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September 28, 2015
Lesly Pyle

What Happened in Vegas

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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Except this: Baker Street Advertising won Agency of the Year at the Internet Marketing Association’s IMPACT15 digital marketing conference.
 
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When two of our leaders were invited to be keynote speakers at IMPACT15 in Las Vegas, we had no idea how far this ride would take us. We were honored to have our President and Founder, Jack Boland, and our Creative Chief, Brian Bacino, reppin’ on the main stage. They presented “Together We’re Giant,” a dive into digital sports marketing, alongside our client Tom McDonald, the SVP of Marketing at the San Francisco Giants.

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And Don Donovan AKA the “Sherlock Holmes of Big Data” AKA our Chief Strategy Officer, presented “Cracking the Code of Big Data” in a breakout session. Other speakers included executives from global behemoths like Barnes & Noble Education, Oracle Data Cloud and Evite. So, yeah, we were already stoked to be a part of it.

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But little did we know that more things to celebrate were coming our way. In addition to winning Digital Agency of the Year, Baker Street Advertising also took home four more IMPACT15 trophies — in four distinct social media categories for three of our clients: the San Francisco Giants, Northern California Honda Dealers and Sun-Maid.
 
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Community Engagement Leadership Award

San Francisco Giants: “Big Speech” as seen below:
 

 
Best Use of Twitter
San Francisco Giants: “Together We’re Giant”
 
Facebook Customization Award
Northern California Honda Dealerships: “#AskAnyHondaDriver Testimonial Campaign”
 
YouTube Informational Award
Sun-Maid Raisins: “Snacktivities”
 
Check out the case study videos for the three winners listed above here: https://bakerstadvertising.com/proof/
 
So how do we think it happened?
 
According to BSA Prez Jack Boland: “Our approach to marketing and our mantra is: ‘Discovery. Creativity. Proof.’ From insight to strategically-sound creative to concrete results, winning these awards is a testament to our unique model.”
 
BSA’s Chief Creative Officer, Brian Bacino, adds “This show is about getting results. Which we did, but I also think the judges couldn’t resist falling in love with the creative.”
 
Fellas, your staff agrees. And couldn’t be more excited about it.
 
Here’s a little more info on the Internet Marketing Association (IMA) and IMPACT15:
 
IMPACT15 is a three-day global conference focused on how to get your customer’s attention through innovation.
 
IMA is one of the fastest growing Internet marketing groups in the world, with more than 1,000,000 professional members in fields including sales, marketing, business ownership, programming and creative development. It provides a platform where proven Internet marketing strategies are demonstrated and shared to increase members’ value to their organizations. www.imanetwork.org
 

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December 16, 2013
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From the Desk of the Creative Chief: USF Athletics

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Aim Higher

The University of San Francisco asked Baker Street to create a unique campaign expression for the Athletic Department — a fresh rallying cry–that supported the university’s overall academic mantra: “change the world from here”.

Our “Aim Higher” campaign reminds student athletes and fans that USF always strives to win, but only the right way — that means with outstanding sportsmanship, academic excellence, and high character. We want everyone to know that even though USF has a successful athletic program, there really is more to it than just winning.

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For our latest campaign execution we shot USF athletes on the Red Epic camera in super slow motion. A haunting track created by Aaron Robinson of Ntropic, featuring vocalist Emily Nelson, accompanies the student athletes as they rise through the air. The point of this spot was to express the Aim Higher ideal and introduce the Dons new mobile app.

Click below to view the spot.

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credits:

Director: Brian Bacino
DP: Clay “by the Bay” Kempf
Production Company: Evolve Media
Executive Producer: Tommy Maples
Producer: Trevor Dudeck
Editors: Oscar Bucher & Satva Leung
Music: Aaron Robinson feat. Emily Nelson
Color: Spy Editorial
Steadicam: Matt Straus
Gaffer/Grip: Scott Keenan
AC / DIT: Karl Mollohan
VFX Artist: JT Bruce

Chief Creative Officer: Brian Bacino

Copy Writer/Creative Director: Bob Dorfman

Art Director/Creative Director: Corey Stolberg

President: Jack Boland

Account Executives: Dan Nilsen and Gloria Birch

Brian Bacino, Creative Chief B2, Sports

December 10, 2013
Brian Bacino

From the Desk of the Creative Chief: Fight Hunger Bowl

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Big Time College Football Hits SF  aka… Fight Hunger – Pummel Yuppies.

People fight hunger in different ways. For the Fight Hunger Bowl, we channeled the spirit of Terry Tate Office Linebacker, and created a hilarious pair of spots featuring obnoxious San Francisco yuppies getting pummeled by a Big Time college football player.

Click below to watch the first spot.

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The Fight Hunger Bowl is a charitable effort where every ticket sold generates two meals for needy Bay Area folks.  So we try to get a lot for very little… enter the Baker Street Players, our good friends at Dwyer Productions, a surprisingly talented Client staff, two super tough stunt men, and ex Stanford standout big Mike McLaughlin.

Click below to watch the second spot.

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Director: Brian Bacino

Executive Producer: Mark Dwyer

Director of Photography: Cliff Traiman

Stunt coordinator: Tony Vella

Stunt Man and Phone Conversationalist : Travis Myers

Stunt Man and Bike Enthusiast: Daniel Hernandez

Barista: Chris Prieto

Producer: Brody McHugh

Production: Dwyer Productions

Post Production: Samplistic Media

Editor: Michael Rosen

Chief Creative Officer: Brian Bacino

Copy Writer/Creative Director: Bob Dorfman

Art Director/Creative Director: Corey Stolberg

President: Jack Boland

Group Account Director: Dan Nilsen

Account Executives: Whitney Randolph and Gloria Birch

Brian Bacino, Creative Chief B2, Fight Hunger Bowl, Sports

May 1, 2013
Bob Dorfman

Does Coming Out Make Jason Collins More Marketable?

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It shouldn’t have been such a big story.

But because one’s sexual orientation is a hot button in America, and because professional sports is well behind the social tide in the acceptance of gays in the workplace, Jason Collins’ coming out as the first openly gay active male athlete in a major team sport was a monumental event.

It not only turned a largely-unknown, lower-tier NBA player into a household name, hero and role model, it may have also turned him into a highly bankable commodity. With the buying power of the LGBT demographic estimated at nearly $800 million, there’s no shortage of companies that may be interested in linking their brands to Collins’ aura.

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Dorfman on Sports, Feature, Sports

December 20, 2012
Brian Bacino

From the Desk of the Creative Chief: Go Jump in the Bay!

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The best part of working for a small agency is that you develop the “do it yourself” mentality. It’s amazing how much further you can make a budget go if you create with your own hands… and cameras.

Once you resolve that you have to physically create the assets yourself, suddenly you figure it out.  We no longer accept that a film will be too expensive to make.  We scoff when a stock film or photo search disappoints.  We just grab our 5D’s and Go Pros and jump in.  And in the case of our latest work for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, played at AT&T Park, that’s exactly what we did. We jumped in the bay.

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Brian Bacino, Creative Chief B2, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Sports

October 31, 2012
Brian Bacino

+Together We’re Champions! From the Desk of the Creative Chief:

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As we scrambled to prepare final congratulatory ads and posters for the 2012 World Series Champs in time for the parade, we took a moment to look back at the campaign pieces and the “Let’s get back. Together.” theme. Though the ideas were written and produced in February, long before opening day, it is astonishing how reality played out, often in ways we seemed to predict, but never really imagined.

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Brian Bacino, SF Giants, Sports

August 15, 2012
Bob Dorfman

WHICH LONDON OLYMPIANS WILL WIN THE RACE FOR MARKETING GOLD?

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BOB DORFMAN, SPORTS MARKETING EXPERT AT

SAN FRANCISCO’S BAKER STREET ADVERTISING,

JUDGES OUR ATHLETES’ ENDORSEMENT POTENTIAL

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The 2012 Summer Olympics

Sports Marketers’ Scouting Report 

The ratings were huge, the drama compelling, and Team USA’s medal haul led the world. But now that the London Games are over, and most Americans return to ignoring swimmers, sprinters and gymnasts for the next four years, do any of our athletes have what it takes to stay golden on Madison Avenue? (more…)

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