Ellinger’s artwork was chosen out of 64 entries submitted by public and charter schools across the Valley. Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman was in attendance to congratulate Max on a job well done.
“Max’s entry was chosen because his artwork is creative, exciting and dramatic,” said Dolores Nolan, Valley Metro Transit Education Manager. “In addition to its visual merits, Max’s entry provided a timely environmental message.”
14-year-old Andrew Tamayo and 15 year-old Karla Rubio, freshmen from Central High School in Phoenix came in second and third.
Ellinger’s design will remain on the Valley Metro bus for one year. On top of doing the printing and installation bluemedia has been a proud sponsor of this event for the last several years. Congratulations to all the contestants from the bluemedia crew, keep up the amazing designs!!
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.
PHOENIX, Jan. 26, 2009 – The NBA unveiled the first-ever wrapped METRO light rail trains today during an event at the METRO Operations and Maintenance Facility in Phoenix. A special NBA All-Star-themed design, highlighting the images of six 2009 NBA All-Stars and printed on HP digital printing technology with 3M Control-tac Material, will be featured on two trains from the new mass transit system beginning today and lasting through Monday, Feb. 16.
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The METRO light rail train was unveiled by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, members of the Phoenix City Council, NBA Senior Vice President of Events and Attractions Gail Hunter, Phoenix Suns President & COO Rick Welts, and the Phoenix Suns Gorilla, the team mascot.
The wrappedMETRO light rail trains feature an NBA All-Star 2009 thematic, which includes the All-Star Game logo and images of 2009 All-Stars Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers, Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavilers, Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and Amar’e Stoudemire of the hometown Phoenix Suns. Four separate light rail vehicles, paired into two-car trains, feature the special NBA All-Star design.
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Recognizing the economic and community benefits associated with NBA All-Star 2009, the METRO Board of Directors, which currently has a “no advertising” policy, voted to allow the NBA to wrapMETRO light rail trains as a pilot project.
The NBA utilized digital printing technology from HP to produce the first-ever branding for the METRO. The NBA and HP’s wide-ranging marketing partnership will also include utilization of HP’s printing services throughout the NBA All-Star 2009 footprint, including at the US Airways Center, at NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas, and in downtown Phoenix. The league selected bluemedia, a leading provider of large format design and printing for use in vehicle, large format and environmental graphic applications, to produce the wrapping, which was printed on an HP Scitex TJ8300 printer using 3M Control-tac.
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“Light Rail and the NBA All-Star Game are two extraordinary feathers in our City’s cap,” said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. “This is where they come together for the very first time. They’ll meet again, of course, as thousands ride the METRO to all the All-Star events.”
“Phoenix has been a wonderful host city and this is another example of how it is working to spread the excitement of NBA All-Star in innovative ways,” said Gail Hunter, Senior Vice President, Events and Attractions
National Basketball Association. “METRO light rail is an exciting addition to the Valley of the Sun and we are thrilled to take part in this unique promotion to build anticipation for the league’s marquee event.”
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“NBA All-Star 2009 will put on display to a global audience why Phoenix is such a great place to live and to do business. The NBA does a terrific job branding their marquee event and the addition of the wrappedMETRO light rail is just another example of that,” said Rick Welts, President & COO, Phoenix Suns.
NBA All-Star 2009 in Phoenix will bring together some of the most talented and passionate players in the league’s history for a global celebration of the game. Among the many events that will reach fans in more than 200 countries in more than 40 languages are the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam, Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, PlayStation Skills Challenge, Haier Shooting Stars, McDonald’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas, and the 58th NBA All-Star Game, played on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the US Airways Center and broadcast on TNT for the 24th year. This will be the third NBA All-Star in Phoenix. The city also hosted the event in 1975 and 1995.
Congratulations to the bluemedia team for completing the first ever wrapped Metro Light Rail for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game! This was a truely amazing project for the dedicated staff at bluemedia to be a part of. We look forward to more attention grabbing projects with the NBA and HP.
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Below is a video of Godin speaking at the Inbound Marketing Summit on some of his ideas that continue to make marketers rethink how they do marketing.
Godin showed an interest in entrepreneurial activities from an early age. He went on to get a degree in computer science and philosophy from Tufts University in 1982, followed by an MBA in marketing from Stanford Business School. Soon after graduating with his MBA, Godin founded Yoyodyne, one of the first online marketing companies. It was at Yoyodyne that Godin founded the idea of “permission marketing.” In 1998, Godin sold Yoyodyne to Yahoo! for $30 million and became their VP of Direct Marketing until 2000, when he left to become a full time speaker, writer, and blogger. Godin also went on to found ChangeThis (now run by 800-CEO-READ), a website for spreading ideas through PDF files, and Squidoo, a community website allowing users to create pages (“lenses”) for subjects of interest.
Godin has published more than 10 nationally acclaimed business and marketing books that have transformed the way marketers think about marketing. His blog has been ranked the #1 marketing blog by the AdAge Power 150, and he has been called “America’s Greatest Marketer” by American Way Magazine and “The Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age” by BusinessWeek.
Last month we wrote about a new client/partnership GPS Insight (See Post Here). This is a new service for companies with a fleets or multiple vehicles. GPS Insight blogged about their great experience with bluemedia and how the tracking system works.
bluemedia partnered with one of the best GPS companies in the country to offer our vehicle graphic and fleet owners continued support in getting the best results out of the their fleet.
GPS Insight uses satellites and AT&T/T-Mobile to provide you with highly accurate vehicle locations every 2 minutes throughout the US and Canada. It also gives your company’s management the ability to report on: Activity Detail, Fuel Consumption, Speed, Violations, Vehicle Performance(Trouble Codes), Landmark Activity, Odd Hours, Geofence Violation, and many others.
Inc. 5000: More Growth, Incredible Variety, and a Reflection of the Times
We are No. 1,618 . . . among companies that range across industries from construction and manufacturing to IT services and business services, for a combined revenue of $185.4 billion and 334 percent growth.
Lexjet EXPAND, a newsletter targeted to the large format digital printing community goes into detail about how we got our start and have grow into one of the biggest brands in Phoenix. Check it!
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Misha Di Bono zips around town in her Infiniti sport-utility vehicle, breezy and unconcerned about the price of gas.
That’s because she gets $500 a month — plus free gas — for turning her car into a rolling billboard for Jobing.com, the online recruiting company she works for.
