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By Matt Cooke | Advertising, Brand Strategy, Campaign, Integrated Campaign, Media Buying, Print, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, Strategy | Tags: Advertising, Bay Area Advertising, Brand Strategy, Online Advertising, San Francisco Advertising |
This week, while at the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau 99th annual luncheon, we found out that our Art SF 08 campaign won the CTTC’s Tourism Marketing Excellence Award.
The campaign, which showcased the city’s incredible summer…
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By Matt Cooke | Advertising, Brand Strategy, Campaign, Integrated Campaign, Media Buying, Non-Profit Design, Print, Strategy | Tags: Advertising, Brand Strategy, San Francisco Advertising |
This month we received an ecstatic call from one of our favorite clients, NCPHS – a not-for-profit corporation which provides for the needs of older people and promotes their quality of life through housing and other programs of social care.…
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By Matt Cooke | Advertising, Brand Strategy, Campaign, Integrated Campaign, Media Buying, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau | Tags: Advertising, Brand Strategy, Integrated Campaign, Integrated Marketing, San Francisco Advertising |
This month we learned that our 2008 campaign for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau has been chosen as a finalist in the CTTC’s Tourism Marketing Excellence Awards.

The campaign, which showcased the city’s incredible summer…
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By John Walsh | Advertising, Automotive Advertising, Campaign, Integrated Campaign, Media Buying, Radio Advertising | Tags: Advertising, Automotive Advertising, Bay Area Advertising, Media Buying, Media Effectiveness, Media Planning, Radio Advertising, San Francisco Advertising |
Back in April, we launched Capitol Volkswagen (the newest member of the Del Grande Dealer Group) with some cool, fun cable spots. Why? Because unlike network TV, cable is an incredibly targeted medium. If you want to reach…
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By John Walsh | Automotive Advertising, Campaign, Integrated Campaign, TV Advertising, Uncategorized | Tags: Advertising, Automotive Advertising, San Francisco Advertising |

We recently completed the second television spot in our campaign for Capitol Volkswagen/Hyundai/Suzuki. Now, while it moves in a new direction graphically, it maintains the overall aesthetic of the first spot. And in fact our reason for recommending this…
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By Matt Cooke | Brand Strategy, TV Advertising | Tags: Award-Winning Work, Lombardi Advertising, San Francisco Advertising, TV Advertising |

In Bruce Mau’s “Incomplete Manifesto for Growth” the Canadian design legend plainly states “Don’t enter awards competitions. Just don’t. It’s not good for you.” And for a long time we felt the same way. After all, our…
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By John Walsh | Automotive Advertising, Print, Recruitment Advertising, TV Advertising | Tags: Advertising, Online Advertising, Radio Advertising, San Francisco Advertising |

It makes sense that a San Francisco Advertising agency would have San Francisco Advertising clients. And while this circumstantial factor was responsible for many of our early local projects, Iron has turned its focus to this audience, winning work…
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