Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn declared the day “Blue Friday” and GCI ad agency jumped on the Seahawks bandwagon! GCI has some pretty die hard hawk fans including CFO Donnie Miller and videographer James Waugh. Supportin’ the home team is what it’s all about! Here’s to a win in Chicago this weekend! GO HAWKS!!
GCI would like to wish you and yours a joyous holiday season! Whatever your traditions may be, we hope the rest of your year is filled with family, love, strong eggnog and joy.
-The Team
Company and product websites are the most important communication and marketing vehicles for almost every business. This was true in 2002, and has become much more true in 2010. What you say, and how you say it is what will elevate your sleek, exciting and successful website from the sea of useless, boring and confusing ones. Here’s a (not even close to exhaustive list) of things to do when tackling a website project.
Thanks for reading, and may your next website endeavor be a successful one!
-Paul
Take a peek (and a gasp) at this montage then head on over to our facebook page to vote (likes and comments) on your favorite freak! The winning team member will have the joy of knowing they’re the creepiest and most ghoulish of the bunch.
Have a ridiculously happy Halloween everyone!
GCI has a lot of June birthdays so we like to celebrate them all at once at what we like to call ‘Junetasum’. This year to commemorate the birth of Jenny, Sandy, Paul & Carly, the GCI team headed over to The Mayan for a delicious Mexican lunch and then returned to the studio for Connie’s made-from-scratch vegan red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting & vanilla ice cream. The highlight of the event was when Sandy jumped up on a chair at The Mayan wearing a sombrero! Sorry there’s no pictures of that, they would be too hot for our blog anyways. Needless to say, it was a great way to celebrate birthdays!
- Carly
My customer service stories are from England. Years ago my husband and I were living there with our two small children. One day I scheduled a cable guy to come to the house and, like in the U.S., I was marooned at home waiting. He finally arrived some 4 hours late and announced it was “brew” time. He wouldn’t work until he had a brew (cup of tea) and biscuit (cookie). I thought he was joking. But no, he was not. I figured, what the hell, “when in Rome.” I made him a cup of tea and gave him some animal crackers. Then he got to work.
Also in England we had a dry cleaner who delivered door to door. The shop was called “Smart Alex” after the owner, Alex. This being England, the name referred to a “snappy or sharp dresser.” Part of their schtick was to deliver the dry cleaning dressed in a tux. A guy used to ring my doorbell at about 6PM dressed in a tux, complete with tails, dry cleaning in hand. I didn’t make the association right away. I used to think, “Wow, this guy has quite a social life, always going off to formal affairs after he does his deliveries.”
We visited Nisqually Middle School today for their Career Days event. It was a lot of fun to talk about advertising to 7th & 8th graders, we heard a lot of great questions and hopefully sparked some imaginations.
We also threw out a TON of information and promised to provide a place on our blog for you guys to ask us more questions, or visit to find more information. So here it is!
Leave a comment or question below and we’ll do our best to get you a good answer.
Also here are those links to research salaries and colleges offering degrees in advertising-related fields. http://www.payscale.com (don’t worry, you don’t have to sign-up. Just fill out the form and be careful where you click!) and http://www.collegeboard.com
-Paul & Carly
So, as usual, Paul is blasting some sweet tunes, ie Tenderoni, and it’s really lifting my spirits. Thanks to Paul, for making the work environment upBEAT!
- Jenny
Pack rat that I am, I have been living out of cardboard file boxes for the last year as I have completely tapped out my mod, GCI-supplied, Ikea storage system. Sorry, but I love a paper trail and I have files upon files of completed design projects stashed away here in cardboard boxes. But today Donnie GAVE me HIS woefully empty Ikea storage cabinet. All he had to do was remove his carefully filed Trident gum and a small ball of twine and BAM-I’ve got a cardboard upgrade. Thanks Donnie.
—Martha
