The Artist Evolution LLC has openings for 3 non paid interns this Fall. After the Fall we may extend the opportunity for some students to continue working for The Artist Evolution part-time (for hire) during the next semester. The Artist Evolution is a boutique marketing, design, and project management firm based in Fayetteville, AR. Combining brick and mortar with virtual office, we have developed an efficient and productive creative team that works together locally and across the United States. We have clients in a dozen states in varying industries such as medical, service oriented, syndicated sports radio, technology, and more.…

  If you are looking for inspiration in your business of big-trend innovations, look no further. Trendwatching.com compiled a list from across the globe and across a broad spectrum of industries. A few from their list: BFF Timeout. McDonalds and Coca-Cola joined forces in the Philippines with an app that rewards users for not using their phone. Innovation? Challenging attitudes about mobile use and the way it affects marketing. Fox Portugal. The station partnered with a blood bank institute to offer rewards related to the then-upcoming release of The Walking Dead Season 4 for people who donated blood.  Innovation? Essentially…

  Everyone loves a success story—especially when it is unexpected. 3 brothers took their mom’s simple yet delicious salad dressing and turned it into a smash hit at Whole Foods and most recently, Costco. When the brothers first called on Whole Foods, they knew nothing about marketing, selling or producing salad dressing and took to learning along the way. Greg Vetter, one of the three brothers said “Historically, salad dressing’s a very slow-moving product, maybe four cases in a month. We sold 55 in a week.” Kind of makes us want to go eat a salad now. http://www.fastcompany.com/3032392/most-creative-people/were-crushing-it-how-three-bros-and-their-mom-created-costcos-new-favor.  

Everyone has their favorite brands. If your favorite brands are ones that are not mainstream and you feel passionately about them not going mainstream, you may just be a hipster. One South African beer plays against the hipster crowd to promote their limited edition beer. In reality, the company isn’t taking sides and says that what it really cares about is just “good beer.” Wherever you fall on the hipster/non-hipster scale, these ads are pretty funny—and effective. http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/south-african-brewer-uses-ads-declare-all-out-war-hipsters-157986.  

  The Apocalypse is coming – the Google Apocalypse, that is. Didn’t know such a thing existed? Read our summary of Inc.’s article “How to Survive the Coming Google SEO Apocalypse” below to get up to date on survival tips. Essentially, the most important thing to do is avoid being penalized for bad links and low SEO ratings. 1. Get rid of bad/spam links. Links still have value, but you have to make sure they are clean and not high on Google’s “red flag list.” 2. Have reputable and high value links associated with your profile. Good content attracts good…