Brand Strategy Explained

Branding

Brand Strategy Explained By: Kyle Niess September 10, 2025 Build a Brand Strategy to Drive Growth As organizations scale, complexity increases with new markets, expanded offerings and evolving teams, and what once felt clear can quickly become fragmented. Messaging drifts. Decisions slow. Execution loses focus. When that happens, the issue is rarely marketing performance. It’s […]

Organic vs. Paid Social

Social Media

Organic vs. Paid Social Media By: Colleen Duffy September 3, 2025 Balancing Organic vs. Paid Social is Key Clients often ask: ”Should we invest more in organic social or paid social?” The real answer is “it depends on your goals,” but the strongest social programs use both intentionally. Organic and paid social serve different purposes, but when […]

What Does a Digital Marketing Agency Actually Do?

What Does a Digital Marketing Agency Actually Do? By: Michael Pierce August 27, 2025 For many executives, digital marketing agencies are familiar but still a bit opaque. You know we handle websites, campaigns and analytics. You may even work with one already. But the question often remains: what is a digital marketing agency, really, and what […]

How to Develop a Content Framework That Boosts SEO

Websites

How to Develop a Website Content Framework That Boosts SEO By: Scott Larkin August 20, 2025 Strong SEO performance doesn’t start with keywords or blog posts. It starts with structure. If you’re responsible for traffic, engagement and conversions, a clear website content framework is what makes web content creation scalable, consistent and effective over time. […]

The Power of Video Marketing

Creative

The Power of Video Marketing By: Natalie Bartelme August 13, 2025 Business leaders are constantly evaluating where to invest for the greatest return. New platforms emerge, tactics shift and budgets remain under pressure. Amid that complexity, one question continues to surface: why is video important for marketing? The answer is simple. Video delivers clarity, builds trust […]

Media Planning Tips

Media

Media Planning Tips By: Mark Bonnette August 6, 2025 Build Smarter Media Plans that Actually Perform Media planning is one of those disciplines that’s easy to overcomplicate and just as easy to oversimplify. At its core, media planning is about making smart decisions: where to show up, when to show up and how to invest […]

Marketing Strategy vs. Marketing Plan

Strategy

Marketing Strategy vs. Marketing Plan By: Kyle Niess July 30, 2025 What Business Leaders Should Know The terms “marketing strategy” and “marketing plan” are often used interchangeably. For business leaders, that confusion can create real problems. Understanding the difference between a marketing strategy and a marketing plan is critical if you want marketing to drive growth. While […]

New Social Media Ads Optimize Automatically

Social Media

New Social Media Ads Optimize Automatically By: Colleen Duffy July 28, 2025 For years, the gold standard of paid social strategy was audience precision: layering in demographics, interests, behaviors, zip codes, and more to handcraft the perfect target. At Odney, we’ve long used advanced data tools to reach the right people with the right message […]

How to Build a Digital Marketing Analytics Framework

How to Build a Digital Marketing Analytics Framework By: Michael Pierce July 23, 2025 Campaigns generate metrics nonstop, tools promise insights and dashboards multiply, but when it’s time to make decisions, it’s sometimes hard to know what metrics to pay attention to and which ones to ignore. A digital marketing analytics framework fixes that. Start […]

The Marketing Research Process: Step-by-Step Guide

Research

The Marketing Research Process By: Shannon Bugge-Turman July 9, 2025 Step-by-Step Guide Strong marketing decisions are built on insight, not assumptions. That’s where the marketing research process comes in. For anyone juggling campaigns, budgets and performance pressure, a clear research process helps turn questions into direction and data into action. Below is a practical, step-by-step […]