MediaSauce is excited to continue their partnership with the  Indiana Sports Corporation and the 2009 Corporate Challenge. The event is an annual favorite of numerous leading Indiana companies including Simon, BSA LifeStructures, Ice Miller and so many more.

The Corporate Challenge is a fun-filled, annual community event that emphasizes healthy lifestyles and company camaraderie.  One hundred Central Indiana businesses will form teams of up to 100 employees and compete against the other participating companies.  This year, 4,000 individual athletes are expected to compete in events that include distance runs, shorter sprints, a fitness walk, and field activities (called “Good Sport Events”), such as basketball shootout, football throw for accuracy, golf chipping challenge, and the cornhole challenge, to name a few.

The Corporate Challenge also includes a charity portion competition where companies receive points based on how much they donate to Gleaners Food Bank, the Indiana Sports Corporation’s Geared for Health: Sports Equipment for Kids Program, and Central Indiana Regional Blood Center. more

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MediaSauce and the Indiana University School of Informatics has announced the creation of a scholarship supported by MediaSauce to be given to students who are studying in the Media Arts and Science Program at IUPUI.  The scholarship will be granted to a deserving student based on their merit and achievement within the program, and be given in spring 2010.

“Attracting and keeping the best and brightest students in-state is important to Central Indiana businesses,” said Bryan Gray, CEO of Carmel, IN-based MediaSauce, and Chairperson of the IU School of Informatics Media Arts and Sciences Advisory Board.  “Offering scholarships for deserving students helps IUPUI attract top talent, which will provide our businesses with the emerging employees we’ll need to thrive.  As more organizations see how impactful supporting a scholarship is, I believe it will become a cost effective part of many companies’ HR and recruitment strategy.” more

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MediaSauce is pleased to announce that we have been named a 2009 Indiana Company to Watch by the Indiana Small Business Development Centers, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and Purdue University in cooperation with the Edward Lowe Foundation.

The awards program celebrates high-performing, second-stage companies in the state. Known for their performance in the marketplace, innovative products, unique processes or philanthropic actions, these companies represent a wide range of industries from all corners of Indiana.

50 companies were selected from more than 500 nominations. MediaSauce is the only interactive agency and digital business consulting firm recognized among this year’s honorees (View the entire awardees list).

“We are ecstatic to be a part of this list and to be recognized to successfully transform businesses in a digitally driven economy,” said Bryan Gray, CEO of MediaSauce. “We have built a business where success is defined by our client’s growth and impact. This award is validation for the efforts of our staff and the client partnerships we’ve established.” more

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For Immediate Release

Social Media Accelerates Effort to Feed the Hungry

On-line Pledges result in 420,000 meals in the United States www.pledgetoendhunger.com

Many would be shocked that one in six U.S. kids worry about when their next meal will come. As the recession deepens and unemployment rises, more American families face hunger for the first time. A record 30 million Americans depend on food stamps, and food banks face unprecedented demand.

These staggering statistics inspired Indianapolis based, MediaSauce to launch a national, collaborative initiative that is leveraging the power of social media to secure up to 420,000 meals donated by, Arkansas based, Tyson Foods.

MediaSauce launched Pledge to End Hunger, Thursday March 5 at 9am EST. Visitors to the website,www.pledgetoendhunger.com, can sign a pledge to end hunger by committing to give, volunteer or share the message with others.

It took only 28 hours to reach the first 1,000 pledges, triggering Tyson Foods to immediately dispatch a semi-trailer filled with 140,000 servings of food to the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) in Austin. The Truck will arrive in Austin March 16 during South by Southwest, the popular annual entertainment and interactive conference.

On Tuesday, March 10, MediaSauce, activated social networks, Twitter, Facebook and My Space and in 8 hours reached the next hurdle of 2000 pledges which generated a second Tyson Foods donation of 35,000 pounds of food. more

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INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 19, 2009) – The Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Development Centers (ISBDC) have partnered with Carmel, IN-based MediaSauce, a national leader in online strategies and audience-driven web development, to educate Indiana entrepreneurs on tapping into new-media resources to help grow their businesses.

The ISBDC and MediaSauce will present a four workshop series titled, Strategies for Business In the Digital Age. Each workshop will deal with a focused subject including topics such as business internet strategies, using digital and social networking to drive sales, engaging and empowering customers, and case studies of businesses that have used new-media to achieve unprecedented and exponential growth.

(See all of the event dates here and buy tickets for an event in your area.)

In March, the ISBDC’s Strategies for Business In the Digital Age series will begin, with one session offered each quarter in the following communities: Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Hammond/Valparaiso, Muncie, South Bend, and Terre Haute. For more information, specific dates, ticket availability, and locations in each area, visit www.isbdc.org or www.businessinthedigitalage.com.

About the ISBDC

The Indiana Small Business Development Center Network is an Indiana Economic Development Corporation program funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Through ten regional centers, the ISBDC provides free and low-cost business advising and assistance to small businesses at any stage of development. For more information about the ISBDC, visit www.isbdc.org.

About MediaSauce

MediaSauce is an Indiana based company and a national leader in Internet strategy and audience-driven web development. MediaSauce helps companies build lasting connections that will drive business in this Interconnected Age. MediaSauce’s proprietary Digital Blueprint methodology identifies organizations greatest opportunities and builds a strategic framework to transform businesses using digital and social media. Learn more at www.mediasauce.com.

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Media Contacts:

Jeff Heinzmann – State Director, ISBDC – 317.234.2086 or jheinzmann@isbdc.org

James Burnes – VP of Development and Strategy, MediaSauce – 317.512.3612 or james.burnes@mediasauce.com

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Are you prepared to succeed in a digital world? MediaSauce announces a series of events to help business executives learn how to succeed in the Interconnected Age.

What’s changed? New and powerful ways to connect with your customers, social interaction now replaces one-way experiences has changed the way prospective customers learn about why your products or services are the best choice for their dollar.  Consumers are talking online, and companies who ignore – not embrace – the opportunity to be a part of the conversation will be left behind.

To continue to share our knowledge and experience in digital and social media, MediaSauce is pleased to announce a seminar series for the remainder of 2009 in the Indianapolis Market: “Smart Business In the Digital Age.” This series of seminars and workshops will educate attendees on the best practices, case studies and lessons that give business executives the insight and knowledge to transform their organization to succeed in the Interconnected Age.

The events will be held at the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library’s downtown branch in the Clowes Auditorium.

• 3/26/2009. Death of a Brochure. How digital sales tools are replacing expensive, low impact printed brochures and static, flat marketing materials
• 4/30/2009. Customer Innovation: Crowd Sourcing with Social Media. How companies are engaging customers to make better products, services and to sell for them
• 9/24/2009. Invest, Don’t Test: Planning Your 2010 Internet Budget. Techniques, tips and insights to help executives build a smart budget for Marketing, Sales and Business Development
• 12/15/2009. Internet Successes: The Best Web Initiatives of 2009. Case Studies of Businesses and Organizations Who Made A Huge Leap Forward in 2009

More information and links to reserve seats and purchase tickets for your organization will be made available on MediaSauce.com in the coming weeks.

Click on the following link to download the PDF of the press release:  Smart Business In the Digital Age

Email MediaSauce at events@mediasauce.com to make sure you are included on our email invitation list for all the latest information on these exciting business seminars and workshops. Seating will be limited.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CARMEL, IN - January 26, 2009. “The Social Media Bible,” co-author Lon Safko announced today he has selected MediaSauce as their long-term strategic partner. “The Social Media Bible,” published by John Wiley and Sons, will be the definitive guide for social media strategies, tactics and technologies integration for business executives.  more

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