The holidays seemed to arrive at an extra-surprising pace this year then wrapped up just as quickly. Now that we’ve tucked our credit cards back securely in our wallets, it’s a good time to pause and consider the ways we shop, particularly where we shop. The convenience of click-of-a-button e-commerce or the thrill of bargain […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Socks are fuzzier, lattes are pumpkin-ier and everyone is starting to think about their New Year’s resolutions. While you’re considering cleaning up your diet (love your body), committing to more reading time (love your mind) or just eating more chocolate (love yourself), 2018 will most certainly deliver […]

Even with happy, healthy communities, fostering sustained engagement from residents and visitors takes work. Strategic planning plus good design — that’s the ticket! Good thing those just happen to be two things we love working on with clients. Let’s take a look at some ideas. Show off Let your community know that you want to […]

We work in the tourism marketing industry on a daily basis and constantly ask ourselves, “How?” How to attract visitors to a city? How to put more heads in beds? How to change the perception of a city or county? How to increase economic development through tourism? These are all great questions, but we’ve started […]

We get it, it’s summertime and away messages are a dime a dozen. However, as a destination, this is when your city has the chance to really make its mark on the ’gram (or anywhere else for that matter). It just takes a little extra strategy prep and some great big calls to action. In […]

Take heed, travel fans — it’s National Travel and Tourism Week! By and large we consider ourselves travel champions (personally and professionally), but this particular week allows the opportunity to pay homage to journeying. Have you booked a 2017 trip yet? Around here, the travel checklist includes Cape Cod, Nashville, Rhode Island, Australia and Italy! […]

We have some exciting news … from back in 2016! Rhyme & Reason Design’s website for the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce won first place in the Texas Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Media Awards. The awards honor organizations for exceptional efforts in marketing, communications and media outreach. The overall competition had more than 200 entries […]

No longer just for sales calls, networking or job-hunting, the elevator pitch can be an essential tool for a spectrum of destination marketing activities. It’s little wonder, as these quick spiels can reveal the standout aspects of your organization or community and do it in a quick, focused way. How quickly? If you’re not familiar with the tactic, […]

It’s National Travel and Tourism Week! Not sure what that is? We’re here to fill you in. The U.S. Travel Association designates this week in celebration and recognition of these two important activities. Although it’s mainly geared toward the travel and tourism industry, everyone can agree that travel is important for economic prosperity and enriching […]

What does it take to win in the advertising and marketing game? We spend our days focusing on that very topic. Although measuring success can be ambiguous, there are times when we get to see tangible proof of what a win looks like and it is very, very nice. Last week, we attended the Georgia […]