Aaron Templer, Author at Three Over Four

15Feb 2021 by Aaron Templer No Comments

Part Three: Undoing Marketers’ Confirmation Biases

Part Three: Untethering the Intractable: Undoing Marketers’ Confirmation Biases This is the third in a five-part series that looks into social media marketing moving into 2021. Part One examined the marketing industry’s ongoing challenge with understanding and processing its data, and how this contributes to poor decision-making related to social media marketing. Part Two took a look at some data demonstrating the ineffectiveness of social media marketing that all too many marketers seem to want to ignore. This post makes some suggestions on what exactly we should do about it. Part Four takes one of these suggestions and fleshes it out: move social out of marketing and into customer care. Part Five outlines the key to making this shift. Social media marketing effectiveness data is top-of-mind for me these days.…

15Feb 2021 by Aaron Templer No Comments

Part Four: The Case for Social Media in Customer Care

A Triumph of Hope

Part Four: The Case for Social Media in Customer Care This the fourth in a five-part series that looks into social media marketing moving into 2021. Part One examined the marketing industry’s ongoing challenge with understanding and processing its data, and how this contributes to poor decision-making related to social media marketing. In Part Two we took a look at some data demonstrating the ineffectiveness of social media marketing that all too many marketers seem to want to ignore. Part Three made some suggestions about what exactly we should do about it. Now we take one of these suggestions and flesh it out: move social out of marketing and into customer care. Part Five outlines the key to making this shift. Social media marketing effectiveness data is top-of-mind for me…

15Feb 2021 by Aaron Templer No Comments

Part Five: The Shift from Social Media Marketing to Social Care

A Triumph of Hope

Part Five: The Shift from Social Media Marketing to Social Care Header Photo by Dawid Zawiła on Unsplash This is the last in a five-part series that looks into social media marketing moving into 2021. Part One examined the marketing industry’s ongoing challenge with understanding and processing its data, and how this contributes to poor decision-making related to social media marketing. Part Two took a look at some data demonstrating the ineffectiveness of social media marketing that all too many marketers seem to want to ignore. Part Three made some suggestions on what exactly we should do about it. Part Four takes one of these suggestions and fleshes it out: move social out of marketing and into customer care. This last post articulates the keys to making this shift. Social media…

16Apr 2020 by Aaron Templer No Comments

Marketing in the time of COVID-19

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The American Marketing Association reached out to several branding and marketing people and firms (including yours truly) and asked what we're seeing and how we're adjusting our approach to our work amidst the pandemic. You can see the quotes here. It's an interesting time. Like all of you, I'm sure, I'm hearing stories from agencies whose business has fallen off a cliff, and some with an increase in activity. Three Over Four is feeling incredibly fortunate and grateful to be in the latter category. I'm not sure what to attribute it to, but client work has increased since COVID-19 really heated up in the U.S. Personally I'm wary of anyone predicting the future. Augie Ray, as he so often does, seems to have it about right: Marketers need to consider…

24May 2019 by Aaron Templer No Comments

Three Over Four on the Innovative Agency Podcast

Leadership, Three Over Four Approach

Had the pleasure of having a dialog with the Innovative Agency podcast last week. We talked about leadership, marketing, and the Three Over Four approach to building trust with clients and within the marketing industry in general. Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/32-why-trust-is-important-in-marketing-how-leadership/id1419747902?i=1000439001014

10Aug 2018 by Aaron Templer No Comments

A Professional Services Marketing Approach That Might Surprise You

Leadership, Professional Services Marketing, Three Over Four Approach

It was a privilege to deliver a Professional Services Marketing course at the Chicago headquarters of the American Marketing Association recently, and I’m really stoked to boil it down for a presentation at a Michiana American Marketing Association event next week. Professional services continues to be an important market segment for Three Over Four, and as we all know: if you truly want to solidify a concept or area of expertise, understanding it well enough to convey it to others is great way to get there. These engagements are great opportunities to share value and also return it to our clients. A funny thing happened along the way. I’ve come to realize that what drives effective professional services marketing isn’t marketing at all. It’s leadership. That’s a weird claim. There…

28Nov 2017 by Aaron Templer No Comments

From I to We (Also, Stickers)

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November marks nine years since Aaron Templer launched his own branding and marketing firm. He and a group of marketing pros and clients from across industries built strategies, brands, marketing communications plans, and executed full-service campaigns while continually seeking new ways to deliver higher value to clients. After nine years of giving life and growth to others’ brands, it's finally time to give life to his own. The time is right to make a move away from the I to the We. To shift focus from Aaron Templer to the team of marketing professionals Three Over Four has become. We're excited and proud to introduce the world to Three Over Four: A strategy-first agency built to be the kind of firm we always wanted to hire. We’d be thrilled to…

15Nov 2017 by Aaron Templer No Comments

Emotional Influence

Leadership, Three Over Four Approach

Thought leadership of Leading through Challenging Times focuses on emotional intelligence. Want to influence through tough times? Learn to manage emotions. Three Over Four does lead gen and content marketing for the Executive Education unit at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business. One of the great things about this client, beside their concise name, is that we get to learn. It’s a 24-7-365 class proxy of some incredible content tailored specifically for working professionals. And their orientation around leadership aligns perfectly with our strengths. So it’s a good fit for both of us. This month we’re creating content around a leadership topic relevant to just about all of us: Empower to Perform: Leadership strategies for empowering people to rise up to business challenges. We interviewed Mark Gasta, former…