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DESIGN THINKING FOR CUSTOMER INSIGHT - STORYLINE is an insights agency specializing in Design Thinking. Companies partner with us when they have identified a compelling opportunity to innovate and seek to better understand it through a people-centric lens. Our work ultimately empowers our clients to focus on what should be done for their customers, rather than what can be done; thereby shifting enterprise-level thinking from inside-out to outside-in. Our clients are innovators and their project stakeholders are change agents. If you're looking for breakthrough insight into your customers and need to rally your organization around the customer story, get in touch!

DESIGN FOR WHAT'S NEXT... - Group 4 is a highly regarded research-based design and engineering consultancy with over 45 years of experience helping companies achieve marketplace success. Leveraging consumer, end-user, shopper and marketing insights we help companies develop innovative - and manufacturable - products, packaging, merchandising strategies and systems. Our rich and varied portfolio of research-based work includes hundreds of products and brands spanning nearly every major industry, category, and channel. We thrive on the toughest product development challenges from helping identify market opportunities, interpreting user insights obtained through targeted design research, foster disruptive innovation, prototype, test and scale to manufacturing. And, we are comfortable working as an adjunct to clients internal resources or as a turnkey partner. Locations: Avon, CT I Oxford, CT I Deerfield, IL

WHY PROOF? - Proof is a collection of diverse, talented people located in Austin, New York, San Antonio, and Houston. We are independently owned and free from the red tape and creative limitations of a parent company. That’s probably why we’ve garnered our fair share of accolades over the years. We’ve been featured in Ad Age, Adweek, Creativity, Communication Arts, Campaign, Fast Company, and The New York Times. Subway named us Agency of the Year three times, Expedia awarded us back-to-back Most Innovative Campaign honors, and we’ve been recognized by Ad Age as a Small Agency of the Year winner at the national and regional level five times. We’re called Proof for a reason: we’re proof hunters. We explore your company, global culture, insights, data, and every kind of consumer to find the most powerful point of liberation for your brand. And every brand needs to be liberated from something: old ideas, old ways of doing things, short-term gains versus purpose-led strategies, chasing clicks rather than creating inspired content. Every brand gets stuck. But brands want to grow. Growth requires freedom. Freedom to move, to make new connections, new relationships. To inspire. To become truly valuable. And the exciting news is that so much is possible. We are living in a design-driven world with engaged consumers who don’t want to be sold to, they want to be collaborated with. Proof is a brand liberation agency, and we free brands to create, connect, grow, and become valuable in ways they never thought possible. For New Business inquiries, please contact: Bryan Christian (512) 217-4882 bryan.christian@proof-advertising.com

WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - If you're looking for an digital marketing agency that has both deep experience and a continuously fresh perspective on integrated: content marketing, social media, influencer and search marketing, then we might be the team you're looking for. TopRank® Online Marketing is a marketing agency that helps Fortune 1000 companies grow communities, increase sales and brand visibility online. We've been in the online marketing business since 2001 serving companies like LinkedIn, McKesson, Dell, General Mills, Concur, StrongView and many more market leaders. We believe our team of smart, creative and results focused professionals are masters at planning, implementing and optimizing integrated online marketing programs, especially those that integrate content, social media and optimization. The press agrees: We've been cited by the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and The Economist and many other industry publications offline and online. In fact, our CEO "wrote the book", Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing, published by Wiley and endorsed by digital marketing executives at Ford, Walmart, and Microsoft. The team at TopRank are active in the digital marketing industry by speaking at conferences such as Content Marketing World, ad:tech, Social Media Marketing World, PRSA International, MarketingProfs B2B forum, Content 2 Conversion, Dreamforce, ClickZ Live and numerous international events. We also publish Online Marketing Blog, one of the most popular marketing blogs on the web with over 11 years of content on integrated online marketing topics.

INNOVATION FOR RISING COMPANIES - We focus on two key business needs: INSIGHT-LED INNOVATION, discovers the hidden customer/consumer needs that increases the success of new products and services. SYSTEMIC INNOVATION, optimizes corporate culture, behavior, and processes to increase the successful implementation of innovative products and services. CUSTOM DESIGNED PROJECTS When Synecticsworld custom designs your project, we work with you upfront to build in your goals – whether they are new breakthrough services, products, or culture. Together we build in the key elements to success. A strong cross-corporation commitment to action. A team from your organization that can produce the highest quality thinking. Insights from your consumers and customers. Experts and Thought-Catalyst from analogous worlds to expand your team’s thinking. Leading-edge work on the trends affecting your business. Your project begins with structured approach to task initiation, planning, creative problem solving, decision-making, and implementation, all designed to maximize your success. We have been helping our clients build their futures since 1960. Join the over 10,000 people across the globe who have permanently changed the way they look at their world through Synecticsworld.

LET'S MAKE YOUR BRAND GLOW UP! - Afterglow is a full service award winning one stop shop for your advertising and animation needs. For 10 years our clients have counted on us to push their brand forward and stand out from the crowd. Our skills include social videos, interactive, 360, AR/VR, large format, and stereoscopic.

SHAPING BRANDS FOR REAL. - Hello from COHO! We are an independent brand STRATEGY, INNOVATION, and DESIGN company passionate about helping you improve your customers’ lives. We strive to find the best ways for your brands to connect in the moments that really matter – inspiring stronger and more meaningful relationships. No buzzwords. No gimmicks. No nonsense. Just hard-working brands that connect with real people to make a real difference and deliver real results. Let’s shape something real together.

RUBRIK MAKES HERO'S. BE A HERO. HIRE RUBRIK - Rubrik is an design & innovation consultancy that crafts solutions to our client's business challenges. Our toolbox is extensive and our process is tailored to the specific needs of each individual challenge. We help you deliver products and services that are meaningful to the market, impact business and demand an important place in the minds of customers. We connect the dots as well as create the dots with you. We formulate tangible solutions that help increase product, service, experience and brand relevance to make you win.