Marketing and Communications

• digology

  digology is all about marketing with integrity, accountability, and sustainability. We specialize in digital marketing.

• 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.

• Steven Davis

  I am an MBA physicist uses out of the box thinking, collaboration and  quantitative skills to find creative solutions for marketing and business challenges.

• 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.

• 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!

• 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.

• Franklin Street

  National health and wellness marketing communications firm.

• Beth Brown

  I am a flexible freelance writer who delivers quality work with rapid turnaround. My writing experience spans 15 years and includes corporate and media blogging, ad copywriting, web copywriting, brochure and marketing collateral copywriting, white papers, non-profit newsletters, and television and radio scripts. I am best known as an award-winning author of historical non-fiction, and I pride myself in bringing the same caliber of writing to your projects as I do my own!

• 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.

• Cindy Martin Design

  Graphic design and creative visual marketing with a passion for working with new/small business and nonprofit organizations. Experienced teacher/tutor in digital arts & the Adobe Creative Suite.

• Connie Kottmann, Marketing Communication Professional

  I am a marketing communications professional at VCU. I am also a fine artist, working to increase the influence of the arts in the Richmond metro region.

• 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.

• In Transition

• Micah Alex Creative

• 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.

• Bryan DeVasher

  I am a multimedia producer specialing in social media for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

• 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!

• Madison + Main, Advertising & New Media

  We bring Madison Avenue to Main Street. Madison+Main is a creative marketing and new media firm that provides innovative solutions for emerging businesses. We focus on small and mid-sized companies, working to help these organizations develop a real brand and truly integrated communications. In other words, we bring Madison Avenue ideas to Main Street clients. How may we help you? For more information, please visit www.MadisonMain.com

• Performance Management Group @ VCU

  The Virginia Commonwealth University Performance Management Group offers a comprehensive range of organizational development and consulting services that helps individuals and organizations achieve superior results. Our goal is to provide you with fresh insight, proven tools and techniques, and the skilled staff needed to meet individual and organizational objectives.

• Idea 8

  Creative services specialized in developing and curating ideas from innovation through conceptualization for product, branding and val-prop development.

• 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.

• AQUENT

  AQUENT is the world's largest marketing and creative services staffing firm, working with 90 of the Fortune 100 companies and advertising agencies.

• Moser Productions, Inc.

  Moser Productions is an exhibition planning, design, fabrication and management firm formed founded in Richmond, Virginia in 1998. Our mission is to create inspiring experiences.

• 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.”

• AIM Custom Media

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

• HeartWind Studio

  I specialize in corporate communication graphics based on design guidelines. I am adept at integrating your communications into the company's brand.

• yogg

  Vi är ett varumärke som fokuserar på den stora bilden. Vi har vunnit priser. Vi har vunnit hjärtan hos våra kunder. Ännu viktigare, vi vann hjärtan av våra kunders möjligheter.

• 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.

• 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.

• creative communication artist

  i design and produce print and interactive media. previous projects include product literature, advertisements, corporate communications, logos and identity/style guide development, product and package design, flash banners, web sites, web application interfaces, icon design, and digital image manipulation and enhancement. i'm fluent in adobe® applications and standards-based xhtml/css, javascript implemention. my client relationships and project team partnerships are rooted in collaboration, not competition. you are welcome to be as involved or uninvolved as you wish. all services include necessary vendor interactions--i speak vendor-eze so you don't have to! if your goal is to maintain the finished project in-house, i'll work with you to implement a process and train your team. i am alsoa vailable for one-on-one or small group training in adobe applications and xhtml/css.

• SignScapes, Inc

  SignScapes, Inc. is your full-service image and brand consulting firm. We are in the business of getting you NOTICED! Our full selection of vehicle wraps and graphics, banners, lobby signs, directories, custom wall coverings, promotional items and exterior monument or pylon signs are sure to draw the attention of prospective clients.

• All the Buz

  All the Buzz offers professional copywriting for businesses, corporations, individuals, advertising, or feature writing. Over 20 years experience. Additional services include public relations and strategic marketing, design and printing with our team of seasoned professionals. Put the BUZZ in your business with All the Buzz.

• Kevin Bull

• Rick Whittington Consulting

  Richmond-based internet design and marketing consulting firm.

• 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.

• Happily Natural Day

  Happily Natural Day is a festival dedicated to holistic health, cultural wellness and social change.

• Fast Black-The UltimateTastemaker

  Strategic Lifestyle Consulting Practice Specializing In Social Influence Marketing,Trendspotting,Viral Marketing & Brand Hyper Growth!

• 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.

• Marschall Art

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

• Acorn Sign Graphics

  Providing custom architectural signage and graphics to help our clients be found, be seen and be remembered. Sustainable design philosophy, with an eco-friendly focus in our operations and our products. In house fabrication and full installation services. Find our work all over the region--from the VMFA to Main Street Station; from Ellwood Thompson's to Longwood University; and in schools, hotels, law firms, hospitals, retail, government, corporate and non-profit settings all over the country.

• Stevens Marketing Group

• 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.

• 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.

• 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?"

• Protozoa Design

  A community conscious design studio.

  Our passion lies in problem solving. In creating visual and interactive solutions, we have discovered a direct way to make a significant impact on the world around us. From sustainable solutions to raising your company’s profile in the marketplace, we strive to take your business to the next level.

  With over nine years of design experience and seven of those specializing in online design and strategy for higher education, we can cater to any audience. Our focus on usability, engaging storytelling and concise communication does not end at the computer or the printed page. We work with you to find your active role in the professional community to increase your exposure, garner valued allies and inspire growth to reach your company’s potential.

• The Camping Party LLC

  The current mission of The Camping Party L.L.C. is to service the community as Event Planners and Caterers. In addition, our knowledge of Radio assists us in communicating to the public what services or events are being offered, where and when. We feel www.amen820.com can provide a desirable outcome for all our clients.

• Development Director, VCU Psychiatry

  I champion our Department's challenge to conquer mental illness. By increasing the awareness and decreasing the stigma of mental health, our Department will be able to advance the science of psychiatry.

• 804RVA

  We're hip. We're professional. We are entrepreneurs, small businesses, web developers, graphic designers, bloggers, freelancers and creatives. We are a collaborative coworking business environment in Richmond, VA. We have a cult following and its growing. We are the next best thing since sliced bread. Work for yourself, not by yourself.

• The Flores Shop

  A branding, design & website development firm in Richmond, VA that focuses on your business, defines your brand's unique story and helps you tell it to your target audience.

• The Hoople Group

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

• C3 Copeland Casati Media

  C3 since 1999, copeland casati media embraces advertising, media, technology, and environmentally friendly skills for their clients in Richmond, New York, DC, and beyond. http://www.copelandcasati.com http://www.GreenModernKits.com http://www.GreenCottageKits.com http://www.GreenCabinKits.com and learn more about c3: http://prefab-green-home.greenmodernkits.com/search/label/C3

• Network of Minds, Inc.

  Specialize in working with small businesses and non-profits to create online marketing strategies and develop new consumer and B2B products. Willing to barter for products and services.

• UI Concepts

• 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.

• 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!

• Square One Creative, LLC

  We help businesses stand out from their competition, and connect with their target market, by tapping into the power of strategic creativity.