Inside NCM
Our daily life: minor coups, major victories and the meals in between
News
Day-to-day triumphs.
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End of Summer Celebration
It has been a busy and productive summer for NCM, so we are going to take some time to celebrate our accomplishments like true Baltimoreans: by eating...
September 1, 2010 -
St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School: a Whole New Package
This summer we worked collaboratively with St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, DC to update their admissions materials. The result is a ...
August 30, 2010 -
Puget Sound Website Garners Another Award
The University of Puget Sound site continues to receive plaudits — winning the EduStyle Best Overall Website, People Choice award to add to its ...
July 28, 2010 -
An Economical Redesign of the Wesleyan Viewbook
For a number of years we have been working with Wesleyan to maintain their Prospectus, a great little red folder housing six small booklets. Each book...
June 29, 2010 -
Neustadt & Halvorsen to Speak at CASE Summit
Tracey Halvorsen and Mark Neustadt have been invited to speak at the 2010 CASE Summit for Advancement Leaders at the New York Marriott Marquis, July 1...
May 2, 2010 -
Webby Nomination
The University of Puget Sound's Website has been nominated for a Webby Award in the School/University category. The Webby People's Voice Award allows ...
April 13, 2010 -
Chizuk Amuno/KSDS Added to Client List
We are proud that our interactive affiliate, Door No. 2, has been selected to create websites for Chizuk Amuno Congregation of Baltimore and Krieger S...
February 26, 2010 -
Tufts Viewbook Featured on ABC World News
Recent press coverage of Tufts University's use of student YouTube videos featured the Tufts viewbook designed by Neustadt Creative Marketing. A stude...
February 26, 2010 -
New Client for 2010: Brooklyn College
Neustadt Creative Marketing is excited to be spending some time in Brooklyn, New York, as we develop a new marketing platform for Brooklyn College. Pa...
February 17, 2010 -
Welcoming Our First Intern
A new intern is coming to Neustadt Creative Marketing. Maria Satyshur is a junior Media and Communications Studies major at UMBC. Over the next few mo...
February 4, 2010 -
CASE Gold and Silver for Puget Sound
Neustadt Creative Marketing is proud to announce that the Puget Sound website won a CASE Regional VIII Gold Award and the Viewbook won a Silver Award....
January 25, 2010 -
Our Site Is Live!
If you're reading this post, this isn't news to you. But we're psyched to announce the revamping of www.ncmark.com. Thanks, Fastspot, for designing th...
January 22, 2010 -
NCM Grows a Little Greener
We got our office building a recycling dumpster this morning. To us, this is big news. Now, in addition to our efforts to provide environmentally frie...
December 29, 2009 -
UMBC Launches College.Be.
UMBC's fully integrated "College.Be." campaign launched in multiple mediums today. Billboards and radio spots are spreading the word about the central...
December 23, 2009 -
Two Killer Concepts
Neustadt Creative Marketing traveled to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, to present a new viewbook concept. The concept rocks. But...
November 24, 2009 -
Neustadt Opens Door No. 2
Mark Neustadt announces the formation of a new company, Door No. 2. The company's focus is on integrated brand/Web/print/social media marketing soluti...
September 24, 2009 -
A Prospective Student is Born
NCM welcomes your newest admissions prospect into the world! Nathaniel Barry was born at 1:16 am on Saturday, August 22 – just over 8 pounds, a ...
August 24, 2009 -
Dickinson Viewbook Party
Today marked a celebration and the culmination of over a year of hard work. The 2009 Dickinson College Viewbook was delivered to our office by Schmitz...
July 29, 2009 -
21st Annual CollegeBound Foundation Scholars' Luncheon
Every year, NCM eats lunch with a table of recent CollegeBound scholars to get the inside scoop on the admissions experience for Baltimore City high s...
July 23, 2009
Photos
Snapshots from our ongoing adventures.
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St. Patrick's viewbook on press at Schmitz. -Allison -
Brooklyn College subway posters. (We're gonna be in the subways!!) -
BethAnne's first trip to Dietrich's Meats - Mark -
Bus shelter poster for Brooklyn College. We're excited. -
Seal – DePauw University -
A new plant to complement our other orange decor. Thanks Mark! -Allison -
Klingons getting ready for class. -
Pizza road trip (part 1) - best pizza anywhere. Believe the hype. -
Pizza road trip (part 2) - classic Trenton tomato pie -
A sneak peek at the 2010 Wes Viewbook. -BethAnne -
It is black shirt and jeans day. Who's who? -BethAnne -
Edit's surprise lunch date. -
Wesleyan Viewbook paper, let the printing begin. -
Huarache at Super Tacos & Bakery in Adams Morgan - Mark -
Maybe one day, I'll learn Chinese too. -BethAnne -
BethAnne working hard at the Brooklyn College TV studio. -
Trix treats: what college kids can eat . . . amazing! -Mark -
Guess which U.S. campus features this gorgeous Wren church? -
An exquisite old library at Lafayette College. -Mark -
Horseradish at the market means it's time to prepare for Passover -
Monet's Garden reminds me of Spring. -BethAnne -
Another amazing Krieger Schechter Day School 8th grade play! -Mark -
Everyone's outside on a beautiful day at Columbia University -Mark
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Getting ready for class at Klingenstein -Mark -
Braised beef w. baby bamboo at Lan Sheng Szechuan Restaurant -
Columbia Teachers College -
Outside my front door during our 2nd blizzard in one week. -Allison -
In fact, there is a car under there. -BethAnne -
High school policy debate action shot -Mark -
It feels like winter here this morning. -BethAnne -
A message worth heeding, New York Ave, D.C. -Edit -
Helvetica. -BethAnne -
Neustadt the cruise ship follows me on vacation to Puerto Rico. -Allison -
From our company holiday lunch at Volt in Frederick, MD -Mark -
Hipster central. -Mark -
Students between classes at Brooklyn College. -Mark -
NYC Subway Educational Advertising. -Mark -
Wesleyan University in October. -Mark -
The Fastspot team heading into a meeting at UMBC. -Mark -
A rare view of the mountain being out in Tacoma, WA. -BethAnne -
Banh Mi sandwich stand in Saigon, Vietnam. Delicious! -Allison -
The real thing. Bowl of pho from Pho Hoa in Saigon, Vietnam. -Allison -
The NCM Urban Forest Project banner with BethAnne -
A sunny photo shoot at Puget Sound. -BethAnne -
Crushed ice with fruit and sweet red beans in Seattle. -Mark
Facts
Or so they say.
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Equivalent of trees planted by using 50% recycled paper. -
NCM college client who were up in applications for the 10-11 school year. -
Congratulations to all of the graduates! -
For 50,000 viewbooks, you need 11 skids of paper, or 28,672 pounds. -
Visits per week to the Puget Sound website from mobile devices. -
School days lost in the Baltimore area due to the recent Snowmageddon. -
Overall application increase at UMBC since the College.Be. site went live. -
At Waldorf, the garden is a child's first experience with science. -
The Dickinson College Farm is on a 180-acre property. -
The number you'll see in marquee lights on the theater building at WES. -
St. Timothy's School is the only all girls school that offers the IB Program. -
Number of languages spoken by Brooklyn College students -
Number of countries represented by Brooklyn College students -
Wesleyan had a vegetarian club as early as the 1830's. -
The student-faculty ratio at St. Timothy's School. -
Jumbo is the Tufts official mascot; he was originally owned by P.T. Barnum. -
KUPS, Puget Sound's radio station, won MTV's 2009 Radio Woodie. -
Million dollars for research funding at Wesleyan University. -
We are proud to provide FSC certified printing to our clients.
Status Updates
Tweets in real time.
Groundbreaking #socialmedia oriented site for a synagogue http://bit.ly/b93OUj brought to you by Door #2
September 2, 2010
Looking forward to lunchtime -- when we deliver new admissions materials to St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in D.C. Go Green!
August 31, 2010
Colleges soliciting donations from first year students: http://bit.ly/8YglQH
August 31, 2010
The Baltimore Waldorf School celebrates its first senior class: http://tinyurl.com/29g5sxq
August 30, 2010
Tufts University Students are reporting on the forefront of some major world events: http://tinyurl.com/36k8z4r
August 30, 2010
"Boring Fundraising" http://bit.ly/dhov0S On an overlooked path to improved performance in educational fundraising.
August 26, 2010
The new U Delaware branding program – is it a brand or a tagline?" You decide. http://bit.ly/b7wtCT
August 23, 2010
Hot for back to school shopping: "anti odor" dorm kit. Only $20. Really?
August 19, 2010
Brooklyn College "Because" ads will appear throughout Brooklyn and the NYC Subways starting in October.
August 19, 2010
World-famous dropout Bill Gates prognosticates about "that college thing": http://bit.ly/cYS5WM
August 18, 2010