The co-owners of 1909—Jarred, Chris, and I—love to have tongue-in-cheek debates about who is “better friends” with the long-time digital marketers we’ve known for years. (We think we’re hilarious, but our team members probably think we’re obnoxious.) Indianapolis is “the world’s biggest small town” where we’re lucky to have grown up knowing most of the […]
1909 DIGITAL is an academically “Evocative” brand name. It’s slightly mysterious. When done right, an evocative name should cause people to ask, “What does it mean?” Things have gone just as planned for us. The story behind 1909 DIGITAL has inspired us from day one. It has built meaning into our brand and it’s let […]
Always Learning, Every day I learn something new. Sometimes its small like a new keyboard shortcut or a TV show I’ve never heard of before. Other times, more often than you’d think, the thing I learn sends me down a rabbit hole about a historical event or changes the way I operate my daily life. […]
In a year full of transition and the changing landscape of what is considered “normal,” we’ve seen brands struggle to keep up with the digital demands of doing business online. Whether you want to call this a “new normal” or a temporary change in the way business is done, there’s no doubt digital is more […]
It’s hard to begin my conference reflections when I’m not on a plane. But these days our lives are virtual. Like many of our peers in the museum world, over the last two weeks Lori and I have been living double-lives. We are very much still at work, but also at #MCN2020 VIRTUAL, an online […]
We’re a proud team of creative strategists and digital marketing experts with in-depth skillsets running the gamut of owned media, branding and messaging, and paid and earned media. (And that’s just our internal team!) We work with our clients to layout a foundational strategy that works for them and their individual needs, which means we […]
On November 4, 2019 in a bar on the northside of Indy, three friends excitedly signed some mundane paperwork to make 1909 DIGITAL a real, live LLC. That was the easy part. Our goals at the time were simple. By End of December 2020 we aimed to: Make enough money for the three of us […]
As anyone in the professional world knows, sometimes businesses work harder (not smarter) than they need to. At 1909 DIGITAL, we’re all about finding smart, efficient solutions for our clients. We pride ourselves on transparent processes so we can help clients smash their goals. As a digital marketing agency with decades of experience, we’ve seen […]
What Drives Me “Wow, umm, no thank you.” That was my response when my then fiance, now husband, asked me to pace him in a 100k race. A few things about me: I’m pretty laid back, I like reading good books, and I do not run long distances. I knew he was passionate about running […]
I have worked in museum education at small historic sites since 2013. If you can think of an “other duty as assigned,” I’ve probably done it–climbing up ladders to vacuum World War I airplanes at the College Park Aviation Museum, riding into a car show that I organized hanging off the side of a 1914 […]
We’re located in Indianapolis on land which is currently occupied and is the ancestral territory of the Miami, Shawnee, and Potawatomi people.