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Two weeks ago, dear friends of TRIO had to hand over their little girl to her biological father. We have all been horrified, confused as to how this could happen in America and determined to bring our sweet baby girl home. In 2009, our friends Matt and Melanie Capobianco adopted a precious little girl named [...]

Well, here we are…another CreateAthon coming to a close. Can’t believe that it’s been five years since we first embarked on this crazy, creative, colossal adventure. We’ve spent the past 24 hours frantically developing, designing and downing lots of energy drinks – all for five incredibly, deserving Lowcountry nonprofits. Why do we do this, you [...]

We just wrapped up one amazing event in Asheville, NC. For the past six months, the TRIO team has been working hard to put together a charity softball event to celebrate the grand opening of Griffin Park, the new softball stadium for the Enka High School Sugar Jets. We were honored to have worked with [...]

It was Schoolhouse Rock that chorused through our living rooms so many years ago with the lyrics of “Three is a Magic Number.” As classic as the TV show, so are the lyrics… Three is a magic number, Yes it is, it’s a magic number. Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity You get three as [...]

I recently found out that Belk had revamped it’s logo. As a marketer myself, I understand the importance of evolving with the times and reinventing your image when the timing is right. For some reason though, I found myself letting out a little sigh when I saw the new logo. Growing up in the South, [...]

Get out the donuts, the coffee and the toothpicks…it’s CreateAthon time. Each year, the crew at Trio Solutions Inc. stays up for 24 hour straight (for the record it’s actually more like 36 hours) for five deserving Lowcountry nonprofits. The annual event is part of Trio’s commitment to the community and an extension of our [...]

As do many agencies and marketing companies, we get calls all the time for businesses that ‘need a brochure’ or ‘want to send out a postcard or e-newsletter.’ That’s great that these businesses are even thinking about marketing their businesses. However, it is so important that businesses have a marketing plan in place before spending [...]

In 2010, Disney is offering a free admission to one of their theme parks if you give a day of volunteering to a nonprofit organization. This past year they gave the general public an opportunity to celebrate their birthday at one of the parks for free through their What Are You Celebrating marketing campaign. They [...]

Getting about that time…presentations to the amazing organizations we are helping. Seriously, if you take a minute and reflect on what these groups are doing for our community and the world, it is so impressive. These are people that spend they lives focusing on the goodwill of others. Godspeed to all of you! You are [...]

Everyone at Trio Solutions Inc. is looking forward to helping out our 2009 Createathon Winners: Charleston Area Children’s Garden Project, Good Neighbor Center, Charleston Community Sailing, Palmetto Medical Initiative and Liza’s Lifeline! It was very difficult to narrow our selection to these five. Every organization that applied should be commended for the work they are [...]