DeLaune and Associates Wins Nine MarCom Awards!

World-renowned International Competition Receives 6,000 Entries Annually AUSTIN, TX—DeLaune and Associates, a digital marketing firm, has won nine awards for marketing materials in the 2018 MarCom Awards competition, an international awards program that recognizes outstanding creative achievement by marketing and communication professionals. DeLaune was awarded a Platinum, four Gold and four Honorable Mention awards for … Read more

Automating your marketing efforts? Keep diversity in mind to exceed expectations.

A colleague and I were discussing marketing automation solutions and I commented that without careful implementation automation can make a company’s marketing efforts seem too much like Netflix. Netflix is great at delivering movies and bingeable TV, but it’s not a model that works for everything. Without care, market automation can aim marketing messages too … Read more

There’s always something new to learn – and new ways to learn it

School’s in at DeLaune & Associates. Every few days, we’re called on to learn something new. Blockchain? Check. Robotic process automation? For sure. How about the banking, insurance, food and automotive industries? Or the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation? Of course. We read up on the topic and interview experts in the field. Then … Read more

Writing about technology for business

Skip the hype—favor humanity Some roadway signs have an irritating quality: they’re only useful to people already familiar with the road they mark. A turn-only lane appears suddenly—too late to safely get back in the forward-going lane. Or an ambiguous sign makes it hard to tell which way you need to exit, or how far … Read more

Content is King: A Successful Blog Strategy is Key to Success in Digital Marketing

An important strategy in achieving social media marketing success is providing valuable and relevant content. Here at DeLaune & Associates, we specialize in assisting clients in building a foundation of valued content that is on message, on brand and of interest to our clients’ target audiences and personas. The Wild West age of digital marketing … Read more

Advertising and Sports: What Will Be the Impact of the Rio Olympics?

It’s now less than 86 days till the 2016 Summer Olympics open in Rio de Janeiro on August 5th. No matter what story lines unfold with polluted water, deadly mosquitoes and the inevitable doping scandals, companies will be looking for ways to use the cache of the Olympics to build their brands. But is the promotional … Read more