Reverse Graffiti for the Carolina Hurricanes was put down in Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte to kick off the NHL season
Our Clean Graffiti work has allowed us to work with some amazing clients. From healthcare leaders to nonprofit organizations, our clients run the gamut. However, anytime that we get the chance to work with a professional sports teams, we do a little dance.
The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional hockey team here in North Carolina. Their games are a ton of fun to watch. When they approached us to create a Clean Graffiti campaign for their 2018/2019 NHL Season, we knew that it would create a buzz.
Reverse Graffiti Campaign Touting Safety Message Installed for the NCDOT
For the second time, #thesavageway was hired to bring awareness to the Booze It & Lose It campaign sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) / Governor’s Highway Safety Program. “Recognized as one of the nation’s most effective anti-drunk-driving campaigns, Booze It & Lose It has created increased awareness of the dangers and the consequences of drinking and driving through innovative education campaigns and extensive enforcement of impaired-driving laws.”
Our role was to utilize our Clean Graffiti medium to provide reminders on the sidewalk that drinking and driving is not okay. The stencil read “Don’t Drink & Drive. BeSmarterThanThat.com.” We targeted highly popular bars, restaurants, liquor stores and gas stations that sell alcohol. Our campaign took us to 9 cities across North Carolina including Greenville, Fayetteville, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Robeson County (Pembroke & Lumberton), Charlotte, and Asheville.
Clean Graffiti for the Booze It and Lose It campaign helping to curb drunk driving.
Statewide creative outdoor messaging for the North Carolina Department of Transportation by #thesavageway
Booze It & Lose It Clean Graffiti campaign for the NCDOT.
Clean Graffiti is a great marketing tactic for a campaign like this because you are able to directly target your audience where they are walking – the sidewalk. It is another reminder to be safe and call a cab, Uber, take the bus or phone a sober friend to pick you up. This is a tactic amongst a robust marketing mix including radio, billboards, press, social media, flyers, posters, etc. Clean Graffiti is another “touch” point so that the brand message sticks in the brains of consumers in our overly-distracted society.
This “Public Communication” style of campaign is one of the ways that we love using our Clean Graffiti medium. It is for the good of the community. It can communicate to neighborhoods that may not have a large outdoor advertising option (aka no billboards, or bus ads to act as the reminder). It is eco-friendly (remember, it is just water!), and its creative and new so that it draws the attention of the consumer.
2018 was a big year for us, and 2019 is going to be even bigger. In case you need an update on what exactly #thesavageway is up to these days, here is a little about us.
Torrie Savage (left) and Paula Bartlett (right) are the owners of #thesavageway, a creative marketing company based in Charlotte, NC.
ELEVATOR PITCH
#thesavageway is the brainchild of two women: Torrie Savage and Paula Bartlett. Established in 2012, this creative duo has grown a business that flourishes on the unexpected in the marketing world. From Clean Graffiti to Moss Art, #thesavageway is anything but ordinary. Positive attitudes, earth-friendly and fun, this team will make your business standout.
We call ourselves a creative agency because what we do is highly creative. We love pushing ourselves to approach marketing in a different way. Our goal is to always create partnerships with our clients and to create fun, eye-catching campaigns or art that will create a buzz.
SERVICES
CLEAN GRAFFITI
If you live in or around Charlotte, you’ve definitely seen our Clean Graffiti work on the sidewalks. Using a stencil and a pressure washer, we create targeted marketing campaigns for clients in an untapped location – the sidewalk. These creative messages are made using only water – no bleach, no acid, no paint – It’s. Just. Water.
Here are some fast facts:
We have worked in over 55 cities including New York City, Boston, Portland, OR, New Orleans, and many more.
We work in a variety of industries, but have seen huge success in the healthcare, public communication and development realms.
We are the leaders in the United States for reverse graffiti. Our duel marketing background allows us to create a fresh campaign from start to finish that correlates with other brand advertising initiatives and creates a full-circle plan.
Will travel anywhere in the USA!
A sampling of 2018 Clean Graffiti jobs by #thesavageway.A variety of reverse graffiti campaigns from #thesavageway in 2018 including jobs for OrthoCarolina, Carolina Hurricanes, NCDOT, Novel NoDa and LGA.
MOSS ART
Moss Art is made by using preserved plants to bring a company logo or design element to life. And what we consistently hear from our clients is that they love that our product requires absolutely zero maintenance. That’s right…no watering, drainage or sunlight required!
Our Moss Art work spans both the corporate and residential realm, however, we find that the corporate side is our primary focus. We hold our clients’ hands from the beginning and guide them to what will be the best decision for their space.
Fast Facts:
We’ve created pieces for restaurants, hotels, law firms, finance firms, apartment complexes, CBD shops, coworking spaces, and events.
We’ve sent our work to New York, Texas, Wisconsin, Colorado, Alabama, Connecticut, Ohio and all over North Carolina.
Moss Art is maintenance-free – meaning it requires no water, light, drainage or ongoing care.
Moss is a natural humidity indicator.
All of our moss is handpicked and harvested.
GoTriangle of Durham, NC, UNC Charlotte, TEDx Charlotte and SouthPark Interiors all used Moss Art by #thesavageway in 2018.More Moss Art jobs by #thesavageway.Moss Art for local Charlotte restaurants Zeppelin and Graham St. Pub and two custom wedding signs in 2018.
CREATIVE MARKETING
What does Creative Marketing mean to us? Anything and everything. We are the people that you call when you have a crazy idea and you need someone to bring it to life. We LOVE when we get a random phone call that starts with… “#thesavageway was the first team that came to mind.”
We help with staffing promo teams, street teams, creating brand ambassadors, conceptualizing guerilla marketing tactics for large corporations, and developing robust out-of-the-box pitch ideas.
Fast Facts:
We have a fully staffed team ready to hit the streets at your event.
Our highly trained brand ambassadors are great representatives for your company.
We have worked with Atrium Health (formerly Carolinas Healthcare System) on a month-long Cardiovascular outreach campaign.
Various Creative Marketing efforts by #thesavageway.
We are #thesavageway. We’re not your typical creative house. We constantly push ourselves to think differently. We approach campaigns with different lenses. We are excited about what we do. And we want to work with companies that push the line. Brands that are looking to stand out, create a social buzz, and break out of the same-ole-same-ole are exactly who were are looking to partner with in 2019.
We’re jazzed up about our current projects. But more importantly, we’re ready for you!
Explore Your 704 is a Clean Graffiti Scavenger Hunt, powered by OrthoCarolina, promoting city-pride and has weekly winners.
A Clean Graffiti scavenger hunt. This has been on our bucket list for at least 4 years now. Sure, a traditional scavenger hunt could have happened at any time, but we’re anything but traditional. Working alongside our awesome client, OrthoCarolina, we have created the first ever Clean Graffiti scavenger hunt called “Explore Your 704.” And it’s pretty epic.
Explore Your 704 is a scavenger hunt using Clean Graffiti throughout Charlotte. Contest runs Oct. 10- Nov. 10.
WHAT IS EXPLORE YOUR 704 Explore Your 704 is the first scavenger hunt of its kind in Charlotte, NC. We created three graphic designs in partnership with Gustave Soto, local Charlotte graphic designer. We then translated those designs into our custom stencils to use for the Clean Graffiti portion. If you’re unfamiliar with Clean Graffiti, we clean an image onto a dirty sidewalk with a pressure washer. Don’t worry, it’s just water). This Scavenger Hunt was a way to make a game of exploring the Queen City’s finest neighborhoods.
Explore Your 704 is your chance to get out, explore Charlotte and win tons of great prizes. Check out ExploreYour704.com or more details.
THE GAME: Twelve clues will guide you to three different sidewalk art images that exude city-pride. Each of the three images will be labeled (1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3) and there are 4 unique locations per image. (check out this link to download the pdf with all of the hints). Your mission is to use the clues to find these Clean Graffiti images. Snap a photo and upload to Instagram using #ExploreYour704. Each individual photo posted is considered an entry to win (aka you do not have to find all three to be a winner).
Here is what the images look like:
Clean Graffiti was used to create these eco-friendly images on the sidewalk. Find one, post to Instagram using #ExploreYour704 and be entered to win.
THE PRIZES: Every Saturday (10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10), we will be selecting a random winner from Instagram. And the prizes are legit – check them out:
Week 1: $100 gift card Week 2: $250 gift card Week 3: Custom Moss Art from #thesavageway (that’s us!) Week 4: Choose your own destiny prize, a $300 value (Choice of Carolina Panthers tickets, 704 Shop gift card and more) and a party at NoDa Brewing Company on Saturday, November 10, where we have an even bigger surprise in store from Southern Tiger Collective.
The surprise at the NoDa Brewing day party is an element that we are incredibly excited about coming together. Stay tuned as party details are finalized – like how to get your first beer free (sponsored by us, #thesavageway).
The scavenger hunt runs October 10 – November 10, 2018. You can participate anytime by posting to Instagram with #ExploreYour704.
WHY EXPLORE YOUR 704 OrthoCarolina is a company that embraces the community. Anytime we’ve approached them with a fun idea to get creative with Clean Graffiti, to push the line and to get people outside and moving, the’ve been all in. Our collective goal is to get Charlotteans active, outside and curious about our neighborhoods. By providing free public art in an eco-friendly and unexpected way, we can help cultivate a love for our city.
CONTEST RULES – Upload as a native Instagram post using #ExploreYour704 to be entered to win. – One winner selected each week on 10/20, 10/27, / 11/3, 11/10. – Prizes to be coordinated via email. Local Charlotte pick up or shipping arrangements can be made. – Multiple entries welcome. – Winners can only win once. If randomly selected twice, a different submission will be selected as the weekly winner. – Location clues found at ExploreYour704.com – Follow @thesavageway and @orthocarolina for contest clues, updates and winner announcements. – This is not affiliated with Instagram or its affiliates. This campaign is powered by OrthoCarolina and #thesavageway.
OrthoCarolina brings free, easy-to-use bodyweight-based workouts to South Carolina.
The Free Workout, a free, functional fitness workout that utilizes Clean Graffiti on the sidewalks to help make fitness and a healthy lifestyle accessible to everyone, made its debut in South Carolina recently. This bodyweight-based exercise routine was designed by an OrthoCarolina medical provider and offers a great alternative to a traditional gym routine.
OrthoCarolina provided The Free Workout to Rock Hill, SC & Fort Mill, SC. #thesavageway
Free, bodyweight exercise routine is now available on the sidewalks in some areas of South Carolina. #thesavageway
#TheFreeWorkout by OrthoCarolina has now hit South Carolina by way of Clean Graffiti. #thesavageway
Complete The Free Workout by OrthoCarolina 5x to really get your heart pumping! #thesavageway
The Actual Workouts The Free Workout is a self-guided workout with six body-weight movements that you can repeat 5x or modify as needed. It takes place along an approximately 600-800 foot stretch of sidewalk around popular areas of town. The workouts are designed for any fitness level and are free and open to use to the public. If you’d like to see some videos of these easy workouts, check out Carrie Rhodes, MPT at OrthoCarolina, demonstrate #TheFreeWorkout.
We just created an awesome Clean Graffiti campaign for Novel NoDa (seriously, we love it). Often we recommend putting a more artistic message down when using Clean Graffiti. Make it art. Make it pretty. Make the brand more subtle (You know, brought to you by XYZ company). Over our six years of being in business, we have found that the consumer absorbs a message like this so much better. It’s already unexpected to be on the sidewalk and in our world of third party social media content, frankly you should push for something fun, cool, witty or “Instagrammable” to represent your brand.
Clean Graffiti artwork by #thesavageway & Kyle Mosher for Novel NoDa Apartments.
Novel NoDa’s Clean Graffiti looks great on the sidewalks of the NoDa & Plaza Midwood neighborhoods.
As an apartment complex in the NoDa neighborhood, Novel NoDa has embraced the arts community. From murals, interior decor, events, Clean Graffiti, and so much more – they believe in supporting art and artists. So we decided to recreate this love again – but on the sidewalk (just using water).
The Clean Graffiti message states “Believe in Art.” How rad is that?! With Kyle’s signature style added into the design, we have to say that this might be one of our favorite messages to date. It comes full circle to the brand because of their huge tie to the arts community. In fact, Kyle is running a contest to give away even MORE custom art. Check out his Instagram post to see the details on how posting a picture of the Clean Graffiti could snag a hand signed print of your choosing.
We are obsessed with this design from Kyle and the message to “Believe in Art”…. because clearly we do and we want everyone to see beauty everywhere.????????????
Soul Food Sessions is a nonprofit founded in Charlotte, N.C., in 2017 to raise awareness and enhance opportunities for black chefs. This movement showcases diverse culinary talents and brings people together to talk about increasing equal opportunity in the food industry. This summer, a group of talented chefs are hitting the road on a four-city tour sponsored by Coca-Cola Consolidated.
We had the amazing opportunity to partner with Soul Food Sessions and their creative agency, Luquire George Andrews, on a Clean Graffiti campaign. Our eco-friendly messages went down in Charlotte, NC and we will be hitting the road leading up to the other events to help promote this amazing initiative.
Soul Food Sessions Launched in Charlotte on June 19 at Free Range Brewing.
Check out TheTableIsSet.com for all event info. #thesavageway
Come out & support Soul Food Sessions at Free Range Brewing on June 19. Clean Graffiti around Charlotte by #thesavageway.
We love being a part of this community movement. Find more information, including links to purchase your event tickets, here.
Eco-Friendly Sidewalk Message Used for Trade Show Marketing
We love working with companies that get it. Companies that see Clean Graffiti as an amazing eco-friendly alternative to other outdoor media options. Companies that like to take risks. Push the line. Be Innovative. Combat Medical approached us for a reverse graffiti campaign for an upcoming conference in Charlotte, NC, and we knew that this was one of those companies.
The team at Combat Medical was excited to welcome the attendees of the Special Operations Medical Association Scientific Assembly (SOMSA) to the Queen City. We used a stencil, water and dirty concrete to create this fun welcome message courtesy of Combat Medical. Clean Graffiti is a great marketing tool for trade shows and conferences. Like Combat Medical, you are able to highly target your audience in a specific place and in an unexpected way.
Clean Graffiti for Combat Medical in Charlotte, NC.
These temporary spots were used to call attention to a brand at an industry conference. #thesavageway
Clean Graffiti is a great, temporary way to speak to your target audience. If you are looking to capture your audience at a trade show, highlight a new store opening, or get creative with a unique marketing message, then Clean Graffiti is a great choice.
