Fig media and Rock for Kids partner to help make a difference in music education. One of the many ways fig has gotten involved is to create a short film to help Rock for Kids raise money and expand their message. Executive Producer James Gustin and Director Melissa Martens talks about creating the short. […]

By: Mike Hyzy, Blogger/Journalist/Marketing Intern for Fig Media Inc. Jack Johnson is donating his profits to the Kokua Hawaii Foundation which supports environmental education in schools and communities in Hawaii.  He also is participating in the Johnson Ohana Chartiable Foundation, which matches fans donations to Green Village. (The local non-profit site a […]

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Anyone looking for inspiration to turn slow markets into profitable ones will do well to read Keith McFarland’s latest book Bounce: The Art of Turning Tough Times into Triumph. It’s a business novel, and a particularly successful one in our view. Building on his first book, The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers, [.. […]

Attending this year’s AM&AA conference was an eye-opener. I wasn’t a surprise that the M&A community is not conducting business as usual. But the creative thinking about how to jump-start and otherwise stimulate activity was inspiring. Some of the things I observed: • Business and deals are substantially down in many industries. • Of the [...] […]

Thanks to everyone who attended our presentation on June 10, where my colleague Andy Crestodina of Orbit Media laid out a detailed approach to Content Marketing, Social Media, SEO and Email Marketing in Seven Steps, and Brad Farris of Anchor Advisors discussed case studies illustrating content marketing that works to bring him new clients and [...] […]