Too Small to Be Comfortable

Would you rather work with a team that’s willing to travel a few miles to put in some face time with you and your colleagues, or one you have trouble getting on the phone because they have too many projects going on simultaneously?

Advertising, Culture, Diversity, LeadershipAshley VillarrealJanuary 16, 2019hustle, entrepreneurship, business, company, help with business, agency, marketing, health marketing, awards for marketing, small, brand, branding, research, underdog, risk, bett, better, top, advice, AdAge, survival, happy, work, San Francisco, Bay agencyComment

Marketing the Unexpected

We were ecstatic when the Association of National Advertisers decided to feature our recent campaign for Montage Health, in Monterey, CA, as part of their article.

Culture, Advertising, NewsAshley VillarrealOctober 8, 2018ANA, marketer, idea, creativity, healthcare, best, top, association, honesty, marketing, advertising, video, production, film, reporter, news, writer, draft, pizza, DominosComment

Blend's Future of Lending

Blend is a herald of change in the Bay Area fintech startup scene. Blend has been a champion of progress in this new lending market, attempting to prioritize trustworthy, straightforward design for its users on one hand, while balancing industry regulations and compliance on the other.

Diversity, Advertising, CultureAshley VillarrealOctober 2, 2018Blend, lending, forms, tax, home, buying, insurance, risk, new, best, top, company, agency, technology, better, process, easy, cheap, expensive, houseComment

Remembering Project Fruitcake

Once a upon a time, we created a fake holiday campaign to turn fruitcake back into America's most loved wintertime treat.

AdvertisingAshley VillarrealAugust 24, 2018fruitcake, project, parody, joke, funny, comedy, creative, media, agency, san francisco, group, test, subject, holiday, gift, Drake, store, grocery, bad, grossComment

Pick Up The Phone

On average, email takes up roughly 23 percent of an employees workday. For every email they receive, it takes them about 16 minutes to refocus after receiving an email. That's while already receiving an average of 304 weekly business emails.

Culture, AdvertisingMike OsgoodJune 18, 2018account, agency, average, best, bond, business, cell, client, computer, connection, contact, creative, desk, email, employee, engagement, feedback, future, media, meeting, mission, office, opinion, partner, phone, project, relationship, school, small, speaking, strategy, talk, team, thought, top, weekly

For a Stronger Brand, Find a "Black Hat"

As I sit here typing this, Mark Zuckerberg is mea-culping live on CNN about Facebook’s privacy breaches. In parallel, our good friends (forgive the sarcasm) in Russia are endorsing their candidates for the 2018 U.S. elections. Not to mention, the credit reporting agency Equifax has—well, the kimono isn’t just open, it’s gone.

Advertising, Culture, NewsTom GearyMarch 26, 2018advantage, agency, benefit, best, black, brand, business, campaign, company, content, critical, data, Experian, Facebook, failure, finance, hat, headline, impact, important, Mark Zuckerberg, marketing, media, mistake, perspective, Prudential, retirement, Schwab, smart, speech, startup, strategy, success, tech, technology, thinking, tomorrow, transform

A weekend in Tahoe. It's a hard job, but somebody's got to do it.

As Agency of Record for North Lake Tahoe Visitor’s Bureau, our mission is to raise awareness of North Lake as the state’s top destination. The theme of our campaign: Escape to North Lake Tahoe.

Culture, AdvertisingTom GearyMarch 12, 2018ad, advertising, agency, awareness, best, bureau, business, campaign, communication, coverage, creative, destination, event, follower, friendly, growth, guide, hotel, Hyatt, insider, local, marketing, North Lake, photo, professional, promotion, record, Ritz, San Francisco, scale, scenic, ski, small, social, sponsor, Squaw, Tahoe, tech, ticket, top, tourism, travel, vertical, video, virtual, visitor, weekend

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