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Road Trip! AKA, we’ve created Urban Chestnut’s first truck graphics.
Marketing28 has once again teamed up with Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, this time with Eagle Distributing, to create their first delivery truck! Now that they are in over 100 restaurants and bars this is surely the first of many.
In the St. Louis area? Ask your server or bartender if they have UCBC’s Zwickel or Winged Nut. If they do, it’s more than likely that beer you’re drinking took a joy ride in this tricked-out vehicle.
Need help with vehicle graphics and beyond? Contact Dan O’Saben.
Man, we can’t wait to share the packaging for these guys. Soon! Very soon! (OK, not soon enough!)
Is Your Site A True Reflection Of Your Company Personality?
Sierra Counseling and Mediation came to Marketing28 frustrated with their existing site.
It was static.
The design and content were owned by the medical template company that implemented it.
It did not reflect the personality of the company, and founder Vivian Sierra.
They needed the flexibility to easily share their story as the grew.
In response, Marketing28 created a new site with all original content. There’s a blog designed to give Vivian an opportunity to comment on the latest trends in the counseling field and a forum where like-minded individuals can come to discuss their issues. And with their custom content management system (CMS) they can make changes to the site content whenever they want.
Original photography of Vivian Sierra and the office space, along with an intro video from Vivian give a potential client a good sense of the warmth and compassion exhibited throughout the practice.
And you can’t get that in a template.
Tired of being held captive by your static website? Need one that is a proper reflection of your company personality? We should talk. Contact Marketing28 founder Dan O’Saben today.
New Music Means New Marketing28 CD Designs!
 We have talked about our love of music here before. And it is always a joy to be able to work with musicians to realize their artistic vision through CD package design.
The goal of any successful design is to capture the spirit of the piece/company/product/etc., no matter what type of client we work with. And these two new designs are a good demonstration of that. The end result of working with a blues guitarist with a CD title about pretty girls should end up looking totally different from a CD from one of the stars of the movie Evil Dead 2, especially when the name of the group is the Tim-O and Danny Hicks Brain Invasion.
Creating unique personalities is what we do every day here at Marketing28. So whether you are an aspiring musician that needs help with packaging and a web site, or a large corporation in need of fresh thinking, we’d love to help. Give us a call or drop us an email and we’ll get to work helping you create your very own brand personality.
P.S. We also feel strongly about supporting local musicians. If you catch Joe Alford playing out around the Greenville, IL or St. Louis area, buy a CD. You can listen to the Tim-O and Danny Hicks Brain Invasion CD, ‘Slightly Concussed’, on BandCamp and purchase it there also.
This Weekend: Urban Chestnut Brewing Company hosts Oktoberfest in September.
 Poster designed by Marketing28 for the Urban Chestnut Oktoberfest Note from the editor: If you are reading this after September 24-25, 2011, then the Urban Chestnut Oktoberfest is OBVIOUSLY not THIS weekend. You missed it. And we feel bad that you did. The only way you would be able to experience the awesomeness that happened would be if you had a time machine, and you could go back, like Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future.
So read on, but don’t be trying to show up for some German oompah music in February. You have been warned.
ADDITIONAL note from the editor: Have you invented a working time machine? Then contact us here. I’d like to talk to my 17-year-old self about revising some embarrassing incidents from high school.
Now, where were we? Ah, yes, Oktoberfest in September! Which really isn’t that odd, since the original Oktoberfest in Munich has always taken place from late September until early October. For their inaugural Oktoberfest UCBC will have German food, German music, and of course German bier.
Brewmaster Florian, born and raised in Germany, will be on hand to make sure everything is authentic. We suggest you be there to have a good time, and to see if he is wearing lederhosen!
Marketing28 worked with UCBC to design banners, posters, and t-shirts. You can see a more detailed schedule on their blog. Stop by and say “Hello!” at the festival. We’d love to see you there!
 Urban Chestnut Oktoberkest t-shirt design by Marketing28
The Return Of DART St. Louis
Two years ago I had the opportunity to explore a region of St. Louis that I had never been to before, all thanks to a throw of a dart onto a map projected on a wall. You can read all about it, and see the results in this post.
It was a great experience, from the camaraderie of the original dart-throwing gathering, to getting back together for the big reveal of all the photos.
And so I was excited to see that DART St. Louis wasn’t a one-off, but was back for 2011. The opening dart-throwing event was larger than what I remembered the first one as, but still a fun time to catch up with old friends and ex-co-workers, and to meet new folks, too.
Here’s how the organizers describe the event:
DART St. Louis is a participatory photography challenge. Creative St Louisans gather biannually at FK Photo Studio to throw darts at a giant map of St Louis City. Over the following month, participants visit the location where their dart landed and make a photograph within a one-block radius. Everyone then reconvenes for a happy hour and slide show to celebrate the experiment’s results.
A camera is a powerful tool that gives the photographer a reason to explore topics and places that are unknown. By the mere act of photographing, things that were unknown become captured, understood, and made personal. By experiencing new areas and meeting new St. Louisans, we can see more clearly the hope and promise of our own neighborhoods and our own neighbors.
This is all St. Louis, and it’s ours.
This year each dart throw was also a donation to help the non-profit organization Rebuilding Together – St. Louis, with $2,200 raised for a worthy cause. My dart landed in North St. Louis, at the corner of Natural Bridge and Fair.
You could only submit one photo. But sometimes it’s hard to decide, so I’ve included my top three picks in this post.
Which one do you like best?
And which one did I send? That, my friends, will be revealed on June 1, when we all get back together at FK Photo Studio for the big slideshow. Hope to see you there.
A Tale Of Two Beer Festivals
Our friends at Urban Chestnut Brewing are really starting to hit their stride. Now that they have been open for a few months, they are starting to make their presence known with some fine beer festivals.
 The poster art created by Marketing28, and the fine folks from UCBC and Hallertau. The first, Hopfenfest, was held in March and featured hop growers from the Hallertau region of Bavaria. They shared samples of the different hops they grow, were there to talk to beer aficionados, and even brought the 2011 Hop Queen. Marketing28 provided logos and poster design, along with the logo for the commemorative sampling glass. We also provided our thirst for excellent beer. I mean seriously, have you tried UCBC’s beer? Good stuff.
The next Urban Chestnut festival is May 15, 2011 from 1-5 PM and is their interpretation of Maifest. Maifest is one of mankind’s oldest traditions, the celebration of nature’s bright reawakening after winter’s cold darkness. The ancient pagan festival later took on Christian religious significance but is now a colorful, joyous part of history and culture.
Maifest will feature a couple of Bavarian favorites for this time of year: Bockbiers. Bockbiers are perfect for the brief Spring transition between the severe winters along the northern edge of the Alps, when people hunker down indoors, and the hot summers, when people flock to the biergartens. Urban Chestnut will also have live music and BBQ.
Wondering why we have a goat in the poster? The Bavarian word for ‘goat’ is ‘bock’. Ah, all the pieces fall into place.
Marketing28 has again provided art for posters, commemorative tasting glasses, fliers, and t-shirts. No advance tickets are needed, but we do suggest you stop by and quench your thirst on May 15, 2011 from 1-5 PM. We’ll be there!
Sowing The Seeds Of A New Company
MPM Insurance Company of Kansas recently launched their medical liability insurance company focused exclusively in the state of Kansas, and tapped Marketing28 to help with the launch.
One of the many tactics implemented was a giveaway for trade shows and personal sales calls: a packet of sunflower seeds.
Why sunflower seeds? Besides demonstrating the fact that MPM Insurance Company of Kansas is committed to growing their business in that state, and thus helping medical professionals, sunflowers also have a specific meaning for Kansas: they’re the state flower.
Looking to launch a new company or product? Marketing28 can help. From strategy to identity, to website design and implementation, we can create all the tactics key for a successful launch. Call or email Dan O’Saben today and watch your company grow.
Ever Wonder How A Tap Handle Comes Into Being?
In the case of the Urban Chestnut Brewing tap handles, it all started with a marker sketch based on brainstorming sessions and input from UCBC co-founder David Wolfe. Marketing28 then created rough black and white schematic drawings to share with David Pepper of Firkin Taphandles, the company that would ultimately be producing the tap handles.
We then moved on to tighter drawings indicating color, proportions, and suggestions for construction. Firkin Taphandles came up with the idea to use reclaimed chestnut planks salvaged from 18th and 19th century tobacco and dairy farms, giving each handle unique character, and an interesting backstory.
You can see the progression from sketch to finished tap handle below. We are happy to partner with Urban Chestnut on this, and many other interesting projects.
Need help with your marketing challenge? We’re up to the task. Call Dan O’Saben and Marketing28 to see how we can help you.
“Create The Best Law Site In Illinois”
That was the one request from the Gavin Law Firm when Marketing28 started working with them. Did we succeed? Well, being humble Midwesterners it’s hard to say, so we’ll let you be the judge. It is safe to say that the new site is a VAST improvement over the old templated one, though.
We started with the premise that a law firm can be a scary place for the average individual, and it’s not something most people look for until there is an actual need. How could we help them realize the Gavin Law Firm was a place where they would be treated with respect and compassion during what could be an emotionally trying time?
Gone were small images of institutional buildings, minuscule paragraphs of type, and counter-intuitive navigation.
Instead, we open with a quote directly from Bill Gavin (along with, of course, a call-to-action) telling us why the firm practices law: “to help people put their lives back together.” That, along with new photography of Mr. Gavin, allows a person to get a sense of who they will be dealing with if they place a call.
Each key practice area has a custom video with Mr. Gavin talking about the issues a person could be facing, with the reassurance that they will get the understanding and help they need.
Through the process we also decided that it was time for a new logo, stationery, and a more robust search engine marketing campaign.
 The “best law site in Illinois?” Could be. We know traffic is up, and so are calls to the firm.
Would you like to improve your marketing materials, and have the best ____ in your industry? Contact Dan O’Saben at Marketing28, we’re sure we can help.
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