All posts by Tim Swenson

It’s been said that the only thing that is constant is change. It’s so constant, that there seems to be a never-ending list of songs that talk about it in…

d.trio marketing group has experience working with various non-profit organizations throughout our 20-year history. Recently, there have been some developments that may affect those organizations in a potentially big way….

There are a lot of great and successful marketing tactics used in the world today. Of course, there are some not-so-great ones, too. Even though the bad ones are in…

A new year has started and with that comes the obligatory predictions of what it will bring. Will augmented and virtual reality become common in marketing strategies? Will more consumers…

Planning is an essential part of almost everything. Without a plan, we’re all just aimlessly going about our various business’ (likely for a very short period of time). You wouldn’t…

The last couple weeks I’ve seen several news articles saying that millennials are killing “American Cheese”. These “Millennials are killing [insert product/service]” articles pop up on what seems to be…

A new establishment has popped up in the North Loop of Minneapolis, and a few of us at the office decided to give it a try. First Draft Taproom &…

A recent poll from the Pew Research Center revealed that one in five Americans now exclusively accesses the internet via their smartphone while at home. To put that into perspective,…

As marketers, we believe we have an obligation to produce ads and marketing materials that enhance a customer’s experience, not make them uncomfortable. There are many ways to create an…

It’s been said that we are given two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we talk… or something like that. Listening to concerns, questions…