RFPs!

Wow, it has been a crazy few weeks of RFPs. If our clients are any indication of the economy, I would say things are improving. SIQ, SOQ, RFQ, RFP - you name it we've seen it.

It's definitely exciting to see things picking up and hopefully our hard work will pay off for our clients. I also find it interesting the things that we do as a marketing agency that traditional advertising firms wouldn't touch. MBM Marketing is sort of like the Army, "Be all you can be."

Now onto a PowerPoint for an RFP interview/presentation...

Color wheel

So I was looking at some potential colors for a client's website, and I realized I might be in a bit of a color rut. I love blues and greens (and of course, their combo - teal), so naturally, those are the first colors I think of for ANY project (see MBM's interior photos below). It made me wonder though - what is it that draws people to certain colors?

So I googled.

At first, I found various responses about how people who love water like blue, and people who like to feel serene like green. I'm not really buying that. I understand that there are associations with certain colors, but I'm not thinking about dirt when I see brown or sunshine when I see yellow.

What I'm looking for is more scientific information than I seem to be finding online - like, is it psychological or simply hard wiring in our brains?

Beyond that, is a website or product packaging more influential if it's in your favorite colors? Subconsciously, are you less likely to linger if it's in colors you dislike?

Strengths

Sometime back, we all took the Strengthsfinder profile. Today Kelly did a Lunch & Learn to help us better understand how we can work together in groups -- and what strengths we have in common. And she had us guess what our distinct strengths were. It was pretty funny, other than pegging Courtney on "discipline" (her photo is next to the word on wikipedia) we don't know each other as well as we thought. Which provides us with another great opportunity to learn! Yea! (yes, "positivity" is one of my strengths). Maggi

New MBM Photos

MBM's celebrating our ten year anniversary. Our official anniversary is August 1, but as with any birthday - why celebrate just one day when you can celebrate for months on end? We kicked off the anniversary year with a delicious dinner at Maggiano's for the MBM team and some plus ones.




Also - once upon a time, I hinted that we were going to be dropping some new fun colors on select walls in the office. We've been enjoying the new colors for a little while now, but just haven't gotten around to taking photos. Enjoy these quick previews from my cell camera:

Lock and Load!

We love happy clients! And you know you've nailed a new logo design when the client responds to it by saying,"That's what I'm talking about!" Then adds a "Lock and Load!" next. Now that's what I'M talkin' about!

Also, I ran into former MBMer Steven this morning at a favorite bagel joint. We hope the non-profit world is treating you well, Steven!

Thursday?

I totally forgot it was Thursday until I read Maggi's post...

It's been a crazy week, particularly with the passing of everyone's favorite Chihuahua advertising icon - Taco Bell's Gidget.

Thursday at MBM

So today I've had a great meeting with our business advisor Steve Lux, a great conversation wtih a new client, and fresh figs brought by mom in North Carolina. The kick off brainstorming session for the Leadership Team of the VMFA Business Council is this afternoon, then off to a UVA sports marketing event this evening. A great way to begin wrapping up a good week!