Minneapolis, June 16, 2010—MVP Marketing + Design, Inc. is pleased to announce that they are a three-time winner of the 2010 Graphic Design USA Web Design Awards. MVP, a Minneapolis-based technology enabled marketing communications firm, and its social media arm, MVP Social Networking, competed against hundreds of other entries throughout the US and Canada.

As social networking sites have captured the attention and imagination of consumers and corporations, store brand marketers can’t stand idly by. Consider the trends:

When we consider tapping into social networking as a means of encouraging customers to laud our brands, some of us recognize that a number of companies have tilled the soil of such mainstream social media services as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

Are you pondering a social networking marketing initiative? Is upper management with you, or sitting on the sidelines: More concerned about the potential complaints of critics than the congratulations of customers?

There is reason to be optimistic at year's end, at least in the world of color. Pantone, the global color authority, released its fall '09 forecast and it shows a warmer palette than last year's blue and purple hues.