Tuesday 6 October 2009

Immersion Creative's Got Coupons

Take advantage of these coupons - available until Nov. 30th

Immersion Creative Coupons

Monday 28 September 2009

Return to Sender

Immersion Creative has been featured once again on Ads of the World.

Immersion Creative DM campaign

Saturday 19 September 2009

New Digs

Next week, Immersion Creative is moving to the most pleasant mountain on Main.

Please don't send any mail to the old Water Street address.

Tuesday 15 September 2009

A Year In Review

It has been a hectic year since I’ve been back in Vancouver.

I wrote my screenplay over the winter. I started up my own company in the spring. I published my children’s book in the summer.

And this fall… some really big news.

Wednesday 2 September 2009

When I Snap My Fingers...

... You Will Remember Everything.

Here is our latest ad for hypnotist Rob Hadley.




Sunday 30 August 2009

Best Ads on TV

Our Nika Shoe Repair ad has been chosen as one of the best ambient ads of the week by Best Ads on TV (ironically enough).

Cool!

Click here to see it: Vancouver advertising link

Thursday 13 August 2009

Vancouver Creatives Who Like Money - August Meet-up

It's been a while. What do you say we meet up again on Monday, August 17th?

So far, most of you who've shown up have found projects through the group, which is great. Hopefully an August Meet-up will get even more of us going.

Sign up on the Vancouver Creatives Who Like Money Facebook Page for more information.

Thursday 23 July 2009

Vancouver Advertising

Have you been following the Vancouver Advertising blog?

We are on Twitter as well: Vancouver Advertising on Twitter.

The aim is to make a concise, compelling compendium of the advertising agencies in Vancouver, show a little of their work, and have contact info for easy reference.

If you are a Vancouver advertising agency and would like to add your agency to the list, or perhaps even showcase some of your recent work, let me know.

Monday 6 July 2009

Return On Investment

Despite the worst recession of our lifetime, Pardon Services Canada just had its best quarter in 20 years.

A completely new campaign by Immersion Creative can't hog all of the credit. But surely it's a factor.

Check the Case Studies section of my website for more information.

Saturday 27 June 2009

Wilkin's Coffee

Here are some great old ads sent to me from my friend Brian.

Wilkin's Coffee

Thursday 11 June 2009

Social Media

Search engines love social media.

For my clients I offer full management of their Twitter accounts, Facebook accounts, Blogs and Articles.

Search for a Vancouver advertising agency on Google and I have the #1 and #4 spots. It's my 15th success.

This ranking gets me pretty much all of my business.

I can get you there too.

Friday 5 June 2009

Immersion's Summer Intern

Immersion Creative is excited to introduce its new intern, Michelle Chuang.

She is a recent graduate of Johns Hopkins University majoring in Neuroscience. Although Michelle’s background is in science, she has a passion for art direction and copywriting. She is back in Vancouver for the summer before she heads to grad school in NYC where she will attempt to land a job in advertising.

Follow Michelle's journey here: Advertising Rookie

Wednesday 27 May 2009

The Great Vancouver SEO Challenge

A few months ago I initiated the Great Vancouver SEO Challenge to see if I could get to the #1 spot for Vancouver advertising.

Well, I'm close.

I am now at #1 on Google.com for Vancouver advertising agency with Ice Cream Truck Advertising, and in a strange twist of fate, I'm at #5 for Vancouver advertising agency with Immersion Creative.

You can see the Google listing here: Vancouver advertising link.


But for just Vancouver advertising, I am only at #2...so there is still work to be done.

Tuesday 28 April 2009

The Leaf Boat

My first children's book has been published.

You can purchase it online here: The Leaf Boat

Thursday 19 March 2009

Ice Cream Truck Advertising

And now for something completely different.

Immersion Creative has access to a complete fleet of ice cream trucks.

When is the last time someone chased after your ad? Wrap a whole truck, and make your message funky and fun.

If you are interested in Ice Cream Truck Advertising let me know.



Call Mike at 604 537 1874.

Thursday 12 March 2009

Emersion Advertising

Sometimes people search for Immersion Advertising as "Emersion Advertising."

I figure it would be a good idea to monopolize both online.

Especially consdering the name is Immersion Creative!

Ah, the things you have to think about. Who said starting a Vancouver advertising agency would be easy?

Monday 2 March 2009

Vancouver Advertising

I started up a new blog, it's called The Vancouver Advertising blog.

Saturday 28 February 2009

Times Are Tough. Advertise Smarter.

I did a complete re-branding for Pardon Services Canada a few months ago.

It was wildly successful. I provided them with new:

TV
Print
Brochures
Ambient/Online
#1 on Google (4 times!)

Here's my favourite ad of the lot. It's playing now on SportsNet, W, Space, Comedy, and ANET.



Vancouver advertising is in a state of flux, if you can no longer afford $100,000 for a TV ad, I can make you one for $20,000.

Friday 27 February 2009

Thursday 5 February 2009

Natural Search Results vs Paid Advertising

Show of hands. Have you ever clicked on a paid ad on a website? On purpose, anyway? You know the stuff in the yellow bar on your Google search?

I avoid those things like the plague.

I think most people do.

If I want a moving company, I search for a moving company:

Moving Companies Vancouver

Now, that's a competitive market. There are six paid adverts on the top (including Yellowpages placements) and eight down the side.

The first of the real (natural) results is: Two Small Men.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather check out a company that Google deems legitimate over a company that has paid Google for their stamp of legitimacy.

The Spill-off Effects of Blogs

It is one thing to be #1 on Google for one thing.

It is quite another to be #1 on Google for everything to do with your topic.

For Pardon Services Canada, I created a blog: Pardon Me, Canada.

Not only does this blog have the #1 spot for Pardon Me, Canada, which was the intention, it also has tons of spill-offs, where it has #1 on Google for things not originally intended.

Here are a few of the searches conducted last week that led to the Pardon Services Canada blog:

will a criminal record in canada show up on an american record?

traveling with criminal record

criminal charges show up on cpic

I just took these off the Statcounter. People were searching for these thing today, and went directly to the blog.

I'll get into the advantage of Statcounter in the next post.

Either way, great spill-offs! This blog is getting hundreds of hits a week, from things you could never anticipate.

Tear A Yellow Pages In Half

It's not easy to do, but it can be done.

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Immersion Advertising - Day One

Welcome to my blog, Immersion Advertising.

I have another blog, Immersion Creative about work and random musings. This blog will be focussed more on the reasons to try out the Immersion Experience.

Either way, I hope you enjoy them.

Cheers,

Mike