Marketing and Communications

• Micah Alex Creative

• Square One Creative, LLC

  We help businesses save money in their marketing and branding efforts by showing them how to tap into the power of their own creativity.

• Madison + Main, Advertising & New Media

  Madison+Main is an award-winning, advertising and new media firm that provides creative marketing solutions for emerging companies, usually small and mid-sized organizations with 15 to 1,500 employees. Clients include A Moment in Time, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Children Incorporated, The Coleman Institute, eSmartTax.com (Liberty Tax Service),Getloaded.com, The Greater Richmond Chamber, Napier Realtors ERA, Richmond.com, Shore Bank, Southern States (web only), Uppy’s, Wythe Will Distributing, and many others. The firm is based in Richmond, Virginia, with an additional office in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit www.MadisonMain.com or www.madisonmain.mobi from your mobile device.

• Knowledge Advisory Group

  At Knowledge Advisory Group, we strive to increase the amount of useful information in the world. Our mission is to provide tailored and flexible measurement solutions that improve decision-making, enhance efficiency, and demonstrate effectiveness. We assist nonprofit organizations, charitable foundations, and small businesses in a variety of management support roles, including research team, program evaluator, grant writer, and trusted advisor.

• Slash Coleman Storyteller

  Slash Coleman is a professional storyteller, speaker, and keynote who is best known for his award winning Off-Broadway production and PBS special, “The Neon Man and Me.” His book, “The Art of Business for Creatives,” is due out later this year and is based on his popular two-part marketing class for artists which was recently featured on the NPR series, "How Artists Make Money.”

• Marschall Art

  Art direction, graphic design and illustration for corporate, educational-sector and non-profit clients throughout the Central Virginia region

• Silly Bus, Educational Media Creations Company

  Based in Richmond, Silly Bus is a two-time Mom's Choice Award winner and a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science, famous for its Grammy Awards. The Silly Bus team members are experienced professionals who have worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including MTV and Discovery Kids. Their educational partners bring 30+ years of teaching and education expertise with five nationally published music education books. Silly Bus sounds similar to artists like Dan Zanes and Laurie Berkner. Visit us at http://www.sillybus.net to sign up for our newsletter and learn more about Silly Bus!

• The Hoople Group

  The Hoople Group is a full-service marketing company that focuses on the financial services industry and entrepreneurs.

• chris owens photo, llc

  chris owens photo, llc is a central-Virginia based photography studio specializing in portraits, with experience ranging from fashion photography to editorial features to headshots. chris owens photo, llc is a member of the Professional Photographers of America and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

• JJM Creative

  Artist & Designer who can create unique one off items through million piece productions. BFA in Industrial Design with a passion for sculpture and love of drawing.

• BNI (Business Network International)

  Business Network International (BNI) is the world's largest business networking organization, with more than 5,500 Chapters in 42 countries worldwide. Learn more about BNI by visiting http://www.bni.com. BNI-Central Virginia is the largest and most successful business networking organization in Virginia, with more than 800 members in 41 Chapters in the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Charlottesville areas. Last year, the members of BNI-Central Virginia passed more than 40,000 referrals representing more than $80M in revenue for them. BNI-Central Virginia's CEO/Executive Director, Mark M. Deutsch, MBA, is the areas business networking and word-of-mouth marketing expert and the most sought-after speaker and writer on the topic of referral-based business development.

• studioSavvy

  It started with an idea. A simple, shrewd idea. That design can be strategic without losing its strength, creativity and integrity. That goals can be achieved through the designed execution of smart brand strategy and graphic communications. And that we can have a helluva lot of fun partnering with companies and organizations that believe the same thing. If you tend to get a little jazzed up about strong, strategic graphic communications, or are just curious about how strengthening your organization’s brand could help you reach your goals, give us a call. We’d love to talk with you.

• Crocker Strategic Marketing

  CSM specializes in brand positioning and marketing planning. We consult with businesses and organizations to ensure their products or services are well positioned for growth in their market with marketing programs that are efficient and effective.

• JForemanPR, LLC

  JForemanPR is a PR consultancy owned and operated by Jackie Foreman, former employee of Hill & Knowlton, a top global PR firm. Jackie also served as media spokesperson and investor relations specialist at Circuit City Stores. She received a Silver Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America for the grand opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

• Studio Center Total Production

  Words on a page. That's what you've got. Take a stand! Make some noise! Shout, whisper...just don't mumble. Studio Center Total Production will help you do this. Wonderful Voice Talent delivering the ABSOLUTE BEST Voice Overs IN THE COUNTRY. Great Audio Production. Perfect Video Production and Video Editing. Unreal Sound Design. Terrific Original Music and Award Winning Jingles. Audio Post Production that will amaze you! Your own pages thrust into life by some of the BEST people working in the business. You've done the hard conceptual lifting. Let us take it to the Finish Line. Take a moment and let us show you what Studio Center can do to make your work sing.

• AIM Custom Media

  Website Marketing, Website Design, Open Source, Marketing & Technology Consultants

• 9WG Studios

  9WG Studios, Virginia’s premier facility, where the mid-Atlantic’s most talented producers, composers, audio engineers, and video editors bring decades of experience to a state-of-the-art studio in the heart of historic Richmond, Virginia. Home to Red Amp Audio (recording studios), Spang TV (full service TV & video production) and Mad Box Post (video editing and color correction). These collaborative partners have created award winning TV, radio, video, film, documentary, interactive and music productions.

• Blueberry Marketing

  At Blueberry Marketing, it starts with the strategy…. a tailored marketing plan using the latest tools and ideas to move your business forward. We offer individual coaching sessions for the do-it-yourself business person, and full scale implementation for those who have grown to need a marketing professional. Specializing in creative industries and artists since 2001, the goal is to provide services to help you implement your strategic plan in today’s changing market, and to relieve you of the never-ending question, “What do I do next?"

• Heather Bailey

  I am a performing artist, currently exploring the air. I have an extensive resume in acting for film tv and theater. I love to dance, and collaborate with other artists.

• Rick Whittington Consulting

  Richmond-based internet design and marketing consulting firm.

• DPlasberg Graphic Design LLC

  DPlasberg Graphic Design LLC specializes in creative solutions that yield effective results. From logos to multi-faceted marketing campaigns, we'll help you stand out and achieve success!

• BoldStroke Consulting - Charles Collie

  BoldStroke works with corporations, professional services firms, associations and non-profit organizations to discover and fully utilize the power of their brand - the best decision-making tool you have. Research shows that having a strong brand has a direct correlation with an organization's financial performance. We believe this is because a strong brand provides focus for your employees to act consistently and for your marketing to break through to gain the awareness and interest of prospects/clients/customers/members/etc.

• JGH Consulting/Epicuriousity

  With over 15 years of marketing, account management, and advertising experience, I have worked on both the agency and client side in a wide variety of capacities and industries. From healthcare systems and governmnent agencies to museums, non-profits and financial services, I have experience in branding companies and organizations large and small, telling their stories, and increasing their public awareness, sales, traffic, and constituent loyalty. These work experiences are enhanced by my diverse educational background. With an MBA, and a BA and MA in Art History, I am able to combine the worlds of the left and right brain. I am well versed in the strategies of marketing and social media, the hands-on mechanics of production, and the research metrics to measure its success. I am also very involved in the food world, writing a blog Epicuriousity and as a freelance writer for Style Weeky as well as the Vice-Chair for the newly established Slow Food RVA chapter. I have served as a Board Member for 1708 Gallery and was the Board President in 2008-2009.

• In Transition

• Elephant University (part of Dancing Elephants)

  Elephant University offers professional sales training and development with programs designed to get RESULTS. Elephant U has a proven process with a different approach to selling that’s based on Sales Magnetism – where customers are actually attracted to you. We have a variety of courses to serve all levels of experience and expertise, form the novice salesperson to the seasoned professional. We’re so sure you’ll be successful after one of our classes that we guarantee the results!

• Monogram Marketing

  Along with technology, marketing is rapidly changing. You hear it in the news and observe changes in our society every day about the way information is exchanged. It takes time and energy to keep up with the changes and understand the interlacing that exists among these many new platforms. Our clients have become successful in their field by being able to work hard and focus on their skills and the services they provide. When partnered with our services, they can continue to do what they do best while someone else is able to focus on mastering their digital footprint. We have identified several key marketing elements that when packaged together truly maximize our client’s effectiveness in their B2B objectives. Our services position YOU as the expert and authority in your field.

• Appleseed Interactive

  Appleseed Interactive was established with a single purpose: to leverage hotel experience and cutting-edge web design technologies into higher hotel revenue. Today hotel business is won—and lost—in the online marketplace. Nearly 85% of travelers use the Internet to research before choosing a hotel. Creating a handsome website is no longer enough. Expertly designed sites are easier to use and to find; without one, hoteliers can lose a significant amount of potential revenue. With this much at stake, it’s no wonder so many companies offer web design services. So how do you decide whom to trust with your business? The answer is clear: Choose the company that best understands your business. That’s the web design company created by hotels, for hotels. That’s Appleseed Interactive.