Insights

A little bit of marketing advice. A little bit of trend surfing. A little bit of opinion. A little bit of ranting and raving. A little bit of, well… everything from our creative — and insightful — noggins.
Tracy Marlowe
October 23, 2009

Tracy and I have made a point to only work on accounts we truly believe in, so hearing us tout our clients’ products or services is not unusual, but this particular client’s product I just have to tell you about. This place is called The Cotton Gin Village and Cabernet [...]

Tracy Marlowe
October 14, 2009

And trust me, it’s not becuase of the photos he produced. If there is one thing that I won’t let go of, it’s my work ethic and accountability. Almost to a fault, I don’t want to let anyone down. So I just have to share a story that happened to [...]

Tracy Marlowe
October 9, 2009

Creative Noggin is proud to announce our newest, most demanding client ever. He’s a brand new start up and despite his apparent lack of communication skills and complete inability to understand the value we bring to the table, we’ve got to admit, he is definitely our cutest client! We can [...]

Tracy Marlowe
September 14, 2009

Creative Noggin is proud to have been the San Antonio advertising agency selected to help promote and support the first annual Mums and Mimosas event, benefiting Good Samaritan Community Services. In support of the life-changing work of Good Samaritan Community Services, Mums & Mimosas is scheduled for October 2nd at [...]

Tracy Marlowe
August 26, 2009

Sorry all of you out there who are seeking relief from monthly irritability. This post is about the printing industry standard color palatte, otherwise known as PMS. First things first, PMS stands for Pantone Matching System. (But that’s a mouthful, so hence the acronym.) I’m sure there isn’t anyone out [...]

Tracy Marlowe
July 22, 2009

It’s hard to believe that I’ve had Creative Noggin for 9 years now. Seems like just yesterday I was trudging through agency cubicle land, bleary-eyed with my daily Diet Coke in hand. And just the other day, I celebrated one year with my business partner, Tracy Marlowe. Although we simply [...]

Tracy Marlowe
July 8, 2009

I was helping my husband create a business card recently and because I’m so freaking busy, he insisted on doing it by himself. He was struggling trying to do it on his own like a toddler refusing mommy’s help in making his first peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It was [...]

Tracy Marlowe
June 24, 2009

I know what you’re thinking. Know your market? Duh! Of course I need to know my market! I wasn’t born yesterday. But I’m telling you, I am surprised every day at how many marketers out there know only the bare bones about who they are hoping will buy their services [...]

Tracy Marlowe
June 23, 2009

Fair warning! Here I go again talking about how fabulous one of our clients is. But that’s one of the benefits of owning your own company. You get to choose who you work with and we choose to work with fabulous people and companies! So there! One of our wonderful [...]