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415, Inc.
415, Inc. creates Web sites that take their clients to the top of their class. Their objectives mirror the clients: to meet the customer's needs and produce results. They specialize in front-end design and they understand back-end technology.

AAAA
Founded in 1917, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) is the national trade association representing the advertising agency business in the United States. Its membership produces approximately 80 percent of the total advertising volume placed by agencies nationwide.

Ad Critic
The popular AdCritic.com is now part of the Ad Age Group's network of sites dedicated to delivering readers the latest news and information about the advertising industry. In conjunction with Creativity magazine - the industry authority on creative advertising -- AdCritic offers subscribers a growing database of the best creative work in the industry, breaking news from the advertising and commercials production industries, plus features and insights from the editorial staff of Creativity.

Ad Fed
Ad Fed keeps you on top of the hottest trends, news, knowledge and names in Minnesota’s advertising and marketing community.

Agency Compile
Search thousands of agencies based on specific criteria. It’s a quick and easy way to find a specific agency or client.

AIGA - American Institute of Graphic Artists
Founded 1914, NY, USA. AIGA is a place for American design professionals to exchange ideas and information.

American Society of Media Photographers- MSP
The American Society of Media Photographers is a professional association that has been serving photographers since 1944. More than 5,000 members strong in over 40 chapters nationwide and an international chapter reaching 37 countries, the ASMP has been a long-standing supporter of the professional photography industry.

Black Rocket
Black Rocket is a “stealth” agency run by a tight-knit group of highly experienced executives who handcraft a small portfolio of influential global brands like Yahoo!, Ben & Jerry’s, Condé Nast and MTV.

Campbell Mithun
Today, Campbell Mithun is a billion-dollar full-service advertising and marketing communications company. They are a top 25 agency and, yes, still headquartered in Minneapolis. They have additional full-service offices in Chicago, New York and California.

Carmichael Lynch Website
Minneapolis-based Carmichael Lynch, Inc. is one of the largest advertising agencies in the Midwest. The firm is recognized for its creative product, as well as for being a great place to work.

CMYK
CMYK magazine is a quarterly infusion of pure, uncensored, jury selected ideas for an industry driven on inspiration. At its core, CMYK is an archive of top-level, graduate work in advertising, design, photography and illustration. Every issue's portfolio encompasses nearly 100 selections of bonafide "fresh" creative, chosen by leading professionals in all fields.

Colle + McVoy
A hot current of intelligent risk-taking continues to run through Colle + McVoy today, defining it’s mission of insightful thinking, involved teams and inspired ideas that give companies — and their brands — the unique opportunity to create their future, rather than sit back and wait for something good to happen. Courage, along with savvy and style, is what moves people, moves product and moves mountains.

Communication Arts
Founded in 1959, Communication Arts is the leading trade journal for visual communications. It's the largest design magazine in the world and showcases the top work in graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography and interactive design.

Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an award-winning digital media agency, skilled in translating messages, brands, properties and promotions to the digital realm.

Duffy Design
In 1984, Fallon expanded its empire by partnering with design guru Joe Duffy to create the graphic emporium, Duffy Design.

Fallon
Fallon is a Minneapolis based creativity company committed to generating disproportionate results for our clients through a unique combination of rigor, relentlessness, and surprise. Their clients include BMW, EDS & PBS.

Fluffco
Fluffco doesn't manufacture sweet whipped marshmallow spread or cotton swabs. They are a two-person creative partnership based in Toronto with a focus on web design.

Gershoni
Gershoni is an award-winning graphic design studio located in San Francisco's historic Jackson Square. Founded 6 years ago, the idea of the studio was to create a family business, where quality and service have meaning, and relationships are cultivated and nurtured.

Hunt Adkins
Hunt Adkins is a group of uniquely talent people who wield a combination of intellect and intuition to produce significant results for its clients (they said it but we agree).

ihaveanidea
This is not a website. It is an interactive project, an online and accessible pool of knowledge to which you can and should contribute. For creatives, by creatives as one.

Kilter
Kilter is a design firm that specializes in Generation Y. Through using their Culture Consultants, Kilter has unlimited access to Gen Y’s insights and opinions. Generation Y is more than a demographic to Kilter, it is a full-time pursuit.

Martin Williams
Over the past two decades Minneapolis based Martin/Williams Inc. has built a national reputation for award-winning creativity that builds brands quickly. Owned by Omnicom Group, Inc. (the second largest agency network in the world), Martin/Williams is able to further leverage their ideas when appropriate by drawing upon this vast collection of specialized resources.

Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA)
Founded in 1998, the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) is a networking and professional development forum for interactive marketing professionals. At MIMA, we connect, educate and partner with our members and guests to elevate the quality of interactive marketing practiced here and around the country.

Olson + Company
Olson and Company has assembled the best and brightest thinkers in all disciplines- Account Planning, Account Service, Interactive, Design, Production, Media (Initiative Media), along with their internationally recognized Creative group.

Periscope
Periscope is an idea company - completely objective in their approach to helping their clients solve their marketing and business challenges. They are the model for future ad agencies - highly creative, highly disciplined, and highly integrated. (So much for objectiveness they brag about.)

Photo Direct News
Photo District News (PDN), the award-winning monthly magazine for the professional photographer, has been covering the professional photographic industry for over two decades. Every month, PDN delivers unbiased news and analysis, interviews, and portfolios of the latest photographic work.

Space 150
Just as software advances from version to version, space 150 embraces this concept by upgrading its very own website, business cards and identity every 150 days, proving to its clients that one must over commit to evolving technology to stay proactive.

Sussner Design
Derek (The Sussner) opened the Sussner Design Company double doors in 1999. Since that date Derek and Company have forged a hands-on, heads-up style, driven by solid, individual-oriented client service.

Talent Zoo
Because our passion for this business runs deep, TalentZoo.com has evolved into a massive collection of news, articles, opinions, and humor. With the print trades declining in subscribers each year, professionals are now going online for their news and content. TalentZoo.com is where the current and next generation of advertising, marketing, and PR executives are getting the industry news and trend content they need to be successful.

The Campbell Group
The Campbell Group is a marketing communication company singularly focused on generating business-building ideas. Ideas sharpened by global experience, break-through methods and a passion for results.

Trendwatching.com
One of the world's fastest growing trend agencies, independent and opinionated TRENDWATCHING.COM scans the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas.

Yeo Design
Situated in San Francisco’s new technology haven, south of Market, in a custom built steel and glass building, Yeo Design has been producing work that has earned it recognition with numerous awards and commercial success since 1985.


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