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Whether it’s helping a new brand establish its image, or separating an existing brand from the competition, our innovative solutions and proven methodology deliver big results. Our services include: Graphic design, web design, multi-media marketing, brand experience design, and web application development. Through our experience and success in these areas, we have combined our strengths to develop an integrated brand experience model that works. Our experiences allow brands to differentiate themselves while deepening relationships with their target audience. The results speak for themselves!

PRINT DESIGN

LOGO DEVELOPMENT - Whether you're a rock band, a corporate giant or a company just starting out, we can help establish your image in the marketplace. After assessing your goals and objectives, we will craft your mark and establish standards for your marketing materials.

BROCHURES / COLLATERAL MATERIALS - We have produced marketing and promotional collateral for initiatives ranging from general corporate marketing to special events and promotions. Whether it is a brochure, direct mail postcard, banner, sign, poster or leave behind, we can design and produce all of your supporting materials.

NEWSLETTERS / MAGAZINES - From fanclub magazines to corporate newsletters, we can efficiently manage and produce your product in a timely fashion. We can also manage printing solutions and distribution of your product.

ADVERTISEMENTS - We are experienced in the design and production of a wide range of advertising solutions. Whether your ad needs are for a trade publication, newspaper, billboard, or interactive campaign, we can deliver on all fronts.

MERCHANDISE - We can build upon your current product catalog or develop a new line from the ground up. Whether the client need is for hats, posters, shirts, etc., we have extensive experience in all facets of merchandise design, manufacturing and fulfillment.

CATALOGS- Our organization has years of experience in the design, layout, photography, and print production of catalog initiatives. Our relationships and experience consistently lead to high-quality and cost-effective results.

PACKAGE DESIGN - We have extensive experience in the area of package design. CD packaging, soap, shampoo, ballot boxes, guitar inlays, custom designed motorcycles, we've done it all. We offer innovative and cost effective solutions for the most complex projects.

CORPORATE PRESENTATIONS - Whether it is a quarterly meeting, marketing presentation or sales pitch, we can help you develop stunning professional presentations in many different sizes and formats. It can be a finished presentation ready to be printed or delivered or templates for you to re-use as needed. Presentations can be done in PowerPoint, Flash or Quark which ever format works best for your needs.

WEB / INTERACTIVE

WEBSITE DESIGN - We build websites that work for our clients and add value to their marketing effort. Our interactive solutions range from a simple web presence to dynamic websites with database driven back-end systems.

ONLINE GAMING – Increase brand and product awareness in a fun and exciting manner. We design and build online interactive games that incorporate your brand in a contextually relevant manner. Online games serve many different purposes; additional content to engage your customer on your website, stand alone promotion, or as a component of a larger integrated promotion. All achieving the same goal of having your customers and potential customers interact with your brand in a non-intrusive way, while having some fun at the same time.

E-COMMERCE - Building an E-Commerce platform for a variety of clientele has educated us on the strengths of the basic e-business infrastructure. Our capabilities include front-end design, design and build of the back-end systems that provide product management, order processing, and fulfillment management and monitoring. Our solutions range from standard products with little or no modifications to custom developed systems.

FLASH MOVIES – Interactive goes way beyond just websites. The web allows you to bring your offerings to life and captivate your audience with sound and motion. We can help you do this by producing dynamic Flash Movies for many different purposes; as lead-ins to your website, event and promotional previews, or product demonstrations.

HTML EMAILS – When communicating with your customers or future customers you want to get their attention. One of the easiest ways to do that is by sending a captivating email. HTML emails can be created and used as an online newsletter for your customers , to announce product offerings, events or promotions and much more. We will create a stand alone email or develop a template to be reused on a regular basis. Not only will be develop the email for you we will help you with the distribution process.

MARKETING AND ADVERTISING

INTEGRATED MARKETING -Creating a buzz around a product or service is not enough in today's marketplace. Our multi-channel campaigns act as an extension of the product, leveraging all mediums to effectively reach the target audience. Our campaigns not only deliver a powerful message and collect valuable data, they connect with the target audience. They are interactive, engaging and produce high conversion rates and brand loyalty.

BRAND IDENTITY - Corporate identity and brand creation begins at the idea stage of any product or service. Understanding the individual or corporate consumers needs and interests at an early stage can only aid in the proliferation of a clients product or service. Our experience and success in this area speaks for itself with examples ranging from entertainment industry multi-platinum success, to integrated branding initiatives for software and services firms.

VIRAL MARKETING – Viral marketing describes any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a marketing message to others, creating the potential for exponential growth in the message's exposure and influence. If you have a brand, product, event or promotion and need to spread the word, we can do it using our viral marketing techniques.

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