h2b creative owner and creative director, Kim Buckner, was chosen as one of three finalists for the Navigator of Entrepreneurship Award at the Chattanooga Nautilus Awards held Friday, July 9^th at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

“I am so honored to be recognized as a leader in our community,” said Kim Buckner, owner and creative director of h2b creative.

Held in conjunction with the SHE Expo and presented by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce and the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the Nautilus Awards Luncheon honored and celebrated outstanding businesswomen in the Chattanooga community for their strength, leadership and courage. The purpose of the awards was to honor individuals providing or advocating for increased opportunities for women of all ages.

Five awards were given out; The Lightkeeper Award, The Navigator of Entrepreneurship Award, The Pearl of Promise Award, The Stargazer Award and The ATHENA Award. Each award honored three nominees.

“Being in the company of so many women who do great works for our community was a very inspiring experience,” Buckner said.

Kim’s nomination, The Navigator of Entrepreneurship Award, celebrates women who "steer" their way in life by instituting at the workplace the best practices for women. The Navigator possesses a trailblazing spirit of entrepreneurship while serving as an inspiration to women.

Kim was recognized for her encouragement of a successful work-life balance among all employees, for the loyalty she inspires in her employees and for the courage and dedication she showed when founding and building h2b creative from the ground up.

“I look forward to the future and strive to continue to work hard and inspire young women to capture their dreams,” Buckner said.

Kim is a leader who believes in her company and what it does for the community. As a result of this, her advocacy for the environment and animals was recognized as well. h2b creative’s recycling program purchases all promotional gifts from companies that use second and third generation recycled materials and h2b’s advocacy on behalf of animals includes support for the Chattanooga Humane Education Society. h2b creative’s largest pro bono project for 2009 was the new HES website.

“h2b creative always aspires to develop creative initiatives and campaigns to assist the many great causes in our community,” Buckner said. “We’re always looking to take on projects we feel passionate about.”

Give us a call today, 706-275-6183. We look forward to helping you.

The Navigator of Entrepreneurship Award Finalist: Eileen Mason, Chattz-Chattanooga Coffee Company, Terri Holley, Embellish, and Kim Buckner, h2b creative

The fifteen finalist of the Nautilus Awards. Five awards were given at this years Nautilus Awards: Navigator of Entrepreneurship, Lightkeeper Award, Stargazer Award and Pearl of Promise Award, and ATHENA Award.

Advertising campaigns are one of the most effective ways to promote your business and reach your target audience. h2b creative specializes in formulating, designing and executing advertising campaigns on a local, regional and national level.

Our advertising campaigns consist of a series of messages that share your objectives and benefits with a broad audience. h2b creative has the capabilities to place your advertisements in and on:

· Newspapers

· Magazines

· Trade publications

· Billboards

· Radio

· Television

Let us help you stand out among your competition with an outstanding campaign designed specifically to address your advertising needs.

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Your company blog is a great way to put a face to your business and showcase its personality and values. Photos and images tell the story of your business in a way that text alone cannot.

Video blogs, podcasts and sharing can have a huge impact on your bottom line and are often times how many customers find out about your business and what it’s all about.

V-logging is a good way to engage your audience and position your company in front of those that are seeking out your products or services. Use video to improve you customer relations, branding or profits. You may also want to use it for company updates, industry news, virtual tours and how-to instructions.

h2b creative is capable of initiating and maintaining your video blog, please give us a call and let us show you.

A corporate brochure is an essential marketing tool for your company and can be one of the most effective ways to communicate the value of your brand to your clients.

Corporate Brochures:

· Are often the first impression a potential client has of your company

· Tell your company’s unique, personal story

· Promote your company in a professional and positive light

· Are great selling tools

· Allow you to specifically tailor your company’s message

· Effectively communicate your company’s benefits and services

h2b creative has the capability to create a powerful corporate brochure for your company that will set you apart from your competitors. We can create an aesthetic package for you using well-designed, modern graphics and influential copy. Let us show you what we’ve done in the past and what we can do for you and your company for the future. Give us a call!

There are numerous ways in which Foursquare has managed to make itself a “buzzword” for 2010.

Foursquare has been added to Hootsuite, a social media account tracker. Hoosuite allows individuals to monitor what locations their friends “check in” at and allows individuals to also see the spots their friends frequent most often. Unlike Tweetdeck and Seesmic, Hootsuite allows you to track the number of people who click on your provided links.

Along with a number of great features for the individual, Foursquare is reaching out to businesses by providing promotions for their venues. Foursquare promotes loyalty to businesses through “badges” and encourage businesses to add specials for “mayorship” if a customer has visited their business location (x) amount of times. Not only can businesses track the number of times a person comes in, but they can track their overall client base as well.

FourWhere is just another feature to Foursquare. If you want to know what is going on in a city, where the hotspots are, and/or reviews on a venue, FourWhere can provide all the answers. FourWhere uses Google Maps and Foursquare updates to show the locations of venues and their reviews all at one time. Take advantage of FourWhere if you’re visiting a city for the first time or just exploring your surroundings.

Foursquare has recently announced the establishment of their first major brand partnership with Starbucks. With this collaboration, the companies hope to test a customer rewards program. Foursquare can use this partnership to establish it as a customer relations social network and Starbucks can use the partnership to generate revenue.

Will there be yet another new social networking tool to emerge in 2010 that reaches an even higher level than Foursquare? Or will Foursquare continue to expand and sweep the social media scene for the entirety of 2010? Only time and technology will tell, but until then, look for Foursquare to continue to grow exponentially.

It’s only the third week of March and FourSquare has already made a name for itself in the 2010 social media scene. Critics predicted Foursquare to be big, but their predictions have fallen short to its immense success since the start of the year.

James Kelley of h2b creative was quoted in the Dalton Daily Citizen’s January 1, 2010 newspaper on the topic of this social media phenomenon:

Dalton Daily Citizen

January 1, 2010

“Foursquare could be the next big trend in social media,” Kelley said “The relatively new site allows users to post about which restaurants, museums and other places they’ve been to and what they think about them. It’s based on place, and only a few major cities are currently equipped for it. Atlanta is the closest.”

“Out of all the social medias, I feel that will be the one that really takes off,” he said.

After the release of the January 1, 2010 Dalton Daily Citizen issue, Foursquare opened their site to everyone, everywhere, allowing not only the major metropolises in the United States participate, but small towns like Dalton as well. Foursquare’s growth has dramatically increase since allowing anyone to participate in its service.

Look for the second part of this blog later this week. We’ll be discussing the major feats that Foursquare has accomplished so far in 2010.

Public relations (PR) is one of the best ways to spread the word about your business or your product, no matter the state of the economy. However, as the market continues to await its rebound, public relations is currently playing a more vital role than ever.

When executed properly, public relations has the ability to shed great light on a business or product and can become a very important part of an overall marketing campaign. h2b creative is highly skilled in creating PR campaigns which include the following elements:

· press kits

· press releases

· feature articles

· backgrounders

· fact sheets

· media relations

Public relations can be incredibly beneficial for your business or product. Team up with h2b creative now and let us formulate a specific PR campaign that will achieve the highest level of exposure for your business.

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Surfaces, the number one floorcovering event, took place February 2-4 at the Venetian Macao Convention and Exhibition Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, showcasing over 130 exhibitors. Ben Brazell of h2b creative was in attendance, getting the  latest information on all things tile,carpet, hardwood, rugs and laminate. Surfaces affords retailers, distributors, installers, and designers the chance to network, attain new business contacts and see the new innovations in the floorcovering industry. Companies from around the world make the trip to Surfaces, with hopes of expanding their business and acquiring new knowledge of their industry.

Surfaces 2010 differed from other trade shows in that it combined product showcases with over 40 educational seminars. These seminars provided attendees with the best, most in-depth knowledge and opportunity to learn about the products featured at the show.

The first day of Surfaces 2010 had 15 percent more attendees than 2009, proving that the floorcovering industry is beginning to rebound.

h2b creative would like to commend all the exhibitors on an excellent show. We look forward to Surfaces 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, again in Las Vegas!

The entrance into the exhibitors hall at Surfaces 2010

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