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Archive for February, 2010

OFC Launches YouTube Channel

Expanding our brand’s digital reach, increasing our SEO footprint and showing off our motion graphics and video design capabilities.

We found that quite a few people didn’t know that we also love doing motion graphics and video design. It’s a natural extension of the work we’re more well known for, brand identity and web design / development. But with this capability, we find we can tap into a more immediate, emotional reaction among audiences. Our YouTube channel gives us access to a wider audience who may not ever visit our website otherwise and the extended online presence helps our search engine ranking.

We had a client give us a glowing testimonial recently that sums up why we think this is a growth area for our business:

“Openfield Creative took the time to understand and internalize our business at a visceral level – you wanted to know “what” we were doing before you asked “how” we were doing it. In fact, I don’t think we even showed you the software on the first call, and the software never seemed to be the actual center of our discussions when we talked. You understood that we’re not just pushing technology.  So many of the marketing firms just take “the product” and repackage it in various ways and shove it back to the customer to take out to the market – but there is no ’story’. It’s a shell that lacks the passion and captivation that a real story contains – we wanted a “mini-movie”. Your ability to understand actually what it means to seek to make better decisions – and how to tell that story and represent it visually in a new and exciting way – was the point of brilliance. Because of the talent of your team and your confidence in motion graphics – what I will call a ‘cinematic effect’ – that meant that you weren’t constrained in your thinking. And so what came out of that was a theme and the movie-like quality of telling our story in 2+ minutes. We are getting phone calls from the local ad run we are doing – people love it.”

– John Saaty, CEO, Decision Lens

We live to hear that type of feedback. We enjoy doing this kind of work, and that’s a good thing, because motion graphics and video storytelling is growing exponentially on the web.

Planning for a third Rusty Ball is officially underway!

February 12th, 2010  /  In the Community

“A what?,” you ask?

That’s right, if you haven’t heard, we’re heavily involved with a unique fundraising platform in our community called The Rusty Ball. The event was the brainchild of local 80’s cover band sensation, The Rusty Griswolds. The band was getting so many requests to play benefit concerts that they knew they could never accommodate them all. So they decided to throw a party and invite charities of all sizes, shapes and missions to use the event as a revenue source. Event attendees select which charitable organization will directly benefit from the purchase of their tickets.

The Rusty Ball

Openfield Creative’s role is to provide all design, development and social media marketing outreach for the event. We created the brand identity, website and provide the voice of The Rusty Ball on Twitter and Facebook. OFC Partner and Creative Strategist, Brian Keenan, serves as the marketing chair on the planning board for the event.

Openfield Creative designed the brand identity for The Rusty Ball

In year one, we proved it could work.
The first Rusty Ball was held at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in November of 2008. The event featured 56 charities. It came together with less than 6 months planning but when 1,000 people showed up, we knew we had a great idea on our hands.

In year two, we tripled ticket sales resulting in a sell out.
The second annual Rusty Ball was moved to the Duke Energy Convention Center. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of all involved, the event sold out before the doors even opened. The demand was so great that calls for available tickets rang out from Facebook to Craiglist. That night, 3,000 people packed the house – a 300% increase in attendance during one of the most challenging fundraising years on record.

Save the date: November 20, 2010! We hope you’ll join us.

New motion graphics video produced for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

February 8th, 2010  /  Motion Graphics & Video

It’s the story of a department with so much to offer kids and parents in need.

Openfield Creative was hired to create this promotional video for The Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DDBP) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. DDBP’s multidisciplinary team of professionals provides services for infants, children and adolescents from birth to age 21 who are experiencing developmental or behavioral problems. These children may learn in a special way, have physical challenges that are different from other children or have behavioral issues that require special attention at home, in school and in the community.

To learn more about DDPB and to find out how you can provide support and donations, visit http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/ddbp

 
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