0-60: Accelerating EV Adoption

Posted by Shaina Kaye on July 11, 2019 at 2:40 PM
Here's a prediction you may be interested in hearing: By 2050, there is expected to be a 20-38 percent increase in US electricity consumption, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Research, Creative, Electrification, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

Let's Not Blame the New York Times for Being Honest About EV Challenges

Posted by Tucker Wright on July 3, 2019 at 10:34 AM

A few weeks ago the New York Times published an article titled L.A. to Vegas and Back by Electric Car: 8 Hours Driving; 5 More Plugged In. In it, the author details his experiences taking this well-known road trip in an EV while interviewing fellow EV users along the way.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Innovation, Clean Energy, Sustainability Marketing, Electrification

The Most Touching Campaign, Ever.

Posted by Kevin Willard and Heather Baldock on June 27, 2019 at 10:45 AM

Every second of every day, millions of homes across the Northeast are losing energy, and their homeowners don’t even know it. That’s $300 more in energy costs each year and 1,400 pounds in unnecessary carbon emissions per household. And while customers care about their wallets and the environment, the topic of energy loss isn’t top of mind: it’s tedious, dull, and confusing. But it doesn’t have to be. 

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Inspiration, Sustainability Marketing, Creative, Media Strategy and Best Practices, Marketing Strategy and Best Practices

Communicating to Customers About Home Batteries: A Lightning Round Blueprint

Posted by Dave Treston on April 11, 2019 at 10:20 AM

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-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Research, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Electrification

Is Demand Management the New Energy Efficiency?

Posted by Harrison Grubbs on April 4, 2019 at 10:37 AM

In the past two months, we have attended the AESP, Distributech, AEEEast and NESEA conferences and kept up with all of our GreenTech Media and Utility Dive readings and podcasts. Having been devotees of these industry staples for years, we have noticed a trend that causes us to ask, “Where did energy efficiency go?”

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Social Media Strategy and Best Practices, Energy Storage, Sustainability Marketing, Electrification

Commitments, Promises & Innovations: Our Spring Energy Round Up

Posted by Shaina Kaye on March 28, 2019 at 10:45 AM

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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Topics: Innovation, B Corporation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Social Media Strategy and Best Practices, Inspiration, Sustainability Marketing, In the News, Electrification, Climate and Social Justice

Disrupt, Innovate, Repeat: A DTECH-Themed Round Up

Posted by Shaina Kaye on February 7, 2019 at 10:30 AM

A postcard from New Orleans: Harrison Grubbs, our Director of Strategic Partnerships, is attending the annual DistribuTech Conference and Exhibition this week. The conference gathers the latest disruptive and innovative energy technology products and experts in one place to network, collaborate and share best practices. In between sessions, Harrison has shared a sneak peek for the rest of us here at KSV.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Digital Transformation and User Experience, Innovation, Clean Energy

Get Ready for the Voice Revolution

Posted by Ashley Nicholls on January 31, 2019 at 10:30 AM

 

 

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Digital Transformation and User Experience, Innovation, Clean Energy, Smart Technology

Kill Advertising!

Posted by Energy Wire on January 17, 2019 at 9:45 AM

A new paradigm is emerging in marketing today. A paradigm that enables enhanced revenue and reduced expenses.

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Clean Energy, Social Media Strategy and Best Practices, Inspiration, Creative

Climate Change is Your Fight. Social Media Should Be Your Ally.

Posted by Shaina Kaye on January 10, 2019 at 4:07 PM

In 2014, the Guardian dedicated an entire article to this question: Why aren’t brands using social media to take a strong stance on climate change?

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Topics: Customer-Centric Marketing, Utility Communications, Innovation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Social Media Strategy and Best Practices, Inspiration, Audience Segmentation