste money, and I knew this about...
Ten Things I’ve Learned after a Decade in Business, from Kelly Kirkendoll, Owner of Thrive PR
Thrive PR celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2013. As we start the New Year and a new decade of service to clients, I’m reflecting for a moment before I dive deep into the busy first quarter… First, I want to extend my gratitude to the clients we have worked with...
Social Media Dos and Don’ts for Your Business
Business owners and nonprofit leaders are busy with an endless supply of tasks, priorities and challenges that they must juggle each day. In the midst of it all, marketing is a key component to growing and sustaining their organizations, but with more communication...
Business Planning: Don’t Skip the Inside Job
As I approach the 14th year running my own business, I am practicing what I preach, creating a marketing and business development plan for the new year. Writing my own marketing plan is SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT than doing the same for my clients. Why? Because it’s much...