Communicating your company’s commitment to a polarizing topic can bring on paralyzing fear. The idea of taking a firm stance on a cause your brand believes in, especially when your competitors are not vocalizing their own beliefs or making their own commitments—whether it is climate change; gender equality; diversity and inclusion; fair labor practices; sexual assault; or LGTBQ issues—can feel risky. This is especially true in 2020, with the way that information is consumed and spread at such a rapid pace with one small, vocal commitment having the potential to go viral.
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communications,
inspiration,
brand value,
80x50,
sustainability,
corporate responsibility,
sustainability marketing,
Gillette,
Disney,
National Grid,
Creative,
environment,
thought leadership,
Climate Summit,
#Dear2119,
B2B marketing,
in the news
Drowning would suck. Freezing to death would also suck. But burning alive as the entire planet watches? Now that's hands-down the suckiest way to die.
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innovation,
renewable energy,
climate change,
inspiration,
80x50,
sustainability,
corporate responsibility,
social responsibility,
sustainability marketing,
EnergyWire,
environment
You get to use it once and throw it away.
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innovation,
customer centric,
renewable energy,
climate change,
inspiration,
80x50,
sustainability,
corporate responsibility,
social responsibility,
sustainability marketing,
EnergyWire,
environment,
plastic
You may have heard us mention this once or twice: we know the energy customer. It’s true. We say it with confidence and we say it often because here at KSV, we make it our mission to know how to communicate to the energy customer—through the solutions we provide to our clients and through carefully planned, comprehensive research that spans issues important to brands and customers alike.
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Topics:
customer demands,
Customer Insight,
utilities,
future of energy,
innovation,
customer centric,
energy efficiency,
KSV research,
market research,
energy marketing,
utility of the future,
strategic electrification,
2019,
80x50,
resiliency,
battery,
energy storage,
home batteries,
consumer research
Here in the northeast, spring has started stretching out before us, and for the first time in what feels like forever, the days are filled with more and more sunshine.
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innovation,
B Corporation,
communications,
renewable energy,
hurricane,
natural disaster,
round up,
electric vehicles,
clean energy,
climate change,
social media best practices,
inspiration,
2019,
80x50,
sustainability
Zappos, Starbucks and Ben & Jerry’s are three successful, highly profitable brands that have blended making products with doing good. In fact, they have blended them so thoroughly in their corporate culture that when customers purchase one of their products, they feel better about themselves. When you step back and think about that, you realize you are seeing excellence in marketing.
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Topics:
customer experience,
future of energy,
energy efficiency,
energy marketing,
microgrid,
climate change,
2019,
brand value,
80x50,
battery,
energy storage,
sustainability,
corporate responsibility,
philanthropy,
social responsibility
Here at KSV, we are fluent in energy. We speak it, our clients speak it; we are energy nerds. So, what happens when we need to talk energy to non-nerds?
Well, that’s exactly what we’ve been doing for over 40 years. We embed ourselves in the energy industry and conduct in-depth consumer research. It’s the combination of these two disciplines that makes us able to effectively convey complex energy technologies and strategies to typical customers.
Over the past year, we have written articles on electric vehicles (EVs), wind energy, and beneficial electrification as emerging technologies worth communicating to your customers. Today, we are covering a new topic: energy storage.
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Topics:
customer experience,
utilities,
future of energy,
energy efficiency,
energy marketing,
microgrid,
grid infrastructure,
climate change,
2019,
80x50,
resiliency,
battery,
energy storage
