Case Study: New Marketing Plan has WNY Blooming!

As an in-house marketer or business owner… You know the right marketing plan can: Provide guidance and consistency for your business Set a measurable framework with actionable tactics that generate interest and results Define and support your brand; shape your existing marketing But if you’re shorthanded or up against tight deadlines, these tasks are easier […]

Client Spotlight! Beltone of WNY

Who are we, what are we doing, and how do we do it? No, we’re not peering into the existential void—at least not at the moment. We’re really just celebrating a partnership with one of our newest clients: Beltone of WNY. And we’re hoping to give you a glimpse of the TQS experience, too. Here’s […]

10 things to expect from your marketing plan

You work in marketing or you run a business. You’ve got a brand to build. A story to tell. But who are you? What do you want? And who do you want to want what you’ve got? You need a marketing plan that lays it out all nice and neat-like. An actual plan. Not a […]

How to write for radio, TV, and social media

Tell the same story in different ways. Look. If you had one message… and several opportunities to seize every customer you ever wanted… in any moment… would you capture it? Or just let it slip? If the tone, rhythm, or words of that opening statement sound familiar, it’s because I ruthlessly stole them from the […]

Cameron Crowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman and a Lesson in Engagement

Cameron Crowe’s films have brought with them more than a few splendid lines of dialogue over the years, and one has always stood out to me as particularly beautiful. I like to imagine he wrote the line in the hopes that it would one day become part of a conversation about marketing. We can all […]