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// NKST Blog: What's new. What's now. What's next.

Check out our team’s POV on important topics that span, strategy, digital marketing, strategic communications, technology, creative design, CX strategy and more. We’d love your take on our positions and welcome lively and passionate discussions.

Three Keys to Overcoming Adversity: How to Flex, Pivot and Adapt

Douglas Longenecker

Mar 26
3 min

Three Keys to Overcoming Adversity: How to Flex, Pivot and Adapt

create pathways that enable your organization to evolve its corporate culture with 3 mission-critical steps of how to Flex, Pivot and Adapt

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The Top Three Challenges in Letting Go of Business-As-Usual Programs, Mindsets and Culture

Douglas Longenecker

Nov 25, 2022
3 min

The Top Three Challenges in Letting Go of Business-As-Usual Programs, Mindsets and Culture

Explore the top 3 challenges of taking on a company-wide initiative to proactively future-proof your business for an era of uncertainty

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Douglas Longenecker

Sep 29, 2022
4 min

Why Companies Need to Recalibrate the Value of Their Employees, Their Brand and Their Customers

Right now, we are all working and living in a post-pandemic, post-digital transformation, post-employer advantage,...

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//NKST Summer Vibe 22: Beach Playlist and Book Recommendations

Douglas Longenecker

Jun 9, 2022
2 min

//NKST Summer Vibe 22: Beach Playlist and Book Recommendations

//NKST Summer Vibe 22 beach playlist and book recommendations.

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Starting Year 4 Finds Us Pushing Hard for More...

Douglas Longenecker

Jun 9, 2022
3 min

Starting Year 4 Finds Us Pushing Hard for More...

It’s almost impossible to believe that June 2022 marks the third year of //NKST a growth acceleration agency.

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What's Next, is //NKST: Our Story of Exploding the Box

Douglas Longenecker

Mar 22, 2022
3 min

What's Next, is //NKST: Our Story of Exploding the Box

In this new business reality, //NKST is the result of blowing up the boxes of traditional strategic consultancies and agency models.

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In Times of Chaos, PR and Communications Seize the Day

Tara Baumgarten

Mar 22, 2022
3 min

In Times of Chaos, PR and Communications Seize the Day

Here are four tips on how to prepare for and manage your communications strategy in times of chaos and uncertainty.

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CX Strategy: Scariest Scenarios to Confront

Douglas Longenecker

Oct 28, 2021
4 min

CX Strategy: Scariest Scenarios to Confront

Here are three of the most terrifying scenarios of developing a Customer Experience strategy and how you can confront them...

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2022 Marketing Planning: Don't Wing It. Bring It!

jcarnold

Sep 28, 2021
4 min

2022 Marketing Planning: Don't Wing It. Bring It!

Your planning process for marketing and sales should be a proactive model that ensures discipline, flexibility and growth.

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How Integrated, Strategic Communications Lead to Happy, Satisfied and Delighted People

Tara Baumgarten

Aug 11, 2021
3 min

How Integrated, Strategic Communications Lead to Happy, Satisfied and Delighted People

By interconnecting the various marketing channels and strategies your customers can benefit from a unified and seamless experience.

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Five Lessons for the Fiercely Independent...

Douglas Longenecker

Jun 30, 2021
4 min

Five Lessons for the Fiercely Independent...

//NKST is the culmination of a career's worth of hardships, blessings, experiences and opportunities.

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Be Brave. Be Effective. Create Originality.

Douglas Longenecker

Jun 29, 2021
1 min

Be Brave. Be Effective. Create Originality.

Be brave. Be effective. Let’s face it, safe advertising is not effective advertising.

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The Reluctant Entrepreneur and the Story of What's //NKST: Here's to 2 Years of All Good Things...

Douglas Longenecker

May 25, 2021
4 min

The Reluctant Entrepreneur and the Story of What's //NKST: Here's to 2 Years of All Good Things...

At it's very core, //NKST is here to help growth-minded leaders know where to go next and how to make bold moves with confidence...

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Tara Baumgarten is Tapped by //NKST to Reimagine the Role of PR and Strategic Communications

Douglas Longenecker

May 17, 2021
2 min

Tara Baumgarten is Tapped by //NKST to Reimagine the Role of PR and Strategic Communications

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Four Ways to Spring Clean Your Business During the Pandemic

Meghan McGrail

Apr 28, 2021
3 min

Four Ways to Spring Clean Your Business During the Pandemic

Spring cleaning shouldn’t only apply to homes. Businesses can and should take full advantage of this time of year...

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Meghan McGrail

Jan 24, 2021
2 min

Five Benefits of Outsourcing Marketing

We believe that outsourced marketing is not only worth the investment but extremely beneficial for all companies to consider...

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Donald Christensen Jr. Joins //NKST to Accelerate Agency Growth.

Meghan McGrail

Jan 14, 2021
2 min

Donald Christensen Jr. Joins //NKST to Accelerate Agency Growth.

He brings a wealth of experience, wisdom and enthusiasm to financial services. Summit, NJ, January 14, 2021 - We are excited to announce...

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A Time It Was and What a Time It Was, It Was...2020.

Douglas Longenecker

Dec 29, 2020
3 min

A Time It Was and What a Time It Was, It Was...2020.

here’s to creating an atmosphere of wide-open possibilities and discovering what challenges we're ready for next (um, //NKST)…

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Why "Confidence" Should be One of Your Competitive Advantages

Douglas Longenecker

Dec 28, 2020
3 min

Why "Confidence" Should be One of Your Competitive Advantages

But, confidence isn’t as easy as it sounds. Show too much, and you're an asshole. Show too little and you may appear like...

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Fear, Uncertainty and Discomfort are Compasses Toward Growth

Douglas Longenecker

Nov 11, 2020
4 min

Fear, Uncertainty and Discomfort are Compasses Toward Growth

...executive leaders need to recalibrate what it takes to realize significant growth and how to align deliberate forms of change...

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// NKST Blog: What's new. What's now. What's next.

Writers write.
It's as simple as that.