http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/01/11/newspapers-advertise-for-advertising-in-newspapers/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/01/11/newspapers-advertise-for-advertising-in-newspapers/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:55:33 +0000 Michael Schwartz http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=36690 The Virginia Press Association is braced for its annual fight with Del. Steve Landes over a bill to free up localities from having to advertise public notices in newspapers. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/01/11/newspapers-advertise-for-advertising-in-newspapers/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/12/09/2-ad-firms-join-forces-to-elevate-their-game/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/12/09/2-ad-firms-join-forces-to-elevate-their-game/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:45:57 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=35699 Elevation announced Monday that it had purchased Fultz Marketing. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/12/09/2-ad-firms-join-forces-to-elevate-their-game/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/11/08/so-a-gecko-and-a-duck-walked-into-a-bar-%e2%80%a6/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/11/08/so-a-gecko-and-a-duck-walked-into-a-bar-%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:52:06 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=34615 A Pennsylvania-based insurance company’s new ad campaign takes a crack at the increasing number of funny insurance commercials. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/11/08/so-a-gecko-and-a-duck-walked-into-a-bar-%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/11/03/all-in-the-family-name/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/11/03/all-in-the-family-name/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:01:23 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=34462 Two brothers who have spent decades in the marketing business are using their rebranding tricks on their own firm. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/11/03/all-in-the-family-name/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/09/21/big-river-gets-bigger/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/09/21/big-river-gets-bigger/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:32:40 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=33018 A local advertising agency is busting through the wall of its current digs to make room for more workers. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/09/21/big-river-gets-bigger/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/06/20/monday-qa-a-hollywood-life-in-the-old-dominion/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/06/20/monday-qa-a-hollywood-life-in-the-old-dominion/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:15:56 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=29975 In March, we dubbed Kera O’Bryon the hardest-working woman in Richmond show biz. We had to meet her]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/06/20/monday-qa-a-hollywood-life-in-the-old-dominion/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/08/09/tell-them-you-mean-business/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/08/09/tell-them-you-mean-business/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:43:49 +0000 Alec http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3073 You’ve seen the commercial. Robert Vaughn comes on the screen, urging consumers to tell those insurance adjusters that “You mean business,” and to call the law offices of Marks & Harrison…“Right now.” The commercial is for Richmond-based law firm Marks & Harrison. Well, sort of. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/08/09/tell-them-you-mean-business/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/15/marketing-moves/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/15/marketing-moves/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:55:09 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=17354 A Richmond ad man bought the firm he worked at and wants to grow it by signing more community banks. Another marketing firm gets ready to move into a 6,000-square-foot office in formerly vacant building on Broad Street. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/15/marketing-moves/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/01/a-shot-of-marketing-creativity/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/01/a-shot-of-marketing-creativity/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:01:30 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=16951 BookHolders, a Maryland-based textbook broker with a store on Grace Street in the heart of VCU, has a new marketing campaign that is guaranteed to generate a buzz. Literally]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/04/01/a-shot-of-marketing-creativity/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/24/t-d%e2%80%99s-new-brand-of-gotcha-journalism/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/24/t-d%e2%80%99s-new-brand-of-gotcha-journalism/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:10:52 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=16674 Each issue of a new weekly newspaper published by a division of the Richmond Times-Dispatch is filled with arrest photos of the week collected from the metro area]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/03/24/t-d%e2%80%99s-new-brand-of-gotcha-journalism/feed/ 15