Blog: Atomicdust Insights

The Boundaries of Problems

I was at the grocery store the other day, and they were out of bread—and hotdog buns, hamburger buns and anything bread-like. The shelves were barren. Our physical office is basically closed, with all of our agency’s team working remotely…


What They Don’t Teach You in Design School

Going to school for graphic design was a great experience. I went to a small state school and loved having my creativity challenged and strengthened through different classes and projects. But now I’m a few years into my career, separated…


The How and Why of Meaningful Marketing

Has a commercial ever made you cry? Every time the Olympics roll around, so does the Proctor & Gamble “Thank You Mom” commercial. It’s a montage of kids growing into star athletes that highlights all the hard, behind-the-scenes work of…


The Role of a Marketing Firm

If you’ve never worked with a marketing firm before, or if you’re looking for a new agency and wondering what outcome to expect from the relationship, we put this together to explain how most marketing agencies work with clients. So…


The Downside of Marketing Analytics

A few weeks ago on a phone call with a client, I was asked an interesting question. We’d been working with this client for about six months, executing various digital marketing strategies—social media ads and Google ads, among others—to generate…


Seven Lessons from My First Atomicdust Workshop

The story of branding workshops begins long ago, in the year 2016. It was before I came to Atomicdust, but as the legend goes, the team noticed that some clients could benefit from a condensed version of our branding program—instead…