Brewing a Brand

Smitty’s Workshop has worked with Wildside Caterers since their inception more than 10 years ago.  Smitty’s Workshop partnered with Wildside to develop their HeadWaters Cafe concept, located in the concourse of Saint Paul RiverCentre. From initial architectural and point of sale and menu design, to their consistent integrated print, sign, web and email marketing campaign, [...]

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Not Your Average Bank

Platinum Bank, Oakdale, MN invited Smitty’s Workshop to capture in video the essence of their unique bank. A great day of interviews with their very hospitable staff led to a great story interwoven with history and insight into what makes a banker more than just a load officer - and what makes this bank [...]

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Bringing Back the Johnnie Stand Up

Over the past few years Smitty’s Workshop has volunteered countless hours to assist branding and marketing efforts to build momentum for The Saint John’s University Alumni Association.  Our great friend, Father Bob Koopmann, President of Saint John’s University, helped with the soundtrack in this video–part of an integrated campaign of print, web, email and social [...]

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Shooting Twin Cities Rock ‘n Roll Royalty

Smitty’s Workshop was hired by The Rake to photograph some of the Twin Cities’ most respected musicians during a surreal day of rock ‘n roll frivolity, food and fun.  Chan Poling, John Munson and Steve Roehm of The New Standards, and grammy-award winning writer and performer Dan Wilson spent a morning at Heimie’s Haberdashery and [...]

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A Global Brand Repositioning

Customer creative sessions, a re-polished logo, a new headline and photography from around the world were utilized in the re-branding project Smitty’s Workshop conducted for MSpace.  The three ads above were all displayed simultaneously in different areas of the busiest concourse at MSP International Airport to bring the MSpace brand to business travelers.

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Building a Brand

House Dressing Company is a family of home remodelers who serve as “personal contractors” to their clients. When House Dressing Company realized they needed to modernize their marketing efforts they turned to Smitty’s Workshop for help. New brand creative, a web site and blog, client video testimonials, and an integrated email campaign have helped House Dressing Company develop a new online audience.

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Our Toolkit

Strategy, design, photography, video, brand creative, writing, concepting, print, web. Let us put our tools to work for you.

We don't have a one-size-fits-all plan. We work with our clients to assess their needs, then devise and execute a plan to accomplish the task.

Find out more about what we can do in our Services section. Or, take a closer look at our Philosophy.

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