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Technology

Why a Portfolio-First Strategy Wins in the Age of AI Search

Shoppers don’t just search—they ask AI assistants and maps for answers. Pylot® helps multi-location and franchise portfolios stay visible by standardizing content, syncing listings, and...

SEO

How AI is Impacting Home Services Marketing

AI marketing for home services uses predictive modeling, property and behavioral signals, and real-time optimization to find higher-propensity households, personalize outreach, and lower cost per...

SEO

Surviving and Thriving in a Zero-Click World

Win visibility without clicks by adding schema, capturing featured snippets, and tracking impressions and rankings over traffic metrics.

Featured

Why Restaurant Marketers Still Struggle with Data—and What to Do About It

Most restaurant marketers are stuck using manual, time-consuming processes to manage fragmented data across POS, loyalty, and paid media systems. A new survey of 200+...

SEO

Navigating the AI-First Era of Search: How Imaginuity Is Evolving SEO for the Future

Google’s new “AI Mode” will surface synthesized answers above links, so SEO must pivot to entity-rich, authoritative content and conversational optimization to stay visible.

Technology

Revolutionizing Website Infrastructure for Multi-Location Businesses with Pylot®

Imaginuity’s modular Pylot® platform lets enterprises spin up location sites fast, maintain brand consistency, and customize blocks without expensive rebuilds.

SEO

Why Organic Rankings Are No Longer Static and How This Complicates SEO ROI

Algorithm shifts, AI and competitor moves mean rankings fluctuate daily, making long-term, flexible SEO strategies and ROI expectations essential.

SEO

The Importance of Mobile-First Web Design

With mobile driving 60 % of traffic and Google’s mobile-first indexing, designing for phones first boosts UX, search visibility and conversions.

SEO

Beyond the Quick Fix: Why Real SEO Results Take Time

Crawling, indexing and fierce keyword competition mean sustainable SEO wins can take months; patience and ongoing optimization pay off.

Technology

Navigating the New Era of Consumer Privacy: What You Need to Know for 2025

Incoming state laws like CPRA give users more control over data, requiring brands to tighten consent, deletion workflows and first-party data strategies now.

Brand Experience

Balancing Brand and Performance Marketing: A Modern Marketing Dilemma

Chasing short-term ROAS alone erodes equity; plan media ratios that nurture memory while funding measurable conversions for compounding, sustainable growth.

Brand Experience

Stay True: The Importance of a Consistent Brand Voice in a Multi-Channel Digital World

In a world of influencers and AI-generated content, strict voice guidelines and governance keep brand messaging coherent across every channel.

Imaginuity®

Google’s Announcement on Third Party Cookie Deprecation

Chrome will keep third-party cookies (for now), shifting privacy compliance burdens to individual sites while hinting at future opt-in controls.

Brand Experience

The Evolution of Websites in the Age of AI: A New Era of Personalization

AI-driven personalization will turn static sites into adaptive experiences that remember users, recommend content and act like digital concierges.

Imaginuity®

Imaginuity® Introduces Cindy, a Virtual Shopping Bestie Driving Online and Foot Traffic for JLL Retail Shopping Centers

A multi-ethnic AI avatar deployed across 13 JLL malls lifted sessions 500 % and new users 1,000 %, proving virtual spokespeople can drive real...

Imaginuity®

Imaginuity® Names Chief Technology Officer

Imaginuity tapped AI veteran Matt Sommer as CTO to accelerate martech innovation, uniting data, product vision and 25 years of tech leadership.

SEO

Constant Search Algorithm Changes Make Local Listings Management More Important Now Than Ever

Algorithm shifts push map packs above ads; accurate, optimized Business Profiles and feed-linked local listings now decide visibility for “near me” intent.

Brand Experience

Leveling Up Brand Promise to Brand Experience

Shifting from slogan to reality means auditing touchpoints, empowering teams, and tracking CX so the promise is consistently felt, not just said.

Imaginuity®

Do More with Less to Drive Marketing Success for Multi-Location Businesses

With budgets squeezed, prioritize integrated channels, reuse content, automate reporting, and focus on revenue metrics to scale impact.

SEO

What Brands Need To Know About the Future of Search and AI

Generative-AI “answer snapshots” will shrink organic real estate—so authority building, paid-search agility and soon-to-emerge “AI-optimization” are critical.

Imaginuity®

Simplify Marketing Complexity to Drive Franchise System Growth

Franchise marketers need one source of truth—unified data, scalable websites and integrated media—to tame decentralized chaos and accelerate sales.

Imaginuity®

From Disruption to Innovation: A Summary of Our Digital Transformation Panel Event

Panelists agreed: clear ROI metrics, quick-win pilots and the right partners turn big “DX” buzzwords into customer-centric, revenue-driving reality.

SEO

Everything You Need to Know About Google Analytics 4

GA4’s event-based model, cross-platform tracking and ML-powered insights make the July 2023 switch-over non-negotiable for actionable data.

SEO

5 Reasons Why You Should Invest in SEO in a Recession

Organic search is cheap, durable and data-rich; doubling down while competitors cut spend lets you win clicks—and trust—now and later.

Brand Experience

UX Trends for 2023

2023 UX shifts to digital wellness, frictionless onboarding, hyper-personal content, playful micro-interactions and voice-first flows for screen-tired users.

Brand Experience

How to Use Demand Generation to Fill the Top of Your Sales Funnel

Pair thought leadership, display, social, and SEO to spark awareness and trust, then pass warm audiences to lead-gen tactics for conversion.

AdScience®

Improve Customer Experiences and Marketing Performance with a Single Source of Customer Truth

Unify siloed data into one cleaned repository to gain 360° insight, power consistent experiences, and make sharper, data-driven decisions.

SEO

Top Digital Channels & Integration Approach for Lead Generation

Blend PPC, SEO, social, SMS, programmatic and affiliates into a data-linked journey so prospects meet the right message and glide toward conversion.

SEO

What Search Engine Optimization Is NOT!

SEO isn’t a magic switch, a one-time project, or just keyword stuffing; it’s an ongoing, multi-factor process that demands content, tech and patience.

Imaginuity®

Walled Gardens vs. Open Internet: How Best to Reach Omnichannel Consumers

Marketers must balance walled gardens’ rich targeting with open-internet reach, using first-party data to future-proof campaigns in a cookie-less world.

SEO

How To Use Google Tools to Analyze Competition in Paid Search

Leverage Auction Insights, Keyword Planner, Trends, and Ads Transparency to uncover rival bids, budget shifts, and missed terms before optimizing.

Imaginuity®

Who says account managers aren’t creative?

Everyone in an agency should ideate, and great account pros prove it daily by bringing fresh, Lego-style solutions—not just schedules—to the table.

Imaginuity®

Being a customer advocate

Expertise is table stakes; real service comes from passionately championing the user’s best interest—even in tiny UX tweaks—to build unseen but lasting loyalty.

Brand Experience

Clear thinking for great copy, part 1: Choosing the Right Word

Precise word choice tames scattered ideas; pick terms that resonate with readers and clarity will cascade through sentences, paragraphs, and edits.

Imaginuity®

Top five most challenging things about managing projects

Scope-creep, calendar chaos, zero authority over resources, late-night sprints and delivering bad news are the PM pain points you must plan for up front.

Brand Experience

Clear thinking for great copy, part 2: Crafting the Right Sentence

Great copy lives or dies at sentence level: lead with subject-verb-object, organize thoughts, and ask “what am I trying to do?” before you publish.

Brand Experience

Dynamic content: Three strategic steps that get it right

Know your audience, tailor relevant multi-format content and keep testing to serve each visitor the most meaningful experience.

Imaginuity®

Tips for keeping your clients happy

Center every task on client goals, communicate often, exceed expectations, own mistakes swiftly, and celebrate shared wins to lock in loyalty.

Imaginuity®

The art of interviewing

Turn interrogation into opportunity: prep deeply, tailor your story, ask smart questions, showcase a tight portfolio, and master timely, gracious follow-ups.

Imaginuity®

Mastering Complexity: Why the Agile Scrum Methodology is a Game Changer for Agency Project Management

Breaking web projects into ten-day sprints, led by servant-leader Scrum Masters, boosts transparency, adaptability and client satisfaction.

Imaginuity®

Key ingredients to a successful partnership

Strong agency-client bonds need strategic thinking, transparency, tight collaboration, proactive innovation, and relentless results tracking.

Brand Experience

Clear thinking for great copy, part 3: Building the Right Paragraph

Think in paragraphs, not words; coherent blocks of thought are the true building materials of effective writing.

Brand Experience

The science behind creative advertising

Great ideas follow the scientific method: gather insights, form a hypothesis (creative brief), test, refine and measure.

Imaginuity®

Calise Partners launches AdVestors®

New venture with HomeVestors will manage $4 M in media, giving 170 + “We Buy Ugly Houses®” franchisees centralized, full-service marketing muscle.

Brand Experience

Your brand needs social media to survive

Social is no longer optional—continuous, authentic conversation and data-driven engagement are now table stakes for growth.

SEO

Rethinking Google’s Performance Max & Smart Bidding: A Marketer’s Guide to Going Beyond “Best Practices”

Automated bidding is convenient but generic; layering custom audiences, creative tests and offline data can outperform Google’s one-size-fits-all “best practices.”

Technology

Is technology making life better . . . or worse?

Always-on gadgets can paralyze users with complexity; brands need to audit every touchpoint so “helpful tech” doesn’t become a customer-confusing burden.

Technology

Need a new website? 5 tips to consider before you start

Nail the strategy, budget for post-launch support, prioritize essential content, separate wants from needs, and accept that a site is never “final.”

Media

Why is it important to perform an SEO audit?

Regular audits surface technical errors, outdated content and algorithm misalignments, safeguarding rankings and conversions long-term.

Imaginuity®

Charlie Calise of Calise Partners receives Humanitarian Award

Agency chair Charlie Calise earned the Sheila Dolezal Award for decade-long pro-bono AIDS Services of Dallas work, underscoring a culture of giveback.

Imaginuity®

Calise Partners acquires PrintAbilities

The buy adds web-to-print portals, promo fulfillment, and nationwide distribution, pairing strategy with in-house production speed.

Imaginuity®

Clear thinking for great copy, part 4: Editing to Perfection

Relentless self-editing is how good drafts become publish-worthy and spare you years of writer’s remorse.

Imaginuity®

Five keys to selecting the right agency: conclusion

Check culture fit, service depth, tech strength, ROI proof, and stability to secure a partner that scales with your growth goals.

Imaginuity®

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #1: Agency Longevity

Tenure, client retention, and recession performance reveal whether a partner has processes and grit to weather future storms.

Imaginuity®

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #2: Agency Size

Right-sized agencies balance bandwidth and focus; mid-tier teams often match complex needs without burying you in bureaucracy.

Imaginuity®

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #4: Walking the Walk

Choose partners who prove ROI with transparent reporting, case studies, and shared-risk models, not just polished decks.

Imaginuity®

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #5: Price

Bargain bids often explode via change orders; transparent, value-driven agencies that forecast total cost usually save money in the long run.

Imaginuity®

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency: Introduction

Start by defining goals, budget, and culture fit, then score contenders on expertise, rigor, transparency, and strategic vision.

Imaginuity®

Imaginuity hosts successful Design Thinking event

A packed session with Toyota, Southwest, AT&T and others showed how design thinking speeds problem-solving—from 30 weeks to 30 minutes.

Media

Taking PPC ad performance from good to stellar

Elevate ROAS with tight audiences, responsive creatives, offline-conversion imports, and constant bid tests powered by smart automation.

Media

SXSW and the science of emotionally charged advertising

Neuromarketing findings show ads that blend tension, surprise, and payoff trigger dopamine, locking brands into long-term memory.

Media

Seven content marketing best practices

Follow seven basics—align with brand, educate/inspire, forge original POV, cite sources, earn organic shares, make content portable, skip the sales pitch.

Imaginuity®

Resources for editing to perfection

From AP Stylebook to Ginger software and writer workshops, five handy tools keep your copy clean and professional.

Media

Scientific certainty leaves no room for “we think” marketing

Gut feelings are out; applying measurement, testing and data-led insights is the only reliable path to campaign success.

Media

Influencer marketing, an important contributor to brands’ content marketing strategy

Trusted influencers add authentic stories, SEO-rich backlinks, and huge reach, amplifying impressions and credibility beyond owned media.

Imaginuity®

The power of pink

Imaginuity backs ACS’s Real Men Wear Pink, showing cause marketing that funds research and rallies communities also amplifies purposeful brand visibility.

Imaginuity®

The robot uprising will be awesome—or, how to write a TED Talk from someone who hasn’t done it yet

A tongue-in-cheek TEDx blueprint shows how blending dystopia, utopia, data, and humor turns AI fears into bold-future inspiration.

Media

How your business can thrive in uncertain times

Don’t go dark; maintain brand presence through high-reach media so you emerge from crises with market share and momentum intact.

Media

Direct response is dead

Linear funnels are gone; multitouch attribution across mail, PPC, and SEO is vital. AdScience® links channels to ROI, reviving results beyond old DR tricks.

Media

Data may be giving marketers more problems than solutions

Dispersed data overwhelms teams; insight extraction is hardest. A platform like AdScience® unifies sources to surface and scale the most profitable prospects.

Media

AdScience® provides the framework for results

Imaginuity’s AdScience marries the scientific method to advertising, turning campaigns into repeatable experiments that prove ROI.

Brand Experience

The role of mobile in loyalty marketing

A well-built app extends loyalty past points, delivering personalized offers, easy reorders, and in-store-level emotion via digital convenience.

Brand Experience

Is Design Thinking right for your company?

A human-centered, workshop-driven process that scales to any team size helps uncover real customer needs and sparks game-changing innovation.

AdScience®

6 leaps in innovation that led to the era of Advertising Science®

From database marketing to AI decisioning, six breakthroughs paved the way for experiment-driven campaigns that prove ROI.

Brand Experience

Loyalty marketing in the digital age

Loyalty is shifting from discounts to immersive, data-powered experiences; emotional engagement, not points, drives repeat choice.

Brand Experience

Optimizing the customer journey

Map friction points, unite data silos, and personalize content to guide users smoothly from discovery and evaluation all the way to loyalty.

Brand Experience

A strategic content development framework

Imaginuity’s four-step loop—Plan, Source, Create, Manage—links goals, audits assets, builds calendars, and tracks KPIs so every piece serves a measurable purpose.

Brand Experience

Five ways to respond to negative social media

Listen, apologize, solve publicly, move sensitive issues offline, log insights, and never feed trolls to preserve brand trust.

Brand Experience

The most important part about user testing

Tests without clear purpose collect noise. Define precise goals first, then observe and iterate to transform reactions into actionable UX insight.

Technology

Follow us to MVC with Kentico

Switching from Kentico Web Forms to the MVC framework delivers faster performance, cleaner code and future-proof support beyond 2022.

AdScience®

A quantum leap forward in integrated marketing

True integration unifies data, creative, and media against shared KPIs, creating exponential channel lift rather than siloed gains.

Brand Experience

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #3: Technology Resources

Seek shops with CDPs, headless CMS, analytics pipelines, and AI tools; their stack determines scale and future-proofing.

Technology

5 ways to protect your data from the big data grab

Curb collection bloat, encrypt PII, restrict roles, rotate keys, and adopt privacy-first martech to stay compliant and trusted.

Media

3 tips for omni-channel marketing success

Maintain a single customer view, keep creative consistent, and let budgets flow to the highest-performing paths in real time.

AdScience®

What is integrated marketing?

Consistent messaging across coordinated channels plus centralized analytics reduces waste and compounds both brand equity and performance results.

Brand Experience

A different way of thinking

Design Thinking’s empathize-ideate-prototype loops spark innovation. Imaginuity’s Toyota & Southwest workshop proves the method can cut months into hours.

Brand Experience

Reimagining marketing begins internally

Imaginuity keeps its promise to “reimagine marketing” by living five core values—Trust, Craftsmanship, Productivity, Innovation and Fulfillment—even while working virtually.

Brand Experience

It’s time to raise your voice

Re-evaluate your messaging hierarchy and brand archetype so the tone shifts from lofty aspirations to empathetic reassurance that fits post-COVID customer needs.

Brand Experience

Shared ownership: the brand/agency model for tough times

Moving from vendor to co-owner of outcomes fosters radical transparency, deeper strategy and resilience—crucial in pandemic-driven headwinds.

AdScience®

Direct mail is not dead

When tied to omnichannel attribution (hello, AdScience®), print pieces ignite online conversions and future-proof campaigns against a cookie-less web.

Brand Experience

Thriving through a double seismic shift

COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation, and martech complexity soared. Streamline data, optimize spend, and leverage AdScience® now to stay ahead.

Brand Experience

Your customers have changed. How well do you still know them?

Post-COVID habits demand fresh UX audits and data-led empathy—staying close to evolving needs is how brands roar out of downturns.

SEO

What to know about Google’s search title changes

Google now lifts on-page headings over your crafted tags. Audit live SERPs, tune H1s, and track CTR swings to keep clicks flowing.

Technology

The next round of privacy wars

Apple’s opt-in tracking slashes IDFA data; expect smaller audiences, a return to contextual targeting and more compliance headaches—but cleaner consent.

SEO

How to improve your visibility in zero-click search results

Win position-zero by enriching GMB, adding schema and formatting bite-size answers—because branding, not clicks, is the new SEO currency.

SEO

What is zero-click search and how it affects search engine optimization

Google answers in-SERP, stealing traffic; win by securing snippets, panels, and GMB wins, then judge success by impressions and assisted conversions.

SEO

SEO survival tip: focus on web vitals

Core Web Vitals—LCP, FID, CLS—now influence rankings; speed servers, slim code, compress media, and fix layout shifts to outrun leaner rivals.

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Why a Portfolio-First Strategy Wins in the Age of AI Search

How AI is Impacting Home Services Marketing

Surviving and Thriving in a Zero-Click World

Why Restaurant Marketers Still Struggle with Data—and What to Do About It

Navigating the AI-First Era of Search: How Imaginuity Is Evolving SEO for the Future

Revolutionizing Website Infrastructure for Multi-Location Businesses with Pylot®

Why Organic Rankings Are No Longer Static and How This Complicates SEO ROI

The Importance of Mobile-First Web Design

Beyond the Quick Fix: Why Real SEO Results Take Time

Navigating the New Era of Consumer Privacy: What You Need to Know for 2025

Balancing Brand and Performance Marketing: A Modern Marketing Dilemma

Stay True: The Importance of a Consistent Brand Voice in a Multi-Channel Digital World

Google’s Announcement on Third Party Cookie Deprecation

The Evolution of Websites in the Age of AI: A New Era of Personalization

Imaginuity® Introduces Cindy, a Virtual Shopping Bestie Driving Online and Foot Traffic for JLL Retail Shopping Centers

Imaginuity® Names Chief Technology Officer

Constant Search Algorithm Changes Make Local Listings Management More Important Now Than Ever

Leveling Up Brand Promise to Brand Experience

Do More with Less to Drive Marketing Success for Multi-Location Businesses

What Brands Need To Know About the Future of Search and AI

Simplify Marketing Complexity to Drive Franchise System Growth

From Disruption to Innovation: A Summary of Our Digital Transformation Panel Event

Everything You Need to Know About Google Analytics 4

5 Reasons Why You Should Invest in SEO in a Recession

UX Trends for 2023

How to Use Demand Generation to Fill the Top of Your Sales Funnel

Improve Customer Experiences and Marketing Performance with a Single Source of Customer Truth

Top Digital Channels & Integration Approach for Lead Generation

What Search Engine Optimization Is NOT!

Walled Gardens vs. Open Internet: How Best to Reach Omnichannel Consumers

How To Use Google Tools to Analyze Competition in Paid Search

Who says account managers aren’t creative?

Being a customer advocate

Clear thinking for great copy, part 1: Choosing the Right Word

Top five most challenging things about managing projects

Clear thinking for great copy, part 2: Crafting the Right Sentence

Dynamic content: Three strategic steps that get it right

Tips for keeping your clients happy

The art of interviewing

Mastering Complexity: Why the Agile Scrum Methodology is a Game Changer for Agency Project Management

Key ingredients to a successful partnership

Clear thinking for great copy, part 3: Building the Right Paragraph

The science behind creative advertising

Calise Partners launches AdVestors®

Your brand needs social media to survive

Rethinking Google’s Performance Max & Smart Bidding: A Marketer’s Guide to Going Beyond “Best Practices”

Is technology making life better . . . or worse?

Need a new website? 5 tips to consider before you start

Why is it important to perform an SEO audit?

Charlie Calise of Calise Partners receives Humanitarian Award

Calise Partners acquires PrintAbilities

Clear thinking for great copy, part 4: Editing to Perfection

Five keys to selecting the right agency: conclusion

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #1: Agency Longevity

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #2: Agency Size

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #4: Walking the Walk

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency, key #5: Price

Five keys to selecting the right digital agency: Introduction

Imaginuity hosts successful Design Thinking event

Taking PPC ad performance from good to stellar

SXSW and the science of emotionally charged advertising

Seven content marketing best practices

Resources for editing to perfection

Scientific certainty leaves no room for “we think” marketing

Influencer marketing, an important contributor to brands’ content marketing strategy

The power of pink

The robot uprising will be awesome—or, how to write a TED Talk from someone who hasn’t done it yet

How your business can thrive in uncertain times

Direct response is dead

Data may be giving marketers more problems than solutions

AdScience® provides the framework for results

The role of mobile in loyalty marketing

Is Design Thinking right for your company?

6 leaps in innovation that led to the era of Advertising Science®

Loyalty marketing in the digital age

Optimizing the customer journey

A strategic content development framework

Five ways to respond to negative social media

The most important part about user testing