Tag Archives: things we love
The Chocolate Ox online store
When your store provides customers with their favorite candy during the summer months, it’s hard to decide what to do during the other three seasons. That’s the obstacle The Chocolate Ox faces. Their dedicated fans line up around the block …
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Minneapolis startup unites athletes and adrenaline junkies
With almost 50 millions users, Pinterest has carved out a sizable niche in the corner of the social media playground. Yet with an overwhelming majority of pinboards dedicated to food and drink recipes, DIY crafts, apparel, and home decor, it’s …
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Timeless American clothing? Buck Mason delivers.
Over the course of the past year, we’ve dedicated a fair amount of time to covering the major players in online apparel — from e-thrift stores like Tradesy and Threadflip to the designer clothing rental platform Rent the Runway. These …
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An email that stands out in a crowded inbox
Interesting fact: while a good average is only about 35 characters, subject lines might be the most crucial aspect of email copywriting. And though it certainly doesn’t have to be, it’s an interesting trend. So how do we define a …
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Minneapolis welcomes National Day of Civic Hacking
The National Day of Civic Hacking is a countrywide event that aims to unite citizens, software developers, and entrepreneurs alike. The goal? “To collaboratively create, build, and invent new solutions using publicly-released data, code and technology to solve challenges relevant …
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Healthcare just got Better
Most people have experienced at least one of those Murphy’s Law health scenarios, when anything that can go wrong with your body, does go wrong — at the worst time possible. These untimely ordeals seem to conveniently crop up amidst …
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Things We Love: Litterati
Litterati, as its website so eloquently describes it, is at the intersection of “technology, social awareness and art.” If that sounds pretentious or lofty, hold your criticism for a moment and continue reading. Founded by entrepreneur Jeff Kirschner, Litterati is …
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Give your copy a conversion facelift
Our passion for copywriting has us spending a few hours a week reading about best practices, personal experiences and advice from the absolute experts in the field. For us —as well as many of the writers and bloggers we follow— …
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A meet and greet with Justin McKinley
An undeniable perk of working in the advertising and marketing fields is the breadth of expertise we’ve encountered in the people around us on a daily basis. And make no mistake about it, Minnesota’s got talent. Last week we had …
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Three challenges faced by entrepreneurs and startups
A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of packing our bags and heading west for SearchFest 2013, an all-day search marketing and social media extravaganza in Portland, OR. From dusk till dawn, we had the opportunity to listen to an …
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