When you’re a publication called Adweek, building out a subscription strategy that’s vital to the brand’s growth has to come with a bit of self-awareness. Advertising, naturally, is a big deal too. For Adweek Vice President of Product Rob Keenan, it’s a question of...
5 Questions: On Efficiency In Ad Sales—And Other Parts Of The Enterprise
In a modern media company, particularly vertical B2B and B2C brands, the tech stack is the heart of the enterprise. Its capabilities and efficiency could mean the difference between success and failure. And of all the components of the tech stack, the CRM, in turn,...
7 Advertising Predictions For 2024, And Our Take On Them
By Tony Silber A favorite media-on-media consumption activity for me is to scan X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, Threads and various newsletters for content related to what our Fox Tales audience will find interesting. Generally it’s about advertising or audience...
The Fox Team Out And About In The Market, New Year 2024 Edition
Here's the latest installment of our monthly Seen on the Scene feature in Fox Tales. We post photos of our Fox Associates team members and their business friends and family out in the market. Our team got rev'd up fast in 2024. Here are some shots from the 159th...
On The Power Of Curiosity In The Workplace
The workplace can be challenging, even under the best of circumstances. There’s performance anxiety. There’s stress, induced by deadlines, and sometimes by unsupportive colleagues. At the same time, it can become a slog. The commute, the hours at a desk. The days run...
Your Brand Is The Thing That Gives You Substance: A Conversation With Communications Expert Skot Waldron
Here’s a couple of thoughts for success in business and life. First, you were created for a specific purpose. And there’s a process for actualizing that. And second, think of yourself and your business as all starting with brand. That’s the crux of the communications...
Learning To Leverage Brand Storytelling Into Growth And ROI
It all comes down to storytelling. Marketing is a universal necessity in the process of selling products and services. It doesn’t matter what the product is and to whom it’s being sold. That said, marketing is a varied, subtle art. It has countless forms, from...
Some On-Target Advice On Media Sales To Small And Medium-Sized Marketers
By Tony Silber I read an article recently in the U.K. media-industry brand InPublishing about how to sell advertising to small and medium-sized enterprises. Just seeing the headline, I knew it was something I had to read. I spent much of my career doing just that....
Fox Tales Photo Gallery, Holiday Break Edition
We've made a monthly feature in Fox Tales of posting photos of our Fox Associates team members and their business friends and family. And with the holiday season just having passed, we want to offer some seasonal pics before the conference and tradeshow season picks...
Looking Toward The Best Of Times In 2024: A Year-End Message From CEO Marlys Fox
“It was the best of times; It was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens surely had other matters in mind as he wrote “A Tale of Two Cities” way back in 1859. But for Fox Associates, for our publisher clients, and for the media industry as a whole, it is surely...