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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 of art, featured national…
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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.
It…
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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 of art, featured national print…
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By John Walsh | Advertising, Automotive Advertising, Brand Strategy, Integrated Campaign, Radio Advertising, Strategy | Tags: Integrated Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Radio Advertising |
These days, radio feels like a dead medium. It’s considered old-fashioned and advertisers are moving away from it in droves. The thing is: the audience is growing, not shrinking. 93% of the country listens to it and that audience has…
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By Matt Cooke | Brand Identity, Brand Strategy, Campaign, Graphic Design, Integrated Campaign, Non-Profit Design, Print | Tags: Brand Strategy, Graphic Design, LinkedIn, Non-Profit Design, Print |

As a non-profit organization how do you ensure you stand out from the crowd without spending a fortune on your marketing? It’s not an easy challenge, and one that can divide even the most unified boardroom.
One solution is to produce…
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By Matt Cooke | Campaign, Financial Services, Integrated Campaign, Non-Profit Design, Strategy, Viral, Web Animation | Tags: Astia, Financial Services, Non-profit, Non-Profit Design, Viral, Web Animation, Web Video |
The last thing you’d expect from a venture conference would be an innovative viral email campaign. But that’s exactly what we just produced for the visionary folks over at Astia. Parodying the industry’s staid public image, we threw out the…
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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 San Jose,…
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By Matt Cooke | Brand Strategy, Financial Services, Integrated Campaign, Strategy, Web Design | Tags: Financial Services, Financial Services Brand Identity, Integrated Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Communication, Marketing Strategy, Web Design |
This month we were excited to launch another financial services Web site, as part of a wider
brand identity program for a leading Bay Area private equity group.
The Paine & Partners site was built using a combination of PHP, Javascript, Flash and…
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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 direction…
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By Matt Cooke | Integrated Campaign, Non-Profit Design | Tags: ArtSF08, Chihuly, Chihuly at the de Young, de Young Museum, Integrated Campaign, Integrated Marketing |
The Chihuly campaign switched into high gear this month with street banners popping up across the city, ads appearing in publications of all types, and be-decked cables cars rumbling around town. The end result? We’re delighted to report droves of visitors…
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By Blair | Campaign, Integrated Campaign, Strategy | Tags: Awards, de Young Museum |
Last night, Iron’s campaign for the de Young Museum was awarded the 2008 Excellence in Marketing Award by the American Marketing Association. After a blockbuster opening in 2005, the de Young had experienced a decline in attendance of nearly 10%…
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By Blair | Campaign, Integrated Campaign, San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau | Tags: ArtSF08, Asian Art Museum, Chihuly, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Daniel Libeskind, Frida Kahlo, Integrated Marketing, Legion of Honor, Los Angeles Magazine, San Francisco, SFMOMA, Summer Exhibition Campaign, Travel + Leisure |
The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau recently enlisted Iron to figure out a way to promote the Summer Art Exhibition Campaign in San Francisco. The overall purpose of SFCVB is to boost the local economy by selling the city to…
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By Oletta | Brand Strategy, Campaign, Integrated Campaign | Tags: Chihuly, Dale Chihuly, de Young Museum, Outdoor media |
When the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco invited us to work on an integrated marketing campaign for a new Chihuly exhibit we were excited for two reasons: Dale Chihuly is one of the most world renowned living artists we’ve had the…
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By Matt Cooke | Brand Strategy, Integrated Campaign, Recruitment Advertising | Tags: BAJobs, Brand Strategy, Radio Advertising, Recruitment Advertising |

Question: How do you stand out from the crowd, with only a fraction of the budget? Answer: Cutting edge creative.
The Challenge: BAJobs is a job site focused on the San Francisco Bay Area. When BAJobs contracted Iron, the market was flush…
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By Matt Cooke | Advertising, Brand Identity, Brand Strategy, Integrated Campaign, Non-Profit Design, Web Strategy | Tags: Brand Strategy, ecoAmerica, Non-profit, Non-Profit Design |
In a recent study, linking and organization to an emotion was found to be one way that non-profits can differentiate themselves from their competitors. And since giving is considered a function of a brand’s differentiation, having characteristics that stimulate emotion…
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