Some fun news for a Friday. We’re celebrating the promotion of Allison Checco, our newest Senior Director. If you know Alli, I suspect you’re not surprised. She spends most of her time spreading sunshine around the Fast Horse World Headquarters while simultaneously kicking ass for our clients.
From trusted client counselor and special events superstar to [...]

Every job has its perks but at Fast Horse, we have a few unique ones. For example, each employee receives a “Muse It Or Lose It” stipend to be used for anything that helps spark creativity. We also have the monthly “Coveted Parking Pass” award (which becomes even more coveted in the winter when the [...]

We just bought a couple new laptops, so that must mean we have more job openings, right?  Indeed we do! The first will be issued to an emerging superstar with serious social media chops, strong writing skills and a little gravitas to boot.  Ideally, our new Client Relationship Director would be a highly creative and strategic thinker who [...]

We’re throwing open the doors to the local PRSA Chapter at 8 a.m. on Nov. 20, as we’re hosting a “Friday Roundtable“ discussion entitled “Managing Economic Challenges and Anticipating New Opportunities in 2010.”  My co-facilitator will be Marsha Pitts-Phillips, who is PR Manager for the Greater Twin Cities United Way.
Here’s what I can promise to those pondering [...]

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. I beg to differ…
This month, I re-joined the Fast Horse stable after a nearly two-year hiatus. During my first run, I had the pleasure of working on a few Coca-Cola projects, a little bit of Nationwide Insurance and a whole lot of [...]

Editor’s note: This is John Reinan’s weekly marketing column for MinnPost.com. To see the original, go to http://bit.ly/hfnai.
To appreciate the changes in the marketing business, you need only look at the activities of one mid-sized Minneapolis marketing agency: ours.
In the past couple of months, my Fast Horse colleagues and I have built websites, produced videos, [...]

This week marks the eighth anniversary of Fast Horse.  Doesn’t seem possible that eight years have come and gone since we opened our doors.  I’ll try not to get sentimental, but I’d be remiss if I did not use this little forum to thank the many, many people who have been a part of a [...]

Each September, Jorg and I are joined by our dear friend and Coca-Cola client Scott “Skeeter” Williamson for a fishing adventure in northern Minnesota (yes, we do have clients who actually seem to enjoy hanging out with us outside of work situations).  The trips typically include more laughs than fish, but that’s okay.  Many people [...]

Last night John and I attended #Journchat Live at Tunheim Partners and I wanted to provide a brief recap. The idea of #journchat started on Twitter with PR pro Sarah Evans, or @PRsarahevans on Twitter, leading a discussion with the mission “to keep an ongoing, open dialogue between journalists, bloggers and public relations professionals (for [...]

The Fast Horse family is delighted to welcome the Twittering Fetus Formerly Known as Kermit into the world.  Ania and Mike Keliher delivered their son, Thomas, on Saturday, August 8 at 5:38 a.m.   He checked in at 8 pounds, 2 ounces and 20 inches long. 
Already a social media guru like his father, Thomas Keliher had [...]