Thinking about hiring an ad agency or marketing firm? Interested in boosting sales? Or are you simply looking for an innovative way to build your brand? If so, check out Madison+Main’s Chief Idea Officer, Dave Saunders, talking about the top ten reasons why your company should hire a marketing firm.

Amidst much fanfare, Spotify launched its services in the United States on Thursday July 14th, offering a massive library of streaming music and, some might say, yet another nail in the coffin for record store employees with lush knowledge of obscure music. Though Spotify offers little more than Grooveshark – a similar music platform which launched in 2007 – its U.S. launch has been heralded by music and tech blogs as a victory over the music industry, which has often butted heads with the Internet’s rapidly evolving digital landscape (remember…

Google+ is the biggest party of the year and everyone’s going. If you haven’t received an invitation to join Google’s newly launched social networking site, then ask us for one because this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss. For the Facebook loyalists and those who are still unsure about Google+, we’d like you to consider all of the great benefits that this new online community has to offer. From a clean, minimalist and easy-to-navigate design to the ability to manage content through the use of “Circles,” Google+ offers…

The 2011 Retail Marketing Expo is quickly approaching and we couldn’t be more thrilled to promote this exciting event. Madison+Main developed a concept and wrote scripts for both TV and radio commercials announcing the event. We also collaborated with the Retail Marketing Association and BES Television in producing the commercials which will air throughout the month of July. Presented by Retail Merchants Association and Comcast Business Class, the Retail Marketing Expo will be held Tuesday, August 9th at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and will offer innovative advertising, marketing and…

Science Fiction or Science Prediction? Many posit that Star Trek played a seminal role in giving us the flip phone and numerous other modern tech developments. It appears that another example of Star Trek-nology may be coming to fruition. While 3D printers do not replicate objects on the molecular level they do create impressively congruent models. These are not simply solid mockups either, if the object uses simple mechanics the prototype will actually function, like the adjustable wrench featured in the video. Pretty amazing.

It’s not often that a product or service can have a large, loyal following before it even exists. However, that’s just the case with the newly launched Jabot Cosmetics line. Jabot was previously a fictional product featured on the Emmy Award winning daytime soap, The Young and the Restless. In fact, the product has been referred to so many times throughout the series, that it’s as much of a staple as the show’s long-running cast. Jabot made their products available to consumers this month. The cosmetic line will also continue…

Dot coms are a thing of the past, at least according to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). The international authority over top-level domain names (TLDs) has approved a resolution to expand the list of generic TLDs which will allow companies and organizations to create domains for their brands. What exactly does this mean? Well, for one, domain addresses will no longer be required to end in .com, .org or .net. For instance, a company could use its actual brand name as the end of the URL, such…

Madison+Main launched our first iphone app a few months back for our friends at RimFinancing.com We’ve been having some fun with it so we have to share.

The premise is simple. Flip through the library of available rims by style. There are options for a variety of vehicles: Street, Off Road, Tuners, Donks, Hot Rods etc. Once you’ve picked your rim du jour you use your camera to shoot your car. Then you fit the rims and just like that you’re trying out some new looks. Once you’ve shot a pic you can save it to your phone, email it to a friend or post it to Facebook or Twitter all within the app.

President and CEO of Village Bank Tom Winfree is a man about town. As a member of more than a dozen civic organizations, including the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce and the Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce, Tom has made many significant contributions around the Richmond community. To reward his relentless dedication, the Chesterfield Business Council presented Tom with the Bernard L. Savage Community Service Award on Tuesday, April 26 during a sold-out breakfast at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. Madison+Main had the privilege of creating a video about Tom Winfree and…

When Gene Cox took the stage and began to address the audience as “a room full of hookers,” we knew it was going to be an entertaining night. In fact, when you’re surrounded by some of the most talented and influential creatives in Richmond, a boring night is the last thing you’d expect. This year’s annual Richmond Ad Show was nothing short of spectacular with captivating work, an energetic crowd and, of course, an open bar. To top it off, Madison+Main took home a Bronze Cannonball in the “Best Online…

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