2009 - 1-Stop Design Shop

Foes No More, Ad Agencies Unite With Internet Firms – NYTimes.com

With online advertising down, Internet companies like Microsoft and Google find they need big ad agencies to sell new online formats to marketers.

Add Value: The Future of Marketing

From Entrepenuer Online Cut through the advertising noise by marketing with meaning. By Bob Gilbreath | October 05, 2009 Most discussions regarding the future of marketing tend to revolve around the technology that marketers will use to better target customers and grab their attention. We think of the use of brain imaging for advertising research (so called “neuromarketing”), ...

“Love it Forever… or Leave it” – Yale Study Could Indicate a New Normal for Consumer Purchase Behavior

Wed, 09/09/2009 – 10:27 From Yale School of Management-Center for Customer Insights You would have to be living under a rock not to know that consumers have turned off the freewheeling spending spigot. Shoppers are focusing on “deals” and limiting their shopping basket to necessities. Adjustments are being made across the economy as a result. Here in the U.S. builders ...

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1-Stop Design Shop Receives 2009 U.S. Commerce Association Award

WASHINGTON D.C., September 8, 2009 — 1-Stop Design Shop has been selected for the 2009 Best in Category Award by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding community businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These ...

How many Graphic Designers does it take to change a lightbulb?

4, One to change the bulb and 3 to argue about whether they should have used serifed or sans serifed fonts on the packaging. Don’t know, but when you change it, can you make it bigger? I have a few more answers, I’m just wondering how many are out there? Good one! How about: It only takes one, but you’ll ...