I grew up traveling all over the United States and we drove that fire engine red Ford LTD with tan leather interior everywhere. I better come clean now with my dad. Dad sorry it was me who unlaced all the leather stitched rear seats.
I'm sorry, it was just to much to resist and I was tired of looking at the Wyoming country side.
Have fun with this one! I bet you can't get them all?
Signage is such a powerful branding tool and a good sign or logo lasts in your audience or clients sub-conscious forever.
Guess That Highway Sign!
From Fast Company BY WILLIAM BOSTWICK
Photographer Josef Schulz...
It's always nice to read an article that oozes kindness and thoughtfulness. "All About Goodwill: Miss DC's Recycling Platform (And How We Can All Take A Stand) By Cynthia Bosnian of City Renewed is just that kind of good- hearted and giving article with a community perspective. What makes it so thoughtful? Simplicity - the simplicity of giving those slightly used clothing and household items to an organization (Goodwill) so that they can be ReUsed, ReCycled and ReFashioned. Here's a look at Cynthia's article please click through to enjoy the full read:
Most of us are no doubt familiar...
DUDE, WHERES THE CASH? Here's what scares Kutcher: "When I have a conversation with
someone and they say, 'I'm not worried about monetization yet.'
"Photographs by Jill Greenberg | Story BY: ELLEN MCGIRT
What the heck? Ashton is at Fast Company and Tiger is at the Huffington Post?
Ashton Kutcher is at Fast Company and says he intends on becoming a new media mogul and social media thought leader. Take a look at this snippet below or follow this link to the full story:
The Katalyst HQ series illuminates what Kutcher's production company wants to become: not just a home for his television...
Seth Godin and The Tribes We Lead
Are you and your organization trying to reach an audience?
Guess what, your leading a tribe or trying to connect with a tribe? And they're looking for you so you better make it easy to find you and connect. As Seth Godin would say, better make your product, service and message - remarkable. Or the tribe moves on and finds a new and better tribe to follow.
I bet your asking, what is a tribe anyway?
Well the simple answer, a tribe is the group of individuals your organization is trying to reach for some purpose and this tribe is much smaller than let's...
Stella Pop - Photo
"Photography for DC Goodwill Fashionista Blog"
We've been secretly help out our friends at DC Goodwill Fashionista and Goodwill of Greater Washington, not secretly but it's great fun - for an incredible cause.
Why is it an incredible cause, you ask? Thanks for asking and the answer is a simple one.
You know all those stores and drop points for Goodwill, I call there logo, the new "Cooled Out One-Eyed Logo Man"
watching the world and lending a hand up to people in need. The funding for these programs comes from the revenue earned from all those awesome stores...
Stella Pop Brand Development
Do You Mingle with a MingleStick?
Have you ever been to a giant trade show and had the task of staying connected and gathering trade show contact information? Stella has and it stinks! Mingle360 has created a great new trade show product that can help you and your organization stay connected and together at trade shows - MingleStick
What does it do? Here it is from Mingle 360:
Life is fast paced. Every day we meet lots of people, but then wave and say goodbye. We miss many opportunities to connect. Sometimes we trade business cards, but they can get misplaced...
50 Best Websites in 2009 by Time
Check them out for yourself, some of them are truly remarkable, thanks Time Magazine.
SITES TO VISIT
Flickr
California Coastline
Delicious
Metafilter
popurls
Twitter
Skype
Boing Boing
Academic Earth
OpenTable
Google
YouTube
Wolfram|Alpha
Hulu
Vimeo
Fora TV
Craiglook
Shop Goodwill
Amazon
Kayak
Netflix
Etsy
Property Shark
Redfin
Wikipedia
Internet Archive
Kiva
ConsumerSearch
Metacritic
Pollster
Facebook
Pandora and Last.fm
Musicovery
Spotify
Supercook
Yelp
Visuwords
CouchSurfing
NameVoyager
Mint
TripIt
Aardvark
drop.io
Issuu
Photosynth
OMGPOP
WorldWideTelescope
Fonolo
Get...
I absolutely love the New Fairfax County Police Brand Message - Seized!
It's brilliant and I would love to talk with whoever came up with idea because it - WORKS. Here's why?
If you deal drugs or cross the law, we're going to be driving your sweet ride and enjoy every sun filled moment of it. It sends a subtle but effective message that strikes right to the heart. How it all went down today.
I pulled up behind this "undercover sun lover" at a stoplight outside the Reston Town Center, the new addition to the Fairfax County, Reston Police Squad included a sweet female police...
This work is awesome, support your local art and artist... bests Stella Pop.
Collegium of Art and Magic
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Stella Pop Content Development - Washington Post vs. Gawker - The Thriller in Plain Vanilla - Part 2
WOW! A real live thriller, I'm giving it to you now in the condensed link version. Enjoy!
Can you believe the life that this 'thing' has taken on, who could or would have believed it when it all began? This is a true affair-to-remember, a new media content/re-content marketing strategy all tied into a pile of something? The sad part - The Washington Post doesn't even know it. I weep for there future. How about you, are newspaper swimming or sinking?
Is your organization trying to make...
Stella Pop Content Development - Washington Post vs. Gawker - "The Thriller in Plain Vanilla"
LOL - SH - APMP - Laughing Out Loud - So Hard - Almost Pissed My Pants!
I would put a smiley face here but I'm presently using it to wipe away the tears of a good hard belly laugh. Now please sit back and allow me to tell you a good tale. Go get a box of tissues, tears and laughter guaranteed to follow.
Roll time back to Sunday morning and I'm enjoying my second cup of joe, surfing the cyber-news and my wife, the last person under 60 who still reads the printed newspaper, has stumbled across...
Stella Pop Creative Content - Remember the 60's & Frank Stella
Do you remember the 60's and the artist Frank Stella?
Well here's a reminder in case you have forgotten from Art.com about the American Minimalist Painter and Sculptor, born in 1936.
If you want to see and read more about Frank Stella another great source is of course Wikipedia - Frank Stella.
Stella Pop! says art thou art, create to live.
Stella Pop Creative Content - Indie Band: The Stella Frays
The Stella Frays - What do yo think?
"Hold Ya Own"
Dont Say Goodbye
Shines for you
Our Society
Are they the new Beatles?
The Indie Charts __ Stella says jam on baby.
Stella Pop Creative Content - Photographers are a Dime a Dozen, then there's Talent.
Photographers are a dime a dozen, then there's true talent.
I've seen a lot of pics in my day and I know quality, care and talent when I see it. Jennifer Brindley Photography exhibits all three characteristics, check out her photography site and blog for the full and four color proof!
She also has a great personal blog too: ExHotGirl
Give her a call if you need quality photographic work, her number and contact info is located at her site and listed below:
Stella always says, who doesn't...
Stella Pop Content Marketing - The New Publishing that Connects.
Do you have a website? But no one goes there, finds it or does anything with it once they get there?
Businesses are starting to understand that today's marketing is a whole like publishing. Each company has great products or services and all they're really trying to do is connect with their audience.
You have every opportunity to become a trusted content provider, even if you are a small company in a niche market. Heck, even if you are a start-up with two employees, you can now run with the big boys by publishing and marketing...
Here at Stella Pop, we want to give you the world, the online and the marketing message world.
Our job is to take your companies message, content and make it remarkable. Sometimes it takes the form of re-contenting, re-contenting is the method of re-using the material that you have developed over months or years of business and re-contenting it to get your business found online. Bridging the gap between selling and messaging content and connecting you with your audience.
Check out this video from Ida Maria called Stella:
Stella Pop, we don't make the pop, we make the fizz!
Call...
I know, this stuff is very silly and juvenile, but this is a compliment. It's content and it works!
No matter how silly this video is from the Comedy Central on the Comedy Channel and the TV show - Stella. This video is rated: PG-13 for language and adult material.
How do you and your company put a little silliness into your message, making it memorable and thus connecting with your audience? It's a good use of mixed content, re-contented in a way that connects with your core audience.
And Stella Pop does this better then anyone. Let us see some of your companies content and let's...
Kiss, Kiss by Stella Soleil is a great work out or dance song.
I love the song, maybe she would love our Stella Pop too?
Here it is - enjoy from YouTube!
Everybody and there mother is on twitter, just try and find a new friend or company that has signed up.
Good luck it takes at least two weeks, if not a month, to get found on twitter search.
OK, you're thinking about expanding your marketing by entering the social networking sphere, go with an open mind and build a strategy slow with thought.
Here a good article, I think the author is saying go, but don't think the phone will start ringing off the hook the week after starting.
Take a look below at, "On Twitter, Experiment with a Strategy" by the ObjectMarketer.com
Businesses that...
We've covered the first two steps in forming, storming, norming and performing. Todays, installment covers the all important stage of "Norming."
At some point, the team may start the norming stage. Team members adjust their behavior to each other as they develop work habits that make teamwork seem more natural and fluid. Team members often work through this by agreeing on rules, values, professional behavior, shared methods, working tools and even taboos. During this stage, team members begin to trust each other. Motivation increases as the team gets more acquainted with the project.
Here's...
Do you have content that can be re-made into something new and interesting?
Probably so, we could call it re-contenting. Hey, I'm trademarking, copyrighting, watermarking and generally calling dibs.
Seinfeld is incredibly funny and I always loved the Del Boca Vista episode; here's it is, a new and funny version, told from a new angle or re-contented:
Forming was Phase 1. Phase 2 of customer relationships StellaPop-style is Storming. The storming phase may not be as chaotic or uncomfortable as it sounds. Every group/team will storm...this is where different ideas compete for consideration. The team raises and addresses issues such as what problems they are really supposed to solve, how they will function independently and together and what leadership model they will develop and accept. Team members will open up comparing and contrasting each other's ideas and perspectives. In some cases storming can be resolved quickly. In others,...