MJ Creative Solutions

Testimonials & Quotes

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:24:59 +0000

“My experience with MJ has been very positive. He produced the video “The Dave’s Killer Bread Story” as well as the music video at the end of the film - I think it’s easy to see that the guy is quite talented. I have worked with him on other projects as well, including logo redesign work for our Nature Bake bread line. He is also an excellent marketer as well as an outstanding musician/producer. Like me, he’s always working (his mind, at least) and will come up with ideas that will blow you away, and will then actually come to fruition over time. I expect to keep working with this guy for the foreseeable future—an amazing talent and a great guy.” ~ Dave Dahl | VP of Dave’s Killer Bread

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“Michael helped me solve my content management struggles. He gave me amazingly big help — like going from an abacus to a computer! I’m actually building pages and updating content and it’s fun.” ~ Sheila Resari, LMT | www.TrueNorthMassage.com

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“I worked with Michael on putting together a website for my employer. He was very professional, yet still very approachable. I was always able to get in contact with him, either through phone or email and his responses were timely, organized and thorough. His creativity and vision gave us a website that we are happy to share with others. He was great to work with and his work is quality. I would definitely recommend him.” ~ Aidan Rowe | Assist. to Film Composer Kristin Wilkinson | www.KristinWilkinson.com

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“Michael, There are no words up to the task to express my feeling about the work you have done on the video. Thank you, thank you, thank you!” ~ Glenn Dahl | President of NatureBake & Dave’s Killer Bread

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“Michael has the people skills and work ethic to make very big things happen. He has proven this to myself both as a composer, my web developer and as a tireless ‘idea guy’. His involvement in my success is without measure.” ~ Erik Gamans | www.SonicLibrarian.com

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STOP! Don’t Hire Your Nephew

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:07:12 +0000

We have salvaged many “buddy deals gone bad” and have heard a myriad of website horror stories: The website that HAD a decent ranking only to drop through the floor when a new design revamp killed it. Or what about the super cool but “hard to navigate” website that nobody could actually get around on? Boring content…missed markets? Be careful.

What about saving a buck and doing it yourself? Sure, go make a website tonight with Yahoo, Google or GoDaddy but “do it yourself” usually means, “do it AGAIN.” The money you think you could save by being your own “geek” or hiring your nephew is easily lost in time, stress, and a failed end result. Bricks and mortar no more, your online presence is where it’s at and where you MUST invest wisely.

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What about SEO or SEM? At MJCS, we don’t use any tricks or gimmicks here. We take a simple and conservative approach that we think works. All of those website tricks and gimmicks are like the Wall-Street tricks and gimmicks…they cause recessions!

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How Fast Are You Impressed?

Still not convinced? Let’s talk about first impressions ~ Consider how you yourself are impressed by a well-crafted website or message versus a lame one. Research shows that people make that first impression within 1/20th of a second. Yikes! If your total brand image (pictures, colors, copy, layout, logo, video, audio, message) appears to be unprofessional, many prospects won’t even bother to dig for that great page of information you just “KNOW they’ll be hooked by if they could just get there.” They’ll go to #2 in the search ranking. So you see how saving a buck here is not really saving a buck?

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You may have a great brand image and even a slick website but really ~ does your website actually work for you?

Where do people click? Where don’t they? Do you know why? Do you have analytics engaged? Are you using old rules for SEO and keywords? Websites are NOT read left to right and frankly, they’re not really even read anymore ~ they’re skimmed. We all want to click and click and click and find the payoff. What’s yours?

MJCS can help you deliver one. Using text, video, audio, music, pictures and strategic placement, we’ll help you communicate your message quickly so your visitor will stay on your site longer and click, click, click away! We’ll also offer solutions for expanding that message in unconventional and outside-the-box methods.

Try us.

Website Starter

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:11:34 +0000

Website Starter (Economy Buster!!!)

MJCS has put together a great package that get’s you up and ready for business!

I know what it’s like to have a dream about starting your own business - working for YOURself! It’s exciting and scary! With the internet, there are now more choices than ever and it’s hard to know where to start - especially with the all important website.

New Business? Exciting and scary!

In talking with clients (and prospects) along with changing technology and browsers, today a good website can be affordable - and frankly, most sites don’t need to be custom built from scratch anymore. Yes, I DID just say that. :-) So along those lines and to help people get their dreams rolling, MJCS has designed a package that can get you up and running.

This 3 pg/$695 WEBSITE STARTER is just fine for what many start-ups need. It includes beginning branding/marketing guidance to help you on your way and a 3 page WordPress based website which means it can be upgraded and customized as your business needs grows. With the site being built on WordPress, it gets you into a powerful blog and content management system right off the bat and so far, EVERY client loves it! I do too. For this package, you also get access to the ABOUT page which means that YOU can change things when YOU want!

To get started, just get your content together (HOME, ABOUT, CONTACT) and 3 pictures. Contact MJCS for more details on this limited time offer.

Emotional Branding Strategies

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:10:25 +0000

We develop and execute Emotional Branding Strategies using pictures, music, video and great story telling that moves people to take action or makes people remember. In an “ad-numb” world, visitors won’t pay serious attention to another clever pitch ~ but what if that pitch has a picture or a video or a sound or song that triggers a memory or feeling in them? If you get people’s emotional attention, then you have their full attention. Emotion is the core of truly connecting with people.

Enough text! Check out some audio and video examples.

I'll go crazy about your brand so you don't have to! :-)

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MJ Creative Solutions is a “one-stop creative shop” for making it all happen. Not only can we help tell your story, but we’ll execute it and strategically deliver it, using appropriate web-based methods like: websites, collateral branding, songs, voice-overs, social networking, blogs, viral videos, PodCasts, pictures, mobile, online ads, etc.

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“I don’t need branding strategies because I really don’t have a brand.”

You don’t have a brand? Well, nowadays EVERYONE is a brand and yes…this means YOU. Personalized branding and self-expression brings an integrity to business that keeps customers coming back. We are experts at helping you learn how to discover and express your true self ~ and this single point is what MJ is most passionate about.

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We Tell Stories Then Make Them Real

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:14:23 +0000

We tell stories. Every business, product and person has one. Do you know what yours really is, or what your clients really need to hear about your story? Or even care to hear about? How does your story help THEM? Does it compel them to call you and use your services or product?

Get That Great Idea Out!

We can help you discover your story and then make it tangible through branding, copy, planning, websites, audio, music and video. And we get it done! Instead of going to one company for branding, and then another for website design, and then another for marketing strategy and advertising, and yet another…geez…for creating audio or video…JUST USE US! Some clients like to call us a “one-stop creative digital shop” because we meet so many of their business needs.

How can we do it all?

Founder, Michael John, is highly creative and from his years as a music composer he wrote jingles and ad campaigns for small and large companies and ad agencies. He also has become a designer, “tech geek” and media entrepreneur through the years, so he can personally get very “hands-on” if need be. Furthermore, it enables him to effectively communicate with designers, coders and everyone on the team. He likes to “cut through the crap” and make things happen with a project. If something get’s stalled, he can usually dive in and even crank it out himself rather than being at the mercy of waiting on the freelancer to call back. This really streamlines the process and keeps down overhead for us and…YOU!

Check out our own story here: CLICK

We can help you with:

Getting your story straight
Complete branding
Logos, design and graphics
Copywriting
SEO copywriting for your website
Business strategies and planning
Website design
Custom website tools and applications for your business
Google products and services like: gmail, calendar, analytics, Adwords, etc.
“Guerilla marketing” ideas
Audio and music
Webinars and Podcasting
Video and motion graphics
Email newsletters
MySpace, Facebook and Twitter
Traditional advertising such as print, radio, TV
Print products such as business cards, brochures, flyers, etc.

VIDEO/ANIMATION

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:49:46 +0000

Bring It All Together…With VIDEO

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Today, video is all over the place and for good reason ~ it’s proven to be one of the biggest draws to the web. Getting your most important points across using minimal amounts of text, coupled with video or audio is proven to be most effective for a customer retaining that message (Yes, I know, MJCS needs it’s own! But we’re too busy working!). With free video distribution solutions like YouTube and Vimeo, if you produce something good and clever enough, you never know who or how many might just watch it. Who knows, maybe your video could be the next viral hit! We have many concepts for utilizing this fun and versatile medium…if you dare! Just ask us.