More soon!

Officially on as equal partners in Inspire are long-time colleague Marshall Gill – one of the true creative geniuses in the world – and Steve Thompson, a former partner in an old life and one of the leaders in Calgary when it comes to web development. I’m truly excited to see where this new team takes Inspire and am proud to have two outstanding individuals on either side of me as we grow and evolve the company together.

As far as projects go, here’s a short summary of some of the things we’ve been working on.

Optimus US Real Estate Fund

In collaboration with Kicker Inc., we developed a full suite of marketing collateral and investment packages, as well as a new and much more comprehensive website that more efficiently delivers the right information to potential investors.

http://www.optimususrealestate.com

Surepoint Group

A long-time client of Inspire, we’ve recently completed and launched an new website for Surepoint that brings together all of their divisions in a cohesive, easy to understand manner. Along with the website we’ve developed various pieces of printed sales collateral and are continuing to do more as the summer months carry through to the fall.

http://www.surepoint.ca

BJV Exploration

BJV is a new client, whose focus is on seismic program development, that we’ve recently rebranded and developed all associated collateral and the website for – pushing them further ahead of their competition.

http://www.bjv-3ddesign.com

Wild Canyon Adventure Park

One of our favorite Mexican clients, we continue to develop strategies, promotional collateral and even full outdoor structures such as palapas for the ever popular Cabo San Lucas Adventure park.

The Skoop

Details are confidential at this point, but we can safely say as we continue to develop this web application, this is one of the largest online projects we’ve taken on to date, and it’s quickly becoming very close to our hearts and will be with us for a very long time. More details on this one soon.

Our team has been busy, but with new ideas and a new space in the future, this is truly only the beginning as we forge ahead through the evolution of what is Inspire Studios.

To learn more about what we’re up to and where we’re going, please feel free to contact me directly today.

Wes Straub
Partner | Creative Strategist
Inspire Studios Inc.

CHILDREN’S WISH ANNUAL GALA – 2011

• Design of all marketing, sponsorship and promotional collateral and branding for the event.
• Video production of the foundation’s signature intro video.
• Flash development for the presentation shown during the event.
• Value of donation – $5,000

SSUBI FOUNDATION – 2011

• Video production for the foundation’s yearly video, showcasing the work done in Africa from the previous summer.
• Event planning and coordination of the Aura For Africa fundraiser at Habitat Nightclub in Calgary.
• Audio support and management for the Bootyfest fundraiser, held later this month.
• Value of donation – apx. $5,000

THE RUNNING TOTALS…

Since working with these foundations, we’ve donated the following total amounts to each group:

• Children’s Wish Foundation – $34,900
• Ssubi Foundation – $15,000

We thank both of these organizations for the opportunity to provide them with ongoing support for their endeavors and look forward to doing more in the years to come!

By moving in this direction, we’ll be able to provide a wealth of creative and development services for all of our clients as well as properly engage in the development of our own products and applications.

Personally, I’m really excited for what’s to come in the next 6-12 months. All the pieces are starting to come together and everything just feels right and will undoubtedly lead to a whole new set of opportunities. Up to this point we’ve been able to do quite a lot, but now the resources will finally in place to do a lot more – including exploring our own creative ideas for applications, tools and more.

So I encourage you to stay tuned, there’s much more than the address that’s changing!

Wes Straub
President, Inspire Studios

Some comments from ExemptAnalyst:

“We get so many great comments about our new website at www.exemptanalyst.com. Thanks for you help and hope next year is even better for Inspire.”
- William MacNarland, President

“I love the back-end system. You’re right – so easy!”
- Angela Joyce, Marketing & Communications Manager

You can visit the site at http://www.exemptanalyst.com. If you’re business is looking for a similar brand / web solution, please contact us.

• Global Rating Agency – New Brand, Collateral, Website
• Luxury Homes – Presentation Package & Direct Mailer
• Chamco Industries Inc. – Direct Mail / Email Campaign, Corporate Collateral, Tradeshow Booths
• University Technologies International - Integrated Email Campaign
• Zephyr Sleep Technologies - Product Packaging
• Calgary Back and Sports Injury Clinic – Brand, Website
• Prime Communications Ltd. - Website

Look for additions to the portfolio from these clients to be included on the site very soon. If you’re company is interested in any of the work we’re doing, please contact us to find out more.

Along with working closely with the office team, we’re also collaborating frequently with marketing/branding and business specialist, Jennifer Cummings. Having been embedded in the business world for the last decade, she brings a wide range of expertise and experience in this areas and is a valuable asset to the strategy side of our service offering.

On the project front some interesting opportunities have come through the door, including a massive web initiative that’s in its primary planning stages. Details cannot be revealed at this time, but the people and components coming together to make this one happen are impressive to say the least.

Also on the horizon is a major marketing push for long-time Inspire client, EMIT Technologies. With four years having quickly passed by since the original re-branding initiative, the company is now looking to firmly plant themselves as a major player in the emissions control industry and is looking to us to get help them there.

Beyond that, projects for an array of recently new clients, including the Alberta Treasury Branch, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Prime Communications, MNP and Chamco have kept our team very occupied and will continue to do so over the coming months.

It looks like there will be no slowing down this summer… and that’s just the way we like it.

Not to be out done, included in the rest of the portfolio additions are a new 20′x10′ tradeshow display design for OmniArch Capital Group, a website for Volume Beauty Bar and two new brands for Shanalta Holsteins and the Children’s Wish Foundation 2010 Gala, respectively.

Even with all of that being said, when it comes to additions, we’re not done there. On the people front, we’ve informally teamed up with a very talented and experienced designer, Wes Pohl. Even though confusion over which Wes is which runs consistently rampant, together we’ve managed to create some pretty impressive work in short periods of time. We’re look forward to doing more together as a team, as more projects from Alberta Treasury Brand, OmniArch Capital Group, Prime Communications and EMIT Technologies are scheduled to find their way into our hands in the coming months.

First of the bunch is a web application we’re building for Awaken Meditation. With phase one set to launch over the next few weeks, we’re excited to see where this project will go (as more phases have already been proposed). The site itself is centered around a live stream of meditation broadcasts plugged in from all over the world – of which users can purchase and view. Considering the variations with time zones, currencies and more, this one is turning out to be quite the complex entity, but is still easy to use from an end user’s perspective, which has been our ultimate goal from its inception.

We’re also currently working on three high profile corporate sites and a brand for OmniArch Capital Group, Prime Communications Ltd. and the Calgary Sport and Spine Clinic respectively. We’ll be launching each of those unique initiatives within the next two months.

Looking a little bit longer term, we’re ramping up for a new marketing launch for one of our largest and longest running clients, EMIT Technologies. The company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past four years that has seen their operations expand from one manufacturing center based in Sheridan, Wyoming, to a nation-wide emissions management leader in the US. In an effort to match that rapid growth we’re retooling all of their communications as well as their website over the next four months.

There are, of course, other items of interest to discuss of course, we just don’t want jinx anything too early! Stay tuned.