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Clients & Patrons

Past and Present

Columbia University NYC
Invitations, brochures, and printed material.
Worked with Kate and Andy Spade in the very beginning when she only did did bags in the Hamptons. kate spade was Incorporated in 1993, a year later. Most don't know exactly how odd it is that COACH owns kate spade today (under Tapestry). We used CO
A long-lasting Music Studio that is over 25 years old. Did their current logo, old website, in-house custom murals, painting and on-site signage, business cards, etc...
Executive Chef Mike
Hired us for a B2C communications strategy to reengage their clients after Hurricane Sandy.
Oddly, one of my best friends from high school became the COO of Lily Pond. We did their first and only capabilities brochure for the firm.
We did A LOT of work for Fried Frank in the early to mid 1990s, billing just under $1.65M in revenue per year.
One of this country's oldest and most prestigious law firms. Had close to $2.3M in agency billings over a two year period. Those were the days.
A classic Polish beer. They sponsored quite a few 11211 Magazine events (2000-2006) with the WARSAW club/venue in Greenpoint.
Williamsburg | Brooklyn 11211 NYC (Founded and ran the magazine for 6 years Disciplined Beauty of 5th Ave.).
Cross County Savings Bank
We redid their new media kit for BORO Magazine (hadn't been redone in 7 years).
Blue Roman - play to win - sports apparel
We did dozens of presentation boards (by hand) for Mr. Lauren during a brief, 6 month tenure. It was exacting and a job to do. Ralph is an epic fashion designer from the Bronx.
Worked directly under CMO developing concepts and handling all print production through a Fifth Ave. design firm (Disciplined Beauty).
Snapple
Did some video editing for a few of their videos for a YouTube Channel focused on cafe's and coffee (VonSense).
Staten Island Film Fest (2023) was handed over to SI-nyc and *grape is the Agency of Record.
Tiger Beer - Designed, promoted and advertised Tiger Beer (famous during WWII) to the greater Williamsburg Community through the Brooklyn Rock Festival.
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Atticus Software (work-in-progress)
OMG cpr
BENEMONT Worksite Advisors
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ASTORIA, NY (Queens)
Admiral Insurance (work-in-progress)
LeadBaller (Leading lead generation)
Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen - We did hundreds and ads, brochures, collateral, presentations and their first website (in HTML).
the worksite group (insurance advisors)
Worked directly with founder Brittany Rawlings (FASHIONBOSS), who wanted to brand the company just before she launched. Often the stories we tell ourselves differed from who we are deep down inside.
Steinys Pub
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Wealth & Legacy Group
Akasha.nyc
AYSHA NY (Made in NYC) Former designer at Dior and Dolce & Gabanna creates tailor-made outfits for the most discriminating of C-Suite, executive NYC women to have them look and feel their absolute best.
Lions Pride Leadership is an excellent leadership and customized coaching company. 8grape would NOT exist without them.
We only worked very briefly for REVLON back in the early 90s. It was when a young Cindy Crawford modeled for them.
COACH New York or simply Coach is an American mid-luxury fashion house specializing in leather goods such as handbags, luggage, accessories, and ready-to-wear. We ran a national advertising campaign back in the day (now under the Tapestry holdings).
Advertisements, collateral, and in-house pop ads.

Socials

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🍇 [ WoMA ] Most agencies have one “Championship” WoMA campaign they’ll be delighted to show you. But if you ask them how or why this campaign worked, you will find that they don’t know. More importantly, they have no i
🍇 Word-of-Mouth Advertising [ WoMA ] WoMA* is the most powerful marketing media. Moreover, it does 5X better than all other forms of media combined. There’s nothing like a good recommendation from a trusted source or friend. Unfortunate
🍇 BRANDING is the ideal starting place for any company. Why? It is the core purpose, the beliefs, persona, emotions (passion) which lead the company’s CULTURE. That’s why. #8grape #branding #amplify
🍇 How does a Design NOT Communicate? All designs should communicate but some designs are just better than others. They just are. INSIGHT = RESEARCH #8grape #advertising #amplify
🍇 People aren’t moved by rational thinking. Neuroscience has taught us that we are driven by emotions 90% of the time. This is why rational advertising seldom works. If you GET THIS, then you are on a path to success. #8grape #adverti
🍇 Orange Organizations (1940-1980) ASK AND MAKE: Orange organizations still believe in the traditional focus group. They’ll just ASK the customer what they want, the customer will tell them, then they’ll develop this product or servic
🍇 Apple Organizations (1980-2020) The Big Apple. ANTICIPATE AND LEAD is a market-driven organizational approach. It’s a successful one at that. We love clients/patrons that understand this business model. This model is where one bases th
🍇 Lemon Organizations (1900-1940) CREATE AND SELL: There are still business owners who set up companies that are driven by their internal understanding and view of the world. They have an idea and CREATE something then they go out and look for cu
🗽🍇 OMGcpr offers all wide range of training and certifications from a very special group of RNs, NPs, FDNY, and PARAMEDICS — all first responders. Be Ready. Be Prepared. You will want answers. ✔️ You will want solutions too. ✔️ Let&rsqu
🍇 EMS First (Stay Alive) Where would we be in that OMG moment without the very first responders who show up, day in and day out, evenings, nights, just before the sun rises. These are the people who KEEP US ALIVE when everyone else is doing other
🍇 ICU (ICU.house) is a hospital at home service to assist Concierge Doctors and Private physicians to treat patients and in-home visits. #ICU #hospitalathome #checking #reporting (Portraits are all AI generated serving as FPOs)

One reason so many marketing efforts
fall flat on people’s minds:

Their ads and brands fail to inspire a

Great ads and brands should leave people with a feeling.

Once a business gets this idea then, their brand and the results that follow can become: Remarkable.

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Partial Clients & Patrons

Past and Present

Columbia University (NYC)
Tiger Beer
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Fried Frank
Lily Pond Capital
Empire State Bank
11211 Magazine (Williamsburg | Brooklyn)
OMG cpr
Cross County Savings Bank
City Acupuncture
Benemont Worksite Benefits
REVLON
Kennth Cole (NYC)
AYSHA (NYC)
Snapple
COACH
Funkadelic
Ralph Lauren (NYC)
Winthrop Stimson
QNS.com
Reich & Tang
Lions Pride Leadership
The Von Agency
ZYWIEC Beer
Wealth & Legacy Group
Astoria (NYC)
kate spade
FASHIONBOSS
Blue Roman
Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen
Admiral Insurance