About Susie Sefcik

Susie began her time at Direct Development as a PR and Marketing Coordinator, carefully assessing our client’s marketing and public relations needs and crafting content to meet their goals. In 2017, Susie became our Business Development Director, and is now focused on attaining Direct Development's internal goals. She oversees on a wide array of internal marketing, sales and operational projects, helping to identify new opportunities for growth in size and structure.

Why You Should Be Creating More Video Content in 2022

Successful marketers have known for some time that video is an effective marketing tool, but in recent years video content has become increasingly crucial to compete in the online marketplace. Wyzowl's annual State of Video Marketing Survey for 2021 reported that 86% of businesses use video as a marketing tool. Which means if you’re not [...]

By |2022-07-08T14:39:18-04:00July 8th, 2022|Marketing, Social Media|

A Beginners Guide to AB Testing

Make more effective, data-driven decisions. Show me the data! Marketing departments these days are all about making evidence-based decisions.  And fortunately, digital marketing platforms allow ample opportunity to collect that evidence. A/B testing is one tool that helps marketers maximize their efforts by increasing the efficiency of campaigns.  To run an A/B test on [...]

By |2021-05-24T09:52:36-04:00May 24th, 2021|Marketing, Public Relations|

Upcycling Content

Upcycling content can help small businesses stretch their marketing resources. We’re not going to sugar-coat it: creating quality marketing content requires time and money. But upcycling content is one strategy that can allow marketing departments to stretch their available resources for content creation. Upcycling content takes elements of your original content and develops them [...]

By |2021-02-09T09:21:56-05:00February 5th, 2021|Business, Marketing|

Digital Advertising 101

What is digital advertising? Digital advertising refers to paid advertisements placed across multiple digital media platforms like search engines, websites, applications, and online directories. Ever see a social media advertisement while scrolling through Facebook and decided to click the link? That’s digital advertising at work. There are many formats of digital advertising that marketers [...]

By |2019-03-27T15:32:59-04:00March 27th, 2019|Business, Marketing|

Image Curation 101

Choosing the right emotional tone during image curation is essential to creating an advertising campaign that will resonate with your audience. Modern humans live in an overwhelmingly visual world. Cell phones, laptops, tvs, billboards, magazines— we are surrounded by visual advertisements competing for our attention. In this sensory jungle, it is increasingly difficult to [...]

By |2018-08-20T20:57:41-04:00August 30th, 2018|Business, Graphic Design, Marketing|

Understanding the difference between PR and Marketing

Many people, including industry professionals, can find it hard to separate pr and marketing. In recent years, social media has only added to the bewilderment by blurring the lines between the two further. Much of the confusion arises from their many overlapping objectives, and frequent collaboration. But while end goals may be closely related, there [...]

By |2018-03-16T17:10:44-04:00March 16th, 2018|Marketing, Public Relations, Social Media|

How to tell the story of your brand

Brand storytelling can infuse a company's content marketing with authenticity and emotion, making a memorable impact on your audience. The concept is old, but its value is more important than ever. Storytelling is a cultural practice valued by societies around the globe and for good reason. Stories have the ability to entertain, to teach, and [...]

By |2018-01-31T19:24:39-05:00January 31st, 2018|Business, Graphic Design, Marketing, Public Relations|

The Dos and Don’ts of Email Marketing

Email marketing can be a highly effective and economical tool for businesses to reach their customers but it can be tricky for folks not familiar with the ins and outs. However, whether you’re a mom-and-pop restaurant or a multinational bank, the underlying principles of effective email marketing remain the same. With the right resources and [...]

By |2018-01-12T18:42:24-05:00June 15th, 2017|Business, Marketing, Uncategorized|
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