09 Apr Lights, Camera, Action… but don’t forget the Audio.
When setting up for a shoot there is a good amount of gear to have ready and set up. Typically the day before, I am checking batteries, memory cards, making sure lights and stands and tripods are all where they should be so I can...
05 Mar Our most surprising clients? Other agencies.
Yup. You read that right. We do work for other agencies. When I first started with this agency in 2008, the agency world was a different beast. Competition was fierce. Collaboration was rare. The marketing world of 2019 has forced us all to either grow in-house...
07 Jan From Abstract To Tangible
Brand development is high on our list of favorite undertakings. There is just nothing quite like taking a whole lot of abstract ideas and mushing them together to create a tangible end product that tells an entire story all by itself....
24 Sep If You Build It, They Will (Not Always) Come
If you’ve ever visited our website, our social media, or even our office, you’re probably familiar with at least a few of these pretty faces. These ladies spend more time in front of our cameras than almost anyone else. But what do we actually do with all these...
21 Jun A Brand that Fits Just Right
A company's brand is arguably one of the most important parts of the business. I mean, it's literally your face. It's what people see first. It's how people remember you. It's how people know you. (Shave off your beard, and no one will recognize you.) So when we...
14 Jun Execution (The Killing of a Crazy Llama)
One continual challenge that an agency faces is being able to execute the vision of a client who already has a good idea of what they want, exactly the way they imagine it, and then take it to the next level. When the owner of a...
19 Feb When Photographers Become Models
You have to be a special flavor of crazy to work here at Storm Cloud Marketing. Not only does that require putting up with some really strange and random conversations in the studio on a daily basis, it also means having to be skilled in...
01 Feb The Birth of Storm Cloud Marketing
Evolution is a necessary part of growth for any business—ours included. We've experienced many transitions over the years. From its birth in 1998, this agency's infancy was spent focused solely on local media placement. In 2008, it started to introduce creative services. In 2014, creative...
27 Dec Downstream Casino NYE BTS
The end of the year means a lot of things to a lot of people. Here in our studio, it means producing another insane New Year's Eve promotional video for Downstream Casino Resort. In case you need reminding of 2016's "Back to the '80s" spot, check...
18 Dec How Net Neutrality affects Marketing
The end of Net Neutrality is a hot topic and, as a marketing agency, we feel a responsibility to be prepared for how it might impact our clients. In doing this, we can also prepare you, the small business owner or marketer, for what may...
