Join bluemedia™ and over 500 key players in the greater Phoenix marketing and advertising industry on September 17th for a righteous networking get together of epic post-recession proportions! F1 Race Factory is the venue and kart-racing mayhem is on the menu. Whether you just want to enjoy a couple beverages and make some new, valuable connections or strap on a helmet and put someone into the wall, there will be something for everyone. We hope to see all of you there so we can put our best foot forward towards 2010 as this economy turns around! Be sure to check out our facebook event page for more details and let us know you’re with us.

We’d also love to hear from you if you have any success stories you’d like to share about your company from the past year. Hit up the comment board here, facebook or tweet us with your recession-smashing anecdotes. Don’t forget to include your name, title and company name as we will be printing some cool signage based off of your stories to showcase at the event. Better times are right around the corner, let’s kick it off!

Hickman’s Egg Ranch is like the coolest egg ranch on the planet and we are lucky enough to have them as a client! This Friday the 14th they are holding their “Breakfast for Dinner” Night from 5pm – close at participating restaurants.  This event collects new pajamas and donates them to the Arizona’s Children Association Foster Care Program.  Anyone who attends and brings some pajamas will receive a FREE dozen eggs from Hickman’s and a chance to win a breakfast party for 65 friends.  You can find the list of paticipating restaurants on their website http://www.hickmanseggs.com/. This is a great cause put on by great people!

bluemedia escaped the heat for a few hours and hosted some clients & friends on Saturday June 13^th in the Ridenow Pool  @ Chase Field. The D backs played host to the Houston Astros – and we enjoyed some D Backs hot dogs !

We all cheered loud for a 9^th inning rally – but in the end the D Backs fell short of a win.

Thanks to the D Backs staff and everybody on the blue crew that helped make this an awesome event.

bluemedia is honored to be an official partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Chase Field has really become a magical place this season with all of the new branding and sponsorship signage that has been  incorporated into the ballpark.

With a team that pushes their limits everyday, The employees over at Chase Field, along side bluemedia, work very hard to make the ballpark the most remarkable fan experience for everyone. This year it paid off for the Diamondbacks! They were  awarded the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

“We are thrilled and honored to be hosting this amazing event,” said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. “Even if you were here for the 2001 World Series, you’ll hardly recognize the place. We’ve got a brand new Convention Center, a new downtown hotel, 20-miles of light rail, and a sea of Sedona Red. It’s a very special time to be in Phoenix, and MLB is adding the exclamation point to everything that’s going on.”

“This is an exciting day for the Arizona Diamondbacks,” said D-backs’ President and CEO Derrick Hall. “This franchise, its great fans and wonderful state deserve the honor and recognition. We pride ourselves in being the most fan-friendly team in sports and for providing a wholesome and memorable game experience, and now the entire world will have the opportunity to witness it from this grand stage. We thank the Commissioner and all of Major League Baseball for the selection, and for allowing us to showcase our beautiful ballpark, our welcoming city and our first-class fans.”

The 82nd All-Star Game will be held at Chase Field in Phoenix on July 12, 2011.

On April 16th – 18th, 2009 Mike Tovar, bluemedia Install Manager, along with Ingram Johnson, our senior bluemedia Installer, travelled to Las Vegas to compete in the 1st Annual Lowen Certified Wrap Off. Mike and Ingram competed against 46 other installers from all over the world in a 3-day, 5 round event judging the installers speed, technique and quality of install. Ford provided six 2009 Mustangs to be used in the event. Sweet! And so it began…

Rounds 1 through 4 consisted of wrapping the drivers side front fender and door. The 5th and final round consisted of 3 finalists wrapping the entire driver’s side and competing for all the marbles. First place took home a 2009 Ford F-250 XL, an HP Touchsmart tx2-1020us Notebook PC, a truck tool box and wrapper’s tool set from Mac Tools, Cyrious Control OOB Gold system and a free Lowen Certification for the Installer.™  Second place winner took home a cool $5,000 cash (not chump change by any stretch), with 3rd place receiving a complimentary custom wrap for their vehicle designed by the guys at West Coast Custom.

The Results:Dustin Shelley of Atlanta took 1st place and the sweet truck. Nicely done Dustin. We heard you did an amazing job. Here’s where the story gets good though!… Our very own Mike Tovar came in just behind him in 2nd place and pocketed the $5,000!!!! Way to represent Mike! bluemedia could not be more proud of your performance in this event. We also need to give a big shout-out to the 3rd place winner Rob Miller of Laid Vision, a Phoenix based install crew. Rob is a great friend of bluemedia and has wrapped many vehicles for us in the past. Congratulations Rob! Well what about Ingram, you say? While he didn’t make it to the final round, he made it all the way to the final 12 so kudos to you as well. We had a feeling our guys would go out there and make some noise. You can bet we’ll be there again next year. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

After working at bluemedia for over two years; I have always wondered why our clients respond to us the way they do…. A recent study broadcast on NPR helped me fill in a few of those blanks.

The study explains why previous research has produced conflicting results about how red and blue affect thinking, Mehta says. Either color can provide an advantage, he says, but only if it’s matched to the right kind of task.

read more here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100301582

 This is the 2008 holiday card we sent out to our clients. I wouldn’t have bothered posting it but we have gotten so many emails telling us how funny they thought it was so I decided to share it here as well. Happy Holidays and a prosperous 2009 to you all! 

Click picture above for the full party Photo Set

Another year, another ugly sweater. They keep getting better every year although it is getting tougher to find that ugly sweater at your local Savers. Yes i have outdone myself AGAIN with the christmas lights IN THE SWEATER!! Don’t know what i’m going to do next year but this year was a blast. Thanks to TJ, Tommy, and Willie for throwing another kick ass party with Beer Pong, Flip Cup, and Johnny burning up the tables. Here’s to a great 2009, keep it rockin Blue!!!!!!!!!

Come in and take cover in our cozy blue winterland. Cuddle up by the fire and make your last minute christmas list under the twinkle of the chandelier. Ernesto (the moose) wont bite…we swear!

blueHS “HOME OF THE PIXELS”

Our lobby is a back to school/fall tribute complete with employee’s senior pictures! Come in and get your class picture taken (dont worry we allow retakes) or click the image above and see if you are already in the blue class of ‘08 album!