Inspire Entertainment

Sheikh Shoes, Inspire Kickin’ off the Holidays

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:51:35 +0000

Sheikh Shoes recently partnered with Inspire-creating exceptional results selling hit urban CDs in their stores. A recent Chris Brown promotion included offering free artist posters to all its customers in its 100+ stores nationally.

Ralphs seeks Holiday Inspiration

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:49:03 +0000

Inspire is proud to have Ralphs Food Stores as a new client. They’re having terrific, immediate results tapping into the “New Moon” frenzy, selling its hit soundtrack at its checkout counters.

Artist Discovery Series goes International

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:53:41 +0000

Whole Foods Market and its entertainment partner, Inspire, launched the “Artist Discovery Series” in their stores; and early results suggest the idea has struck a chord. Whole Foods Market, in partnership with Inspire, has been successfully offering music and DVDs to their customers for years, and has created a trusted brand to their customers as purveyors of quality music and films.

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Inspire’s Artist Discovery still on top

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:46:40 +0000

Yesterday the grocery chain announced a new initiative with Inspire Entertainment to bring the first of what it hopes will be many hand-picked CDs to its stores. The first artist in the Whole Foods Artist Discovery Series will be Greg Laswell, currently signed to Vanguard Records, a historic indie label that was once the home to the Weavers and Paul Robeson.

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Inspire Riding Beatles Bandwagon

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:21:14 +0000

Retailers as diverse as Whole Foods Market are on the band’s wagon, and everything Beatles is expected to be hot all the way through Christmas. As music stores have disappeared from the retail landscape, other retailers say they’re happy to fill in, and everyone wants a piece of the video game business these days.

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Billboard praises Inspire, WFM

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:45:25 +0000

Billboard’s September issue targets Inspire client Whole Foods Market as a nontraditional music retailer that is dominating the music sales market. With the launch of the remastered Beatles collection, Whole Foods Market is basking in the success of one of the largest music marketing campaigns ever.

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InterCall Campaign Gets Rave Reviews

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:59:30 +0000

Click the link regarding a recent campaign with InterCall, the largest conferencing company in the world…

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Staples Posts Strong Sales

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:47:12 +0000

A recent campaign across all Staples stores selling 3 hit CDs on their countertops created exceptional sales. CDs included new releases by Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra and Mariah Carey.

“Case studies, after case studies, in stores across the country such as Staples, Nordstroms, Whole Foods, etc. quantifiably show how putting the right hit CDs on countertops in retail stores can create higher spends at a cash register,” said Jimmy Dunne, CEO of Inspire. “Because these CDs are all returnable, it’s a powerful way for chains, in these challenging economic times, to create meaningful new revenues streams – with no risk.”

Inspire CEO Speaks at Musexpo

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:50:27 +0000

Inspire CEO Jimmy Dunne spoke at Musexpo, highlighting a cast of music industry leaders. The panelists included former CEO of Saatchi international, Jim O’Mahoney; Best Buy’s senior entertainment officer, Gary Arnold; and Nokia’s head of music, Steven Stewart; all of whom spoke about the role of music branding’s “coming of age” in today’s marketplace.

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InterCall Lounge

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:05:00 +0000

Enter the InterCall Lounge…

InterCall came to Inspire to brainstorm how to address two objectives; to use the hold time to emotionally brand their company, and their desire to somehow drive guests to their website to give their email addresses and phone numbers.

We created a campaign to accomplish just that.

Enter InterCall Lounge: Inspire’s latest music model – the “Gift of Music” Business line.

We took the conferencing industry’s biggest player and gave them a competitive advantage with a customized music platform that allows clients to listen to — and download 6 songs for free — everytime a guest makes a conference call.

Inspire scoured the country for the best and brightest artists, and helped InterCall find a musical identity. Launched in June 2009, the Intercall Lounge debuted with 6 artists that befit the company’s vibe — and has been receiving rave reviews since. Every month, a new Volume is released with 6 new songs…