Award season is in full swing—and Stream Companies has brought home an impressive 8 AVA Awards for 2011!

The AVA Awards is a global competition that recognizes outstanding achievements by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design, and production of media.

Interestingly enough, if you turn the number 8 on its side, it becomes the symbol for infinite.

And infinite is Stream’s appreciation for our creative team’s amazing, award-winning work seen below:

Platinum Award Winners:

“Jack Williams 82nd Anniversary Sale” – Jack Williams Tire and Auto Service Centers

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Stream Companies is proud to announce that we’ve won 2 Silver awards in the 2011 W3 Awards!

The W3 Awards recognizes creative excellence on the web and the creative and marketing geniuses that made it all happen. Stream Companies is proud to be a part of a group of such outstanding winners. We’re a modest team and don’t like to toot our own horns, but we are very happy to say congratulations to the creative and production teams!!

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An integrated marketing campaign involves the strategic blend of all marketing tools to create one cohesive marketing plan. By using multiple resources, including advertising, marketing and public relations, an integrated campaign connects with the consumer and builds a stronger brand. There are multiple reasons why an integrated marketing campaign works well, but here are just a few.

• Reach a wider audience than campaigns that just use a single medium
• Increase brand visibility and reinforce the brand message
• Use marketing resources efficiently, re-purposing the creative and messaging across multiple media

Like any campaign, integrated campaigns require … Continue Reading

Sure, every successful campaign hinges on great ideas, but strong marketing collateral, a collection of marketing materials that are used to communicate with current and prospective customers, can be the difference between so-so sales and true success.

Here’s why you need marketing collateral:

-          Quality marketing collateral will demonstrate what sets you apart from your competitors.

-          Marketing collateral is an easy way to increase brand awareness.

-          Marketing collateral reinforces your sales pitch.

-          Your clients can easily refer to a proposal … Continue Reading

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Stream Companies – 5 Time Inc. 500|5000 Honoree

Malvern, PA – August, 23 2011 — For the fifth time, Stream Companies has made the Inc. 500|5000 list of the fastest growing companies in the United States. The Inc. 500|5000 list recognizes the nation’s most successful … Continue Reading

Promote, Promote, Promote – Compelling offers, unique selling propositions, seasonal sales, giveaways… the strength of your campaign (AND its success) starts with your promotion’s value as perceived by your target customers.  You know your customers.  What do they want to hear?

Hyper Target – Now that you’ve got an irresistible promotion, pinpoint your audience.  By hyper-targeting your customers, you’ll ensure that your message will be in front of the right buyers at the right time.  You’ll also ensure that will be none of your effort and or investment is wasted.

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Growing Advertising Agency Achieves Big Accomplishments

(Malvern, PA) Stream Companies is the 5th largest agency among all full service advertising agencies in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. This accolade is on the heels of founders David Regn and Jason Brennan’s recent recognition as the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 winners. Continue Reading

Pardon the dust.  Excuse the unsightly mess.  Just ignore the din of hammers and saws and keep on about your business.

Stream Companies‘ office expansion is now in full swing. An expanded and updated production wing will soon house our award-winning production unit.  The expansion we will also enable us to accommodate our recent explosive growth in creative and sales staff.

Never mind those rumors you have heard that the addition is intended for the sole purpose of housing our ever-increasing collection of trophies, certificates, awards, medals, etc.  While … Continue Reading

Content producers increasingly hope that social media will get the word out for them.  They hope that their content will go viral. But studies show that email is still the way most people share most content.  And search is still the top method of finding websites.

Yet social sharing is capturing more attention.

Outbrain, a company dedicated to getting online content to the people who need it, reports that only one-tenth of external referrals come from social media sites.  They found that most (41%) come from search and nearly one-third from other sites.

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While many folks go to Facebook for discounts, research indicates that they prefer email—and that email is more effective.

Lots of companies use deals and discounts as a way of encouraging Facebook and Twitter engagement, and, unsurprisingly, research shows that such offers are a primary reason that social networkers follow those brands. 

The question is, have consumers made a strong connection between social networks and retail? 

According to a March 2011 survey of daily deal site Eversave.com users, three-quarters of their female … Continue Reading