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Celtic Weighs in on Best Super Bowl Ads: 2020 Edition

The Monday post-Super Bowl is always a rough one, but what helps us get through our day is chatting and/or debating about our favorite...

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Words with Kurt: Part 2

As the Creative Director at Celtic, Kurt Maloy spends his 9-5 focused on how to build powerful brands through words and images with his...

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Employee Spotlight: Marlene Byrne

Meet Celtic’s CEO, Marlene Byrne. When Marlene (a.k.a Mar) isn’t managing the agency or engaging with our clients to develop active...

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A Brand Refresh Might Do You Good

Good branding sticks with you— it’s a company’s identity. It’s no wonder 89% of B2B marketers say brand awareness is their most important...

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Our Favorite Holiday Ads: 2019 Season Edition

‘Tis the season for festive decorations, gift-giving, sugar cookies, and our personal favorite— holiday ads. As 2019 draws to a close, we...

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Ready for a New Ad Agency? The RFP Process Made Easy

As a full service agency, Celtic has received our fair share of good RFPs from potential clients. These well-crafted documents provide a...

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Words with Kurt: Part 1

As the Creative Director at Celtic, Kurt Maloy spends his 9-5 focused on how to build powerful brands through words and images with his...

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The Reel Deal: More Videos, Less Equipment

Video is essential to showing your brand’s authenticity while delivering key messages effectively to modern audiences. This article is...

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In a Flash: 3 Benefits of On-Location Photography

In today’s digital world, consumers respond to visual cues. Companies only have 50 milliseconds (that’s 0.05 seconds) to grab a...

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Employee Spotlight: Danielle Vitogiannes

Meet Danielle Vitogiannes, Celtic’s Director of Digital Services. From leading her awesome team in telling our clients’ brand stories...

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The Reel Deal: A Checklist to Master On-Location Video Shoots

Video is essential to showing your brand’s authenticity while delivering key messages effectively to modern audiences. This article is...

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The Reel Deal: 3 Reasons to Feature Internal Experts in Company Videos

Video is essential to showing your brand’s authenticity while delivering key messages effectively to modern audiences. This article is...

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Employee Spotlight: Kelly Carver

Meet Kelly Carver, Celtic’s Media Manager and voted most organized in the office. Kelly’s specialty is getting our clients where they...

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Before You Upgrade to Google Data Studio, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

From Google Analytics and Google Forms to Google Maps and Google Photos, there are very few aspects of the digital world that Google...

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Employee Spotlight: Jeremy Hogan

Meet Jeremy Hogan, Celtic’s social & content director and resident pun master. During his eight years as a Celt, Jeremy has shown a knack...

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Four Key Elements of a Successful Content Calendar

One of the greatest features of social media is the ability for any person to give a spur-of-the-moment reaction to something happening...

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Celtic Weighs in on Best Super Bowl Ads: 2019 Edition

Well, another one’s in the books. Like most of us, we associate the Super Bowl with greasy food, beer, and of course (our favorite), the...

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Three Benefits to Comprehensive Marketing Metrics Reporting

This is an exciting time for marketers as nearly every effort can be measured, providing real-time feedback on the performance of each...

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Employee Spotlight: Jim Heitzman

Meet Celtic’s President, Jim Heitzman. Jim oversees all day-to-day operations at the agency, ensuring that client needs are met with the...

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Four Reasons to Use Facebook Advertising

There are 2.27 billion active monthly users on Facebook as of 20181. With that many people getting onto a single platform every month,...