Talk to a group of business people over the age of 40, and you won’t get a consensus on politics, investment advice or management practices. But mention the “M” word, and suddenly everyone will be on the same page: millennials drive them crazy. The millennial generation is now the most important consumer group in the… Read more »
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I like football, however, I’ve never fully invested in NFL mania (I appreciate the strategy more than the spectacle), and as such I’ve become just as interested in studying football fans as I have football games. And when Minneapolis is the closest major city, you find yourself immersed in the purple-soaked culture of the Minnesota… Read more »
Imagine that you are a football coach, and you’ve designed the world’s most clever play. It’s a variation on the classic “halfback pass,” and you call it at exactly the right time in the big game. The center snaps the ball perfectly to the quarterback, who fakes a handoff one way and then tucks the… Read more »
Logos are a powerful thing. A simple “swoosh” can tell an incredible story if you put the right branding power behind it. A good logo sets you apart from your competition and builds brand equity with your customers. That’s why it’s so strange that banks are so slow to update the symbol that represents their… Read more »
Anchor Marketing has won a 2017 American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA magazine, a national publication for graphic design professionals. Out of thousands of entries, Anchor was awarded for its “Putting Ag First” newspaper ad design for First United Bank, a regional community bank with locations throughout northeastern North Dakota. “We’ve been working… Read more »
I was a big fan of board games when I was a kid. I loved the classics like Monopoly and Life, but my favorites were more obscure. I was a huge fan of Payday and Go For Broke, the first of which is now obscure and the second of which has been out of print… Read more »
The separation of our personal and business lives seems almost as sacrosanct as that of church and state. However, this isn’t necessarily the case. If you work as a lender at a bank, for example, you are expected to follow a set of rules that gives people of all races and religions access to your… Read more »
