Minneapolis firm Made takes promotional products to a new level
The owners of Made have a message: Custom products don’t have to be cheap junk.
John Reinan
John Reinan, a former Star Tribune business reporter, is a senior director at the Minneapolis marketing agency Fast Horse.
Ice show history: A cool look at a seldom-seen, 26,000-piece collection
Minnesota plays a leading role in the history of ice shows, home to the first big one — the Ice Follies, created in the 1930s.
Tablets and phones — the latest ‘mobility revolution’ — sure to reshape society
Tablet sales in 2013 topped those of desktop and laptop PCs combined, and cell phones now are about as commonplace worldwide as TV sets.
For graduates, ‘a better mousetrap’ to replace those sheepskins
These customized, personalized, commemorative, 3D diplomas will never go missing again.
‘Mad Men’ misses the mark: In Minneapolis, advertising isn’t so cutthroat
Carmichael Lynch hosts an event that brings creative directors together to offer feedback to aspiring copywriters, designers, art directors and brand strategists.
After a dreary winter, ads focus on Minnesota’s joys of summer
The ad campaign is designed to entice Minnesotans to take advantage of the blessed few months of fair weather.
Taste before you buy at Vom Fass specialty gourmet shop
Tamra Kramer says she is giving in to the “family curse” of entrepreneurship as she opens Minnesota’s first full-line Vom Fass gourmet shop at the Mall of America.
Newspapers missing out on digital-ad boom
As digital-subscriber revenue-growth slows, newspapers’ market share in this fastest-growing ad category is still plunging.
Writing online: ‘You have to feed the machine — and the machine likes junk food’
In Bekah Grant’s description of her two years reporting for VentureBeat, speed was the one and only goal that mattered.
As Internet advertising booms, watch out for mobile
Spending on mobile advertising more than doubled in the last year.
Minnesota is big winner in Taylor’s pending Strib buy
Taylor’s public statements — and his business record — indicate that he views the purchase of the newspaper as a long-term investment.
Dion Hughes, a creative director, on the secrets of creativity
Hughes says creativity can be broken down into its essential parts and learned.
Politicians find Twitter can be dangerous to their reputations
Trouble often awaits when high-profile folks fail to heed the unwritten ground rules of social media.
Innovator Marc Andreessen falls short with his warmed-over analysis of news business
It’s not that his ideas are dumb. They’re just not new.
25 years on, folks overwhelmingly embrace World Wide Web
Ninety percent of Web users say it’s had a positive impact on their lives.
Beyond ‘co-working’: Café Inc. launches ‘pro-working’ — professional and productive
They say their meeting rooms offer more robust technology than in a typical co-working space — as well as upscale food and beverages.
‘Returning’ musician Courtney Yasmineh finds herself — and career chance at SXSW
After a decade in the music scene in Minnesota, Europe and elsewhere, she’s getting a shot at a career-making gig at South by Southwest music fest.
How Craigslist killed the newspapers’ golden goose
Sites like Craigslist delivered a blow to newspaper classified advertising that the industry probably will never recover from.
Hops farmer Eric Sannerud starting small, thinking big to find agribusiness ‘common ground’
He’s starting with a quarter-acre enterprise but envisions a future that has Minnesota among the nation’s leading growers of hops.
Great Clips breaks $1 billion mark by sticking to the basics
The secret, according to CEO Rhoda Olsen, is knowing what works for its customers and doing it well.
