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Matcha Design Takes Home Gold Summit International Award
2023 Wins Continue for Experienced Design Agency, Matcha Design The list of the 2023 Summit Creative Awards (SIA) has been released, and Matcha Design is one of just 104 international agencies to win the coveted Gold Award. Gold Award winners span the industries of...
Why Designing a Good Website is Harder Than It Looks
You need a website!” How many times have you heard that one? How often have you said, “Okay, I’ll make it myself.” Then you tried it, and you quit because it’s never as simple as it seems. Here’s a bit about some of the most popular DIY options and why they may fall...
Reach New Audience vs. Keep Your Customer
Ah, the age-old debate: do you reach a new audience or work to keep your customer? Well, if you’ve been on the internet lately, you’ve likely heard about the recent Bud Light controversy. In this article, we’d like to untangle this mess and examine what went wrong. No...
Brand Mascots: The Lovable Sidekick for Your Business
Everyone needs a fun sidekick. This fun, loyal co-conspirator constantly assists the main character in princess stories, superhero comics - even your business, if you’ll let it! As you know, brand development is important to help your company succeed. From researching...
What Makes Good Branding?
Branding refers to the techniques a company follows to create a unique identity for the business itself. Branding can involve the company’s public image, the company website, the products/services the business offers, or the customer experience the staff provides. A...
Should you use SEO, SEM, or both?
There are several techniques that people swear by in digital marketing, but two are constantly battling each other for the top spot in marketers’ minds - SEM and SEO. So which one should you focus on: SEO (search engine optimization) or SEM (search engine marketing)?...
10 Most Creative Entrepreneurs in Japan
You knew our list of the 10 most creative entrepreneurs in Japan was coming - we are Matcha Design, after all! You may be surprised to learn the names behind some of the most notable companies you’ve heard of. Read on to learn about the best entrepreneurs born in...
Keep Learning: A Constant Goal for Creatives
With deadlines looming overhead and the next project always on the horizon, it can be a struggle for creatives to justify the time it takes to sharpen skills, develop new ones, or stay on top of the industry. However, whether your knowledge base is design or another...
The Truth on Measuring Business Services Success
It’s relatively easy for a business that sells products to measure success. All it really takes is a simple, “How many people are buying our product?” but with business services, it’s more challenging. There are several touchpoints along the way, all of which are...
What’s Your Interstellar Leadership Style?
More interstellar content, you say? We thought you’d never ask! In this article, we’ll talk about how to tell which leader from the interstellar war saga you are most like. Let’s dive in! The Dark Lord If you’re a dark lord, your team trembles whenever you enter a...
Crafting Catchy Content: Make it Memorable
Developing catchy content is a challenge for marketers and business owners. How can you take something ordinary (words, visuals, etc.) and put them together to create fantastic brand messaging? Today, we’ll compare two shows from an entertainment giant, and explain...
How to Find the Best Content Marketing Ideas for Your Business
As a business owner, finding content marketing ideas can start to feel like being a hamster on a wheel - there are only so many topic ideas you can come up with before you run out of steam. Thankfully, there are as many ways to become inspired as there are hamsters -...
Reach New Audience vs. Keep Your Customer
Ah, the age-old debate: do you reach a new audience or work to keep your customer? Well, if you’ve been on the internet lately, you’ve likely heard about the recent Bud Light controversy. In this article, we’d like to untangle this mess and examine what went wrong. No...
Brand Mascots: The Lovable Sidekick for Your Business
Everyone needs a fun sidekick. This fun, loyal co-conspirator constantly assists the main character in princess stories, superhero comics - even your business, if you’ll let it! As you know, brand development is important to help your company succeed. From researching...
What Makes Good Branding?
Branding refers to the techniques a company follows to create a unique identity for the business itself. Branding can involve the company’s public image, the company website, the products/services the business offers, or the customer experience the staff provides. A...
Should you use SEO, SEM, or both?
There are several techniques that people swear by in digital marketing, but two are constantly battling each other for the top spot in marketers’ minds - SEM and SEO. So which one should you focus on: SEO (search engine optimization) or SEM (search engine marketing)?...
10 Most Creative Entrepreneurs in Japan
You knew our list of the 10 most creative entrepreneurs in Japan was coming - we are Matcha Design, after all! You may be surprised to learn the names behind some of the most notable companies you’ve heard of. Read on to learn about the best entrepreneurs born in...
Keep Learning: A Constant Goal for Creatives
With deadlines looming overhead and the next project always on the horizon, it can be a struggle for creatives to justify the time it takes to sharpen skills, develop new ones, or stay on top of the industry. However, whether your knowledge base is design or another...
The Truth on Measuring Business Services Success
It’s relatively easy for a business that sells products to measure success. All it really takes is a simple, “How many people are buying our product?” but with business services, it’s more challenging. There are several touchpoints along the way, all of which are...
What’s Your Interstellar Leadership Style?
More interstellar content, you say? We thought you’d never ask! In this article, we’ll talk about how to tell which leader from the interstellar war saga you are most like. Let’s dive in! The Dark Lord If you’re a dark lord, your team trembles whenever you enter a...
Crafting Catchy Content: Make it Memorable
Developing catchy content is a challenge for marketers and business owners. How can you take something ordinary (words, visuals, etc.) and put them together to create fantastic brand messaging? Today, we’ll compare two shows from an entertainment giant, and explain...
How to Find the Best Content Marketing Ideas for Your Business
As a business owner, finding content marketing ideas can start to feel like being a hamster on a wheel - there are only so many topic ideas you can come up with before you run out of steam. Thankfully, there are as many ways to become inspired as there are hamsters -...
The Sticky Truth About Leadership
Leadership qualities must be learned - but it’s possible that not everyone is capable of learning them. Some of these traits are quite difficult to develop for some people - so what’s the deal? Why are some people better at learning them than others? Some of the...
Are Good Leaders Born or Made?
We’ve come a long way from the outdated views of the past that dictated that the best leaders came from the children of other leaders. We have learned to accept that there are no “born leaders,” and that the skills required to become a leader can be learned. But how...
Matcha Design Tops The 2021 Ad World Masters Agency List
AI algorithm chooses Matcha Design as the best advertising agency in the United States. For the third year in a row, Matcha Design – a Tulsa, Oklahoma Graphic Design and Advertising Agency – was selected for a Gold 2021 Agency of the Year Award. For the third year in...
Matcha Design Awarded Four Prestigious Davey Awards
Matcha Design, a full-service creative company known for their creative design solutions to complex branding challenges, brought home four prestigious awards from the 2021 International Davey Awards. The 17th annual Davey Awards accepted submissions from over 2,000...
Matcha Design Takes Home Bronze Award from 2021 Summit International Awards
Matcha Design, a graphic and website design company known for their dedication to innovation in print, logo, and web page designs, celebrated yet another accredited award this week. Matcha Design announced their receipt of a Bronze Award from the Summit Creative Award...
Matcha Design at 2021 Communicator Awards. Oklahoma Marketing Agency competes with industry giants
The Tulsa, Oklahoma design and media firm Matcha Design has taken home three gold and four silver awards at the 2021 Communicator Awards competition. This 27th annual showcase received over 6,000 entries from marketing advertising agencies, interactive shops,...
Matcha Design ranked among top-performing marketing agencies according to DesignRush
One of Oklahoma's leading creative marketing agencies, Matcha Design, has forged an award-winning reputation. Analyzing Matcha's long-standing history of industry accolades in various sectors, including business services, non-for-profits, and start-ups, DesignRush...
Tulsa, Matcha Design included in Top 10 social media marketing agencies
Nationwide survey ranked most influential Oklahoma creative firms. Kicksta, the San Diego based organic growth firm passionate about real engagement on social, conducted an in-depth review of social agencies around the country. Diving into the local markets in every...
Matcha Design (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Creative and Ad Agency Wins 2020 Service Industry Awards, Increasing Market Domination
The Tulsa, Oklahoma design and media firm Matcha Design has been awarded a number of awards at the recent SIAA Awards (Service Industry Advertising Awards). Earning 16 awards including 1 Best of Show, 11 Gold, 1 Silver, Matcha feels more than ever these accolades are...
Matcha Design Agency of the Year 2020. Tulsa Local Design Shop Wins Gold from Ad World Masters
The Tulsa, Oklahoma design and media firm Matcha Design has been awarded GOLD and named the TOP Ad Agency in the US in Ad World Masters annual agency of the year awards. Ad World Masters rewards agencies points based on the value they provide for customers. The 2020...
Matcha Design Takes Home 7 Wins At the 2020 International Davey Awards
Tulsa based design firm Matcha Design receives seven awards at this year’s International Davey Awards. Winning 2 GOLD and 5 SILVER for their work on creative advertising and design for logos, print & digital media, corporate identity, and promotional branding....
Matcha Design 2020 W3 Awards Gold Winner, Web Design and Branding, for “Esperanza Ranch”
The Tulsa, Oklahoma design and media firm Matcha Design has been awarded GOLD in the 2020 W3 Awards in the General Websites-Branding for Websites category. The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the people behind award-winning sites,...
Matcha Design (Tulsa) Named a Top B2B Creative & Design Company in Oklahoma
We help businesses find their groove, and connect with their customers in an authentic way. Tackling any challenge regardless of the size or scope of the project, Matcha Design is the perfect fit for companies looking to boost their brand with the help of our...
2020 Communicator Awards | Matcha Design Honored with 6 Awards
The Communicator Awards is the leading international creative awards program which honors creative excellence for communication professionals. The two-decades old competition includes the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations, identity work...
Letter from the President: Matcha Design Celebrates 9 Years
It's hard to believe that it has been 9 years since Matcha Design was born in Tulsa. Throughout these 9 years, we have been very blessed with great clients, projects, and most of all great team members. Our irresistible office dog, has also played a big role in our...
Watch Now: The bART Spring Concert Video
Students at The bART Center for Music performed beautifully in May at the Spring Concert. We were pleased to attend and be a part of the concert video production. Kudos to all the students, faculty and staff for your hard work and dedication.
Congrats To The Senior Students At The bART Center For Music
This week was the spring concert at The bART Center For Music showcasing young talent from across the city. We captured dramatic still shots of the students and instructors at the rehearsal to use in the upcoming bART print brochure. A video shoot of the concert...
Luna Electrical and Illumination Lights Up A New Website Design
Luna Electrical & Illumination launched their new website this spring with design and development help from Matcha Design. The site design was kept clean and used vibrant blues, greens and silvers to mirror the beautiful moon lighting their residential work is...
Sullivent Law Firm Rebrands With A New Sleek Look
Sullivent Law Firm in Tulsa is doing an overhaul on their identity this year, and Matcha Design is excited to help them reposition their brand with a new look and feel that is unlike any local law firm around. "We created a sleek, new brand that brought together the...
Matcha Design Helps Launch Brand Identity For The bART Center For Music
Matcha Design is proud to come alongside the prestigious Barthelmes Conservatory in Tulsa to rebrand its identity with a new name and look. The new name, The bART Center For Music (The bART), encompasses not only the organization's history of musical excellence but...
Matcha Design Office Is Moving
Our Tulsa office has been our home since 2004, but we are excited to be moving our office in mid-April! The new location will provide staff with a complete floor dedicated to creative planning and project execution. Matcha Design will still be available throughout...
MidFirst Banking App Animation Featured This Week At OKC Thunder Game
Matcha Design's custom animation work was featured at this week's OKC Thunder NBA game against the Denver Nuggets, promoting MidFirst's mobile banking app. The six separate LED digital signage animations included three, outdoor boards for Chesapeake Energy Arena,...
Matcha Design Produces Acceptance.org’s Video For SXSW
Matcha Design is excited to announce their first video animation for Acceptance.org, promoting its grassroots movement for acceptance and equality. The video will premiere at this weekend's South By Southwest (SXSW) festival, during the R2R Live streaming event hosted...
Chris Lo invited to Judge The 2013 Communicator Awards, International Award Program
Chris Lo, President and Creative Director of Matcha Design, has been invited to serve on the judging panel of the 2013 Communicator Awards in the areas of film and video. "It's my priviledge to be on the judging panel for this year's Davey Awards," said Chris. "One of...
Matcha Design On Board With New Create2Serve.org
At Matcha, we believe in reaching out to others through our community involvement. We support Kiva, an organization that combats poverty, and we offer a Nonprofit Reward to new clients. We don't do these things to make ourselves feel good, but rather, we feel helping...
Access Email Marketing Services From Matcha Design
Matcha Design officially launched new email marketing services on its website this week, with a portfolio of work available for viewing. "An email message landing directly in your client's inbox can be a powerful tool in your communications plan," said Jenna Schario,...