Game Fishing sends out a line
2-2-2010
Northern based fishing supply store, Game Fishing Supplies, has recruited Armadillo to design and implement a 12-month e-marketing plan to help boost their market presence and increase customer base.
Game Fishing Supplies appointed Armadillo to implement the brand new e-marketing campaign which will begin this month. The monthly e-mailer is designed to keep every keen fishing fan up to date on the latest supplies, the newest products, exclusive special offers, and the general fishing news for the area and the company itself.
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Checkout an ScS Sofa, online!
2-2-2010
Christmas saw the launch of ScS's full e-commerce functionality on their website, allowing customers to buy, and pay for their new sofa online, instantly.
Previously customers could only apply for finance, or reserve a sofa online, but now the new website gives customers the option to purchase their brand new sofa from the comfort of their home in a matter of minutes.
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New Year, New Faces
2-2-2010
Along with welcoming the New Year, Armadillo welcomed some new faces to the team. With a great run up to Christmas and new work in the pipeline, some extra hands have been recruited to keep up the pace.
In the design room, a new Digital Manager has been freshly installed in the form of Eric Kemp-Gee. Eric will help out on all of the technical web builds and designs, ensuring all websites are fully compliant and to the highest standard. Eric also brings with his years of experience and new ideas, which will help Armadillo progress in the fast paced web world.
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Armadillo concentrate on Travel Matters
4-12-2009
Armadillo have been appointed by Gateshead Council to take their 'Travel Matters' initiative online, incorporating a fully content managed website and brand identity. The website is aimed at school children and teachers, focusing on more sustainable travel ideas and initiatives.
The main concept for the website and accompanying material is that it has to have 'personality' - bringing a degree of fun and individuality to the Travel Matters brand, while also remaining an informative and content rich website
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The Baltic does Business
3-12-2009
This month saw Armadillo MD, Berry Burgess, take to the stage in front of 250 delegates for the first Business Toolkit Event. The event took place in the grand setting of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary art on Thursday 3rd December.
As part of the day long event, Berry Burgess delivered an inspiring and creative talk on the A-Z of Marketing. With over 30 years in the business under his belt and successfully navigating the murky waters of the recession, he imparted advice, guidance and even a secret or two about how to develop as a business.
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Armadillo recruited By Edgar Ford
2-12-2009
Executive recruitment agency, Edgar Ford, have appointed Armadillo to launch the brand in the UK. The task will include rebranding, advertising, marketing collateral, e-markering and social marketing. As well as implementing the brand, Armadillo will be producing a fully content managed website which will be the foundation of the Edgar Ford UK business.
Edgar Ford specialise in recruitment for professional vacancies, as well as providing high end recruitment advice. The new website will be informative, containing a wealth of information for both employers and prospective candidates. As well as employing comprehensive opportunity listings, the website will be developed into a fully e-commerce orientated site, allowing businesses to manage payments online. The website also includes an extensible content managed back office allowing the site to grow with the company.
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Armadillo in seventh heaven after multi-account wins
4-11-2009
Armadillo Creative are reaping the benefits of their hard work and forward thinking with a series of recent account wins. October saw the North East agency boost its books with no less than seven new clients across a wide range of business sectors.
Their success has been accredited to their development of new business and exploring new and innovative ways to communicate with businesses and potential clients. A series of e-marketing campaigns, breakfast seminars, website update and networking, both in person and online, has seen Armadillo’s profile increase.
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Armadillo provide the tools for upcoming event
3-11-2009
Armadillo are using their skills and experience to design the brand, website and e-marketing campaign for the first ever Business Toolkit Event which is to be held at the Baltic on the 3rd December.
The event, hosted by Caroline Theobald, has been put together by a range of private businesses to provide an opportunity for their peers to learn from their recession experiences. Each panel contributor is presenting information from their own area of expertise. The result is that for an investment of half a day of your time you will get help from the experts on the all important issues of cash, customers and communication.
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Armadillo put the City into motion
1-11-2009
Newcastle City Council have appointed Armadillo to design and develop a prestigious motion visual media piece for their upcoming conference at the Sage, aimed at encouraging businesses to travel healthier. The visual motion piece will be the finale to the high profile 2 day event.
The 2009 ACT Travel Wise Autumn Conference provides an opportunity to find out just what shape travel planning is in. Attendees have the opportunity to share knowledge and experience with like minded specialists and leave rejuvenated with new ideas.
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Armadillo get Fastest 50 off the starting line.
6-10-2009
This month saw the launch of Ward Hadaway's Fastest 50 with the Journal, which highlights and celebrates companies and organisations in the North East showing the strongest growth as a way of rewarding high achieving companies and encouraging others.
Armadillo led the design and production of this year's event with the usual creativity and style, creating Ward Hadaway's very own Formula One car and covering all print and promotional materials.
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Armadillo Talks Survival
4-10-2009
Armadillo welcomed over 60 people from various businesses across the North East to their first ever breakfast event on How to Survive in a Changing World.
The event an informal and welcoming affair aimed at giving small to medium businesses some useful hints, tips and even a secret or two about how to survive, not only during a downturn, but also through the day-to-day running of the business.
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Helping you Travel Smarter
2-10-2009
Go Smarter launched a new campaign in Low Fell this month aiming to help people get the most out of traveling smarter, including discounts, incentives and more to get people interested in walking and cycling, as well as public transport.
The campaign covered printed materials including direct mail, information leaflets and sign up forms. The design had to be interesting enough for people to notice and want to read, but have all the key information in an easy to understand way.
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Armadillo help Resource Group at Defence Exhibition
2-9-2009
Armadillo have designed and produced the exhibition work for the Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEI) Military Exhibition in London for Resource Group, supplier of specialist manpower to the aviation and aerospace industry.
Aimed at promoting their sourcing, provision and training of highly skilled personnel, as well as the servicing and maintenance of aircraft and systems, the exhibition items had to stand out and grab attention from their competitors in a crowded exhibition space
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SCSL in safe hands with Armadillo
1-9-2009
Safety Compliance Services Ltd has appointed Armadillo to build and manage a 12-month E-Marketing campaign to help build the brand in the region.
The campaign will help SCSL establish its position as one of the main Safety Services providers in the region, keep customers up to date with relevant information, and provide valuable offers and advice.
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Networking Role for Anne Woodcock
31-8-2009
Armadillo's Client Services Director, Anne Woodcock, has been appointed by networking business, 4Networking, to chair a brand new meeting that will be taking place in Sunderland.
4Networking are launching a brand new business breakfast venue in Sunderland starting on Thursday 24th September 2009 and requested that Anne take the lead position for those events. Helping Anne in her role will be Dan Humphries of Scenegroup, who has been appointed to promote and market the new group.
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Armadillo have quite a following
30-8-2009
Armadillo have finally got around to practising the fabled art of tweeting, and after just 2 weeks of signing up we've managed to round up over 200 followers. For the most up to date, and often interesting news from the office, you can now follow Armadillo on Twitter at twitter.com/armadillotweets.
We've not only joined the Twitter revolution, but also expanded our own social marketing across the web, starting with our Blog; we then set up shop on Facebook, LinkedIn, various Forums, YouTube, and even created our Flickr photo stream.
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Armadillo hardly sheepish over campaign launch
2-8-2009
This month saw the launch of Armadillo's 'Alcohol Influence' campaign for Stockton NHS take place in Teesside, with the launch causing a stir as a typical living room setting transferred to the public streets along with some sheepish guests.
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Armadillo to rebrand Network North
1-8-2009
Networking and business development company Network North have appointed Armadillo Creative to re-brand the business and develop the online presence for the Northern based company.
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It's a changing world out there
2-7-2009
View the "Ever Changing World" Video on YouTube
Armadillo got a little inspired this month by the big changes in the way the world communicates, interacts and evolves. With such a fast pace of change, we wondered how do we, and other companies, survive and adapt, to either stay ahead, or justw ride the wave of change.
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Armadillo plan to Keep Warm
1-7-2009
National company, Keep Warm, have appointed Armadillo to take their business forward with a new brand identity, marketing collateral and website. The Keep Warm brand needed to be recognisable, simple and friendly. With a broad range of customers nationwide, it was essential that the brand engaged instantly and communicated the Keep Warm effectively.
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Armadillo is the Smarter Choice
7-6-2009
Armadillo have been appointed by Smarter Choices to design and implement Stage 2 of their 'Go Smarter' campaign promoting sustainable travel. Stage 2 of the campaign is to promote more 'active travel' i.e. walking and cycling across Tyne & Wear. The theme had to be inspirational and uplifting, promoting ‘active travel’ - not as a replacement, but as an alternative to the car, creating something that the target audience can aspire to and want to use.
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Armadillo's summer signing
6-6-2009
Armadillo have appointed Anne Woodcock as Client Services Director. The latest addition to the agency has come at a great time, helping to support new opportunities and recent account wins. With over 18 years account management experience to bring to the role, Anne has been appointed by Armadillo to develop and manage the agency's growing client base. A great team leader with plenty of energy, enthusiasm and creativity, Anne was the perfect candidate for the role.
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Armadillo pick up NHS Alcohol campaign
5-5-2009
Armadillo Creative have been appointed by Stockton on Tees NHS Teaching Primary Care Trust to implement an advertising and marketing campaign for alcohol awareness and influence. The significant account win is a key acquisition in Armadillo’s business drive within the North East and follows a number of recent account gains.
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Armadillo's client base heats up
4-5-2009
Armadillo have been successfully appointed by Keep Warm to design and implement a new brand identity and marketing collateral, as well as a new online presence with CMS capability.
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Richard Hardie’s online drive
1-2-2009
Armadillo have been appointed by Richard Hardie to design and build the web presence for their brand, as well as a dedicated E-marketing campaign to increase brand awareness and increase customer base. The site went live this month showcasing the dealerships full range of new and used cars, while allowing the dealership to promote special offers through dedicated marketing space on the home page.
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Armadillo appointed to rebuild ScS website
31-12-2008
North East design agency Armadillo Creative have been appointed by ScS to re-design and develop their current online presence and e-marketing capabilities. The project which will take in build stages over the next year is a massive online brand redevelopment by ScS. Armadillo currently manage all of ScS’s online and web marketing and created the current ScS site over 3 years ago.
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Expanding Utopia Travel
31-12-2008
After the successful launch of the Utopia Travel Co website, www.utopiatravelco.com , Armadillo have been commissioned to help Utopia expand and communicate their brand with a wider range of marketing materials.
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Armadillo gives a Mouse a House
1-12-2008
Armadillo have launched a new campaign for Primula called 'Give a Mouse a House.' A tongue-in-cheek spin on seasonal charity ads, the campaign asks you to adopt a cuddly soft toy Primula mouse. The campaign will tie in with the new Primula Christmas TV campaign which will launch in December nationwide, and will be supported by trade ads.
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Armadillo has a lot to say
1-12-2008
Last month saw the launch of the new Armadillo website, which presents a showcase of our recent work, both digital and print. This month sees the addition of the new Armadillo blog page, 'the small talk'.
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Armadillo launch new website
3-11-2008
As any design agency will tell you the client always comes first but finding the time to become your own client is tough and despite being happy with our previous website we've taken the opportunity to re-design our online presence in order to reflect developments at Armadillo Creative.
Our new website showcases more of Armadillo's recent work, both digital and print, demonstrating the cutting edge design we pride ourselves on creating for our clients.
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Phoenix on the rise
2-11-2008
Sunderland based civil engineers Phoenix Northern Limited have appointed Armadillo to re-brand and create a new online presence for their growing turnkey services of water, gas and electric underground installations.
Reflecting their expanding client base and the company's growth over
the last four years the Phoenix Northern website will be redesigned to
reflect their professionalism, capabilities and versatility as leaders
in their field of business.
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Armadillo stay in style
29-9-2008
As part of the re-brand for the luxury hotel, Tillmouth Park, Armadillo Creative have designed and produced a brand new brochure to inform, excite and interest current and potential customers to visit the elegant stately home.
Tillmouth Park is a perfect venue for a variety of requirements, from long weekends, business conferences and getaways, to magnificent weddings. The new brochure design recreates the style and feel of Tillmouth Park, retaining it’s regality and grandeur, whilst bringing the brand completely up to date for a new audience.
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Armadillo loves Primula
30-8-2008
Armadillo have produced the first ever outdoor campaign for Primula Cheese spread. The campaign which launched at the beginning of August has taken the North East by storm, with 65 double-decker buses and billboards throughout Newcastle and the Metro system; it is already the talk of the town.
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