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Social Media Directory

jak — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:39:11 +0000

Design Charlotte has long been closed. These days I have actually moved away from Charlotte and now live in NY. I still love keeping up with design, but my work with Social Fresh, a social media education company I founded shortly after closing Design Charlotte, has led me to focus much more on social media these days.

As part of Social Fresh, we have built many free resources for marketers of all kinds. One of the more recent resources is a social media directory called InvestInSocial.com. The directory is free for any company doing for hire social media marketing work to list themselves in. If you have an advertising, PR, or design agency and you offer social media services, it is free to list yourself. If you run a social media monitoring company or Facebook content management company as a social media vendor, it is free to list. And if you are a social media consultant looking for more clients, it is free to list.

At the time of this post, there are close to 700 companies listed in the directory with more added daily. If you are looking to hire a company to help you with your social media marketing, this site will help you compare and find the right partners to build your business.

NC State Red Means Go

jak — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:45:35 +0000

NC State’s recent “Red means Go” campaign has really impressed me. It steps well outside of your traditional and usually boring college advertising run. Especially the two commercials. Local agency Luquire George Andrews is behind the effort. Really cool work.

With the help of ad agency Luguire George Andrews, NC State leaders selected New York-based director Sasha Levinson to help put their vision on film. A veteran commercial and music video director, Levinson’s portfolio includes work for Covergirl, Progress Energy and entertainers Mary J. Blige and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

P.J. King, the actor who appears in the commercials, is based out of Los Angeles, CA, and has a wealth of movies, television and theater experience. In addition, you’ll hear his voice on NC State’s new series of radio ads as well, scheduled to air on a number of regional sports radio stations.

Perfecto Film Wins!

erichurtgen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:24:02 +0000

Charlotteans Blake Edwards and Erin Fede won the YouTube Project:Direct short film contest today with their entry Perfecto!. For their efforts, they will be going to this year’s Sundance Film Festival where Perfecto! will be screened. A cash prize and a meeting with Sundance’s Director of Programming will also be awarded.

Follow the Youtube links to leave them some congratulatory love.

Perfecto Film

erichurtgen — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:27:42 +0000

A group of Charlotteans, led by director Blake Edwards and screenwriter Erin Fede submitted a short film to Project:Direct, YouTube and Sundance’s short film competition. They found out last week that their submission, Perfecto! made the top ten. Now the entire world gets to vote on whose short film makes it to Sundance. So, if you’ve got Charlotte pride, you should get over to the Project:Direct website and vote for Perfecto!

Studiobanks Holiday Hunt

jak — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:50:06 +0000

Very cool little interactive Holiday Card from Studiobanks. They sent holiday cards and emails out with links to the a photo hunt style game where the goal is to pick out the 5 differences between two seemingly identicle photos. A great ime waster for those of you bored at work right now. They also had the game setup on a TV at their Holiday Party.

Myron Macklin mixes many media

jak — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:51:18 +0000

Myron Macklin mixes many media
Demonstrated dexterity, designs dusty digital
Paints placed perfect, palettes plenty punished,
Confidence compositions, Carolina’s champion
Notice nasty nibs; naysayers know nothing

Review by Nic Rummel. Want to review an area artists/designer? Hit us up on the contact page and we will give a platform to your voice.

Carbon House New Website

jak — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:40:02 +0000

Carbon House has finished a redesign of their main site. It is super clean and easy to navigate. It is more or less a one page site without using flash, love this trend. They also have some cool new website designs up on their portfolio. Be sure to stop by and give them some love.

Don’t forget about their fairly new blog as well.

QVC Identity by MODE

jak — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:34:07 +0000

This has been some time coming. Some how I did not know that one of our own was the brains behind the wonderful new QVC branding. MODE Visual has done some great work and this is just another feather in their cap. Take a look at some of the identity below, on their website, and a great writeup on some of the awards it has already started to rake in on their blog.

CPCC Comic Book Class

jak — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:58:00 +0000

From initial concept to published comic, CREATING COMICS introduces students to the art of crafting comic books and graphic novels. Visual storytelling is a powerful tool in today’s business environment and this course will help you build skills that you can use to communicate your story in a powerful way. You DO NOT have to know how to draw to benefit from this course.

Registration begins in November. Seating is limited. Questions? Contact the CCE Customer Service Center. Ask for course number GRX7110. – Advertising and Graphic Design at CPCC

Nic Rummel, Alchemist

jak — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:21:25 +0000

Nic Rummel is an alchemist. A brush dipped into india ink turns into sensual geometric lines, tracing the outlines of story and form. His brush strokes the atmosphere, carving 2D urban landscapes. See for yourself how Charlotte’s own SCAD-trained comic artist turns paper into pulp fiction.

Review by Myron Macklin. Want to review an area artists/designer? Hit us up on the contact page and we will give a platform to your voice.