Prime Advertising is proud to have played a part in this year’s USA Cup. Working directly with one of our clients, CL!X Sports Photography, official photographer of the USA Cup.  CL!X came to Prime looking to update the theme of this year’s USA Cup photo merchandise for the teams and players.

Prime’s graphic design team created a fresh new look for a variety of products available to the players of the tournament.  Prime designed three new photo and poster background options for teams and individuals, sure to excite any soccer enthusiast.

The hot new item this year is the Personalized Trader Ticket. The Trader Ticket is customized with each player’s photo as well as personal information – team name, jersey number, country, etc. This option offers a fun and unique way for youth from around the globe to trade tickets amongst themselves and remember their USA Cup experience.  Prime also helped design a customizable soccer ball, which is sure to be a hit. Who wouldn’t want a soccer ball with their very own photo on it?

With these new designs, we have armed CL!X with products that are sure to grab the attention of these young athletes. Prime greatly appreciates the opportunity to offer our assistance on this project and we congratulate CL!X on being chosen for such an exclusive event!

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Cory from Stellar Keys and Remotes has been a vendor at the event before, but this year he wanted to take his display to the next step. Prime Advertising worked with Cory to help add more items to make his display larger, which included two more custom canopies, four additional custom table covers and some new items. Prime designed two new flying banner displays and new inserts for Stellar’s sidewalk sign. As a part of the new design, Prime introduced “Chip” for the first time!  Chip is an illustrated mascot that will help Stellar Keys promote its services.

For additional promotional items, Prime helped Stellar Keys with giveaway items. Prime updated the design on the brightly colored lanyards and calendar magnets.

With the larger display and increased visibility, Stellar Keys increased its sales by 40% over last year!

Hope to see you at the “Back to the 50’s” next year!

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We encourage everyone who either lives or works in Maple Grove to get involved, regardless of your training or photographic experience. Photos must have been taken in Maple Grove in 2006 or later and can feature any part of the community in one of the four seasons.

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Submit your favorite photos in the following categories:

* Great People (people talking, working, learning, playing, living, volunteering—e.g., kids in the backyard, birthday parties, shopping, eating out, working in the garden, students getting on the school bus, neighbors talking in front of their home).

* Great Community (events/activities—sports, community celebrations, plays—e.g. National Night Out block parties, Maple Grove Days events, farmers market, concerts, baseball/soccer game).

* Great Outdoors (parks, landscapes, plants, animals, sunsets, weather).

Photos received by April 30, 2010 will be reviewed, and there will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize awarded in each of the three categories. First-prize winners will receive $100 each, 2nd place $50 each, and 3rd Place $25 each. Winners in each category will receive their prize and certificate of appreciation at a Maple Grove City Council meeting.

Winning entries will be published in the Summer 2010 City of Maple Grove newsletter (designed and published by Prime) – all photos submitted also will be online at www.myprimeguide.com. In addition, as many submissions as possible will be displayed at the Government Center for public viewing Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from early April through May.

The City of Maple Grove is proud to partner with Prime in sponsoring the contest. Photos submitted may be used on city websites as well as in area-wide publications such as city newsletters, Parks and Recreation brochures, and Prime’s Official Community Resource & Residents’ Guide among others.

Please share your photographic skills and snapshots of your community! For detailed rules, entry form, and additional information visit www.MyPrimeGuide.com/photos, the City of Maple Grove website, call 763-494-6002, or pick up a photography contest packet at the Maple Grove Government Center, 12800 Arbor Lakes Parkway.

Keep in mind, when the contest is over, the city is still looking for good Maple Grove photos for use in city publications, on the city website, and in other promotional items. If you would like to donate the type of photos outlined above to be used for City of Maple Grove publicity purposes, you may submit them to admindept@ci.maple-grove.mn.us. Your contributions are appreciated!

A potluck featuring dishes with names like “Severed Snake Parts” and “Bloody Compost,” was served, and we washed it down with eyeball apple cider. A ghoulish time was had by all! Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Here at Prime we put together the Official Maple Grove Days Event Guide every year and this year there are tons of great coupons and offers! There are also lots of fun activities for all ages that go on each year; 40 Winks Foundation Bed Race, Garden Tours, Classic Car Show, Art Fair, Fireworks, Business Expo, Live Entertainment… and the list goes on!

This year in addition to the Official Guide, we created a new website for them at MapleGroveDays.com. This new site has increased the functionality by adding in an event calendar to assist users in finding the perfect event for their family. Along with the user abilities, we added SEO functionalities including SEO URL’s to help people find these great events and allows for the MGCO to update the content throughout the year using our Content Management System. We are also happy to be a Gold Level Sponsor for the Maple Grove Days events. Prime Advertising & Design takes pride in helping promote the community in which we work!
We look forward to working with the MGCO next year again on this great event.

Pictured above are before and after photos for J. Cousineau’s. Five years ago 
J. Counsineau’s began using a photo of their famous "Z Mac Daddy" burger. Did that photo work? Yes, but anyone can see the AMAZING difference that a professional photographer who specializes in food photography can make! WOW! 
 
I’m personally just blown away by what this photo has done for their overall look. The transformation started with the website design we created and was then carried through on all of their marketing – from their menu design, ads in our Official Community Resource & Residents’ Guides™, City Newsletters, all the way down to their business cards!
 
Below is an example of the direction and new look  we took with their ads, you can see the difference! Trends come and go in advertising just like in fashion. To keep progressive and to keep your business on the cutting edge we all need to freshen up our look from time to time. We are currently working on an entire overhaul of our own website! Let us help you keep things on the edge!

If you would like  to take your business to a whole new level… “We can help you do that!” We have professional photographers on staff who SPECIALIZE in different types of photography – food, commercial, portraits, action, architecture and more. Here at Prime we offer you the Prime Advantage – helping you grow your business in all areas. Contact Prime Advertising today to find out more!

With a wider web design and layout, richer colors and better functionality of the site, we were able to create a beautifully delicious looking site for our client. These changes will also increase SEO placement, and more people will learn about using chocolate fountains for their next special event. Whether it be a wedding, corporate event, holiday party, anniversary, Dippin Chocolate’s chocolate fountains are sure to impress!

Old Site Home Page

New Dippin Chocolate Website

The Prime Team

Costume Contest Winners (Mr Potatoe Head – Most Creative, Sarah Palin – Funniest)

Misc. Photos of Costumes

With all of this talk of Halloween here at Prime, we thought it might be fun to see how our clients celebrate the holiday! Does your business dress up for Halloween? Do you have any Halloween traditions at your office? We would love to hear your stories and see photos of your Halloween spirit!! We invite you to send your photos and stories to Janna@primeadvertising.com and next week, we will be posting some photos from our event tomorrow as well as some of our clients submissions!

Make it a safe & Happy Halloween!