Category Archives: On The Road
SEAtown is our kind of town
March has been a busy travel month in Notchland. A contingent of Marlin creative and account peeps just returned from the coffee mecca of Seattle. Familiar ground for several, and a first time trip for some. Marlinite Sam tried fitting … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Client Buzz, Creativity, On The Road
On the road to Morocco
Marlin gathered this morning to wish Kristina well as she takes off for Morocco. Yes, that Morocco. (Not this Morocco.) She’s joining Cross Cultural Solutions as a short-term international volunteer, and we are, to the person, jealous and proud as hell. We’re … Continue reading
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Pining for Patagonia
Melinda Dean of The Alchemedia Project recently returned from an epic trip to Patagonia, and while we were expecting to be blown away/furiously jealous of her trip, the pics she brought back are simply off the charts. Melinda spent seven … Continue reading
Filed under On The Road, Perty
MADE on the shelf
Our favorite brand-in-the-moment-of-becoming, MADE®, is starting to pop up on shelves. This shot is from Stanley’s Fruit Market in Chicago, and we have to say, it’s fantastic to see. Read more at the MADE blog (www.madedrinks.com).
Filed under Client Buzz, On The Road
Turning the delivery vehicle around
We’re busy as hell here, shooting down the final stretch of pipeline toward the holidays (and yes, we’re apparently even too busy to come up with coherent metaphors), but just saw this post on The Denver Egotist on CP+B’s retooling … Continue reading
Filed under Branding, On The Road
The gift of wifi and simple, effective communication
Google is offering free wifi to travelers in several airports and hotels across the country for the holiday season. This is how they’re communicating it, in print and digital. (Saw it in the San Jose airport.) So simple and perfect. … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, On The Road
Cramming two days of social media learning into the overhead compartment
Do you know the way back from San Jose? We do. In fact, we’re on it right now. After two full days of talks and panels and mingling and tweeting (oh lord, the tweeting), Shawn and Chris are headed back … Continue reading
Filed under On The Road, social media
Holga Rica
Marlin Account Executive Lucy Howell recently returned from an enviable family trip to Tamarindo, on Costa Rica’s Northwest Pacific Coast. In addition to being a fantastic gardener and provider of many delicious, grown items to our tables, Lucy is also quite the … Continue reading
Filed under On The Road, Perty
24 Variations on the Letter R
As we mentioned in an earlier post, Marlin Designer Doug Wilson recently attended a typography workshop in Basel, Switzerland. Yeah. We know. We were furiously jealous too. Lucky for Doug, he brought back (a) chocolate and (b) fancy type learnin’s. And he … Continue reading
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Tweeting the ACF
That’s right. We said it. We said “Tweeting the ACF.” (We just said it again!) Our own Jessica Brothers is attending the American Culinary Federation’s national show in Orlando, Florida. Armed with an iPhone and unfettered access to the Marlin Twitter feed … Continue reading
Filed under Client Buzz, On The Road, Splenda
