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Get Your Game Face On

December 6, 2012 – 12:50 pm

The rise of Generation X as a dominating consumer group has brought some changing attitudes towards the role of many new and innovative niches of the marketing ecosystem. Throughout 2012, social enterprise generated buzz as the latest new development in the explosive growth of social media. Facebook’s billion dollar buyout of Instagram in April symbolized [...]

By junctioncreative | Posted in Practices, Social Media, Strategy | Also tagged acquisitions, advertising, agency, analytics, atlanta business, badges, big data, business model, business strategy, cnn, competition, competitive nature, consulting, consumer education, crowdsourced, crowdsourcing, desired behavior, emerging, engagement, entertainment, entrepreneur, Facebook, firm, funding, game experiences, games, games for education, gamificiation, gaming, hot topic, impact, increase ROI, influence, infoarmy, innovation, instagram, keeping up with the joneses, leaderboards, log data, loyalty, marketing, marketing ecosystem, metrics, MPM, next big thing, niche, online research, organizing data, platform, pro sports, rankings, results, revolution, rypple, salesforce, social commerce, social media, social performance, Startups, strategy, trends, video games | Comments (0)

Good Design is Invaluable

October 30, 2012 – 11:15 am

It has been said over and over again; as technology progresses, it is changing the game, fueling the kind of new innovations that are currently driving the market. The assertion that technology has lifted entrepreneurship, startups, and new businesses of all sizes to new heights is mostly true, but an oft-forgotten but highly crucial aspect [...]

By junctioncreative | Posted in Brand and Marketing, Strategy, Technology | Also tagged advertising, aesthetics, Apple, Atlanta, braun, business, color choice, complimentary, consumer culture, consumer demand, consumer expectations, Creative, customer mindset, demand, design-minded, details, digital, driving the market, educated consumer, entrepreneurs, eye for design, fast company design, font choice, functionality, good design, higher competition, human interface, importance of design, innovation, internet, iPad, iPhone, Junction, language, look and feel, marketing, marketing tone, marketplace, microsoft surface, multimedia, new tech, perceptions, product design, product designer, product line, social media, solutions, Startups, strategies, tech startups, tech stocks, technology, UEX, user experience, user interface, ux designer, ux requirements great design, VC, windows 8 | Comments (0)

Is Search Dead?

October 16, 2012 – 4:23 pm

A long, long time ago, a brand new concept known as the ‘World Wide Web’ was emerging into the public eye. The idea of an interconnected network of information was novel, and the possibilities limitless, but the web lacked the organization necessary to make it really work. “Surfing” the web was all that could be [...]

By junctioncreative | Posted in Practices, Social Media, Technology | Also tagged Android, Angry Birds, app platform, app search engine, appliances, applications, apps, backers, built in app, categories, computer history, computer in the fridge, Creative, developers, devices, early search engines, entrepreneurs, Facebook, functionality, Google, google play, hashtags, how many apps are there, innovation, iOS, iOS6, itunes store, Junction, LG fridge, mobile app, mobile app economy, mobile device, mobile search, origin of search, progress, search, search terms, smart device, social media on fridge, solutions, sports scores app, tech, tech history, TV apps, Twitter, UEX, useer behavior, UX, VC, windows marketplace, yahoo axis, Yahoo! | Comments (0)

Discussing Personal Brand at Empower Concepts Series

September 28, 2012 – 9:52 am

Junction Executive Director of Business Development & Partnerships Mark Cropp recently joined Sherry Heyl, CEO of Concept Hub Inc. and Julie Squires, CEO of Softscribe Inc. as featured speakers on a panel of experts leading a conversation on launching new brands. The event, part of the Empower Concepts series, held at The Work Spot in Duluth, GA, attracted business [...]

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Junction to Lead Conversation on Launching Your Brand in a Crowded Marketplace

September 20, 2012 – 4:00 pm

Junction Creative Solutions (Junction) Executive Director of Business Development & Partnerships Mark Cropp will be a featured speaker on a panel of experts as part of the Empower Concepts series on Thursday, September 27th from 8-9AM at The Work Spot in Duluth, GA. Cropp will join Sherry Heyl, CEO of Concept Hub Inc. and Julie [...]

By junctioncreative | Posted in Events, News | Also tagged atlanta business, brand equity, brand Value, business development, Collaboration, competition, conversation, duluth, entrepreneurs, investor, Investor relations, Julie Gareleck, julie squires, Junction Creative Solutions, Mark Cropp, personal brand, sherry heyl, softscribe inc, Startups, the work spot | Comments (0)

Social Media: Boom to Bust?

May 2, 2012 – 2:20 pm

As Facebook reports its user base has reached 901 million users and acquires Instagram for a staggering $1 billion, industry analysts continue to debate the existence of what is being deemed the “social media bubble.” Some argue that social media is a sign of a burgeoning online community that fuels the economy. Skeptics speculate that [...]

By junctioncreative | Posted in Social Media, Strategy, Technology | Also tagged acquisitions, advertising, Atlanta, business, company valuation, corporate, Creative, digital, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, equity valuation, Facebook, facebook userbase, Growth Sector, impact, industry news, influence, insight, instagram, interactive, internet sector, IPO, Junction, market, marketing, potential buying power, publicly traded, results, social media, social media bubble, social media fund, social media startups, social space, solutions, stability, stock prices, strategy, sustainability, tech bubble, tech startups, valuation, Value, venture capitalist, visibility, zuckerberg | Comments (1)

Junction CEO Shares Insights into Strategy, Impact on Blog Talk Radio

September 23, 2011 – 3:37 pm

Julie Gareleck, CEO & Managing Partner, Junction Creative Solutions (Junction), appeared earlier this afternoon on The Compassionate Capitalist on Blog Talk Radio, broadcasted on the web to listeners across the country. Julie and host Karen Rands discussed the values, philosophies, and methodologies that make Junction a leader amongst the large number of firms touting ‘consulting [...]

By junctioncreative | Posted in Brand and Marketing, News, Strategy | Also tagged ad agency, advertising, agency of record, Blog Talk Radio, branding, broadcast, business consultancy, business news, business owners, business relationship, capital, Capital Community, CEO, clients, collateral, consulting, Creative, customers, digital, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurism, ethics, expert, Fortune 500, founder, help, impact, influence, insights, interview, Julie Gareleck, Junction Creative Solutions, Karen Rands, marketing, Marketing Spend, media, methods, metholodogy, Networking, panel discussion, partner, philosophy, Radio, results, small biz, small business, SMB, social network, solutions, start a business, strategy, the Compassionate Capitalist, Value, values, web radio | Comments (0)

Junction CEO to be Featured on Blog Talk Radio Show

September 22, 2011 – 12:17 pm

Julie Gareleck, CEO & Managing Partner, Junction Creative Solutions, will appear as a guest on The Compassionate Capitalist with host Karen Rands on Blog Talk Radio on Friday, September 23rd, at noon ET to discuss the spirit of entrepreneurship and insights she has gained from years from working with entrepreneurial companies and the investment community. [...]

By junctioncreative | Posted in Events, News | Also tagged Blog Talk Radio, CEO, entrepreneurship, Investment Community, Julie Gareleck, Junction Creative Solutions, Karen Rands, Radio Interview, the Compassionate Capitalist | Comments (0)

Get In the Fast Lane

September 20, 2011 – 3:04 pm

The 21st century has brought the world to the fingertips of consumers. Blazing internet speeds, ultra-capable and portable computers and devices, and an increasingly demanding population has ushered in an era of amenities unlike any the developed world has ever experienced. Today’s end users live in a culture of convenience, and they insist upon products [...]

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LAUNCHfn’s Fast Pitch Event Brings Atlanta Entrepreneurs and the Investment Community Together

September 14, 2011 – 3:03 pm

On Tuesday, September 13th, Launch Funding Network, Inc. (LAUNCHfn) hosted an elevator pitch workshop for entrepreneurs at The Hub in Atlanta, GA. The day-long session included a number of activities designed to help maximize the impact of the short-format introduction and provided an open forum for questions and discussion. The workshop was followed by an [...]

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