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Pretty (Ineffective) Marketing: The High Cost of Using a Creative-Only Agency

Sean Parnell - Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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Many businesses fall into the trap of hiring marketing agencies that deliver beautiful branding, slick websites, and pretty ads — but fail to generate leads or drive sales. Here are five good reasons to avoid that type of marketing.

Style Without Substance Is a Pretty Big Mistake

When you partner with an agency focused on style rather than results, you may end up with a website that looks good but doesn’t communicate your value or convert visitors. You get a design award while your prospects find your competitors instead.

Takeaway: Style-focused marketing gets applause. Strategic marketing gets results.

Creative-Led Firms Don’t Understand Your Business

Vanity marketing agencies rarely take the time or have a process for truly understanding your business,

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Fuel Sustainable Growth with Brand Storytelling

Sean Parnell - Monday, May 19, 2025

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New Brand Story Workshop Helps Businesses Grow 

We are excited to announce the launch of the Brand Story Workshop for business owners and marketing leaders who want their messaging to increase leads and sales.

The Brand Story workshop is available for nonprofits, government agencies, manufacturers, software vendors, and other businesses that want their messaging to resonate powerfully with target markets. In particular, startups can utilize the Brand Story Workshop to avoid ineffective messaging that often leads to catastrophic failure.

As a Vistage member since 2021, the Brand Story Workshop is available to Vistage chairs as well as other organizations and industry associations.

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Want to Convert Prospects? Make Them the Hero of the Story

Elizabeth Vanderau - Monday, November 4, 2024

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Have you ever visited a B2B company’s website in search of a solution to a problem you’re experiencing – only to be met with overly promotional messaging that failed to mention your needs? Were you inspired to implement their solution or buy their product? Or did your eyes glaze over before you clicked on to another site?

If you’re like most people, we’ll assume you weren’t moved to pick up the phone. But, despite the fact that solution-led messaging consistently fails to inspire, it is everywhere in the B2B world. Why?

If you run a B2B company, you likely understand. You know how effective your solution is and have seen the impact it has on your clients – so it’s tempting to lead with that message.

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Clutch Names Innovaxis a “Game Changing” Branding Agency

Pat Dunnigan - Wednesday, August 9, 2023

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Many things go into the process of building a successful brand.

Some companies spend millions of dollars to find their “brand,” but it takes more than money to get it right. It’s a process that requires a well-honed brand story process and an experienced partner that can communicate the value your brand has for your target markets.

At Innovaxis, we have 15 years of experience helping B2B clients build their brand messaging with customized digital marketing strategies that also build sustainable, double-digit growth.

That takes more than a color scheme and a new logo. Our marketing program works to align B2B sales and marketing efforts around a central brand story that will resonate with target markets,

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A Better Way to Market Your Brand & Accelerate B2B Sales Growth

Sean Parnell - Monday, March 18, 2019

A Better Way to Market Your Brand & Accelerate B2B Sales Growth

So many companies make the same mistake: they lead with what they sell and why they’re good at it. While this may sound counterintuitive, leading with who you serve and what problems you solve resonates with prospects and customers in a far more powerful way – especially when you craft a compelling story around the needs of your clients.

Messaging that Doesn’t Put the Solution Before the Problem

The problem with the traditional approach to messaging is that it only works if the products, services and solutions you sell align exactly with what your prospects think they need. What if they don’t know what they want? What if they’re wrong?

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