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BodyInBlack.com, Inc. Launches New Graphic Design Division To Customize Affordable, Wearable Art Marketing Solutions.


WILMINGTON, Del. -- BodyInBlack.com, Inc., a "virtual" graphic design firm with a global clientele, launched a new division to meet client requests for an affordable, high quality, wearable form of marketing that tells their story. The firm's answer was to add an awards and recognition division, which designs and produces unique, custom-crafted lapel pins A lapel pin is a small pin often worn on the lapel of a dress jacket. Lapel pins can be purely ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause; for example, American Flag lapel pins became very popular in the United States, especially among , medallions and commemorative coins Commemorative coins are coins that were issued to commemorate some particular event or issue. Most world commemorative coins were issued from the 1960s onward, although there are numerous examples of commemorative coins of earlier date. . BodyInBlack.com designers turn abstract client concepts into wearable works of art for as little as $1.25 for a lapel pin to $7 for the commemorative coin.

"Clients have an emotional response when they see their ideas on something as small as a one inch lapel pin," said BodyInBlack.com Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Christopher H. Rippie. "I think the appeal is in the intricate design detail and colorful palette paired with an image that is unique to the organization or event - it's like wearing custom-crafted fine jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion.

The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring.
."

Rippie believes the new division will increase revenue by 20 percent. The market for these items has been largely membership-based organizations looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 alternatives to the customary ballpoint pen, cap or bag for a promotional giveaway at a convention or workshop.

The firm also has received orders from a number of other sources including: corporations seeking service awards, retailers and charitable groups who resale the items for an additional cash stream, family reunion Often an annual event, a family reunion takes place on a specified day each year for the purpose of keeping an extended family closer together. Some reunions may be held less often.  organizers who ask for a family crest item and coordinators of sporting events ordering winners' awards.

No need to travel to Delaware for BodyInBlack.com marketing solutions. Over 70 percent of the firm's business is conducted over the Internet. "We have a great 'phone-side' manner," says Rippie. "Technology is a strong silent partner that enables us to offer a suite of design services seamlessly."

Additionally, Rippie shares three suggestions for making the virtual design firm concept successful: 1) nurture close relationships with your clients, 2) know your client's business goals and become a valued member of the management team, and 3) develop an effective process for gathering information.

At BodyInBlack.com there is a six-step production process that begins with a one-hour information gathering session called the Interactive Visualization Interactive visualization is a branch of graphic visualization in computer science that studies how humans interact with computers to create graphic illustrations of information and how this process can be made more efficient.  Exercise for their identity and branding solutions. Account executives help the client imagine how their new brand might evolve over a three-week rollout of an interstate billboard.

The firm's innovative bundling of products and services make high-end design affordable and attractive. For instance, the "Business Identity Pak" includes a custom-designed full color logo, 500 sheets of custom stationery, 1,000 full color, two-sided business cards, and 500 custom two-color printed envelopes for under $1,000.

For further details and to view a portfolio, please visit: www.bodyinblack.com.

About BodyInBlack.com, Inc.

BodyInBlack.com, Inc. is a privately held, full service, global design and visual communications firm specializing in professional graphic design and strategic marketing services. Founded in 1988, the firm has a global client base serving organizations and corporations ranging mid- to large-size. The design suite includes identity and branding, sales and marketing collateral Marketing collateral, in marketing and sales, is the collection of media used to support the sales of a product or service. These sales aids are intended to make the sales effort easier and more effective. , advertising layout, trade show signage, illustration, Web media, custom-branded awards and recognition product creation and full color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay.
Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing).
. The firm operates with a belief in community empowerment through design. BodyInBlack.com has a mission to provide unique design services and creative solutions that enrich the client's growth toward bottom line success. BodyInBlack.com is based in Delaware and recently expanded to New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
. More information about BodyInBlack.com can be found at www.bodyinblack.com or by calling 302-325-3343.
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