Adsoka Welcomes New Talent

(July 30, 2010) Minneapolis— Adsoka is proud to announce the recent addition of Maria Nocenti and Adriane Marten to the Adsoka team.

Maria joined Adsoka’s creative team as a designer. Her past experience includes in-house design and work at a printing company.

Adriane joins Adsoka’s public relations and marketing team after excellent collaboration on Minnesota Center for Book Arts 25th anniversary event.

Welcome Maria and Adriane!

Adsoka is a marketing, design and communications agency in Minneapolis. It formed in 2003 and serves clients in a wide spectrum of industries including business-to-business, retail, nonprofit and others. Written and visual creations are applied in a distinctive manner because Adsoka immerses itself in the communication context. Adsoka means adding creative value to get meaningful results. Learn more at www.ADSOKA.com

Adsoka-designed Business Cards Recognized in Best of Business Card Design
Book includes cream of the crop design from around the nation

(April 21, 2010) Minneapolis—The Adsoka-designed business cards for Stark Legal Consulting, Lady Skywriter and Adsoka has been published in the Best of Business Card Design 9 by Rule 29 and published by Rockport Publishers. Rockport Publishers’ books are a resource for designers and marketers alike.

“We are proud to be recognized in this book,” said Jason Inskeep, principal at Adsoka. “Business cards are an important marketing tool. They are a stage-setting first impression, and people often hold on to them for a long time.”

Order a copy of the book or learn more about Rockport Publishers.

Universal Cooperatives Chooses Adsoka as Interactive Agency of Record
Web work is underway

(January 8, 2010) Minneapolis—Universal Cooperatives, Inc., an interregional farm supply cooperative, has selected marketing firm Adsoka, Inc. as their interactive agency of record. Adsoka will be developing, updating a number of Web sites.

Adsoka will develop and/or update Web sites for various departments, products, services and more. This comprehensive assessment and development will add consistency of visuals, language and more to the range of Web sites.

“Adsoka will bring a cohesive marketing strategy to the Universal Web sites, and each will be search engine optimized,” said Jason Inskeep, principal of Adsoka.

Universal Cooperatives provides manufacturing, distribution and purchasing services for its members. Universal is owned by 14 regional agricultural cooperatives that collectively represent more than $30 billion in sales and provide support to more than two million co-op customers worldwide.

Adsoka Logo Published in Design Annual of GD USA Magazine
GD USA recognizes excellence in design

(January 2, 2010) Minneapolis—The Adsoka-developed logo for Park Square Theatre appeared in the November/December 2009 Design Annual of the magazine GD USA, a news magazine for creative professionals. It was recognized as a 2009 American Graphic Design Award Winner. This competition is among the largest, and it is open to advertising agencies, graphic design firms, corporations.

“This logo reflects the life and energy of live theatre at Park Square Theatre,” said Jason Inskeep, principal at Adsoka.

In branding projects, Adsoka creates more than just a logo. Adsoka develops other brand assets including patterns, complementary color palettes, brand standards and taglines. This is critical to helping the new branding succeed.

Pick up a copy of the Design Annual or view the winners online.

Park Square Theatre Ticket Discount for Hint Subscribers!

Get $10 off tickets to see the show Rock ‘n’ Roll (closes February 7) at Park Square Theatre. Call or order online and use the promotional code ADSOKAVIPS (no transactional fee with phone orders).

Learn more about the show and order tickets.

Adsoka Announces the Adding Creative Value Award
Award honors student work

(January 8, 2010) Minneapolis—Adsoka has launched a new award program called the Adding Creative Value Awards. Adsoka developed this award as a way to give those entering the creative field a means of validation and a way to boost their resume. The top honor recipient —the Award of Excellence—will receive a $500 prize.

The inaugural Adding Creative Value Award is now accepting entries. College-level juniors and seniors are eligible to enter as well as those who have graduated within one year of the March 31, 2010 submission deadline.

The initial Adding Creative Value Award will focus on posters, which are common in student portfolios from advertising design, marketing, copywriting and similar programs. Students can submit as many posters as they please from class or personal work. The client can be real or fictional, but the student must have an audience in mind in the development. The fee to submit is $29 per entry.

Entries will be judged by three to-be-announced judges in the creative field. The winners will be announced during graduation season by May 10, 2010.

Learn more at http://www.addingcreativevalue.com.

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